 |
 |
|
 |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
Electric Zoo 2010 is nearly here and we couldn't be more excited! We hope you'll find this email to be a helpful resource for making the most of your trip to the Zoo!
In this email:
Buying tickets & UltraVIP upgrades
The festival box office, located at the Main Gate (adjacent to parking lot C), will open at 10am on Saturday and Sunday morning. You will be able to purchase single day tickets and single day UltraVIP Upgrades (no UltraVIP Upgrades with Parking) there, as well as tickets for the Official Afterparties. UltraVIP Upgrades (again, not the ones that include parking) and Afterparty tickets will also be sold inside the festival grounds at the Info Booth.
You can also purchase General Admission tickets while supplies last at the following stores in New York City (sorry, no UltraVIP):
- Rebel Rebel, 319 Bleecker Street, Manhattan 212-989-0770
- Other Music, 15 E 4th Street, Manhattan 212-477-8150
- Halcyon, 57 Pearl Street, Brooklyn
Tickets and UltraVIP Upgrades are also still available via our online ticketing system for pickup at the Will Call window of the box office.
Click here to purchase tickets now
Getting to the festival
SUBWAY/BUS
Special Event Express Buses
Take the 4/5/6 or Metro-North Railroad to 125th St, then take the X80 express Bus on Lexington Ave between 126 and 125 Sts, which runs nonstop to Randall's Island. A $5.50 round-trip fare is collected going to Randall's Island. If you transfer from the subway or bus with your Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard, only $3.25 is deducted. The 7-Day Express Bus Plus is the only Unlimited Ride MetroCard accepted on the X80. For more information, visit www.mta.info.
FERRY SERVICE
New York Water Taxi offers daily ferry service to and from Randall's Island Park for both days of the festival. Departures will take place from the E. 35th Street Pier in Midtown Manhattan, E 90th Street Pier on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, and Hunter's Point in Queens. The round-trip price is $20 per person, while supplies last. Only round-trip tickets are available online; if you want a 1-way ticket, you can purchase one at the departure pier on the day of the festival or at the New York Water Taxi booth inside the festival venue.
When purchasing your round-trip ferry ticket, you only choose a departure time and place. You can take whatever ferry you like off the island. There will be plenty of ferries ready and waiting at the end of the festival, so nobody with a round-trip ticket will be stranded.
To purchase round-trip ferry tickets from NY Water Taxi, click here.
WALKING
You can walk across the footbridge from E. 103rd St. in Manhattan onto Randall's Island Park during summer daylight hours (6am - 9pm). Pedestrians can also walk across on the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge from Manhattan, Queens, or the Bronx.
DRIVING
Randall's and Wards Island Park is located under - and accessible via - the RFK Bridge on the East River, between Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens. There is a $5.50 bridge toll upon entering but no charge to leave the Island. On entering the park, follow signage for the event and Icahn Stadium for pick-up, drop-off and parking sites.
Parking
There will be a limited number of paid parking spots available . Because space is limited, we encourage you to use public transportation. There is NO OVERNIGHT PARKING and NO TAILGATING allowed on Randall's Island.
From Manhattan
Get on the RFK Bridge at East 125th Street or Exit 18 from FDR Drive (left exit from northbound or right hand exit from southbound Harlem River Drive). Once on the RFK Bridge, E-Z Pass users should stay left for the exit to Randall's and Wards Island, immediately after the toll plaza. Those paying cash at the toll should stay to the right and take the entrance ramp to Randall's Island Park located about a half-mile past the toll plaza on the right hand side.
From Long Island
Get on the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge from the Grand Central Parkway. Stay right for the exit to Randall's Island, immediately after the toll plaza.
From the Bronx
Take the Major Deegan or Bruckner Expressway to the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. Stay right for the exit to Randall's and Wards Island, immediately after the toll plaza.
From Brooklyn
Take the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway East to the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. Stay right for the exit to Randall's and Wards Island, immediately after the toll plaza.
From Queens
Get on the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge from the Grand Central Parkway. Stay right for the exit to Randall's and Wards Island, immediately after the toll plaza.
From New Jersey
From I-80 or the New Jersey Turnpike, get on the George Washington Bridge. Follow signs for "Through Traffic" (on the upper level, stay to the left, on the lower level, stay to the right) to get onto the Cross Bronx Expressway, then take the Harlem River Drive/Amsterdam Avenue exit. Keep left onto the Harlem River Drive, then stay straight to take FDR Drive South to the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. On the Bridge, E-Z Pass users should stay left for the exit to Randall's and Wards Island, immediately after the toll plaza. Those paying cash at the toll should stay to the right and take the entrance ramp to Randall's Island Park located about a half-mile past the toll plaza on the right hand side.
From Westchester
Take I-87 (New York State Thruway) southbound. I-87 will turn into the Major Deegan Expressway. Follow signs to the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, pass through the tollbooth, and stay to the right. Take the exit for Randall's Island.
