As fun as the Humboldt Downtown Business Improvement District’s 9 (BID) Streetfest has been, they will be making to changes to the fifth annual two-day event that fills Humboldt's downtown for Aug. 17-18.
This year’s event will no longer have a cabaret and beer gardens on the night of Aug. 17, says BID Coordinator Erin Standish, since this has been a hard event for volunteers with little profits coming back to the group.
"Our board and many of our businesses who support and fund the BID directly realized that the amount of time that went into it with volunteer hours and planning, the actual cost of the fully covered stage and all the security required to do it properly and to do it well, we wanted to give this year a break.”
There will still be a community stage for Aug. 18 with local performers providing entertainment on 6th Ave. beside the Humboldt and District Museum along the sidewalk.
Over 40 vendors will be out starting at noon on Aug. 17 until 9 p.m. and Aug. 18 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. with businesses varying from a variety of food vendors, to local downtown businesses and non-profits to home based businesses.
The more variety, says Standish, the more people hitting the downtown.
"We're focusing on a real family friendly street fair, grassroots, fun event," says Standish.
