Earth Day at the Bay 2025
- ALL AGES
Celebrate Earth Day with us at the Upper Newport Bay!
Date and time
Location
Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center
2301 University Drive Newport Beach, CA 92660Refund Policy
About this event
- Event lasts 6 hours
- ALL AGES
- Free venue parking
OC Parks and the Newport Bay Conservancy invite you to attend our annual celebration: Earth Day at the Bay!
This FREE, family-friendly event features environmental-themed exhibits from community partners and local artists. Booths will feature activities that include arts and crafts, science discovery and educational information. There will be live music throughout the day as well as a scavenger hunt complete with prizes. Be sure to enter our opportunity drawing as well!
Food trucks will be on site with tasty treats available for purchase. Parking is free, but limited. We encourage carpooling.
No need to register online, donations accepted.
Adventure Partners:
- Orange County Parks
- California Department of Fish & Wildlife
- American Cetacean Society, OC Chapter
- Astronomers Outreach Network
- California Cultural Resource Preservation Alliance
- Environmental Nature Center
- Friends of Harbors, Beaches and Parks
- Irvine Ranch Conservancy – Fire Watch
- Irvine Ranch Water District
- Laguna Greenbelt
- OC Bird of Prey Center
- OC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
- OC Mosquito & Vector Control District
- OC Parks Paleontology Collection
- OC Parks Ranger Reserves
- OC Public Libraries
- OC Zoo
- Ocean Institute
- Pacific Marine Mammal Center
- Sea & Sage Audubon Society
- Shark Stewards
- Sierra Club: Orange County
- Southern California Plein Air Painters Association
- Wildlife Jewels
About Earth Day
For 55 years, Earth Day has been bringing communities and organizations together to advocate for a healthier environment and a sustainable life. The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 activated 20 million Americans from all walks of life to share their concerns about each citizen’s critical role in the environment. Their actions led to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts. Now over one billion people in 192 countries participate in Earth Day activities, making it the largest civic observance in the world.
Frequently asked questions
Both the event and parking are free! We will have volunteers directing parking at two location: the OC Parks lot and the lot at the end of University Dr. Parking is limited, so we encourage carpooling and arriving early.
The event will have several exhibitors that bring live animals and family-friendly activities. There will be live music and food trucks to enjoy. Presentation will take place in the theater and may feature live animals, storytelling, and art in nature!
The event is open house style, so guests can arrive anytime between 10am and 4pm.
We recommend bring cash or card for food trucks and the gift shop. While exhibitors are not allowed to sell any items, there will be food available for purchase at the food trucks, as well as a gift shop located inside the Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center.
Dogs are allowed on the trails and the outdoor patio but must be on a 6ft maximum leash at all times. Dogs are NOT permitted in the outdoor amphitheater where exhibitors have live animals or inside the interpretive center, this includes the bathrooms.