FOOD, LODGING, & LOGISTICS
Topics:
1) Location 2) Food 3) Lodging
4) Hospitality, Health, Children, Parking
5) What to Bring 6) Travel, Carpooling, & Parking
7) About Fontainebleau State Park 8) Photo Sharing
1) Location 2) Food 3) Lodging
4) Hospitality, Health, Children, Parking
5) What to Bring 6) Travel, Carpooling, & Parking
7) About Fontainebleau State Park 8) Photo Sharing
1)Location
- The venue we have rented for Culture Campout is located inside of Fontainebleau State Park , Mandeville, LA
- Click on this link to see the site on Google Maps
- At the entrance to the Fontainebleau state park, you will need to pay the Fontainebleau entrance fee of $3 per person except for small children and seniors.
- The Venue includes 2 dorms, a dancehall, bathrooms, showers, patios, etc. If you have questions about the venue, scroll down to the bottom of the page to see more info and photos of the venue.
FOOD VENDOR: Ricardo of Pupuseria la milpa
|
FOOD VENDOR: Jose with Numada
|
TASTE TESTER: Frank
|
Food Vendor: LaDelyo's Creole Catering
|
FOOD VENDOR: Que Pho Bar
|
2) Food and Beverages:
3) Lodging:
Overnight options onsite:
5) What to bring for you and yours
6) Travel
Fontainebleau has been the site of both beauty and tragedy. You can read more about the park and it's past here as well as the peoples of this region here. The Tchefuncte People are generally as the earliest people of this land, dating from 500 BC. Other indigenous peoples followed: The Marksville Culture ( AD 1-400) and later the tribes of the Acolapissa and the Choctaw. Here is the story of the people who experienced slavery on this land.
We thank you for joining us in leaving no trace of trash and for making new, joyful, and loving memories at the state park. Photos and maps of the Group Camp 1 site are below.
8)Sharing Photos
We would love it if you helped us crowdsource other photos from the weekend
- Food Options:
- Food Vendors: Buy Food from our vendors: Each day will feature a different vendors representing a different cultures. There will be omnivore and vegan/ vegetarian options.
- Numada
- Pupuseria La Milpa
- Que Pho
- La'Delyo's Creole Catering
- Local Food: Nearby Food and Groceries: The group camp is 3-5 miles away from PoBoy shops as well as Rouses Market, Whole Foods, and Neighborhood Groceries.
- Bring Your Own Food:
- We encourage you to support our food vendors.
- You can however, bring your own grill and there will also be electrical outlets and tables for instapots, etc. in one of the porch areas.
- Please bring your own ice chest if possible. (The vendors will be using the commercial kitchen on site with a walk-in fridge and a regular sized freezer. Some cold storage space will be reserved for the caterer and the rest will be available for families with children on a limited basis. Please bring a box that is clearly labeled with your name on it for any food you place in the fridge. There is no dishwasher on site. The kitchen will be closed to everyone except the vendors during the majority of the performances.)
- Food Vendors: Buy Food from our vendors: Each day will feature a different vendors representing a different cultures. There will be omnivore and vegan/ vegetarian options.
- Beverages
- Please bring your own beverages. There will be water stations to refill water bottles.
- This is an intergenerational community space.
- Waste
- Thanks to Keep Louisiana Beautiful, we will have onsite recycling. Please pack in and out when possible and keep waste and packaging to a minimum.
3) Lodging:
Overnight options onsite:
- Tent Camping: Reserve tent camping through the eventbrite registration. Families with children can camp in a area that will have quiet times. We believe that the outdoors are for everyone! There is also talk of a "cookout at the campout" section for first time campers :)
- Dorms: Bunkbeds are available in two dorms. One dorm has 50 bunkbeds for people of any gender, the other dorm has 50 bunkbeds for people who identify as female. Some bunkbeds will be reserved for culture bearers and performers. Registration is limited and on a first come first serve basis. You can reserve your spot in a bunkhouse when you register through eventbrite. If you are staying in a bunk bed, bring your own sheets, blankets and pillows. The dorms are for persons 18 and over only. Children and youth under 18 are welcome to camp with an adult.
- Bathrooms and Showers: There are bathrooms and showers in both the 1) all gender and 2) female identifying dorms. There are 16 showers total. There is a commercial kitchen and dining hall/ dancehall on site. Bathrooms are also located in the dining/kitchen building.
