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FESTIVAL LOCATION: Rain or shine: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park in the Five Points District, 2300 Greene Street, 733-8452. TRAVEL TO BLUES FESTIVAL: Airport: Columbia Metropolitan Airport, West Columbia, 822-5020, 7 miles from festival; Train: Amtrak, 850 Pulaski Street 29201, 252-8246, Reservations: 1(800)872-7245, 2 miles; Bus: Greyhound, 2015 Gervais Street 29204, 256-6465, Reservations: 1(800) 231-2222, .5 mile HOTELS: Two area hotels have been designated as Official Blues Festival Hotels. Call for special Blues Rates! The Clarion Townhouse Hotel and Suites Inn, 1615 Gervais Street, 771-8711; Riverside Inn, 111 Knox Abbott Drive, Cayce, SC, 939-4688. CAMPING: Sesquicentennial State Park, close to I-26, I-20, and I-77, 788-2706; Wood Smoke Campground, Hwy 176 Irmo, 781-9922 or 781-3451 ADDITIONAL TRAVEL INFORMATION: SC Dept of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, PO Box 71, Columbia, SC 29201, 1-888-88-PARKS; City Visitor Center, 1012 Gervais Street 29201 254-0479; (trolley) Five Points Merchants Association, 779-8203 OTHER NEARBY ATTRACTIONS: Five Points District- Shops, Art, Bars, Restaurants, Record shops (walk); Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Gardens, I-126 at Greystone Blvd., 779-8717, 4 miles; Columbia Museum of Art, Main Street at Hampton Street (trolley); University of South Carolina, Greene Street, McKissick Museum on campus, (trolley or walk); The South Carolina State House,1.2 miles; Congaree Swamp National Monument, Old Bluff Road, Hopkins SC, 776-4396, 18 miles; Richland County Library, Wheatley Branch, 931 Woodrow Street, 799-5873 (walk); The SC State Museum, 301 Gervais Street, 898-4921; The Congaree Vista: Restaurants, Art Galleries, Nightlife. (trolley) RESTAURANTS: Groucho's, 611 Harden Street, 799-5708 (walk); Cafe Maxx, 1202 Sumter Street, 799-3697 (trolley); Publick House, 2307 Devine Street 256-2207; Yesterdays, 2030 Devine Street, 799-0196 (walk); Savannah's, 420 Meeting Street, West Columbia, 794-7660; Mr. Friendly's, 2001-A Greene Street, 254-7828, A.G. Floyd's, 2406 Devine Street, 748-9494; Jim Casey's French Quarter, 3824 Rosewood Drive, 787-5714 CLUBS: Bar None, 620 Harden Street, 254-3354; Group Therapy, 2107 Greene Street 256-1203; Tavern on Greene, 2002 Greene Street, 252-7265, (walk); Publick House, 2307 Devine Street, 256-2207; Durkin's, 2001 Greene Street, 252-3966; Yesterdays, 2030 Devine Street 799-0196; Hunter Gatherer, 900 Main Street, 748-0540 (trolley); Jakes, 2112 Devine Street, 252-5253 FESTIVAL PARKING: Free on nearby city streets, meters in Five Points FOOD AND BEVERAGES: Food and beverage vendors will be available for food and drinks throughout the day. City ordinances do not permit coolers or pets in the park. FESTIVAL RECYCLING: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! All aluminum cans are recycled by City of Columbia Firefighters for burned children. Look for blue recycle bins for newspaper, plastic bottles, magazines, & glass. RADIO: Official Blues Festival Stations include: WUSC FM 90.5 Columbia, Tune in on Tuesday Evenings to Claire DeLune for festival info; WLTR FM 91.3, Columbia, National Public Radio Affiliate, The South Carolina Educational Radio Network (SCERN) NEWSPAPERS: Official Blues Festival Newspapers include: FREE TIMES, Columbia's free weekly (Weds.); THE STATE and their entertainment section, Weekend; The Columbia Star; Midlands Weekend; USC's The Gamecock
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