About the Festival

Boise Rec Fest will help raise funds to support youth recreation programs, including the following:

Idaho Children & Nature Network

The Idaho Children & Nature Network is a coalition of diverse agencies, organizations and private citizens united in the common cause of empowering all Idahoans to lead healthy lives by developing a sense of place in Idaho’s outdoors.

www.BeOutsideIdaho.org

Boise Parks & Recreation's Youth Scholarship Fund

The Boise Parks & Recreation Youth Scholarship Fund helps ensure that all young people in Boise have the same opportunity to participate in positive activities and interact with their peers without economic discrimination. Scholarships are available for youth in our community who experience hardship.

Food Courts

A variety of concessionaires will provide food and beverages to attendees. Stay tuned for more details...

Boise Rec Fest will proudly be serving only Idaho Potatoes

Idaho Wines Garden

Boise Rec Fest, in partnership with Boise Co-Op and the Idaho Grape Growers and Wine Producers Commission, will feature the following Idaho Wines (more coming soon).

• Holesinsky’s Vineyard and Winery
• Indian Creek Winery
• Woodriver Cellars

Beer Garden

Pabst Blue Ribbon, Sierra Nevada and Mike's Hard Lemonade will be served in partnership with Boise Co-Op and Hayden Beverage.

Our beer garden will feature Pabst's "One-Handed Games," including horseshoes, bocce ball, a bean bag toss and a life-sized Connect Four.

Boise Rec Fest is partnering with Leave No Trace, Tread Lightly, and other local and national organizations to create procedure to minimize our impact to the park and the environment.

The following are examples of the types of policies Boise Rec Fest is working on creating:

• Minimize exhibitor impact to the park's grassy areas and trees.
• Minimize waste and maximize recycling.
• Prevent water damage.
• Minimize energy use.
• Minimize motorized travel to the event and promote non-motorized travel in daily life.

Boise Rec Fest anticipates approximately including 100+ informational exhibits.  All vendors must have some form of recreational tie-in supporting the mission of promoting health and an active lifestyle.

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Through activities, Boise Rec Fest will allow attendees to experience and learn firsthand about recreation.

Activities may be open to all attendees, or tailored for specific groups such as children or individuals with disabilities. Examples of activities include disc golf, volleyball, tennis, basketball, skate boarding, horseshoes, climbing wall, soccer and Geocaching.

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A youth zone will feature a variety of activities for play and education.

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A large exhibition space in the existing soccer fields area will offer lessons, clinics and demonstrations of team sports.

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Through workshops, Boise Rec Fest will allow attendees to experience and learn firsthand about recreation.

Boise Rec Fest will feature two workshop tents; one for educational presentations and the other for participatory activities for a variety of ages and abilities.

Workshops may be interactive, demonstrations, lectures, speakers or presentations. Examples of topics include bicycle maintenance, fly fishing, Dutch oven cooking, self-defense, golf lessons, baseball clinics, avalanche awareness and wilderness survival.

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