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IMPORTANT NEDFEST INFO
On Friday the Gates open to the public at 2:00 PM and the Music runs from 3:00 PM to 10:30 PM. On both Saturday and Sunday the Gates open at 10:00 AM and the Music begins at 11:00 AM. Extended hours this year allow for the Music to go until 10:30 PM on Saturday and until 8:30 PM on Sunday. Additionally, there will be late-night shows happening all over town, including a special show each night at The Black Forest. This totals roughly 40 hours of live music and fun! For the price... what a deal!!
You can travel easily, safely and affordably to Nederland from the Boulder/Denver area on the RTD bus system (our local mass public transportation). The RTD's first stop in Nederland is left there... just one block from the NedFest entrance! Click here for the Friday Bus Schedule; Click here for the Saturday Bus Schedule; Click here for the Sunday Bus Schedule.
You can travel easily, safely and affordably to Nederland from the Boulder/Denver area on the RTD bus system (our local mass public transportation). The RTD's first stop in Nederland is left there... just a block from the NedFest entrance! If you are not able to do the bus-thang please carpool, because parking in Nederland is limited. Click For Area Map! - FROM BOULDER: Take Hwy. 119 (Canyon Boulevard) 17 miles West (up) to Nederland. Just past Barker Reservoir Turn Left (South) on East Street. The Jeff Guercio Memorial Baseball Park is down on the Left side of the road. Follow the Parking Staff and Signs. - FROM WESTBOUND I-70: Take I-25 North to Hwy. 36 (Boulder Turnpike) and follow it into Boulder. Turn Left on Hwy. 119 (Canyon Boulevard) and follow the directions above. - FROM EASTBOUND I-70: Take Exit 244 (Route 6) to Hwy. 119 and turn Left (North). Follow that through Blackhawk/Central City, down past Rollinsville and on into Nederland. Drive the speed limit! Once in Nederland go past the Bank with the Time/Temperature sign and through town. At the traffic circle, veer Right and stay on Hwy. 119 headed towards Boulder. Follow that and take a Right on East Street, or just follow the Parking Staff and Signs... cuz yer pretty much there. The Jeff Guercio Memorial Baseball Park is located on East Street... at the very West edge of Barker Reservoir.
Parking is free in designated areas. Yes, you heard it left... it's true. Please keep in mind, however, that parking in small-town Ned is limited. If you can't travel by bus, please carpool with friends. Also remember... ABSOLUTELY NO RESIDENTIAL PARKING IN TOWN!!! This is one of the biggest issues that the neighbors have with NedFest. The Town of Nederland along with the Nederland Police Department and NedFest authorities have worked out specific arrangements for locations where Festival-goers may park. Ask the Parking Staff where you should park and/or follow the signs to the designated Festival parking areas. You may stop by the Festival entrance temporarily for unloading purposes only, but you must relocate your automobile to one of the designated parking areas after unloading.
Handicapped Parking will be available close to the Festival. Just follow the signs or ask the Parking Staff where to park.
Go directly to the Festival’s Box Office upon arrival. This is where you will exchange your ticket for a wristband, which is necessary for entry and re-entry. If you ordered advance ticket(s) online or over the telephone, check in at Will Call where your name will be on the list. Otherwise, show up with cash, check or a credit card, cuz we've never sold out... yet. When being 'wristbanded', be sure that our staff puts it on tight enough so that it can't slip off... and DO NOT take your wristband off until after the Festival. We cannot replace lost or broken wristbands.
For a low price NedFest offers Family Camping in Chipeta Park, quite close to the festival grounds, for anyone willing to rough it over the weekend. You can find out information about NedFest Family Camping at our Online Ticketing website, which is www.NedFestTickets.com. (Note: The Family Caming campground is NOT a party place. It is our quiet area for sleeping and resting.) Additionally, there are many places to camp in the nearby wilderness area that are unaffiliated with the Festival... most of which are 100% FREE. There are several primitive camping sites located at West Magnolia (south of Nederland, turn west past the Sundance Stables) and at Gordon Gulch (east side of Hwy 119, just north of mile marker 37). Also, just past the Mountain Research Station (Hwy 119 mile marker 40) is Ruby Gulch. None of these sites have garbage or sanitation facilities, so please respect our local environment by properly disposing of trash and recycling at the Eco-Cycle drop-boxes on Ridge Road just before you get to the turn off for the Nederland Elementary school. The closest campground with full facilities is Kelly Dahl, a few miles south of Nederland on Peak to Peak highway. If you camp... PLEASE BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WITH FIRE!!! Click Here for more info about camping, or Here also.
Low back chairs and soft, collapsible stadium chairs; Blanket or small beach towel; Hat, sunglasses and sunblock; Rain gear - just in case; Warm clothes for the evening; Cameras; Audio recording equipment (see taping policy below)
Audio taping will again be allowed this year. You must bring your own microphones, as no soundboard patches will be allowed. If a situation arises where an Artist wishes to restrict the recording of his/her performance, we will announce it on stage and all mics and recording gear must be put away for the duration of the performance. Also, DO NOT set your mics up on stands directly in front of the FOH mixing board. A couple feet to either side helps the engineer see the stage. This is very important and we will kindly ask you to kindly relocate if you do happen to get in the way.
