P.O. Box 4959 * Fresno, CA 93744 *
(559) 266-LINK
info@communitylinkfresno.com
The 21st Annual Central Valley & Fresno's GLBT
Pride Parade and Festival will take place on SATURDAY, June 4th 2011
in the Tower District between 10am and 3pm.
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The Parade starts at 10am on the
corner of Palm & Olive.
The assembly area is the dirt lot on the
northeastern corner of Palm & Olive.The "Grandstand" is at Irene's
Cafe.
The Parade ends at Olive & Maroa, where the floats need to turn left onto Maroa to
disperse.
Olive Ave
will be closed to traffic between 9am and 11am.
THE PARADE IS, OF COURSE, FREE TO WATCH
The Festival begins at 11am and ends at 3pm, along the streets of Fulton and Alhambra
The entrance/exit is on Olive at Fulton. THERE IS NO "MVP" ENTRANCE THIS
YEAR! If you have our wristband or badge, proceed to main gate without
waiting in line!
THE FESTIVAL COVER IS $5 AT GATE
SETUP INFORMATION
Parade
Setup
area: Dirt lot on the corner of Olive & Palm Avenues.
Once there, check in with our staff in our official Pride t-shirts
(Lime Green color), they are coordinating that area. They will give
you a pre-assigned number for the Parade.
Olive Ave will be closed at 9am, Parade starts 10am. You can set up
the float earlier than 9am, of course, but our coordinators may not be
there until 9am.
Parade ends at Maroa Ave, you must left turn at Maroa Ave to exit.
Please
contact the other Parade participants in your contingent and share
this information.
There are prizes for Parade entries, $100 each for 1) Largest
Contingent, 2) Best Float/Decorated Vehicle, and 3) Most Festive
entry.
Festival Booths
Setup: All vendors: informational, merchandise or food booths
will be provided with 2 (two) free entry passes for your staff that
will be working the booth. These passes are non transferrable from one
person to another. Please plan accordingly for any additional staff
that will be working your booth. The COVER CHARGE FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF
IS $5 PER PERSON.
Setup starts at 7am. The entrance is where Wishon Ave. and Fulton
Street merge (just south of Olive Ave.), the gates will be closed at
9am and all the vehicles must be out of the area by then.
We strongly
suggest that you drop off your stuff inside the festival area, remove
your vehicle immediately and then set up the booth!
See map
under LOCATION link above.
IMPORTANT: Olive Ave will be closed at 9am, and that's the only way to
get onto Wishon Ave., which is a one-way street! Be on site BEFORE
9am!
Our Festival Coordinators and their crew will be in the Kelly Green
color official Pride
t-shirts. They are the booth coordinators and the individuals to check in
with, and they can answer any of your questions.
Once there, the crew in the Kelly Green color official Pride
t-shirts will direct you to your site and show you where to get your
table(s) / chair(s). After the festival is over (3pm), you need to
clean up your area, return the tables / chairs to the designated area,
take all trash and litter to the trash dumpsters, and then find one of
the coordinators to inspect the site and they will return the cleaning deposit.
THE DEPOSITS WILL ONLY BE GIVEN OUT AT
THE FESTIVAL BETWEEN 3pm and 4pm! If you leave without seeing Josh, Sara
or Sabina, you will NOT receive your cleaning deposit back.
It is not possible to receive
the deposit before 3pm. Please don't break down the booths early.
Also, you need to be finished breaking down by 4pm.
