Please read the following instructions carefully. We strive to make your time with us as enjoyable as possible. Load-in/out can be extremely frustrating, and we hope that this plan, though structured, will make it reasonably painless.
Arrival
When you arrive, go first to the designated parking area and sign in at the registration booth. From there you will be directed to cue up your vehicle to go to your booth.
Please arrive Friday between 11:45 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to unload and set up your booth.
At your booth site, fully unload your vehicle and then drive it to the Sponsors/Vendors parking area before setup. Each group will have ½ hour to unload.
In the event of rain, we will run the schedule twice, if necessary, to enable you to unload and erect your booth, then come back through and unload your artwork into your tent.
No one will be allowed to set up on Saturday morning prior to 7am.
All vehicles MUST be out of the Sponsors/Vendors area by 9am Saturday, and by 11am Sunday.
Sponsors and Non-food Vendors are expected to leave their booths, materials, supplies, etc. at the festival on Friday and Saturday nights. Johns Creek police have been hired to guard the festival grounds.
Registration
Please park in the designated lot and sign in at the registration booth. You must show a picture ID to gain access.
Parking
Sponsors and Non-food Vendors on Friday
Sponsors and non-food Vendors should park on Friday only at the east end of the Chapel parking lot.
From Medlock Crossing Parkway, turn south on Ventana Way (at the Stat Medical building) and drive straight through into the parking area. Just past the stop sign is your parking area. Proceed to the Welcome Tent for space assignment.
Food Vendors on Saturday
Food vendors should arrive between 7 and 9 a.m. They may drive directly onto the festival grounds, unload and leave the grounds by 9:30 a.m. at the latest. Parking will be in the North Parking area.
Sponsors and Non-food Vendors on Saturday and Sunday
All Artists, Sponsors and Non-food Vendors should park in the North parking area. From Medlock Crossing Parkway, turn south into the Northwest entrance to the Perimeter Campus, the main church entrance on this road. This will be clearly marked with Arts On The Creek signs. Proceed approximately 200 feet to a small roundabout. Drive three quarters of the way around the roundabout into the North parking area. This will be marked for Artists Sponsors and Vendors. Golf carts will be available at the south end of this lot to ferry you to the festival grounds, up until Saturday at 9:30 a.m. and Sunday at 12:30 p.m.
Departure
Sponsors and Vendors (food and non-food) are expected to be operational through the close of the festival Sunday at 6:00 p.m. At that time, volunteers will direct traffic into the festival area to pick up your booths, materials, etc.
A festival official will issue you a load-out pass only after you have completely broken down your booth and are ready to load. That pass will allow you to bring your car onto the Sponsors/Vendors grounds.
Please be considerate of others.
Directions
Perimeter Church
9500 Medlock Bridge Road (at Old Alabama Road)
Johns Creek, GA 30097
(678) 405-2000
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The festival is located at 9500 Medlock Bridge Rd (GA rte 141,) Johns Creek, GA. 30022. It is at the intersection of Medlock Bridge Rd and Old Alabama Rd. If you have a GPS device, depending upon when you last updated your maps, you may need to use Alpharetta as the city instead of Johns Creek.
General travel information: Atlanta has 2 interstates running through it, I-75 running between Florida and Tennessee, and I-85 running between Alabama and the Carolinas. Circling the city is I-285 which forms a loop known locally as “the perimeter.”
Johns Creek is NNE outside the perimeter.
From I-75 Northbound
If you are traveling north from Florida on I-75, you will encounter I-285 twice, once at the south perimeter and again at the north. At the north side, you will take I-285 WEST and take the second exit, Peachtree Industrial (Rte 141 NORTH.)
From I-75 Southbound:
If you are traveling south on I-75, you will take I-285 EAST to Peachtree Industrial (Rte 141 NORTH.)
Directions from Peachtree Industrial Northbound: Travel North on Peachtree Industrial and follow the sign to Cumming/Dahlonega. The road forks, Peachtree Industrial to the Right, Peachtree Parkway (Rte 141) to the Left. Stay to the Left and remain on Rte 141.
Peachtree Parkway becomes Medlock Bridge Rd. DO NOT turn right. Continue straight ahead on Medlock Bridge Rd.
Turn Left at Medlock Crossing Parkway.
Turn Left at Ventana Way and continue straight into the designated parking area for Artists, Vendors and Entertainers.
From I-85 Southbound: Exit at Pleasant Hill Road and turn Right (West) off the exit ramp. ]
Turn Left at Medlock Bridge Road.
Turn Right onto Medlock Crossing Parkway.
Turn Left onto Ventana Way and continue straight into the designated parking area for Artists, Vendors and Entertainers.
If you have questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to phone Scott Kallish, 770-296-0104 or Ron Cioff, 770-378-7856.