GREAT AGE
ON THE GREEN

Discovery Green proudly partners with the Great Age Movement to launch Great Age on the Green, a senior health and wellness music festival. It will be an unforgettable celebration of vitality, connection and living life out loud. All ages are welcome.

This free, inaugural festival pulses with energy from the moment the music starts. Kate Linder, award winning actress on Young and the Restless since 1982 will be emceeing.

Enjoy live performances from Houston’s legendary jazz vocalist Diunna Greenleaf, veteran Broadway Jazz singer John Nevitt, DJ Diva Beats by Angela Nichols will be spinning hits from every generation while the lawn comes alive with movement and play.

Slide into some signature Great Age Senior Fitness Club’s fun at Trini’s Shuffleboard Court, perfect your putt at the Hagstette Family Putting Green alongside golf pros or let loose in a joyful hula hoop session under the open sky.

Don’t miss Houston Ballet’s Dance2Thrive- a joyful, live-music movement class led by Teaching Artists that promotes well-being, creativity and social connection.

Feed your curiosity with inspiring, forward-thinking health and wellness talks from leading experts, then grab a front-row seat for a show-stopping fashion experience starring local and national celebrity seniors who redefine what style looks like at every age.

Come for the music. Stay for the movement. Leave inspired. Great Age on the Green is where aging is celebrated boldly, beautifully and together.

MACONDA’S GROVE

12 pm: Kate Linder Kick Off and DJ Angela.

12 – 5 pm: Lawn Games

12:15 – 12:45 pm: Houston Ballet Dance2Thrive

12:45 – 3 pm: Community Health Choice Bingo

1 – 2:30 pm: Mad About Hoops

HESS DECK

1 pm: Emcee Kate Linder welcomes guests and speakers

1 – 1:15 pm: Aging Forward: Purpose, Confidence, and the Power to Rewire; John Purpura, Certified Professional Coach, Elevate Advisory.

1:20 – 1:35 pm: Community is Medicine; Jason Burnett, PhD, Director, Elder Mistreatment Core, UTHealth Houston Institute on Aging.

1:40 – 1:55 pm: Still in the Game: Sexual Health at Every Age; Renee Flores, MD, MHSA, FACP, EdD, AGSF, Associate Professor, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine.

2 – 2:15 pm: Healthy Brain Aging: A Recipe for a Stronger Brain; Serwaa Omowale, PhD, LMSW, MPH, Assistant Professor, Management, Policy, and Community Health, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health.

2:15 – 2:30 pm: Depression within Senior Citizen Populations; Chara L. Bowie, Ed.D., LPC-S, Asha Minix, MPH, Med, Yolanda Ibarra, LMSW.

2:35 – 2:45 pm: Longevity, Vitality, and Independence; Anay R Patel, MD, Surgeon, Texas Orthopedic Hospital.

2:45 – 3 pm: Heart; Christina Paruthi, MD, Board Certified Cardiologist, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Group.

ANHEUSER-BUSCH STAGE

2 – 5 pm: The Guild Shop Booth

2:45 – 3:20 pm: John Nevitt Performance

3:20 – 3:25 pm: NBA Rockets’ Space City Seniors Performance

3:30 – 4 pm: The Guild Shop Fashion Show

4:10 – 5 pm: Diunna Greenleaf Performance