Burning River Fest 2008 - Saturday, August 9th
This one day family-friendly festival celebrates our local:

• Environmental Organizations
• Green Companies
• Musicians
• Artisans
• Sustainable Farmers and Restaurants
• Historic Coast Guard Station and
• Waterways!

The Nautica Entertainment Complex location provides a scenic view of Cleveland’s riverfront and serves as a living exhibit of the river’s environmental and economic impact on our community. Celebrate and support the crown jewels of our region!

Environmental Awareness
"Green" organizations, companies and sponsors will delight attendees of all ages with inspiring, interactive and eco-friendly exhibits and demonstrations.  Current exhibitors include:  

• 88.3 WBWC - The Sting
• American Institute of Architects Cleveland
• Believe In Cleveland
• Biodiversity Alliance
• bluewaterohio
• Chas E. Phipps Company
• City of Cleveland - Department of Public Health
• City of Cleveland - Division of Water
• Clean Air Conservancy
• Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority
• Cleveland EcoVillage
• Cleveland Waterfront Coalition
• Cleveland Water Pollution Control
• Councilman Joe Cimperman & Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Food Policy Coalition
• Cuyahoga County Board of Elections
• Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association
• Chris Dunmore - Green Stockbroker (FBW)
• Dike 14 Nature Preserve Committee
• Dovetail Solar and Wind
• Earth Day Coalition
• EarthWatch Ohio
• Ecologia LLC
• Environmental Health Watch
• Fox Natural Building
• Good Nature Organic Lawn Care
• Great Lakes Bioneers/Cleveland
• Great Lakes Brewing Company's "Pint Size Farm"
• Great Lakes Brewing Renewables
• Green Clean, Inc./Planet Green
• Green Energy Ohio
• Hale Farm & Village (property of the Western Reserve Historical Society)
• Holden Arboretum
• Leeners/LD Carlson
• LilyRox Pet Treats
• Karma Yoga
• Mercy for Animals
• National Audubon Society
• Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
• Ohio Concrete - Pervious Surface "Hydra Park"
• Ohio Department of Natural Resources Office of Coastal Management
• Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association
• Office of Sustainability, City of Cleveland
• Positively Cleveland
• Royal Oak Recycling
• Royalton Supply Landscape Center
• Sagemark Consulting
• Sierra Club U.S.A.
• Standing Rock Cultural Arts
• Stop Beer Warming
• Tinkers Creek Watershed Partners
• West Creek Preservation Committee
• Western Reserve Land Conservancy

Educational Message
Environmental education is one of the most important components of Burning River Fest.  In addition to the variety of green exhibitors and activities, the area's top experts in environmental matters will take the stage in the popular Eco-Discussion Forum:

Eco-Discussion Forum Schedule:
* In between forums starting at 1:15 PM:  Wind Energy Video presented by the Great Lakes Energy Development Task Force

12:45 PM Green Home Improvement/Energy Audits Jim LaRue, The Affordable Green Housing Program of the Environmental Health Watch

1:30 PM Green Cleaning Products and Sustainable Merchandise Rebecca Reynolds, Green Clean, Inc. and Planet Green

2:30 PM Stormwater Management Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, and Justin Evans, Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

3:15 PM Wind Energy Video Introduced by Greg Zucca, Great Lakes Energy Development Task Force

3:30 PM Understanding and Supporting Development and Design Projects on Lake Erie Bob Brown, Cleveland City Planning, Adam Wasserman, Port of Cleveland, Justin Glanville, Parkworks, and Harvey Webster, Cleveland Museum of Natural History (representing the Dike 14 Environmental Education Collaborative)

4:30 PM Climate Change:  Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Northeast Ohio David Beach and Laura Christie, GreenCityBlueLake Institute at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History

5:30 PM Community Supported Agriculture Maurice Small and LJ Sylvia, City Fresh and The New Agrarian Center

AND THE SPECTACULAR ADDED BONUSES!!!
The historic Cleveland fireboat, the Anthony J. Celebrezze, will make an appearance!


Eco-tours on the Lake Guardian, the US EPA's largest Great Lakes' research and monitoring vessel and only self-contained, non-polluting research vessel on the Great Lakes, will be available!


Educational and scenic boat rides will be available on Lake Erie and around the Historic Coast Guard Station via The Holiday between 12:30 PM-5:30 PM!

Musical Entertainment
Cleveland is the "Rock & Roll Capital", and what's a celebration without music??

