Stirling Open Streets Festival
Mark Earth Day in a unique way with Stirling Open Streets Festival on Saturday 22nd April!
About Stirling Open Streets Festival
The free event will see King Street, Friars Street, Port Street and part of Murray Place closed to vehicles with visitors enjoying a range of fun family friendly activities between 10am and 4pm. This will include come-and-try sports, live music, arts and crafts, story sessions, a silent disco and historical walking tours.
There will also be information stalls for a range of environmental groups, advice about active travel and sustainable living and activities such as seed planting, bug hotel making and opportunities to take part in a junk model competition and contribute to a collaborative community mural.
The festival is being organised by Stirling Council in partnership with Go Forth Business Improvement District and will offer a unique, pedestrian-focused environment for residents and visitors, who can experience the busy city centre streets and enjoy its shops, cafes and attractions with reduced traffic congestion and environmental impact.
Earth Day is a global movement where people around the world are encouraged to raise awareness of environmental issues and commit to a sustainable and equitable future for our planet.
This year’s Earth Day theme is ‘Invest in our Planet’. Families are being encouraged to leave their cars at home and walk, cycle or take public transport to get to the event.
Stirling Council declared a climate emergency in April 2019 and is committed to achieving net zero carbon by 2045. We will be carbon neutral for our own operations by 2035 and are working towards achieving the Scottish Government Net Zero targets.
Event Programme:
Free activities from 10am-4pm including:
Music
• Central FM
• Europa Music Stage – live music for Record Store Day
• Stirling Gaelic Choir
Sport and Active Travel
• Yoga Tree – come and try outdoor yoga
• Recyke A Bike’s Dr Bike – Bring your bike along for a free bike check with Recyke-a-bike, who will be offering minor adjustments and repairs to keep your bike running smoothly
• Active Stirling Bikes Without Barriers – come and try adapted bikes
• Forth Environment Link – trial e-bikes and info on sustainable living
• Dunblane Cricket Club
• Ross Brown Football Freestyler demonstration and workshops
Kids’ Fun
• Blairdrummond Safari Park on tour
• Made in Stirling Shop – drop in art workshops and contribute to a collaborative community artwork
• GOSSIP Collective - crafts activities including a junk model competition. Bring your own from home or create one on the day!
• Face painting
• Circus Skills
• Storytelling and crafts with Central Library
• Play, Talk, Read – under 5s play and reading fun
Eco Activity
• Transition Stirling - Drop-in workshops making flowers from recycled carrier bags. Take part in our consumer quiz and our recycling game.
• Stirling Council Waste Services - compost and recycling games. Can you correctly identify what goes in which bin?
• Braehead Community Garden - seed planting
• Treelink - Find out more about community planting projects, volunteer gardening opportunities and our Free Tree For Babies scheme.
• Butterfly Conservation Trust - Find out more about moths and butterflies and what you can do to help them thrive.
• Forestry and Land Scotland - Find out more about renewable energy schemes, how we create and maintain trails and visitor facilities and conserve habitats, wildlife and archaeological treasures.
• On The Verge - Learn about native wildflowers and what you can do to attract insects to your garden.
Other
• Farmers’ Market
• Bannockburn House – volunteering opportunities
• Stirling City Walls heritage walk - Stirling Council Archaeologist Murray Cook (pre-booking required)
• Stirling Silent Disco Walking Tour (pre-booking required)
Wider City Involvement
On 22 April there will also be a range of other activities and music in the city centre visitors can explore:
• Corn Exchange - live music
• Nicky Tams – live music
• No 2 Baker St – live music
• Stirling Gin Distillery Tours https://stirlingdistillery.com/tours/
• Stirling Ghost Walk 8pm – Stirling Ghostwalk :: The popular tourist attraction in the Old Town area of Stirling
• Smith Art Gallery and Museum – Home - The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum
• Tolbooth – 7.30pm Scottish singer Horse HORSE Trio - Acoustic-Y - Stirling Events
The full event programme and booking information for the tours can be viewed at www.yourstirling.com
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