Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion Green Team: Downtown Clear Up (aka Plogging!)

Celebrate Mother Earth with the Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion’s Green Team plogging event!

Date: Saturday, August 22
Time: 9 a.m. EST
Location: Axe and Ale House, 155 Moore Street, Bristol, VA 24201 
Cost: Free to participate (beverages and food not included)
Plogging is a community and environmentally focused way to exercise where you pick up trash as you walk/run. This event gives us the opportunity to call attention to the importance of recycling, disposing of trash responsibly, and keeping our Historic Downtown clean.
Plogging volunteers pose with the trash pick-up results from a past event (left); winners of the BRRR wristband grand prize for the most trash gathered (right). Our first event in 2022 resulted in almost 150 pounds of trash picked up over one hour; our second event 2024 brought in 283 pounds!
What to expect:
Meet us at Axe and Ale House at 9 a.m. Participants will have two walk/run routes to choose from, each starting in Historic Downtown Bristol, and then branching out to nearby neighborhoods in Tennessee and Virginia.
The Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion Green Team will be there to talk about volunteer opportunities at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion music festival coming up September 11-13 in Historic Downtown Bristol.
Axe and Ale House will have food and drinks to purchase so you can hang out while enjoying some time with old and new friends after helping make Bristol a greener place to live!
After the plogging session, we will hold a raffle with several cool prizes to be won, and the person who brings back the most trash (by weight) will win a trophy and a 3-Day GA pass to Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion!
Itinerary:
9-9:30 a.m.
Arrive at Axe and Ale House to get your route maps for plogging, pick up trash bags, and get a trash picker (first-come, first-served).
9:30-10:30 a.m.
5K plog, walk or run. Pick up trash along your route.
10:30-11 a.m.
Raffle and prizes awarded.
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Food and drinks available for purchase. Hang out and have fun!