Happy Birthday to Us!

Oak Cliff Earth Day 20th Anniversary!
Event date:  April 18, 2027
Time: Noon to 5 p.m.
Location:  Lake Cliff Park, corner of Colorado & Zang

It’s been 20 years since our rag tag team of environmentalist and community enthusiasts held our first ever Oak Cliff Earth Day event in 2007. It seemed a great way to move forward after our successful Oak Cliff Centennial Celebration that we had put on in September of 2003…also at Lake Cliff Park. What a wonderful way to show off Oak Cliff while bringing awareness of the environment we live in, and so important to our survival.

Our OCED Planning Committee has already started work on 2027. We will be continuing to focus on Zero Waste again this year, as well as building our Education Pavillion, to provide more and better information, tools and so much more. We welcome all ideas on how to make this new addition best benefit our community. 

We hope to make this year a great event, as we welcome back our vendors, entertainers, sponsors, and all the neighbors and folks who come every year. We could not do this without you.

Vendors: Vendor registration will open after the new year! Early Bird discount applies through April 10, 2027. Registration will be open until morning of April 18, day of event, provided we still have space.

Sponsors: If you’re interested in becoming a sponsor, please visit our “Be a Sponsor” page. You can also contact Wendel Withrow . 

T-SHIRT DEADLINE! To reserve your spot on the OCED limited edition T-shirt, please confirm a $500 or more sponsorship by March 1.

All other questions can be directed to Lybo Buchanan. Our sponsors are so vital to our event. 

Our mission is to educate and bring awareness of the importance on being good stewards of our planet. 

OCED Planning Committee

Wendel Withrow: Co-Director, Sponsorships, Entertainment
Lybo Buchanan: Co Director, Committee Chair
Lenora Cashmore: Vendors and Educational Director
Barbara Barbee: City & Parks Dept liaison
Cylena Smith: Jack of all Trades
Tim Herfels: Logistics
JD Jasso: Media
Kristi Kerr Leonard: Marketing

The rest of the team:
Julie Thibodeaux: T-shirts, Green Source Texas Editor and Website Assistant.
Karl Thibodeaux: Webmaster

Also, thanks to the Memnosyne Team:
Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk and Joshua Frenk: Co-founders of the Memnosyne Institute
Philip Collins: Executive Director
Thomas Johns: Solutions

* * * Hope to see you at Oak Cliff Earth Day 2027 * * *

••• Entertainment || Vendors || Plants for Sale || City Groups || Food Trucks •••
And So Much More!

2026 Oak Cliff Earth Day Entertainment Schedule

Here’s the lineup for Entertainment this year:

Oak Lawn Band. Photo by Jim Domke.

10:15 a.m. – 11 a.m. – UNITARIAN CHURCH – PRAYERS FOR THE PLANET

11:15 a.m. – Noon – OAK LAWN BAND

Noon – OPENING CEREMONY

12:15 p.m. -1:00 p.m. – BALLLET FOLKLORIA OLLIMPAXQUI

1:15 p.m. – 2 p.m. – GREINER DANCE COMPANIES

2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. – THEO WILSON

3 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. – BANDAN KORO

4 p.m. – 5 p.m. – BOOKER T. WASHINGTON – ‘The MIDI Fusion Jazz Ensemble’

 

Oak Cliff Earth Day 2026!

Welcome to Oak Cliff Earth Day 2026

Event date:  April 19, 2026

Time: Noon to 5:00 p.m.

Location:  Lake Cliff Park, corner of Colorado & Zang

Your Oak Cliff Earth Day team is already hard at work on our upcoming spring event and will be continuing our efforts toward understanding and implementing Zero Waste.  This will require a lot of research on how we best can move this forward.

Achieving Zero Waste is a community effort.

The event is free, but please bring shopping and lunch money, should something strike your fancy. Some neighborhoods and community groups sell plants as fundraisers. Above all, it’s just a good day to get out and enjoy nature.

Vendors: Vendor registration is now open! Early Bird discount applies through March 31, 2026. Registration is open until April 19, day of event. =

Sponsors: If you’re interested in being a sponsor, please visit our Be a Sponsor  page. You can also contact Wendel Withrow. All other questions can be directed to Lybo Buchanan.

Our mission is to educate and bring awareness of the importance on being good stewards of our planet.

••• Entertainment || Vendors || Plants for Sale || City Groups || Food Trucks •••

—And so much more—

We look forward to seeing everyone in 2026 and to another successful year!

It’s Earth Day!

 

The first Earth Day launched 50 years ago on April 22, 1970. While in-person celebrations around the globe were planned for the big golden anniversary, the coronavirus canceled them all, including our own Oak Cliff Earth Day.

To mark this momentous milestone, we’ve moved the celebration online. Check out our special local coverage:

  • Interview with the First Earth Day Organizer
  • How North Texans Marked First Earth Day in 1970 – Anecdotes from greenies and newspaper archives
  • Reflections on Earth Day from Anna Clark and Amy Martin
  • Montopolis performance
  • Reading of “The Giving Tree”
  • 20 Green Tips for Earth Day
  • Texas Green Report
  • Invitation to share selfies and videos