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YOUR BLOCK ASSIGNMENT

Block 17 - S. Jennings Avenue to May Street

YOUR ARRIVAL STREET - THIS IS A LEAP-FROG BLOCK WITH A DETOUR

SPECIAL ARRIVAL PLAN FOR THIS BLOCK:

Listen friends, this is a unique block because if we are honest, this block entails just a little bit of organized chaos. I'm going to talk it through here but then ask that you please study your maps because they will help make the plan extra clear.

You are block 17.

This block always has a complicated entrance place (sharing with Block 18 traditionally) because May Street does not have an southern entrance point due to the two-block campus of Moncrief Cancer Institute -but this year things are a little extra complicated because your exit point for Block 17 would NORMALLY be S. Jennings Avenue where this year's ArtsGoggle Main Stage is set-up in the middle of the street.

Your block will arrive and depart via a leap-frog style detour.

Blocks 16, 17, and 18 will all share one entry street and one exit street due to lacking entry and exit streets on your individual blocks. All 140 cars from these blocks will exit on Grainger Street (which also serves as the Block 15 entry street). Yeah, gulp. It's a biggie.

We have staggered the arrival and departure times for Blocks 16, 17, and 18 to avoid a crush of 140 cars entering and exiting at the same time but....it'll still be tricky. So we are warning you in advance your arrival plan is handling a lot of traffic and it may require your patience.

We have LOTS of volunteers assigned to this block to help handle the traffic. We have superstar Near Southside staff members running the show here.

Your arrival street St. Louis Avenue - either north of south depending on your arrival group - will surely be busy.

Your departure street Grainger Street is narrow, and it is fielding 140 exiting cars from Blocks 16-18 and 40 entering cars for your Block 15 set up.

If you arrive and things are tight, stressful, backed-up, a little harrowing...it'll be okay. Take a deep breath and remain patient and let us do our best to clear the street for your entry, set-up and exit. We will make sure that you get into your block. It'll just require your patience.

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GROUP A

Group A Arrivals Blocks 16, 17 & 18

Google Maps driving directions to your arrival point

Group A for all three blocks will arrive using the same street, St. Louis Ave. COMING FROM SOUTH of Magnolia.

You will be facing north as you arrive so you will take a LEFT TURN onto Magnolia Avenue

Group A Arrivals are staggered to avoid congestion:
16 A arrives at 7:30am
17 A arrives at 8:00am
18 A arrives at 8:30am

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GROUP B

Group B Arrivals Blocks 16, 17 & 18

Google Maps driving directions to your arrival point if you are in Group B

Group B for all three blocks will arrive using the same street, St. Louis Ave. COMING FROM NORTH of Magnolia.
You will be facing south as you arrive so you will take a RIGHT TURN onto Magnolia Avenue

Group B Arrivals are staggered to avoid congestion
16 B arrives at 8:30am
17 B arrives at 9:00am
18 B arrives at 9:30am

SET-UP TIMES

Because of the high volume of car traffic set up will entail, we will be staggering the ARTIST ARRIVAL TIMES in two groups. Please understand that despite your arrival time or your arrival order SPONSOR AND FOOD TENTS have a guarantee to the endcaps they are promised and as they are shown on the map. That means that if a sponsor tent is a bit behind in setting up they will still have the ability to set up on the ends. Please refer to your maps accordingly.

ARRIVAL GROUPS

BLOCK SPONSORS AND EARLY FOOD VENDORS arrive to set up on street first
Sponsors tents are represented as yellow boxes on the site maps.
Food vendors are represented as green boxes on the site maps.

GROUP A ARTISTS arrive to set-up.
Group A artists are represented as blue boxes on the site maps.

GROUP B ARTIST arrive to set-up
Group B artists are represented as sage green boxes on the map

Late arrival assignments such as east end-cap vendors and sponsors
As shown on the map

MAPS ARE 'UPSIDE DOWN'

All the maps have south at the top of the page and north at the bottom of the page. This may feel odd to look at now but when you are driving you will be looking at the map in the very same direction you are pointed in your car. The example maps that we will share here explain how to arrive and what the street will look like to you AS YOU ARRIVE. The maps are facing the same direction (facing south) that your car will be facing (facing south) as you arrive. This is similar to the way that your Apple Map or Google Map will automatically orient itself as you drive, these maps are intentionally oriented to your driving view.

GROUP A ARTISTS blocks 16-18

YOU ARE THE ONLY ARTISTS OF THE ENTIRE FESTIVAL THAT ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH. Your routes will require you to arrive via a weird little street named Feliks Gwodz Place. In simple terms, you are arriving by skirting through the JPS Hospital campus to sneak into St. Louis Avenue FROM THE SOUTH. When you turn off of Felix Gwodz onto St. Louis Avenue you should be facing NORTH towards Magnolia Avenue.

