• ...bring your long-suffering dog (a shaded Detain Your Pet area will be set up for those who forget this rule; locals will be fined $5 because they should know better).
• ...tip one back on Sunday: No alcohol will be served at Bele Chere or allowed on the streets on Sunday (though local bars and restaurants will still serve drinks). A wristband and photo ID will be required to purchase beer on Friday and Saturday.
• ...forget to recycle: Green-and-yellow recycling-only containers and yellow trash/recycling containers will be placed throughout the festival grounds. Empty aluminum cans, glass bottles and No. 1 and 2 plastic bottles can be recycled. No trash in the recycling bins!
• ...and another thing: No bicycles, roller blades, roller skates or skateboards will be allowed at Bele Chere. Don't bring in any bottles or coolers, either.
More things you should know
• Hours of operation
Friday, July 25, noon to 11 p.m.
Saturday, July 26, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Sunday, July 27, noon to 6 p.m.
• Getting there
City parking decks are located at the Civic Center, Rankin Avenue, Wall Street, and the BB&T building. Several surface lots will also be open; a special-events parking fee will apply in most cases. Free handicapped parking will be available on Spruce Street, near College Street, and in the Rankin Avenue garage.
Shuttle buses will run about every 20 minutes from the Asheville Mall's back parking lot; another shuttle will run from the K-mart Plaza shopping center on Patton Avenue ($2).
• Help!
Information booths will be located at Pack Square, at Pritchard Park, and at the intersection of College and Spruce streets. You can also look for roving info-tendants, wearing official Bele Chere shirts, on street corners and in other high-traffic areas.
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