Parking and Transportation
Parking & Transit Options and Recommendations
Board our Bus to the Festival!
Aparagus Festival goes “Green” and offers motorcoach transportation from outlying areas of Stockton, CA. – The Asparagus Festival, which drew 105,000 last year, is prepared for an anticipated large attendance again for 2012 by offering luxury motorcoach transportation from 16 pickup locations around Northern California. BOB! (Board Our Bus), a transportation marketing company, has contracted with multiple motorcoach companies to stage pickup locations from Chico to San Francisco to Fresno.
Board our Bus to the Festival – sign up today!
Locations:
1. Red Rocklin, Roseville
2. Orange Sacramento, Elk Grove
3. Blue Placerville, Rancho Cordova
4. Brown Fresno, Modesto
5. Green Walnut Creek, Concord
6. Purple Pleasanton, Livermore
7. White San Jose, Gilroy
8. Pink Santa Cruz, Watsonville or Campbell
9. Yellow San Francisco, Oakland
10. Grey Fairfield, Vacaville, Davis
11. Black Palo Alto, Newark
12. Gold Chico, Woodland
Two Day move, Saturday and Sunday Only. From $39 per person, packages include round trip motorcoach transportation, admission ticket and asparagus necklace! Arrive at Festival 11:00 am, Depart 7:00 pm.
Bob – Board our bus Contact information:
530-753-RIDE (7433)
info@ridebob.com
Download Bob’s 2012 Flyer
Driving Directions & Parking:
If you are coming to the festival on Friday and you are coming in from Hwy 99 please take SR4 to N/B I-5 to the Pershing Street exit and utilize arena parking. If you are coming in from the south, N/B I-5 please take the Downtown Stockton, El Dorado Street exit and if you are coming from the north, S/B I-5 please take the Fremont Street exit and utilize arena parking.
If you are coming to the festival on Saturday or Sunday and you are coming from Hwy 99 take Hwy 4 West, then take the Stanislaus Street exit and follow signs to parking. If you are coming in from the south, N/B I-5 please take the Pershing Street exit and utilize the arena parking and if you are coming from the north, S/B I-5 please take the Fremont Street exit and utilize arena parking.
Friday: Take the Fremont Street Exits to parking
Saturday and Sunday: “Take the Bus Gus” from Delta College
With two new parking facilities built in the past year, there is plenty of parking available…but arrive early to the festival to get the best spots. One of your best choices could be to take convenient, public transportation. There also are several transportation options available.
* Parking Map (pdf)
* Asparabus – convenient entry gate delivery.
* Amtrak - Amtrak from Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley and North Bay Area. April 2012 San Joaquin Schedules (tba)
Asparagus Festival Parking
Garages: $10.00
Flat Surface Lot: $10.00
Staying Overnight
Visitors and Vendors can receive discounted rates at local hotels. For inquiries and hotel bookings visit Discounted Hotels.
Driving Directions
From the Bay Area: Take Hwy.680 East to Hwy.580, follow Hwy 580 through Tracy where it turns into Hwy.205, then take I5 North.
From Sacramento: Take I-5 south towards Stockton. Take the Hwy 4 E exit toward Hwy 99/ Downtown Stockton.
Check out the Festival Map (PDF).
Best Address by GPS:
221 North Center Street
Stockton, Ca 95203
AsparaBus - “Take The Bus Gus!”
Dates of Service:
Saturday, April 28th & Sunday, April 29th
- Adults (18-59): $4.00
- Teens (under 18 and college students with proper ID): $3.00
- Seniors (60 and older) & Persons with Disabilities: $3.00
- Children 12 and under: Free, when accompanied by a fare-paying adult
You can purchase your bus passes at Delta College in the Shima 2 parking lot on Saturday and Sunday. Buy your Asparagus Festival admission and food/beverage tickets there, too! As an added bonus, Storer Transportation passengers who pre-purchase their Asparagus Festival entry tickets at Delta College get express entry into the Festival.