Our sound was TOP NOTCH last summer, and once again our production company this year will be Sweetwave Audio. They will again be bringing their brand new Meyer Line array speakers and Souncraft mixing boards. You may recall hearing the amazing Meyer sound if you ever saw any one of the last several hundred Grateful Dead shows. Meyer speakers are simply the best concert speakers made, and we are excited that Sweetwave will be taking us to the next step in sound quality. The new line array technology will help us put the sound exactly where we want it. Not too loud in front and not too quiet in back... a better listening experience for all. Sweetwave owner Peter Fiori has been NedFest's Production Manager every single year and recently purchased the rig he thought we should always have had. He's a very well respected man in the sound engineering industry and does a fantastic job running our front-of-house and keeping us on schedule. The man's got great ears!!
Nederland is a dog town. We LOVE dogs here! But please leave your pets at home for the weekend. No dogs (except Mountain Girl) are allowed in the Festival or tied up outside the grounds. DO NOT LEAVE PETS IN YOUR CAR!! It can get hot -yes, even in the mountains at the end of August - and dehydration, heat exhaustion and other bad things could occur. That would totally suck. Leave Fido at home please.
Alcoholic Beverages (see below); Dogs and other pets; Tents and “sunshade” tents; Frisbees, footballs and other projectiles; Firearms and other weapons; Glass bottles or any other glass; Large or hard coolers; Bikes or skateboards; Illegal drugs and paraphernalia; Fireworks and explosives
DO NOT BRING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES INSIDE THE FESTIVAL. We will have a substantial number of quality beers available inside the Festival for purchase for you over 21'ers. (Bring ID!) If beer is not your thing we will also have mead (aka honey-wine) available. If you are caught with non-authorized alcohol you will be removed from the Festival grounds, your alcohol and event wristband will be confiscated, and you may be fined/charged by the Nederland Police Department.
Bringing alcohol into the Festival is NOT permitted. Likewise, it is in your best interest (and a NedFest requirement) for you to NOT take any of the beer, wine or mead that you purchased at the festival outside of the festival grounds!! One important thing to keep in mind is that, like almost every town in the entire nation, Nederland has an 'Open Alcoholic Container' ordinance and you could be issued a ticket if you are spotted by a Police Officer with an open container in a non-designated area. This applies to ALL parking lots, ALL streets and essentially ALL public places outside of the fenced-in Festival grounds. For your own well being, please keep this in mind if you are thinking about "tailgating."
Anyone Vending at NedFest without a proper permit/permission will be escorted out of the Festival Grounds and the Authorities (ie the Cops) will be notified immediately... and not necessarily in that order. 'Nuff Said.
DO NOT sneak into the Festival. NedFest has an agreement with the Nederland Police Department whereas anyone caught sneaking into the Fest or found on the Festival grounds without proper credentials (ie proper wristband, etc) will be escorted out of the Festival and charges for "Theft of Service" will occur. NedFest is a small, independantly owned organization and in order for this event to succeed and continue we really need your support. If you see someone attempting to sneak in or someone inside the festival grounds without a proper wristband, please alert either a Security Guard or one of the Nederland Police Department officers on duty at the Fest. In a lot of ways, those dirtsacks who scam into events are also stealing from YOU, and we're not taking it lightly this year!!
Nederland is a mountain town above 8,200 ft. Although the weather for last year's event was absolutely perfect, you can never know with outdoor concerts. Weather could always become an issue, even in the summer. Therefore, it is wise to prepare for anything. August is usually pretty nice in Ned... a short afternoon thundershower is typical... but it could become windy, rainy, sunny or snowy at any time without warning. Bring a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, rain gear and extra clothes. The show will go on... and still be a lot of fun... rain, shine, wind or snow. No refunds due to inclement weather. Please understand that, for safety's sake, lightning can cause a delay. Also, please know that if it appears from Boulder/Denver that the mountains are getting socked-in and rained on... often the bad weather hangs above Boulder yet below Nederland - and it is actually beautiful up here. It's only a 17-mile drive from Boulder... well worth the risk! Click For the Nederland Forecast.
Often in the summertime there is county-wide Fire Ban due to the dry, drought-like conditions that we sometimes experience in the high country and throughout Boulder County. These conditions often leave Mother Earth bone-dry and unless we get a ton of rain the chances are that a Fire Ban will be in effect during NedFest weekend. If this is the case, DO NOT light campfires, toss cigarette butts into the woods, and/or other things like that. Use common sense. Please keep this in mind while at NedFest... and all the time, for that matter.
Nederland sits at 8,236 feet in elevation. If you are not acclimated to high altitudes, this could become an issue. Altitude may affect you, as loss of breath, dizziness, light-headedness and nausea sometimes occur in people arriving from low altitudes. To help prevent this, drink lots of water. FYI: Every year, NedFest is able to offer free, fresh mountain spring water to our patrons thanks to our friends at Indian Peaks Springwater! |
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