Come out on Earth Day to help us to celebrate spring!

The annual Centretown Earth Day Festival is taking place in Dundonald Park, 516 Somerset Street West (Somerset and Lyon), on Saturday, April 18, 2026 (10 a.m. to 2  p.m.).

For the kids, there will be games, arts and crafts. For adults, dozens of organizations will host booths offering information and opportunities for discussion. We will also be collecting electronics for a community electronics recycling event.  Free refreshments and snacks will be provided.

The festival is sponsored by the Centretown Community Association and the Centretown Community Health Centre.

Rain date is Sunday, April 19, 2026

Programming:

10:00 AM     Opening ceremony

10:15 AM     Ottawa Public Library Storytime

10:30 AM     Storytime with Liam

10:45 AM     Somerset West Community Health Centre's Drumming circle

11:15 AM     Chalk Art

11:30 AM     The Barrow Gang

12:00 PM       Spring Peepers

12:15 PM       Natalina & Co

12:40 PM       Belancholie

1 PM - 2 PM Community Conversation: Climate Grief and Optimism

Participant Tables/Booths:

• CCA NeighbourWoods

• Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library

• VegOttawa

• ANCHOR

• Otttawa Public Library

• Ottawa Outdoor Gear Library

• Safer Road Ottawa

• Master Gardners of Ottawa-Carleton

• Climate Change and Resiliency 

• Team (City of Ottawa)

• Centretown Grassroots Group

• Central Ottawa Gardens

• CAFES

• ACORN

• Multi-residential Working 

• Group (City of Ottawa)

• Electronic Recycling Association (ERA)

• Bytown Bees

• Offices of Councillor Ariel Troster, MPP Catherine McKenney, and MP Yasir Naqvi

• Centretown Community Health Centre

• CCA Climate Change & Greenspace Committe