Arts Goggle - A near southside experience.
My 5th time coming and will definitely go back! This is probably one of the best experiences you can enjoy in FTW. I know some people plan it out for an all day event but you can come just for a few hours like I do and still enjoy so much.
* hundreds of art Vendors, majority are local.
* stage with live bands
* restaurants with live bands
* sponsors giving out free swag
* restaurants with condensed menus, all what they do well. With specialty cocktails to cool off with.
* food trucks and much more
* you can bring your 4 legged babies or even you kids lol.
* side shows like glass blowing, piano, people showing their craft.
Here are some tips that I have learned:
If you don't like walking around a bunch of people show up around 11:30 get good parking and walk around most of the vendors are set up by 11:15 anyways.
With that being said if you show up at 12 o'clock parking is gonna be very hard to find and there's already gonna be a ton of people there.
Everyone takes cash or credit so don't worry about what kind of money you need to bring.
Expect the unexpected. You never know what you're gonna run into every year I go I always run into these fun little side shows where people are showing their craft and it's so fun just to stop and watch and see what they do best.
Be extra nice to the restaurant staff during this time as there are thousands of people that come to this event, from all over the United States. When I say it's crowded it gets crowded but it's still a fun event.
Take your time to enjoy the restaurant food. Most of the management that I have talked to only have condensed menu for their restaurants during arts goggle to show off what they do well. Including cocktails.
Plan to bring something home. I truly believe that there's something for everyone at this event. So when you are buying something and you just got there, ask the vendor if you could just store the item with them and come back around and pick up when you're about to leave. That way you're not having to carry it around. But remember, they have thousands of people coming so if it's small, just take it with you.
10/10 would recommend. read more