GROW YOUR OWN FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES
ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP & SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Next Saturday, October 7th, 2017 – 10am – 4pm Vegas Roots Community Garden
(September 27, 2017) – LAS VEGAS, NV – Grow Your Own Festival – The How to Grow Fresh, Organic Produce in Las Vegas Festival – announces the FREE festival stage lineup of live music and entertainment, chef stage and demonstration, kid’s activities, workshop lineup, and do-it-yourself activities available on Saturday, October 7th. All taking place from 10am – 4pm at Vegas Roots Community Garden – 715 N. Tonopah Drive, Las Vegas, the event is gearing up to be a full day of FREE activities and entertainment showcasing the valley’s top talents in music, food, urban gardening and farmers leading workshops and demos to get you digging in, with the know-how to grow year-round produce in Las Vegas.
Festival highlights include novice to advanced gardening workshops & displays, DIY demos hosted by Minimal Market, homemade yogurt and cheese making by Virgin Cheese, a Chef demo stage featuring local restaurants, El Dorado Cantina’s wine and beer garden, The Studio Place Greenline Re-design Fashion Show and Auction, a festival General Store with bulk organic seeds, keynote addresses by Zen Honeycutt, Founder of Moms Across America and Tami Canal, founder of the international grass roots movement, March Against Monsanto, a Vendor Village with dozens of community-minded, sustainable exhibitors, artisans and organic food – in addition to music, entertainment, and more!
The Lil’ Roots will enjoy the Las Vegas public premiere performance by John Paul Ouvrier as The Wizard of Youth 4 Kids LIVE! This premier entertaining show on health and fitness for kids includes comedy, music and puppets and makes learning the fundamental principles of health, FUN. The Wizard and his rebellious dog, Rock Rock, teach children the secrets to staying healthy and young for the rest of their lives. Other junior gardener highlights include school garden clubs, garden rock art painting, a bugs and bat demo, treasure hunting, fairy gardens at Chloe’s Fairy Cottage and a Make and Take Station by Project Angel Faces.
For more information please visit https://www.growyourownfestival.com. For general inquires please email [email protected] and for press requests email [email protected].
GROW YOUR OWN FESTIVAL is made possible due to our Community Partners Garden Farms, Star Nursery, Wonder Soil, Ahern, El Dorado Cantina, Beauty Bar, Chipotle, 702 Farms, UNLV Rebel Recycling, The Studio Place, Savers, Nevada Partners, Nevada Energy Star Partners Green Alliance & GREENFest, the Wizard of Youth, Living Well Organic, Urban Seed, Hot 97.5FM, Q106FM, and Natural Awakenings of Greater Las Vegas. Produced by Red Mercury Entertainment.
*Artists and Schedule subject to change
MAIN STAGE
10:00am Drum Circle Welcome & Lunaea Mystic Arts
10:30am Wizard of Youth Live 4 Kids!
Join John Paul Ouvrier, the Wizard of Youth as he speeds through the Kingdom Of Health helping children grow up young and healthy
11:10am The Studio Place Greenline Re-Design Fashion Show and Auction
Upcycled, student studio steam punk designed Halloween costumes available for auction
11:25am Junior Gardeners Show & Tell
Clark County School District now boasts the largest outdoor garden classroom project in the country. Hear a couple of their stars speak about growing their own food.
12:00 pm Paige Overton
Savor the soulful sounds of this up and coming singer songwriter
12:30pm Zen Honeycutt, Founder, Moms Across America
Founder of Moms Across America, a national movement of Moms whose purchasing power goes to chemical-free foods
12:45pm Peter Clark
Lead guitarist and vocals for Scotty and the Silver Dollar Prophets
1:15pm The Studio Place Greenline Re-Design Fashion Show and Auction
Upcycled, student studio steam punk designed Halloween costumes available for auction
1:30pm Kaylie Foster
Don’t miss this shining star named Las Vegas Weekly’s Best New Artist
2:00pm Urban Seed Foundation
On a relentless mission to change the way the world is fed, starting locally in Las Vegas
2:15pm Tami Canal, Founder, March Against Monsanto
2:45pm Lady Reiko & the Sin City Prophets
A force to be reckoned with, powerhouse vocals and lyrics, come find musical sanctuary
GARDENING WORKSHOPS
Schedule below repeated morning and afternoon
- How to Garden in Las Vegas: Beds, Buckets or Towers?
- Container Gardening 101
- Gardening with Your Kids
- Growing Garden Towers
- Hydro & Aquaponics
- Fruit & Nut Trees in the Desert
- Herb Gardens Galore
- Composting 101: Dos, Don’ts, Worms & Whatnots
MINIMAL MARKET
DIY Demo Tent
- A local Las Vegas company that encourages the community to adapt eco-conscious habits and provides minimal waste alternatives to single-use disposable plastics.
Minimal Waste Home- Clean & Green - DIY Bath & Beauty- Sustainable staples to make yourself
- Home Food Preservation – Basic Methods for Canning the Desert’s Bounty
EL DORADO CANTINA
Chef Demo Stage
10:00am Chef Mayra, Pura Vida Vegas
10:30am Chef Donald Lemperle, VegeNation
11:30am Chef Johnny Church, Aureole & Create A Change Now
12:00pm Shane Stuart, Rawmixologist, Gardens in a Glass
12:30pm Chef Emily Brubaker, Urban Seed Foundation
1:00pm Chef Paco, El Dorado Cantina
1:30pm Ditchin’ Dairy: Yogurt, Cheese & Cream by Jodi & Virgin Cheese
2:00pm Chef Stephen Cordaro, Humane Food 702
2:30pm Chef Jahvon Colli, Sherry’s Taste of Jamaica
3:00pm Chef Keidi, Living Superfood
LIL ROOTS
Junior Gardeners Stage
11:00am Move and Groove Kid Yoga with Nicole Ders
12:00pm Wizard of Youth Meet & Greet
12:30pm Annie & Recycled Art
1:00pm Home-made Slime
1:30pm Bugs & Bats with Bryan
2:00pm The Studio Place Greenline Re-design Fashion Show and Auction
2:30pm Making Fairy Gardens with Chloe’s Fairy Cottage
3:00pm Drum Jam with Cowtown Guitars
DETAIL OF PERFORMANCES AND APPEARANCES
Wizard of Youth Live 4 Kids!
