{"id":15001,"date":"2025-09-04T09:02:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/?page_id=15001"},"modified":"2025-09-04T11:33:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T16:33:59","slug":"festival-instructions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/events\/soto-fest\/festival-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LOAD IN AND LOAD OUT INSTRUCTIONS<\/h1>\n

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CHECK-IN<\/p>\n

Check-in with StateoftheOzarks Staff at the Hollister Farmers Market, 108 Chad Lane, Hollister, MO, at your CALL TIME of 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8, or 8:30AM. He\u2019ll give you your vendor pack with your booth number and let you know when you can proceed onto the street. NOTE: Downing Street closes to all vehicle traffic @ 9AM.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” css=””]<\/p>\n

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LOAD-IN<\/p>\n

Turn left on St. James.
\nAt LIGHT, turn left ONTO
\nBird Cage Walk (NOT BUS 65)<\/p>\n

Turn right on White Hall, then turn right on Downing.<\/p>\n

– Proceed to your space.
\n– Pull to side to allow traffic past.
\n– Unload your stuff into your space. DO NOT SETUP UNTIL YOU HAVE PARKED YOUR CAR FOR THE DAY.
\n– Go park on Esplanade Street, near Depot, or in City Hall parking, or at 108 Chad Lane.<\/p>\n

Return to festival and continue setting up. Festival opens at 10AM.[\/vc_column_text]

TRAFFIC ON DOWNING IS ONE WAY. Do not turnaround on street.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>[vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]<\/p>\n

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FOR CENTER ROW VENDORS<\/p>\n

PLACE your stuff on the sidewalk until the street is closed at 9AM. Once street is closed to traffic, YOU MAY SETUP YOUR BOOTH.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

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FOR FESTIVAL<\/p>\n

Please inflate and attach the provided festival balloons to your vendor space.<\/p>\n

Booth MUST BE WEIGHED DOWN WITH 25 lbs per leg.<\/p>\n

Sales tax is 8.35%.<\/p>\n

Festival schedule and vendor list is available at:
\nwww.StateoftheOzarks.net.<\/p>\n

YOUR VENDOR BOOTH MUST REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 6PM.<\/p>\n

If you need someone to temporarily watch your booth, please ask for an FFA volunteer at booth #54.<\/p>\n

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NOTE: Downing Street CLOSES to vehicle traffic at 9AM.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>[vc_text_separator title=”LOAD-OUT INSTRUCTIONS” title_align=”separator_align_left” color=”juicy_pink” border_width=”6″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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LOAD-OUT<\/p>\n

At 6PM festival close, pack up your stuff and get it ready to load.<\/p>\n

If you are a center row booth, pack your stuff to the sidewalk as soon as possible to allow ONE-WAY TRAFFIC.<\/p>\n

6AM vendors\u2019 cars will be allowed onto street first. As soon as 6AM vendors are clear, 6:30s will be allowed to bring cars onto street, and so on. We will let you know when your section can bring cars onto the street.<\/p>\n

CENTER ROW BOOTHS will load out at the same time as the rest of your section.<\/p>\n

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Street will LOAD OUT systematically from NORTH TO SOUTH.<\/p>\n

If YOU ARE in a LATER CALL TIME, please WAIT PATIENTLY to bring your vehicles onto the street.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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