Acoustic:

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM FRANCIS QUINN & FRIENDS Traditional Irish music

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM GYPSY RELIC Blend of Rock/Funk/Jazz

Festival Stage (Cyrus Patio):
* In between sets starting at 1:45 PM:  Yoga demonstrations by Karma Yoga

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM KRISTINE JACKSON Blues:  Cleveland Free Times Music Awards ~ Nominated 2008 Best Blues Band and Horn Player; Voted 2007 Best Blues Band and Horn Player

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CATS ON HOLIDAY Swamp Pop:  A hard rockin', swamp poppin' outfit serving up a healthy does of American influenced roots, country, cajun and blues.

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM MIFUNE Afro-Electronique/Ethnic/World:  Cleveland Free Times Music Awards ~ Voted 2008 Best Ethnic/World Group

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM PRAYER WARRIORS R&B/Inspirational Groove:  Cleveland's "audio carnival" comprised of 15 voices that will take you on a virtual tour of everything from R&B, Jazz, Funk and Gospel.

Plain Dealer Pavilion Stage:

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Opener:  The ARK BAND Reggae:  This St. Lucian reggae band based in Columbus, Ohio, combines heavenly harmonies with tight crisp performances and captures audiences with their roots reggae, calypso and soca music.

8:45 PM - 11:00 PM Headliner:  THE DAVE MATTHEWS TRIBUTE BAND Fusion of Rock/Funk/Jazz:  The Dave Matthews Tribute Band exceeds its billing as a quality improvisational band that uses Dave Matthews material as themes to improvise. Clearly, this distinguishes them from the other so-called tribute bands. The band is exceptionally tight and produces a solid groove over which the players improvise with hot chops.

Kid's Korner
Exotic face painters, enriching kid's crafts and talented storytellers will entertain and educate kids young and old!

Kid's Activities Schedule:

Kaman Art Shoppe's Face Painting 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Art On Wheels Kid's Crafts 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Literature Leap's "All In Harmony" Storytelling and Puppet Show 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Linda Zolten Wood Kid's Crafts 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Robin Pease Kerr's Kulture Kids:  "Spirit of the Corn" Music and Dance 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Mr. Balloon's Biodegradable Balloon Animals 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Sustainable Nourishment
Local chefs, restaurateurs, volunteers and sustainable farmers will prepare and provide samples of food with all-natural ingredients grown right here in Ohio. Great Lakes Brewing Company beer will be available, as well as wine and other refreshments.  New in 2008 - Special food and cooking demonstrations by local farmers and chefs!  Current local food participants include:

• Chagrin Falls Popcorn Shop "Kettle Corn Road Show"
• Chef's Choice Meats
• Fresh Fork Market
• Great Lakes Brewing Company
• Honey's Gourmet Ice Cream
• Millgate Farms
• Ohio City Pasta
• Players on Madison/Cafe Sausalito
• Pearl of the Orient
• Spice of Life Catering Co.

Chef and Farmer Demonstration Schedule:

12:30 PM Chef Brian Doyle, The Chameleon Chef

1:30 PM Todd Mogren, Millgate Farms

2:30 PM Kris Krieger, Chef's Choice Meats

3:30 PM Tom Wiandt, Killbuck Valley Mushrooms

4:30 PM Heather Haviland, Lucky's Cafe

5:30 PM Monica Bongue, Muddy Fork Farms

Artistic Marvels
Vibrant interpretive performers and talented artisans will perform, exhibit and sell wares.  Current artisans and performers include:

• Jeni Buckingham - Studio Jeweler
• Cleveland Museum of Art Performance Puppets
• Hollis Geary
• Green Guru Gear by Ecologic Designs, Inc.
• Lake Erie Artists
• Luna's Light
• The Mayan Connection
• Revive
• St. Edward High School Trash Talkers
• Women of the Cloud Forest
• Yoga Demonstrations by Karma Yoga

Northeast Ohio Economy
Our economy benefits by putting money directly into the pockets of local businesses, farmers, musicians, artists and restaurateurs while educating families and companies on how to incorporate sustainable and environmentally healthy strategies into daily life and business practices.

Burning River Fest Committees

Burning River Fest Steering Committe
Patrick Conway, Great Lakes Brewing Co.	Kami Dolney, Great Lakes Brewing Co.
Leigh Schneider, Great Lakes Brewing Co.	Rebecca Brayton Bendlak, Bendlak + Associates
Burning River Fest Honorary Committee
Ben Bebenroth, Spice of Life Catering Co.	Margaret Flynn, Brown Flynn
John G. Grabowski, Western Reserve Historical Society	Bruce Higley, The Albert M. Higley Co.
Lisa Hong, eQuest strategies	Linda Mayer-Mack, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District