10:30am Main Stage
12:00pm Lil Roots Tent Meet & Greet
Join the Wizard of Youth as he speeds through the Kingdom of Health, helping children grow up young and healthy
Join John Paul Ouvier, The Wizard of Youth, as he speeds through the Kingdom of Health helping children grow up young with his dog Rock Rock, and his cat Deebles, watching out for the evil Dark Fitness! Now a TV show coming to a channel near you. Still the favorite board game and successful book used in the classroom; now we’re on TV! Like our page and tell everyone you know! http://www.wizardofyouth.com
The Studio Place Greenline Re-design Fashion Show and Auction
11:10am & 1:15pm Main Stage
2:00pm Lil Roots Stage
Upcycled, student studio steam punk designed Halloween costumes available for auction
Sisters, Wynette and Lori Jones, have curated The Studio Place, a 501 (c)(3) Arts and Education program that serves as a gateway for youth ages 14-19 to obtain the necessary skills to graduate high school, prepare for college, start their own business, or secure sustainable employment, by teaching The Business of Fashion Design. Embracing the challenge of upcycling garments from community partner, Savers, into Steam Punk style Halloween costumes, the students will see their garments form concept to commerce, with an end of festival auction! http://thestudioplace.org
Paige Overton
12:00pm
Main Stage
Savor the soulful sounds of this up and coming singer songwriter
“Best Local Country Act,” Las Vegas Weekly 2010 Vegas’ Best Reader’s Choice Poll
“Paige Overton and Co. are among the top local acts in town,” -Jarett Keene / Las Vegas CityLife 9/17/09
“This live show was one of the most unforgettable performances I’ve been to in a long time, worth seeing again and again,” -Braeden Ellis / www.examiner.com 8/31/09
“Call it whatever your fancy is … country alt, y’alternative or “Punky-Tonk” as the band terms it, this quartet… kicks out powerful catchy and juicy original music,” -By Moon London / MojoRepublik.com 2/08
Zen Honeycutt, Founder, Moms Across America
12:30pm
Main Stage
Founder of Moms Across America, a national movement of Moms whose purchasing power goes to chemical-free foods
ON Zen Honeycutt is the mother of three boys who struggled with allergies and autism symptoms until they went GMO Free and organic. She created Moms Across America, a national Coalition of Unstoppable Moms to raise awareness about GMOs and related pesticides, and discovered that thousands of Moms are seeing the same results. Moms Across America now has had over 600 leaders create nearly 900 events in the past 5 years, raising awareness with millions, shifting the market place to organic and creating healthy communities across the country and around the world. Zen has been featured on CNN, the Dr.Oz show, the Wall Street Journal, CSPAN, ABC 7 and more. She is an international speaker and writer. Her book UNSTOPPABLE will be available for presale at the Grow Your Own Festival. Zen grows her own food in a small backyard with her husband and three boys in Southern California. http://www.momsacrossamerica.com
Peter Clark
12:45pm
Main Stage
Lead guitarist and vocals for Scotty and the Silver Dollar Prophets
Kaylie Foster
1:30pm
Main Stage
Don’t miss this shining star named Las Vegas Weekly’s Best New Artist
This soulful singer-songwriter has many stardom-making talents in her skill set, but her warm, passionate and wholly genuine vocals stand apart. She knows when to hold back, and when to sing her heart out—and she makes it all seem effortless. soundcloud.com/kayliefostermusic. – Best Emerging Vocalist – Las Vegas Weekly 2017 https://www.facebook.com/KaylieFosterMusic/
Urban Seed Foundation
2:00pm
Main Stage
On a relentless mission to change the way the world is fed, starting locally in Las Vegas
Come hear how over the last decade, the Urban Seed team of experts in farming, engineering, food and technology have cultivated a relentless mission to change the way the world is fed.
Tami Canal, Founder, March Against Monsanto
2:15pm
Main Stage
Founder of March Against Monsanto, an international grassroots movement
against Monsanto corporation, a producer of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide and proven toxin.
Founder of March Against Monsanto, founded in response to the failure of California Proposition 37, a ballot initiative which would have required labeling food products made from GMOs. Advocates support mandatory labeling laws for food made from GMOs. The initial march took place on May 25, 2013. Events took place in between 330 and 436 cities around the world, mostly in the United States. Many protests occurred in Southern California, and some participants carried signs expressing support for mandatory labeling of GMOs that read “Label GMOs, It’s Our Right to Know”, and “Real Food 4 Real People”. Canal said that the movement would continue its “anti-GMO cause” beyond the initial event. Further marches have occurred annually in May, catapulting GMOs into a household term. http://www.march-against-monsanto.com
Lady Reiko & the Sin City Prophets
2:45pm
Main Stage
A force to be reckoned with, powerhouse vocals and lyrics, come find musical sanctuary
A fusion of roots, rock and reggae, their presence commands attention. They are freedom fighters using music as their weapon. This 11-piece, high energy band has been rocking America’s West Coast since 2008. Lady Reiko is an eclectic group of musicians known for their dynamic instrumentation, conscious message and unique ability to get any crowd moving. http://www.ladyreikomusic.com/index.html
