Compost Fest 2024 - The Break Down
Compost Fest 2024
We invite you to join us May 5th as we celebrate the opening of Roanoke's first Community Compost Facility. The Break Down is a day of family fun, new friends, compost, and learning. With a full day of Music, Learning Courses, and Family Activities, we hope to see you there!
Plus, join us a day early on Saturday May 4th for an extra Service Learning Opportunity with the Master Gardners and Agriculture
9 AM -1:00 pm - Vegetable Garden Workshop with Virginia Cooperative Extension Agent Shawn Jadrnicek and the Master Gardeners, including a tour of the compost facility.
The Break Down is FREE, and open to all. But you can support Star City Compost and community agriculture at the facility by buying a ticket.
Schedule for Sunday May 5th:
Kid's Concert - 9:30 AM - 11:30 PM
Face Painting with Katherine Devine
Seed sowing and Rock Painting with Shining Stars Montessori School
Acoustic Kids Songs with Davey and Dino
Parents and Kids Dance Party with DJ Outlet
Permaculture Workshops:
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM - Intro to Permaculture with Ben Lightbringer
10:15 AM -10:45 AM - Building Cooperative and Common Pool Resources with Hunter Hartley
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM - Plant Walk and discussion on plant polycultures with Eric Joseph Lewis
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Helpful Herbs with Elise Templeton
12:00 PM - Tour of the Compost Facility with Davey Stewards
12:30 PM - Basics of Rainwater Catchment with Davey Stewards
Musical Performances:
1:00 PM - Star City Circle Singers with Joy Truskowski and Katie Trozzo
2:00 PM - Ash Devine
2:40 PM - Elise and the Grease
3:20 PM - Davey Stewards
4:00 PM - Water Light
4:40 PM - Beyond Primitive
5:30 PM - Conor and the Wild Hunt
7:30 PM - BodhiTerra
Hoot and Holler - 6:30 PM featuring stories from:
Cam Terry and Chloe Johnson from Garden Variety Harvests
Davey Stewards from Star City Compost and The Harvest Collective
Sam Hedges from LEAP for Local Food
Amazetta Anderson from One Valley and the GW Carver Garden
Brent Wills from Bramble Hollow Farms and Virginia Association of Biological Farming
Conor and the Wild Hunt - Touring Folk, Pop, and Americana musician
Water Light - Appalachian R & B singer songwriter
Bodhiterra - DJ dance party spanning many generes.
Elise and the Grease - Down home folk classics
Ash Devine - Blue Ridge's finest folk singer/songwriter
Star City Circle SIngers - Everyone has a voice to share in this circle. Join the fun led by Joy Truskowski and Katie Trozzo
Beyond Primitive - Classic American folk songs with Soaring duets
Altar Coffee - Serving up great coffee all day!
Countryman Jamaican Grill - Our featured food truck
Eric Lewis - An inspiring man among plants here to teach you all he knows
Davey Stewards - lead organizer, performing kids songs in the morning and his original revolutionary folk songs in the afternoon
Hunter Hartley - teaching our cooperative and common pool resources, also a lead organizer with SCC and THC
6:30 - 7:30 PM
Cam Terry and Chloe Johnson from Garden Variety Harvests
Davey Stewards from Star City Compost and The Harvest Collective
Sam Hedges from LEAP for Local Food
Amazetta Anderson from One Valley and the GW Carver Garden
Brent Wills from Bramble Hollow Farms and Virginia Association of Biologicdal Farming