Greenbelt Labor Day Festival

Greenbelt Labor Day Festival

Sunday, Sep 1, 2024 from 9:00am to 11:00pm

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Schedule:

9am - 10:45am - “Tour De Greenbelt” Bike Ride
Join Mayor Emmett Jordan, Mayor Pro Tem Kristen Weaver, Councilmember Danielle McKinney, and Jeff and Laurie Lemieux from Proteus Bicycles on a bike ride around Greenbelt. The ride will take place in two stages, both starting at the New Deal Cafe. The first stage will leave at 9am and go to Greenbelt Station neighborhood in Greenbelt West. The second stage will leave at approximately 10am and go to Schrom Hills Park. NOTE: this is not a supported ride and may not be suitable for families with very young children.

10am - Egg Spoon Race (All Ages)
Braden Field. Sponsored by Greenbelt Recreation

10:15am - Sack Race (All Ages)
Braden Field. Sponsored by Greenbelt Recreation

10:30am - T-Ball (All Ages)
Braden Field. Sponsored by Greenbelt Recreation

11am - 7pm - Craft Fair
Roosevelt Center. Visit with local artists as they display and sell their handmade crafts.

11am - noon - Katy Gaughan Drumming for Wellness
Stage. Family-friendly community drum circle. All ages. No experience is necessary. Drums will be provided for participants, although you are welcome to bring your own!

11:30am - Water Relay (All Ages)
Braden Field. Sponsored by Greenbelt Recreation

Noon - 8pm - Community Painting Project
Next to PTA Book Sale. See entry for Friday.

Noon - 10pm - Carnival and Booths
See Carnival Midway entries for Friday and Saturday.

Noon - 10pm - Bingo
Community Center Lawn. See entry for Friday.

Noon - 1:30pm - Greeenbelt Honk! Situation
Stage. Greenbelt Honk! Situation is Greenbelt’s community street band in rainbow tie dyes and causing a fun, high-energy scene wherever they go. Bringing together brass and drums players of all ability levels and experience, they play New Orleans standards, pop, and rock favorites. Play music with us, dance with us, BE part of the Situation! If you’re not smiling after they start playing, you may need to see if you still have a mouth!

1pm - Children’s Bingo
Youth Center. Sponsored by Greenbelt Recreation

1pm - Cornhole Tournament (12 Years and Older)
Braden Field. Sponsored by Greenbelt Recreation

1-4pm - Say Something To…
Community engagement project, next to the stage. Write your message to the universe, the country, Greenbelt, the Festival.

1-4pm - Retro Town Fair
Museum House, 10B Crescent Road. Our Retro Town Fair is much like those the earliest Greenbelters enjoyed starting in 1939. Ribbons will be awarded for the best entries in a number of categories, including flowers, vegetables, baked goods, canned goods, and needlework/sewing. Entries accepted 10-11:30am. Winners on display 1-4pm. All items must be picked up between 4-5pm. All of the information to enter is on our entry form at greenbeltmuseum.org.

1-5pm - Historic House Tours
Museum House, 10B Crescent Road. Come by for a short tour of the Museum house. Tours offered on the half hour during open hours. See how a typical Greenbelt family would have lived in the late 30s to the early 50s.

1-6pm - Art Show and Photo Show
Community Center Gym. View entries submitted by local artists and photographers. Vote for Community Favorites.

2-4pm - Downtown Tumbao
Stage. Forged in Mexico City and now transplanted to Baltimore, Downtown Tumbao’s sound is one of borderlands that merge Afro-Caribbean beats spanning Latin American styles and rhythms from Waltz Peruano to Guaracha, Samba Canção to Latin

2pm - Hotshot (12 Years and Under)
Youth Center. Sponsored by Greenbelt Recreation

2pm - Youth Table Tennis Tournament (17 Years and Under)
Youth Center. Sponsored by Greenbelt Recreation

4:30-7:30pm - Rising Stars Performance Showcase Stage. Performers will have the chance to display their talent. Come cheer on their performance.

6pm - Memorial Gathering
Stage (during a break for Rising Stars). Come to honor those friends and relatives who have passed. Please feel free to bring flowers to lay on the hill during the memorial service.

8-11pm - Honky Tonk Cassanova
Stage. Honky Tonk Casanovas play an entertaining mix of country, western swing, California surf and southern soul music! Based out of the MD/VA/Washington DC area, the Casanovas’s feature the rich vocals, honky tonk guitar, the beautiful sounds of pedal steel guitar, and the distinguished keyboards of a Maryland Entertainment Hall of Fame member.

See the full pullout schedule here.

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