Grand Central Station last Saturday was literally rocking to the music of a variety of bands ranging from reggae to pop. Set on a particularly beautiful spring day, masses of people were swaying to music, snacking on food, and exploring the different stands set up on Vanderbilt Avenue.
This was technically an Earth Day event, but with all of the street vendors and the concert, New Yorkers didn’t need a title to show up. Nevertheless, this was an event celebrating the Earth on the one day society has so kindly reserved for it.
The outdoor event on April 23 and 24 was accompanied by an indoor fair as well. The outdoor fair included green vendors selling various eco-friendly products, and food vendors selling local and organic eats. The concert was fantastic, and a huge draw for the majority of the crowd.
Walking through the crowd, one that was clearly growing by the minute, people were excited, happy and loud. The outdoor fair ran from about 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and it was fairly packed from the beginning. As the performances started, the sound attracted passersby like ants to a picnic site.
The list of performers for that day was as follows: Manhattan Samba Band, Stella Connelly, Dewi Maile Lim & Karen Baxter, Nat and Alex Wolff, Moodswing Orchestra, Judah Tribe, Deluka, A Million Years, Tamarama, and The London Souls. Each performance lasted about half an hour. Overall, the event was hugely successful, at least attendance wise. Images are aggregated from tweets of various attendants of the fair to get a better sense of what the crowd saw.