- Date: Saturday, September 28, 2013
- Time: 9:00am to 3:00pm (Exhibitors must arrive earlier than 8:00am to setup - see Exhibitor Info.)
- Location: Evanston Ecology Center - 2024 McCormick Blvd, Evanston, IL 60201
- Map: Click HERE to see and print where the festival is located within Evanston
- Festival Site Map: A festival site map will be available on this web page shortly before the festival.
- Directions
- From the South on the Edens Expressway (I-94)
- Exit at Dempster St and merge onto Dempster heading east
- Take Dempster east 2.8 miles to McCormick Blvd
- Turn left on McCormick Blvd and go 1.8 miles on McCormick to Bridge St
- Park in the surrounding residential neighborhood
- From the North on the Edens Expressway (I-94)
- Exit at Old Orchard Rd
- Turn left (east) at the light onto Old Orchard Rd and go 1.6 miles to Crawford Ave
- Turn right on Crawford Ave and go 0.5 miles to Golf Rd
- Turn left on Golf Rd and go 1.0 miles to McCormick Blvd
- Turn left on McCormick Blvd and go 0.5 miles to Bridge St
- Park in the surrounding residential neighborhood
- Parking:
- Car Parking. During the 2013 festival, Bridge Street (including the bridge itself) will be closed off. Parking for festival attendees will be available north and south of the North Shore Channel, on residential streets close to the festival site. Exhibitors will be able to park in the parking lot across the street from the Ecology Center on the morning of the festival up until around 8:45am. At that time, or when the lot is full, the lot will be closed off for the remainder of the festival. There will also be a second parking area for exhibitors designated by the day of the festival.
- Bike Parking. A parking area for bikes will be available at the festival. A festival volunteer will supervise the bike area and check bikes in and out for attendees who ride to the festival.