GROUP A - The maps are upside down for you...sorry. Turn them where they face the north to appear correct for you. See compass on the maps.

USE THIS GOOGLE MAPS LINK TO HELP YOU WITH ARRIVAL.

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GROUP B ARTISTS block 16-18

LIKE ALL OTHER ARTISTS you arrive from the north, via Rosedale, where you will turn off of Rosedale onto St. Louis Avenue facing south and heading towards your arrival location at the corner of St. Louis and Magnolia Avenue. The upside down maps work best for you.

GROUP B - The maps are oriented the way your car will be oriented.

USE THIS GOOGLE MAPS LINK TO HELP YOU WITH ARRIVAL

OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE FOR YOUR BLOCK

There is a lot to take note of for these blocks, and the maps are the best tools to understanding all of the unique arrivals and set-up needs for Blocks 16 through 18. However, I will try to explain a few of the finer points here below:

• Blocks 16, 17 and 18 Group A artists will all arrive from the SOUTH TURNING NORTH ONTO YOUR ARRIVAL STREET. The preferred arrival pattern is for those artists to take W. Rosedale Blvd to turn south Hemphill Street and south, passing Magnolia Avenue by one block. From Hemphill turn left (east) onto Felix Gwozdz Place. From Felix turn left again (north) onto S. Louis Avenue.

• Blocks 16, 17, and 18 Group A artists have a staggered arrival time to help ease congestion of three blocks of artists arriving all at the same time. Please monitor your block assignment for your arrival time and try hard not to deviate (arriving any earlier or any later) than your assigned time please.

• Blocks 16, 17, and 18 Group B artists will arrive from the NORTH TURNING SOUTH ONTO YOUR ARRIVAL STREET. The preferred arrival pattern is to take W. Rosedale Blvd, turning south onto St. Louis Avenue and driving until you reach the W. Magnolia Avenue barricade. This is the traditional arrival plan that all other artists use (Rosedale driving on your arrival street to Magnolia)
  

• FOOD VENDOR BRE'S SWEET TREATS is assigned an early 7:00am arrival time with the goal of arriving before all other artists and claiming the WEST ENDCAP of Group A south-facing artists as shown on the map. As a food vendor Bre is entitled to this specific space no matter what time they arrive but it is very strongly encouraged to arrive much earlier than all other artists to claim this specific space.
  
  

• FOOD VENDOR COWTOWN CHARCUTERIE is assigned a late arrival for Block 16 Group A south-facing artists so that they can claim the Block 16 EAST ENDCAP of Group A.
  
  
  
  
• BLOCK 16 SPONSOR - Topo Chico/Vitamin Water is the sponsor for Block 16 and will arrive as the LAST TENT in the Block 16 Group B arrivals. Instead of following the artist traffic flow, Vitamin Water has been given exclusive permission to arrive using S. Jennings, behind the ArtsGoggle Main Stage, parking their supplies van on the on street parking space behind the stage in the band loading zone. This will take careful coordination with the ArtsGoggle East Main Stage emcee Tony Diaz and Stage Manager Brooks Kendall. Please coordinate directly with them for arrival. Artists in Block 16 Group B, please know that no matter what time Mineral Water arrives they are entitled to the east end-cap of Block 16.

• BLOCK 16 GROUP B FIRST VENDOR TO ARRIVE IS CHRISTOPHER MORRIS IN AN AIRSTEAM TRAILER - Chris this is the same plan that you always have for ArtsGoggle, however there is a bit more chaos behind you. Arrive early if you'd like to ensure you clean and clear arrival path. You will occupy the first two booth spaces of the street.

• LOOT RENTALS FURNITURE DELIVERY ON S. JENNINGS AVENUE - Loot will arrive early, 7:00am, using their own arrival maps allowing them to pull directly onto S. Jennings Avenue (same as band arrivals and mineral water arrivals) so that their furniture delivery box truck can park behind the stage to unload all of our beautiful rented furniture for the MCI Plaza and front of stage listening area. They will hopefully be able to unload and depart before any band arrivals begin and possibly even before mineral water arrives for their late set-up.

• BAND ARRIVALS FOR THE ARTSGOGGLE MAIN STAGE ON S. JENNINGS AVENUE - Bands and all stage contractors for lights, sound and so forth will arrive on S. Jennings Avenue coming from Rosedale and driving south onto S. Jennings. They vendors must all share the small loading zone area behind the stage during set-up times and are asking to be courtesy and collaborative with Loots Rentals and mineralwater who are also assigned this area for unloading. Musicians perform every hour on the hour from noon to 10pm, with load in times assigned approximately 45 minutes prior to their performance time.
  
  

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