Boomsday is the largest Labor Day fireworks show in the nation!

The 23rd anniversary of the Boomsday Festival will be held on Sunday, September 5, 2010 along the downtown riverfront at Volunteer Landing and Neyland Drive.

The day will be filled with tons of fun – delicious food, contests, a Family Fun Zone featuring inflatables, Red Bull TNT MX Demo's and of course, the nation's largest Labor Day weekend fireworks show! Come join the fun this year with 400,000 of your closest friends!

BASIC INFO

Sunday, September 5, 2010
1 p.m. – 10 p.m
Fireworks Start 9:30 PM
Free Admission
Food & Beverages Available for Purchase

DO BRING

Sunscreen, hats, lawn chairs, blankets, portable radios (if desired)

DON'T BRING

Motorized vehicles or scooters (KPD personnel to determine if necessary for persons with disabilities)
No backpacks – all other bags are subject to random searches
No picnic supplies, coolers or refillable containers
No cans or bottles
No outside food/beverage
No pets
No skateboards, bicycles, skates, skate shoes
No tents, canopies or umbrellas
No firearms, laser pointing devices or weapons of any kind
No alcoholic beverages
No soliciting

FIRST AID

Stations will be located on Volunteer Landing on the east side of the east tower, underneath the Henley Street Bridge on the north side of Neyland and on the north side of Neyland Drive directly across from the University of Tennessee boathouse.

PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

American Disability Association viewing areas will be located on the L-3 Open Air Deck of the City/County Building. ADA accessible restrooms will be available at the special needs location.

PARKING

The City County Building garage will open at 9 a.m. Sunday. The L-3 open air deck will be reserved for an ADA Accessible Viewing Area that will include parking and viewing (with appropriate vehicle permit).
The pedestrian bridge from the City County Building to Volunteer Landing will close at 8 p.m. Sunday.
Special event parking will be available at the Main Ave. Garage, Dwight Kessel Garage, Locust St. Garage, and City County Building Garage for $5. Complimentary parking will be available at the Market Square Garage, Promenade, State Street Garage and Surface Lot.
All UT Parking lots and garages will be open for general public parking for a fee of $10. Look for special event signs.
Due to the Neyland Drive road closure, no parking areas with Neyland Drive access only will be open for parking.

ROAD CLOSINGS

The Henley Street Bridge will close at 12 a.m. Sunday, Sept 5. The bridge reopens at 6 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 6.
The westbound lanes of Neyland Drive from Walnut to Lake Loudon Boulevard will close at 11 p.m. on Saturday, Sept 4 and will remain closed until 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 6.
The eastbound lanes of Neyland Drive from Walnut to Lake Loudon Boulevard will close at 11 p.m. on Saturday, Sept 4 and will remain closed until 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 6.
James White Parkway at Cumberland will close at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5 and will remain closed until 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 6.
Access to Neyland Drive from Central Street will shut down at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept 5 and will remain closed until 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 6.
Access to Neyland Drive from Hall of Fame Drive will shut down at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5 and will remain closed until 6 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 6.
The Gay Street Bridge will close at 9 p.m. for pedestrian traffic and at 9:15 p.m. to vehicle traffic, which is 15 minutes before the fireworks show is expected to begin.

BOATING

No wake zone will be enforced from the orange railroad trestle to the South Knoxville Bridge starting 3 hours prior to the football game on Saturday, September 4 until midnight on Sunday, September 5.
No general public shore access will be available via the Volunteer Landing steps.
City/UT docks will only be available for temporary mooring after 12 p.m. on Sunday. Temporary parking will be available until 8 p.m., but one person must remain on the boat.
Docking at Calhoun's docks is monitored by TWRA for access to the river channel. However, these docks are privately owned and the owner has final determination of who can moor at these docks. Limited space can be reserved at Volunteer Landing Marina, 865-633-5004.
Boats should be in place at least by 9 p.m. as traffic on the channel between the railroad bridge and Gay Street Bridge will be very limited until after the fireworks end. The main channel of the river will be completely closed from 9 p.m. until after the fireworks.
Mooring at the City/UT docks will be open after the fireworks with officers from TWRA directing the largest vessels into place first.
Boaters may be ticketed if navigational lights aren't working, children under 13 aren't wearing a life-jacket, fire extinguishers aren't in working order or there aren't enough personal flotation devices for every person on board plus one throwable device.

MORE INFO

Visit www.BOOMSDAY.org for more information regarding Boomsday.