DIRECTIONS & PARKING

DIRECTIONS TO FESTIVAL IN THE PARK AT FREEDOM PARK
Note: Main entrance of the park is on East Blvd. a few streets past Cumberland Avenue

FROM I-77 (EITHER DIRECTION)
Take I-277 East
Take the South Boulevard Exit
Turn left onto East Boulevard
Turn right onto Cumberland Avenue or continue to front entrance of Freedom Park

FROM HWY 74 (MATTHEWS / MONROE AREA)
Take Independence Boulevard Exit
Take a left on Kings Drive
Turn right onto East Boulevard
Turn left into front entrance of Freedom Park; or left onto Cumberland Avenue

FROM HWY 74 (GASTONIA AREA)
Come into Charlotte, Hwy 74 turns into I-277 East
Take the South Boulevard Exit
Turn left onto East Boulevard
Turn right onto Cumberland Avenue, or continue to front entrance of Freedom Park

FROM I-85 (EITHER DIRECTION)
Take I-77 South and follow directions

FOR FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS AND VOLUNTEER DROP-OFF/PICKUP:

Where Cumberland takes a hard right, go straight into the parking lot (at the corner of Cumberland & Lilac)
There should be a security guard to show you where to park or drop off volunteers.

Make sure you have your parking pass to show the guard (art exhibitors will pick up their pass at check in)
Report to Shelter (referred to as Festival Headquarters), adjacent to the Cumberland Parking Lot on top of the hill from the bandshell.

Want to see a map: click the link below:

 Yahoo Detailed Map - the green area of the map is the Park.

Click here for map
Click image for larger map

Parking at FESTIVAL IN THE PARK AT FREEDOM PARK

Parking is available Thursday and Friday after 5pm and all day Saturday and Sunday at:

  • Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School (Park Road and Princeton Avenue)

  • Myers Park Traditional School (Radcliffe Avenue near Queens Road)

  • Cost is $5 per car, proceeds benefit the respective schools.

  • Free shuttle transportation to Festival.

Additional parking areas available on Saturday and Sunday:
Carolinas Medical Center parking deck and lot (S. Kings Drive and East Boulevard)

On-street parking is permitted on Queens Road between Radcliffe and Princeton avenues.

Please be considerate of the neighbors; do not block their driveways and do not intrude on their property. Police will be issuing citations and or towing for illegal parking.

Festival in the Park runs September 20 through 23; beginning Thursday evening 6 - 10 p.m., noon - 10 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. on Saturday, and 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday at Freedom Park.

Shuttles will be available Thursday and Friday after 5pm and all day Saturday and Sunday at Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School and Myers Park Traditional School parking lots.  The shuttles to and from the festival are included in the $5 parking fee at each lot.  The shuttle stop for the festival will be at the Princeton Avenue entrance to Freedom Park.  Shuttles will be operating on a 20-minute schedule. Parking proceeds will be used by the respective schools.  Click here for satellite/shuttle parking map.

Festival in the Park * 1409 East Boulevard * Charlotte, NC 28203
Phone: 704.338.1060 * Fax: 704.338.1061
E-Mail: festival@FESTIVALinthePARK.org * Site by: EyeBenders