Earth Day 2026

Fairfield’s Earth Day Celebration 2026 +
National Drive Electric Earth Day +
Earth Day ReSale

Date: Saturday, May 2nd
Time: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Fairfield YMCA, 841 Old Post Road AND
First Church, 148 Beach Road

Welcome all children 0-100 years old to our FREE event! Enjoy seeing and learning about EVs, including our new Town Fleet of EV vehicles + family-friendly events celebrating our community and support of our natural resources. 

To ensure you don’t go hungry, Shwarma Karam and Bo’s Dough will be at First Church along with the FLHS Eco Club Bake Sale and Bodega, Alene’s Ice Cream and Cinnabomb will be at the Fairfield YMCA along with an Odyssey of the Mind bake sale fundraiser to help the to pay to go to the National Competition!  Join in on fun and education activities and score some giveaways too. Rain or Shine.

While at the YMCA, go inside to check out the YMCA spring programs which start that day! And while at First Church, visit their welcome table to learn more about this vibrant community.

Here are the exhibitors and food trucks at each location. We encourage you to visit both – there’s so many great things to see and do! We will also have an event passport where you can get exhibitors to stamp it for you to enter into a drawing for some fun prizes!

First Church, 148 Beach Road

Fairfield YMCA, 841 Old Post Road

Food Trucks: Shwarma Karam Bo’s Dough   Special Activitie: PTA Green Teams Earth Day ReSale Bike Rodeo Exhibitors: Collective Oyster Recycling & Restoration (CORR) Connect Fairfield CT Audubon Society: CT Rides Earthplace Fairfield Bike Ped Committee Fairfield Health Department Fairfield Ludlowe High School Eco Club First Church Mini Munch Sliders Mow Green Pequot Library SASO Girls Energize CT

Food Trucks: Bodega Alene’s Ice Cream Cinnabomb   Vehicles: Fairfield DPW Touch-a-Truck: Backhoe and Bulldozer Fairfield Police Car Fairfield Fire Engine (if not needed for service) EV Showcase – Chevrolet Equinox – Lexus RZ 450e – Rivian R1S – Rivian R1T – Tesla 3 – Tesla Y Exhibitors: Clean Transportation Coalition – Western Connecticut Electronic Recycling Drive Electric Connecticut EverNeat Fairfield Forestry Committee Fairfield Pollinator Pathway Fairfield Police Fairfield YMCA Live Green Connecticut Mill River Wetland Committee Odyssey of the Mind St Timothy’s class mural Sustainable Fairfield Sustainable Warde Trinity Solar Trout Unlimited

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Ode to Earth

May 2nd Schedule

9-10 am Setup & volunteer check-in

10:00 am Event Start

11 am First Selectperson Christine Vitale Land Acknowledgment and Welcome Message

11:30am-Noon Trashy Fashions Show / Parade

1pm Event Ends

1-2pm Clean up