Charlotte Earth Day Celebration at Independent Picture House April 11

Charlotte Earth Day Celebration takes place on Saturday, April 11, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Independent Picture House, 4237 Raleigh Street, Charlotte, North Carolina.

This is a FREE event and is part of Independent Picture House’s Community Impact Series, which features free films throughout the year.

Charlotte Earth Day

• Films
• Exhibitors and artists
• Poetry
• Carolina Farm Trust Food Truck
• Children’s activities
• Panel discussions

Charlotte Earth Day Schedule

• 10 to 11 a.m.: Resource Fair
• 11 to 11:10 a.m.: Introduction by Eboné M. Lockett
• 11:10 to 11:40 a.m.: Poetry response by Glenis Redmond, South Carolina’s inaugural Poet Laureate
• 11:45 a.m to 12:35 p.m.: Screenings: Shringa, Portrait of a Seaweed Farmer and Refabricate
• 12:40 to 1:15 p.m.: Panel Discussion
• 1:20 to 2:15 p.m.: Screenings: Oceans 2050, Go Tell It To the Bees, and Environmental Justice is Food Sovereignty
• 2:20 to 2:50 p.m.: Panel discussion
• 3 to 3:30 p.m.: Exhibitors Fair
• 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Carolina Farm Food Truck

Exhibitors

• 100 Gardens
• ASC Greenway
• Black Girl Environmentalist
• Christians Caring for Creation (C3)
• Citizens’ Climate Lobby
• City of Charlotte City Arborist Team
• CleanAIRE NC
• Climate Action NC
• Charlotte Mecklenburg Climate
• Charlotte Mecklenburg NAACP
• Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Access Corporation
• GreenFaith
• Hatcher Hives Honey
• Mecklenburg County Air Quality
• NC Conservation Network
• NoDa NBA Greenification Committee
• PBS: Rootle Kids
• Sierra Club
• Sustain Charlotte
• The Climate Reality Project Charlotte Metro Chapter
• Transforming Nations Ford
• TreesCharlotte NC