Event Details

It’s your Earth. Celebrate it at the Earth Day is Every Day Festival on Saturday, April 12, 2025 from 9 am to 3 pm at Festival Park in Fayetteville.

Sustainable Sandhills is presenting the festival.

The highlight of the event is a 5K and 10K race through portions of Linear Park and the Cape Fear River Trail. All runners receive limited edition, commemorative shirts. The top three male and female finishers in each race receive locally made medals.

The Earth Day is Every Day Festival will also feature an electric vehicle show, local artisans, local food, Super Science Fun Fair presented by Fascinate-U Children’s Museum and environmental education opportunities with community partners including Fayetteville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization; North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; City of Fayetteville; North Carolina Conservation Network; Cape Fear Botanical Garden and more. The Earth Day is Every Day Festival is sponsored by Wana Navu Kava Bar; Metronet; Powers-Swain Chevrolet; and AAA Automotive Group.

In-kind sponsorships are provided by Cresfund Realty; GU Energy; and Up & Coming Weekly. Visit sustainablesandhills.org/EarthDay to learn more about the Earth Day is Every Day Festival.

ABOUT SUSTAINABLE SANDHILLS

Celebrating its 20th year in 2025, Sustainable Sandhills is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that provides services to 11 counties and over 1 million residents in central and southeastern NC. Its mission is to empower our communities to create resilient environmental, economic and social resources. Through programs that focus on air and water quality, pollution prevention and natural resource conservation, Sustainable Sandhills is striving for a healthier, more vibrant place to call home — today, tomorrow and forever.