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Trails
West!®
A
Celebration of the Arts
August 20-22, 2010
Northwest
Missouri's Largest Arts Festival
Festival Details
Festival
Shuttle, Directions,
& Parking
Shuttle: To
help with traffic flow Trails West!® will offer shuttle
service to and from the City parking garages and lots during
peak times on Saturday. The service is free for everyone with a Trails
West!® admission button. Buttons may be purchased on the
shuttle. Downtown
St. Joseph parking map. The shuttle runs
every half hour. The shuttle drop off point at the festival is
Frederick and 10th street. 
Shuttle
Service Hours:
Saturday
4:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Directions:
The festival located at Civic Center Park, is
adjacent to City Hall, 1100 Frederick Ave. If
you’re coming from out of town, take Interstate 29 or US 36
to Interstate 229 to downtown St. Joseph. If you are on I-229
South, exit at Felix Street, follow Felix to 10th street, turn
3 blocks north and you’re there. If you are on I-229 North,
exit at Edmond Street, follow Edmond to 10th street, turn 3
blocks north and you’re there! If you should happen to miss
the I-229 exits off Interstate 29, you can also exit
Interstate 29 at Frederick Boulevard and go west on Frederick
to 11th Street to the festival.
Parking: Downtown St. Joseph has several
free parking garages and parking lots. The garage closest to
the festival is at 9th and Felix.
Accommodations
A wide variety of accommodations
are available in St. Joseph. A
list of motel and hotel accommodations are available
on the St. Joseph Convention and Visitors Bureau website
Good
Neighbor Park Policy
Trails West!®
takes place in scenic Civic Center Park, immediately adjacent
to City Hall at 1100 Frederick in downtown St. Joseph.. To
lessen the impact of over 45,000 festival goers, and to
provide a comfortable experience for everyone, the Festival is
asking for cooperation with the following:
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Blankets and
chairs must be removed each evening of the Festival.
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Pets or animals
are not allowed on Festival grounds
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Due to obvious
hazards, glass, rollerblades, skateboards, scooters,
bicycles are prohibited
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Please do not
bring food or drink on to the grounds - food vendors are
on grounds offer a wide variety of tasty options. If
you wish to bring your own food, a picnic area is
available for your use on the grounds of Pony
Express Monument between Frederick and Francis
Note - Following
each night’s closing act, Festival staff removes all
blankets, chairs, etc., from the park. These items are turned
in to the Lost & Found station and can be retrieved there.
The area in front
of the Main Stage will be provided for Wheelchair Access, and
on Saturday night an American Sign Language interpreter will
be provided.
Just a tip for our
Festival goers from near and far—BRING YOUR BAG CHAIRS!
Seating is limited, and there are so many different venues to
see, you’ll want the mobility that having your own chair
will bring.
One last request -
when packing for the Festival, drop in your own trash bag, and
help us to leave the festival grounds in great shape! Please
don't drop trash on the ground or worse in our neighbors'
streets!
Guest
Services & Handicap Access
Our
goal is to provide access to all our guests for
all of Trails West!® Here are some of the ways we
are trying to make your visit enjoyable. A
Wheel Chair accessibility map of the grounds is
available here
Large-print
and Braille festival schedules are available at
the Merchandise Tent. American Sign Language
interpreters will be available for virtually all
performances on Saturday.
First Aid is located on the south west
portion of the grounds.
Respite
accommodations are available. For more
information, contact the Merchandise Tent to the
right of the Main Stage.
ADA
accessible portable rest rooms are located in
each of the two “porta-potty” locations.
Baby Changing
Station The Grace Evangelical Church will provide
a baby changing and nursing tent in the
middle of the grounds - near the the umbrella
tables.
Handicapped
parking is located on Francis Street at 10th
and in the City Hall lot at Walter Welch Blvd and 12th.
A
special picnic area has been established for guest
wishing to bring a picnic lunch. The green
space at the Pony Express statue at 10th and
Frederick will have picnic tables set up for your
use. Food baskets and coolers are not permitted on
the grounds of Civic Center Park.
Trails
West!® policies require that all guests who
purchase alcohol receive a festival-supplied wrist
band. The policies also prohibit bringing cans or
bottles into the park. City ordinances
prohibit guests from leaving the park (or any
liquor-by-the-drink establishment) with an open
container of alcohol. Also, no coolers,
animals, bikes, skateboards, roller blades or
scooters are allowed on the grounds. Your
attention to these rules will help keep Trails
West!® safe.
Souvenir
sales help pay for the Performance Artists Trails
West!® brings to St. Joseph every year.
Trails West® has provided a quality arts
experience for the St. Joseph area since 1993. You
can show your support for Trails West® by
purchasing souvenir tee-shirt. Tee-shirts are
available for sale at the Allied Arts Council
office, 118 S. 8th Street, Clara's Fashions in the
3849 Frederick, and Hy-Vee 201 N Belt.
For more
information, call the Allied Arts Council
(816) 233-0231 or 800-216-7080
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