Parking
- Vendors may use the green space along 7th Street, and streets surrounding Island Park. When parking in the green space along 7th Street, please allow small trailers and vans to park along the east side of the area by the recreation trail. If you need to park a long trailer or RV, please park along the west side closest to 7th Street.
- Pool Lot: Exhibitors may not park in the pool parking lot on 7th street Saturday and Sunday during the Show. Trailers, RVs or exhibitor vehicles are ticketed and/or towed at the owner’s expense.
- Prairie St. John’s Lot: There is typically parking for exhibitors in Prairie St. John’s parking lot. This is an annual agreement and you are notified prior to the event if parking is available at this location for the year. If parking is available, trailers and RV’s are asked to park at the back of the lot and closest to the Dike. Vendors may not plug into the power at the building or in the lot. Remember to pick up any litter and do not leave behind any boxes or garbage.
- Permission is required when parking in neighboring business lots for extended periods of time. Please contact the owner of business for permission. This includes parking in front of The Stage at Island Park and the YMCA.
- Parking along 1st Avenue is not advised. This is valuable customer parking and you may be ticketed or towed by the City for parking there for extended periods.
Bathrooms
- Please note that there is no running water at Island Park, therefore we provide port-o-potties throughout the Park with handwashing stations. They are cleaned and stocked for each day of the event.
Lost and Found
- Our Lost-and-Found is located at the registration tent at the west parking lot by the Island Park Pool. We secure all items brought to us and return.
ATM
- There is one ATM on-site, located by the food court area on the west side of the park. No change is given by the Park District to vendors - you are responsible for cash handling.
Yellow Jackets/Bees
- According to area entomologists, yellow jackets are a problem at all late summer events that have lots of people, food and trash cans.
- Please let us know if you find nests or have another problem area so we can spray and place bee traps.
- These efforts do not eliminate the yellow jackets but may help to control them.
- If you or any of your customers are stung, please go to the nearest information booth or registration tent so that you can be cared for.
Booth Sitter
- If you need a booth sitter for yourself to grab food or use the restroom, please contact either the registration tent onsite (appropriate phone numbers are provided at the event)
- We have staff available to watch your booth for short periods of time if you are without other staff members.
Nursing Mother’s Space
- We have added a tent for nursing mothers. This tent is shown on the Island Park Show Map. If any mothers or families have questions, we ask you please guide them to this space.
Vendor Feedback
- We look forward to hearing your feedback about this year’s show. All vendors receive a survey in their email within a week following the event. We appreciate any and all feedback.
