Big Love 2015!

Big Love is returning to Akron on Saturday February 28th!

We are returning to the Musica Complex on Market St between High St and Main St downtown Akron.

All the festivities kick off at Noon and will be running til after midnight, covering Musica, Urban Eats, We Gallery, Uncorked, and Blu+, featuring music, yoga, food, community-building workshops, installation art, healing arts, zero waste focus, poetry, and more!

The event is free (though donations are greatly welcomed).

Big Love Schedule!

Celebrate our community's great music, art, and delicious vegan food! Join in and create art! Gain knowledge and awareness of ourselves and our community. Spring Garden Waldorf School and Afterlight Fitness will be on hand to provide kids and family activities. So bring the wee ones! We are aiming to be a zero waste event so feel free to bring your own cups and utensils. There are Healthy Living workshops in Urban Eats starting at 12:30pm. Yoga, dance and hug workshops are pared with bands and poetry in Uncorked throughout the day (please bring yoga mats). The WOMB will be creating Akron's Tree of Knowledge with all of you in the Green Room Space across the courtyard of Musica beginning at 1 pm. Guided meditation workshops and self reflection space in the nest up top of Uncorked's bar. We are transforming the space with art installations. Come be transformed!  Love shines brightest when we are all apart of it. That is Big Love!

BIG LOVE MUSIC LINE UP: Uncorked: 12:30pm- Uche 12:45pm- Cosmic Village 1:30pm- Matt DeRubertis 2:15pm- JT Buck 2:30pm- Akron Time Bank 2:45pm- The Poplars 3:30pm- John Dayo 3:45pm- Emma Shepard/ Brian Lisik 4:45 pm- Gretchen Pluess 5:30 pm- Diana Chittester 6:30 pm- Scott Franklin 7:30 pm- Chris Hatton 8:30 pm- Soul Vinyl Dance Party Musica: 12:00: WOMB African ceremony opening/Zach and Samuel Salsbury/Jeffery Zayda shamanic movement 1:00 pm- The Help 2:00 pm- Anc War 3:00 pm- Time Cat 4:00 pm- Acid Cats 5:00 pm-Tall Tales 6:00 pm- Light of the Loon 7:00 pm- Jovan Wilder and The Wild Things 8:00 pm- Winslow 9:00 pm- Zach and the Bright Lights 10:00pm- Umojah Nation Studio Akron: ($5) 12:00 am- No Limits More TBA   A great loving thank you to our sponsors: Downtown Akron Partnership, Musica, The Summit, SGTV, The Love Initiative and The WOMB! Show Your Love! Donate! We wish to pay our musicians a little bit of something so help us by donating! All donations are tax deductible! Donate Here!   Local vegan food provided by Ms. Julie's Kitchen, Mustard Seed Market and Cafe, Urban Eats and Plant Kingdom! Uncorked: Jen Greist Family Yoga, Banyon Tree Kelly McHood Heart Shakra Yoga, Womb/Viabration Project Nancy Holland Yoga, Blue Hen Yoga Leah Davis, Akron Time Bank, Cooperative Games Caitlyn Boyle and Ashley Suzeli, Hug Workshop Kristina Jansons, Dancing Workshop, Pointe West Performances Amelia Logan, Body Image Yoga Healthy Living, Urban Eats: Ms. Julie-Eating Healthy On A Budget, Ms. Julie's Kitchen Barbe Beaty- Mindful Living, Banyan Tree Abraham Nabors- Healthy Living Workshop, Mustard Seed Barb Chamberlin- How to Plan your Garden, Island Gardens Akron's Tree of Knowledge, Green Room (across Musica courtyard): Presented by The WOMB we will be slowly crafting a tree out of our collective experiences and knowledge! All fruit gathered will be used as a part of Akron's People's Agenda. Presi Tree Concept- Facilitators: DaMareo Cooper, Jennifer Toles, Darritat Davis, Danielle Cariglio plus more tba. Roots of Family Bark of Formal Education Branches of Nature and Enviroment Education/Leaves of Self Directed Education Buds of Expectations for Akron in the Future Raindrops of Knowledge You Can Share 9pm- Present Tree and Fruit to Rest of Fest Art Installations By: David Swirsky Eunsu Kang Megan Shane Jessica Lofthus Mara Frage Greta Ramsey Erica Hoosic Caty Petersilge Julie Norman Big Love: Lovin' Local Art Auction: Come and support local non profits by buying local art! Non profits include The Way Of Mind and Body, a community centered on creating a safe space for humanness through culture, health and wellness and community organizing. The Virabration's Project promotes community health as a human and environmental right. The Love Initiative promotes creative non violence in the self, the community and the home. *All proceeds go to The WOMB, The Love Initiative, Virabration's Project and to the artist. ** We are still looking for more art contributions please contact the Virabration's Project atthevirabrationsproject@gmail.com. Live Paintings: Ursula Rauh Todd V.  Open Call for 3-5min videos of Akron's community organizations! Tell us what you're about and what your plans are for 2014! Due Feb. 17th. Please e-mail Beth Vild for more info or submissions atbvildorganizer@gmail.com.

Big Love Flier!

Thanks Kevin Richards with Studio KMR for the great job on this awesome flier!

Help Us Support Our Community!

You can help us put this festival on! All the money raised is going to thank the numerous performers who are sharing their talents and time, as well as to help us make this event zero waste.

We appreciate your support on any level.

These are some suggestions:

$50 - Support a performer.

$200 - Support a stage.

$500 - Festival sponsor!

http://www.gofundme.com/647524

Your donation is tax deductible, and greatly appreciated!

Namaste.
Zach

Big Love on Feb 22nd!

Big Love in Akron!

Feb 22nd starting at Noon and running well into the night.

Bring your light and energy to Big Love! Big Love is an opportunity to gather and celebrate our community. We can celebrate our art, our music, our dance, our food, our spirits, and connection! This community festival encourages collaboration and the ability to share our passion and compassion with each other. Family-friendly and open to all! There will be live music, live art, food, poetry, yoga, meditation, creativity, kids' arts and crafts, vendors, poetry, hula hoops, and so much more! We are aiming at this event being a Zero Waste event as well! Performances by: Zach & the Bright Lights, Winslow, Emma Shepard, The Help,Acid Cats, Jovan Wilder and the Wild Things The Poplars, Diana Chittester,Todd V, Ursula Rauh, TM Gottl, and more! In addition to regular musical performances, there will also be some kirtan and chanting! Spring Garden Waldorf School will be providing face painting and kids activities! The WOMB is facilitating healthy living and community organizing workshops. The Akron Shambhala Center will be facilitating meditations throughout the day. Let us raise up some Big Love in our community!