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Ebb & Flow River Arts Festival
About Ebb & Flow River Arts Festival
(Updated May 25) Celebrate the San Lorenzo River with us at Ebb & Flow 2018, a free, two-day festival for all ages June 1 & 2! Drop in for one event or join us for all.
JUNE 1, 2018 FIRST FRIDAY
COOPER STREET 5:00 - 8:45 pm
5:00 pm Face Painting & Artmaking (until dusk)
5:00 pm DJ Kikkoman
5:30 pm Trio Sol de Mexico
6:00 pm Angela Chambers & Thomas Pedersen
6:30 pm Blue Summit
7:15 pm Senderos
7:25 pm Iman Lizarazu
7:55 pm ZunZun
8:25 pm Post Street Rhythm Peddlers
8:45 pm Brynne Flidais / Moveintuit Dance Activists (Flash Mob!) and Procession to Riverwalk
RIVER STREET AT SOQUEL AVE BRIDGE 9:00 - 10:00 pm
9:00 pm Public art unveiling of River Motion by Rachel Stoll & Aron Altmark
9:15 pm Samba Stilt Circus
9:30 pm DJ SPARKLE
Additional activities on Cooper Street and in Abbott Square and the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History throughout the night. Visit Front & Cooper for a special Ebb & Flow drink. Make fish art with your family to bring back to the March for the River on Saturday.
JUNE 2, 2018 - MARCH FOR THE RIVER & TANNERY CELEBRATION
MARCH FOR THE RIVER 12:00 - 12:30 pm
Show your love for the river! Join us for an all-ages one-mile march. Participants are invited to come as they are or dress up like their favorite watershed critter. Signs and costumes are encouraged but not required. Roller skates, one-wheels, skateboards and bicycles are welcome. Or download a fish kit at ebbandflowfest.org/create and bring your fish to the March!
The March starts at 12:00 pm under the Soquel Bridge (East Side) and ends at the Tannery. Lineup begins at 11:45 am.
CELEBRATION AT THE TANNERY 12:30 - 4:00 pm
After the march, join us for a free, family-friendly Celebration at the Tannery. Music, dance, face painting, artmaking, giant bubbles, scavenger hunt, food trucks, beer garden and more.
AFTERNOON SCHEDULE
12:00 pm DJ Sparkle
12:45pm Agua Doce Dance
1:00pm Amah Mutsun
1:05 pm BANDALOOP & special guests
1:15 pm TWDCC Companies 1, 2 & 3
1:20 pm Parley with River Quest
1:40 pm Zun Zun
2:00 pm Arnaud Loubayi Congolese Dance
2:25 pm Parley with River Quest
2:30 pm TWDCCenter Companies 1 & 2
2:35 pm BANDALOOP & special guests
2:45 pm Senderos
3:00 pm Parley with River Quest
3:10 Watsonville Taiko
3:30 SambaDá
ALL DAY ACTIVITIES
Face Painting and Temporary Fish Tattoos with Mariposa’s Art
Museum Of Discovery Artmaking
Santa Cruz Public Library Bookbike
River Tours with Coastal Watershed Council
Wes Modes’ Shanty Boat
Light // Form Exhibition at Radius Gallery
Food and drink at Bistro 112
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing Beer Garden
Water Refill Station
Giant Bubbles
Scavenger Hunt with River Quest
Free Valet Bike Parking with Bike Santa Cruz County
We'll continue to update this schedule with details. Learn more at https://www.ebbandflowfest.org
JUNE 1, 2018 FIRST FRIDAY
COOPER STREET 5:00 - 8:45 pm
5:00 pm Face Painting & Artmaking (until dusk)
5:00 pm DJ Kikkoman
5:30 pm Trio Sol de Mexico
6:00 pm Angela Chambers & Thomas Pedersen
6:30 pm Blue Summit
7:15 pm Senderos
7:25 pm Iman Lizarazu
7:55 pm ZunZun
8:25 pm Post Street Rhythm Peddlers
8:45 pm Brynne Flidais / Moveintuit Dance Activists (Flash Mob!) and Procession to Riverwalk
RIVER STREET AT SOQUEL AVE BRIDGE 9:00 - 10:00 pm
9:00 pm Public art unveiling of River Motion by Rachel Stoll & Aron Altmark
9:15 pm Samba Stilt Circus
9:30 pm DJ SPARKLE
Additional activities on Cooper Street and in Abbott Square and the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History throughout the night. Visit Front & Cooper for a special Ebb & Flow drink. Make fish art with your family to bring back to the March for the River on Saturday.
JUNE 2, 2018 - MARCH FOR THE RIVER & TANNERY CELEBRATION
MARCH FOR THE RIVER 12:00 - 12:30 pm
Show your love for the river! Join us for an all-ages one-mile march. Participants are invited to come as they are or dress up like their favorite watershed critter. Signs and costumes are encouraged but not required. Roller skates, one-wheels, skateboards and bicycles are welcome. Or download a fish kit at ebbandflowfest.org/create and bring your fish to the March!
The March starts at 12:00 pm under the Soquel Bridge (East Side) and ends at the Tannery. Lineup begins at 11:45 am.
CELEBRATION AT THE TANNERY 12:30 - 4:00 pm
After the march, join us for a free, family-friendly Celebration at the Tannery. Music, dance, face painting, artmaking, giant bubbles, scavenger hunt, food trucks, beer garden and more.
AFTERNOON SCHEDULE
12:00 pm DJ Sparkle
12:45pm Agua Doce Dance
1:00pm Amah Mutsun
1:05 pm BANDALOOP & special guests
1:15 pm TWDCC Companies 1, 2 & 3
1:20 pm Parley with River Quest
1:40 pm Zun Zun
2:00 pm Arnaud Loubayi Congolese Dance
2:25 pm Parley with River Quest
2:30 pm TWDCCenter Companies 1 & 2
2:35 pm BANDALOOP & special guests
2:45 pm Senderos
3:00 pm Parley with River Quest
3:10 Watsonville Taiko
3:30 SambaDá
ALL DAY ACTIVITIES
Face Painting and Temporary Fish Tattoos with Mariposa’s Art
Museum Of Discovery Artmaking
Santa Cruz Public Library Bookbike
River Tours with Coastal Watershed Council
Wes Modes’ Shanty Boat
Light // Form Exhibition at Radius Gallery
Food and drink at Bistro 112
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing Beer Garden
Water Refill Station
Giant Bubbles
Scavenger Hunt with River Quest
Free Valet Bike Parking with Bike Santa Cruz County
We'll continue to update this schedule with details. Learn more at https://www.ebbandflowfest.org
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