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Plogging Downtown
Date: Saturday, April 25, 2026
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.
What to expect:
Meet us at Axe and Ale House at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 25. 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.
Other Events to Enjoy!
There are two other BCM events to enjoy on the 25th: Children’s Day will be in Cumberland Square Park from 10:00am to 1:00pm, and the Birthplace of Country Music Museum will host a Community Day, including free admission to the museum! In the past, Children’s Day has been held on Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion weekend, but it has now been moved to April 25.
