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Hyde Park Street Fair
 Hyde Park Street Fair Background
The Hyde Park Street Fair is the annual fundraising and informational effort and one of the largest neighborhood events of its kind anywhere. It attracts artisans and vendors from all over the west and as many as 30,000 people over the weekend run. Billed as a "neighborhood picnic", it rivals citywide events in communities as large as Tacoma and Spokane.
For vendor and othe event information PLEASE click here or call Gruntwerks at 336-0308. The event producer is Jim Teeter from Gruntwerks.
A new feature on the NENA website is the "(Un)official Survival Guide" for the Hyde Park Street Fair written by Holli High Woodings (twitter: @hollihigh). It is a truthful and humerous guide to survival and how to really enjoy the Hyde Park Street Fair. To read the article click here.
Hyde Park Street Fair Schedule
2010 Hyde Park Street Fair is September 17 - 19, 2010
2010 Performance Schedule - click here
PLEASE ride your bikes to the event!!
New times for the Hyde Park Street Fair for 2010 are:
 Friday 4pm to 9:45pm
Saturday 10am to 9:45pm
Sunday 10am to 6pm
A Little History
The Hyde Park Street Fair was the first event put on by the newly formed Hyde Park Merchants Association founded in 1979. It was a hippie art, crafts and music celebration that you would expect in the 70's and early 80's.
Tables and booths were set out in the middle of 13th Street with power supplied by a tangled web of extension cords. Tie-dyed clothing was the uniform of choice. My recollection tells me 500 or so people attended that first Hyde Park Street Fair.
 The event grew and the merchants enlisted the support of the Northend Neighborhood Association for help. Eventually NENA took the event over with the blessings of the merchants who had started it. The Hyde Park Street Fair was moved to Camels Back Park in around 1990 to accommodate the increasing attendance and demand for space. Click here for information about Camel's Back Park.
Over 120 booths featuring local and regional Arts and Crafts, Live Music, Nonprofit Groups, Food, Beer and Wine Garden, and much more!
The event takes place in Camel's Back Park (13th and Heron Streets) in Boise's Historic Neighborhood - The Northend.
Proceeds of this event benefit the North End Neighborhood Association and many other community and neighborhood nonprofit groups and organizations.
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