TRAVELING TO NEW YORK CITY FROM OUT OF TOWN?
By air
Airports closest to the festival are:
- Newark International (airport code: EWR)
- John F. Kennedy (aiport code: JFK)
- LaGuardia (airport code: LGA)
By train
New Jersey Transit, Amtrak, Long Island Railroad (LIRR) and Metro North have trains in and out of New York City on a daily basis.
New York train terminals are:
- Pennsylvania Station (often referred to as PENN station) is located in the heart of midtown Manhattan - LIRR, Amtrak and New Jersey Transit
- Grand Central Station - Metro North
- Harlem 125th street (closest to the festival) - Metro North
By bus
The BOLT bus travels from Baltimore, Boston, Cherry Hill, Philadelphia and Washington DC to several New York City locations on a daily basis. Check out www.boltbus.com for more details.
A number of bus companies travel daily to Port Authority Bus Terminal located in midtown manhattan. You may easily access many subways from there. For information on all carriers, call the Port Authority Terminal at 212-564-8484 or visit www.ny.com/transportation/port_authority.html
* This information is intended for information and planning purposes only and is not to be taken as endorsements or warranties of any kind.
Important reminder about prohibited items
We're excited about this weekend's festival and we hope you are, too! We know there are things that you'll want to bring with you to make the day more enjoyable (sun block, sunglasses, a small beach towel perhaps), but there are some necessary limitations on what we can allow inside the park.
Please remember that the following items are prohibited.
Do NOT bring any of these items with you to the festival:
- Large bags/backpacks
- Weapons of any kind
- Outside food & beverages
- Professional cameras & recording devices
- Illegal substances
- Squirt guns, misters, spray bottles, etc.
- Laser pens and similar focused-light devices
- Glowsticks, etc.
- Chairs
- Bottles, cans, camelpacks, canteens, flasks, bota bags
- Pets
- Bicycles, scooters, personal motorized vehicles
- Musical instruments
- Sleeping bags (no overnight camping or sleepovers)
- Umbrellas
Thanks for your cooperation.
Set Times
This year we're using an enhanced format for set times that allows you to do much more than just see who's playing at what time and on what stage.
- Quickly create your own personalized schedule of the artists you want to
see
- Share your Electric Zoo schedule with your friends on Facebook
- Listen to a playlist of music from your favorite Electric Zoo
artists
- Create a printable version of your personalized schedule
- Export your schedule to Outlook, Google Calendar, or iCal
- View the schedule in a mobile-formatted version on your iPhone,
Blackberry, Nokia or Android phone
Click here to see the set times and set up your personalized schedule
You can also download the Official Electric Zoo iPhone App from the Apple App Store, so you'll have access to your schedule and artist info even when you don't have a mobile connection.
Food at the festival
We aim to exceed your expectations in what kind of food you'll find at a music festival. Food booth vendors from some of our favorite eateries will join select mobile food trucks to provide a unique selection of 20 delectable and international, locally produced, vegan and organic choices.
Food booth vendors
- Ruthy's Bakery - Middle Eastern/Italian/ vegetarian
- Circles Café - hot dogs/Italian ices
- Vegetarian Oasis - Mexican/Carribean/Thai/falafel/burritos/jumbalaya
- Water Taxi Beach LIC - cheeseburgers/fruit (grass fed beef/hand cut fries)
- Strawberry Fields Inc. - burritos/smoothies/Pita/Falafel
- PizzaMoto - wood oven pizza/ice cream (locally produced products)
- Sigmund Pretzelshop - pretzels/sandwiches (handmade & vegan)
- Thai Trio Platters - Thai/salads
- Nyota's Ting - vegan health food
- Ice of Paradise - flavored Hawaiian shave ice
Mobile truck vendors
Official Afterparties
Keep the party going each night after the festival at the Official Afterparties at Pacha, 618 West 46th Street in Manhattan. These events are 19 and over with valid state issued photo ID.
Stay in touch during the festival
To keep you informed of any last-minute updates and helpful tips, we will be using Twitter throughout the event. So take a moment now to go to www.twitter.com/ElectricZooNY and click the Follow button if you haven't already done so. Then make sure you've enabled Twitter to send you text messages (click the phone icon at the top of the page, next to the word "Following").
You can also start getting tweets as text messages by texting START to 40404 if your phone carrier is in the US, 21212 if it's in Canada, or 86444 if you're a resident of the UK and Vodafone, Orange, 3, or O2 is your carrier. (For other countries, visit http://bit.ly/twitter-short-codes). Then once you're signed in and your phone is set to receive texts from Twitter, text on ElectricZooNY to that same number.
If you have any questions between now and then, click here to visit the FAQ page of the Electric Zoo website.
See you at the Zoo!
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
If you have trouble viewing HTML email, please go to
http://www.madeevent.com/emails/electriczoo2010-ez
Tickets:
http://bit.ly/ElectricZoo2010-ezemail
|
|