- RVs: Fontainebleau State Park has RV camping available a short distance away from the Group Camp (2 miles) Reserve https://reservations.gooutdoorslouisiana.com/
- Fontainebleau State Park has Cabins for Rent (walking distance from the Group Camp). (Update: the cabins have been damaged by Hurricane Ida, and may not be repaired by Dec.)
- Short-term rentals are available in Mandeville ( 3 miles )
- Hotels are available in Covington (10 miles) (Homewood Suites, Comfort Inn, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Inn).
- Parking, Ability Mindfulness, and Access
- There are 50 parking spots on site. We are reserving most of those parking spots for musicians with equipment, food vendors, elders, persons with disabilities, and families with infants.
- If you are able to walk, please drop your things off at Group Camp 1 and then turn back and park along the road , at the cabin parking, or at the Meeting Room (If Meeting Room is still closed for construction). These areas are located a couple blocks away from the venue . (See map in the photos below.)
- If you are an elder, have infants, or are unable to walk, please email your name, phone number, subject line disability parking to [email protected] to reserve parking on site.
- The buildings are ADA accessible. There is an outdoor elevator to the second floor. (See photo of the elevator below.)
- Allergy Mindfulness:
- Please label shared foods that have tree nuts or other allergens.
- No Pets on site.
- Swimming and Fishing in Lake Pontchartrain
- Infectious Diseases
- Cultural Sharing, Shows and Workshops will be both indoors and outdoors. There are ten large double doors to the dancehall. Outdoor and open air activities will depend on the weather. If you are at all symptomatic, please do not come. Guests who are immune compromised are encouraged to tent camp and stay in outdoor spaces.
- Children and Youth
- This is a kid friendly camp-out.
- There will be a section of the campground reserved for families with children with quiet hours from 7 PM-7 AM.
- There is a path that goes from the Group Camp to Lake Pontchartrain. If your children would like to go swimming, please ensure that either you or another adult are with them.
- Please let us know if there is anything else we can do to create a welcoming space!
5) What to bring for you and yours
- Climate: Plan for 30-40% chance of rain. Mosquito hour will last for an hour around sunset at 5 p.m. (4:30-5:30 p.m.). During the month of Dec the average temperature is in the s . During Dec temperatures can range from a high of 68 degrees F and low of 48 degrees F in Mandeville. Climate Data for Mandeville, La
- There are bathrooms, showers.
- The park does NOT provide towels, linens, cups, etc.
- Bring your own ice chest, snacks, water bottle, etc. There will be water jugs set up for you to refill water bottles.
- Bring your own sheets, blankets, pillows, towels, hygiene items if you are staying in the bunk beds.
- Bring your own food and gear whenever possible.
- Here's a packing list of supplies to bring for you and supplies you can volunteer to share.
6) Travel
- Flying :
- The closest airport is New Orleans International Airport in Kenner, LA. The airport is 40 miles from the event.
- Driving
- New Orleans/ Kenner is 50 minutes, 40 miles away.
- Lafayette, LA is 2.5 hours, 132 miles away from Fontainbleu State Park.
- Carpooling
- There is limited parking. Everyone is encouraged to carpool.
- If you would like to offer a ride or carpool, or if you need a ride, please sign-up on this ride board google doc.
- Parking-
- Abled people will be asked to park further away from the event so that differently abled people and performers will be able to park closer to the event.
- There is limited parking. Everyone is encouraged to carpool.
- There will be a drop off zone for people who registered to stay overnight.
- Please see the photo slideshow at the bottom of this webpage for the parking map.
Fontainebleau has been the site of both beauty and tragedy. You can read more about the park and it's past here as well as the peoples of this region here. The Tchefuncte People are generally as the earliest people of this land, dating from 500 BC. Other indigenous peoples followed: The Marksville Culture ( AD 1-400) and later the tribes of the Acolapissa and the Choctaw. Here is the story of the people who experienced slavery on this land.
We thank you for joining us in leaving no trace of trash and for making new, joyful, and loving memories at the state park. Photos and maps of the Group Camp 1 site are below.
8)Sharing Photos
We would love it if you helped us crowdsource other photos from the weekend
- Please use #culturecampout to share photos on social media with others who came to the event
- Culture Campout Facebook Page
- Please upload photos you take of the event to this google photos folder so that people with or without social media can access the pictures
