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The 2008 Avenues Street Fair will be held on Saturday, September 6th, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. This year's Fair is on Third Avenue between I and N Streets.

Mark your calendars and plan to attend Utah's finest community-based festival!  With two stages of live entertainment, over 200 booths of local artists and foods, and numerous community organizations providing valuable information, the Avenues Street Fair attracts over 10,000 visitors annually. 

Hosted by the Greater Avenues Community Council, the Avenues Street Fair is proud to join with the Utah Heritage Foundation for this year's event in celebrating the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Avenues Historic District.    

FEATURED ARTIST: Each year, the Street Fair Committee invites a local artist to create the visual theme of the Avenues Street Fair.  This  year's artist is  J. Thomas Mulder, a long-time Avenues resident and noted Utah painter, known for his rich application of paint and simplified forms.  Check back soon to see his creation for this year's event!  

BOOTH INFO: The Street Fair committee has made a couple of changes for this year's Fair: 

• First, all booths are required to submit a $50 cleaning deposit in addition to the normal booth fees. The cleaning deposit is refundable if you leave your booth area clean, and if you remove your vehicles from the Fair route before 8:30 a.m. 
• Second, non-profit or information only booths are now required to lend a volunteer person to the general cleanup efforts from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on the day of the Fair. This needs to be a different person than the one(s) taking down your own booth. 
• Third, political parties applying for a booth do not qualify as a non-profit or information-only status, and must pay the normal political candidate booth fee.
• 2008 BOOTH FEES:
  Retail vendor, for-profit, political candidate/party $75 + $50 deposit
  Food Booth……………………………………… $125 + $50 deposit
  Children’s booth (under 18 years of age)………. $10 + $50 deposit
  Information-only, non-profit organizations……. FREE + $50 deposit
  

Download the booth application and vendor information sheet here. Deadline to submit is Friday, August 15, 2008, and a booth application is not complete unless accompanied by the proper payment! Booths will be assigned by August 22. 

If you have any questions about being a vendor at the 2008 Avenues Street Fair, please call Ann Tillson at 363-2515 or 580-9580 cell, or e-mail atillson@xmission.com.

Other Vendor Rules: All vehicles entering the Fair route for booth setup on September 6 will be required to travel in a one-way direction. Block captains will be on hand to direct you to your booth space. Absolutely NO vehicles will be allowed to re-enter the Fair route for booth takedown prior to 6:00 p.m. on the day of the Fair.

ENTERTAINERS: There will be two stages at the Fair this year, with approximately one hour sets by each entertainer (including 10-15 minute setup time). There are also a few spots for walking street entertainers. To apply to be an entertainer at the 2008 Avenues Street Fair, please contact Jill Van Langeveld at 359-8513 or Jill.van@hotmail.com.

CHILDRENS PARADE: The Salt Lake City Fire Department will lead the Children's Parade, to begin at 9:00 a.m. on the East end of the Fair. All children, families and pets are welcome to participate. Bicycles, wagons, scooters, skates (no motorized vehicles allowed) and costumes are encouraged! There will be a prize for the best costume in the Parade. All children who participate will be given a free ticket for a face painting or other activity in the children's area of the Fair. Download a Children's Parade flyer HERE.

PEOPLE'S ART GALLERY: The Avenues Street Fair reserves booth space to showcase the breadth of artistic talent in our neighborhood. Artists of all ages are invited to submit a work of art to share with the community (only ONE work per artist, please!). 

Entries in the People's Art Gallery will be judged by our distinguished panel of jurors, and winners will be announced in four categories:

• under 12 years
• 13 to 18 years
• adult amateur
• adult professional

Here's how it works: Artists, send us a completed APPLICATION FORM along with a picture or description of the work of art you would like to display. (Don't send the work itself!) We must receive your submission form by August 29 to prepare enough space to display the works, and we create a little information card about each artist. Then on the day of the Fair, artists deliver their work to the People's Art Gallery booth by 8:30am, for display during the Fair hours. 

Winners of the judging will be announced around 3:00 p.m. at the East stage. Artists may list their work for sale and sell them during the Street Fair, but pieces may not be removed from the Gallery until the Fair is over at 6:00 p.m. Note: All work not removed by 7:30 p.m. will become the property of the Avenues Street Fair Committee. 

Questions about the People's Art Gallery? Contact Connie at (801) 891 4916, or email lamia_borgheza@mindspring.com.

Download the People's Art Gallery application form HERE.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Several key areas of the Street Fair need volunteer help. Volunteers may call either of the event co-chairs Ruth Morgan or Jan Bird (see below).

QUESTIONS? For general Street Fair questions not covered above, please contact either of the Street Fair co-chairs: Ruth Morgan, 359-8539, rmorgan1244@comcast.net; or Jan Bird, 390-8531, Jan.Bird@imail.org.

The Greater Avenues Community Council gratefully thanks all of the dedicated members of the Avenues Street Fair Committee for their tireless dedication as volunteers in the planning of the Avenues Street Fair, and our sponsors who donate funds or services to help make the event a success. Thank you and we appreciate you!