After a one year hiatus the long-running Island Fest was back for 2016. I haven't been before so wasn't really sure what to expect and can't compare to previous years.
I went on Saturday night, around 7-10pm
PARKING - There are a couple of paid parking lots around the area, but a baseball game was also going on the same night so lots were pretty full. Most cars parked on nearby streets and I did see police patrolling when we walked back out to our car
ENTRY FEE - When we arrived it was $10, however looks like it's less if you arrive before 7pm
FOOD/DRINK TICKETS - The tickets are 50¢ per ticket...beer was 8 tickets, mixed island drinks were 12. I didn't buy food so can't speak to price/quality
VENDORS - Maybe 15 shopping vendors; items ranged from dresses, t-shirts, jewelry, incense, smoking accessories
CHAIRS - If you have your own lawn chair (or blanket), bring it. Most people sat in their chairs and listened to the music
MUSIC - They had one stage, I'm not into Reggae music and didn't know the bands but there were quite a few people starting to dance and the music was good.
Overall it was ok...if you like live music / Reggae. The overall atmosphere was a little depressing, you can make a loop around the shopping vendors pretty quickly, so it's basically just the music. There were a lot of people there and into the music though. Nothing really for little kids to do read more