TIMES
See Main Stage and
Workshop Stage schedules
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TICKETS
ON SALE
Available late December 2009 in the High Mountain Hay Fever Ticket
Store. Click "Purchase Tickets" at left.
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TICKET
OUTLETS
WESTCLIFFE
Candy's
Coffees, 106 S. 2nd St., 719-783-9516
PUEBLO
Sangre
de Cristo Arts Center Box Office, 210 N. Santa Fe Avenue,
719-542-1211
ARVADA
Olde
Town Pickin' Parlor, 7515 Grandview Ave., 303-421-2304
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LOCATION
West end of Main Street, Westcliffe, Colorado.
Westcliffe
is at the junction of Colorado Highways 69 and 96.
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LODGING
Visit our Lodging page for a complete
listing of area lodging. Book early because local accommodations
are very limited.
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VENDORS
A variety of food and beverage vendors will be on site
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PRODUCED
BY
High Mountain Hay Fever Festival Association,
a Colorado non-profit corporation managed by an all-volunteer
board of directors
PO Box 1199, Westcliffe, CO 81252
For information: 719.783.0883 or visit the Contacts
page
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A
PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT...
...the
Custer County Medical Center, to help meet unmet medical services for area residents.
Festival
Guidelines
The
information provided here is designed to make your experience
at the High Mountain Hay Fever Bluegrass Festival as pleasant
and trouble-free as possible.
FESTIVAL
SITE PLAN
ENTERING
THE FESTIVAL GROUNDS; PARKING
•
Day parking is available at no charge on the festival grounds.
Enter at the end of Main Street. Parking attendants will direct
you to a parking place. If no attendant is on duty, follow
signs to a designated parking area.
•
If you are planning to camp in the RV and tent camping area,
enter the Main Lot to the left just beyond the Westcliffe
Supermarket. If the Main Lot is full you will be directred
to Lot 2 across the street.
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BE
PREPARED
•
Weather in these parts in mid-July is normally quite warm
during the day and cool at night. Plan on highs around 80
and lows of 45-55.
•
Westcliffe sits at an altitude of 7,888 feet so the effect
of the sun in our thinner air can be intense. Please bring
protective clothing and sunscreen.
•
In the summer, afternoon thunderstorms are always possible
and it can get quite windy here, so it's a good idea for you
to have rain gear and warmer clothing at hand if needed.
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RESTRICTIONS
•
No coolers may be brought into the performance areas.
•
No glass containers can be brought into the performance areas.
•
Smoking is not allowed inside the performance area. (A smoking
area just outside will be established.)
• NO PETS ARE ALLOWED IN THE PERFORMANCE AREA EXCEPT SERVICE ANIMALS
•
Pets will be allowed in a designated section of the camping
areas only and a surcharge for each pet will be levied. Pets
must be leashed at all times and are not allowed in area other
than the designated section of the camping area.
•
Check with camping area or gate personnel regarding
possible options for kenneling your pet, but you will need
the pet's vaccination records to do so.
•
All types of fireworks are strictly prohibited.
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IDENTIFICATION
•
As a festival attendee, you are required to wear a wristband
identifying the day you are attending or identifying that
you hold a four-day pass.
•
Wristbands must be worn at all times; they can't be unsealed.
Do not cut them off until the festival (or festival day) is
over.
•
Wristbands that have been cut will not be valid for re-admittance
to the festival.
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VENUE
AND SETTING
•
The site is on a bluff overlooking the Wet Mountain Valley
and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The Main Stage will be
under a large oval tent. Additional tents will house the "beer
garden", merchandise sales (performer CDs and t-shirts) and space for additional seating.
•
The Workshop Stage will be placed in the banquet
room at Cliff Lanes, across the street from the festival site.
•
Portable restrooms and hand-washing stations will be placed
on the grounds and in the camping areas.
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LIMITED DOG BOARDING AVAILABLE DURING THE FESTIVAL (added 4/16/09)
On a few occasions in the past, festival patrons have brought their pets with them and assumed they could bring their pets into the performance area. Unfortunately, we are unable to allow pets in the performance area due to liability concerns. To alleviate this issue, HMHF board member Chris Derick worked with the owners of our local veterinary and boarding facility, Dundee Memorial Animal Care Center, and they have agreed to extend their boarding hours over High Mountain Hay Fever Bluegrass Festival Weekend. We are very pleased and grateful that they have made it possible for festival-goers to bring their pets with them, knowing that they will be well cared for during the heat of the day. Dundee's hours for festival weekend are:
Friday, July 9: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday, July 10: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Sunday, July 11: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Reservations must be made in advance as accommodations are limited. For complete details about services, restrictions and requirements, contact Dundee Memorial Animal Care Center directly at 719.783.3770 or click here to visit their website.
Information
for RV and tent campers
CAMPING
ARRIVAL AND GENERAL GUIDELINES
•
A camping fee of $10 per site will be charged covering your
entire festival stay (Thursday night thru Sunday) to be paid
on entering the festival grounds if not paid in advance.
•
Camping opens at noon on Thursday, July 8 and campers must
exit the campground no later than 10 am Monday, July 12.
• Camping
is on a first come, first served basis but there is plenty
of space.
