Festival in the Park is such a great time and an excellent way for local artists to demostrate their talents!! It is a yearly event. However, they do a smaller scale event in the spring off of Kings Drive. \n\nWe came on Sunday to check out the event. \n\nParking:\nParking isn't the best. There was an auxilary lot but they charged $10 to park. Considering that we only had $9 of cash on hand (see payment section below for more about making this poor decision), we went to park in one of the neighborhoods around the park. We actually found a great spot on the street that was close to the park and free! Just have to be patient.\n\nVendors:\nThere are vendors selling everything from sculptures to clothes to jewelry and more. The prices range from super cheap to out of this world expensive. I liked just walking around the pond and checking out all the cool things people could make....partly because I have zero artistic talent whatsoever. \n\nFood:\nTypical fair food. We got a bbq sandwich and some deep fried something (I mean come on...who can resist!). Plus, there were some booths giving away free samples. One of them had this pork and slaw slider for free that was awesome!\n\nPayment:\nMost of the vendors took card. It is so easy now cause you can just use your phone or tablet. Every vendor we bought something from took card. However, the food places were all cash only. Thus, we ended up in a predicament where we were having to decide between a delicios rootbeer in a can or deep fried oreos. My husband actually tried to get less oreos for less money but that was a big old no go....though, who really needs 6 deep fried oreos anyways!!! So bring a little bit of cash and save yourself the hassle. I did notice that they had mobile ATMs stationed around the place. However, being a banker, I just couldnt justify the stupid crazy transaction fees that they were gonna charge you!
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