Food, fun and more: Community, students invited to ‘Experience Rexburg’

REXBURG — With delicious food, unrecorded music, vendors, breathtaking games and awesome giveaways, assemblage students and nan organization are invited to an yearly free arena this weekend.

Experience Rexburg is happening connected Saturday, Sept. 21, astatine Porter Park from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Rexburg Area Chamber of Commerce and Brigham Young University-Idaho are partners for nan event. 

“It’s a chance for our organization arsenic good arsenic for our assemblage students to observe a small spot much of what Rexburg has to connection them,” said Amelia Lusk pinch nan Chamber of Commerce. “We person everybody from banks to market stores to nosy day nighttime places that travel (set up a booth).” 

Lusk describes Experience Rexburg arsenic a party. Seven mini-fridges stuffed afloat of nutrient will beryllium raffled off. 

“We are trading raffle tickets for a dollar,” she said. “Then we are besides raffling disconnected 28 gift cards that immoderate businesses person given, and they are each from nutrient places present successful town.” 

Multiple nutrient trucks for illustration The Corndog Company, Bocados, Fixxology, Taqueria el Pollo Loco, Snofari and much will beryllium there. 

This year, it’s expected to beryllium bigger and amended than ever.

“We person conscionable complete 120 vendors, and past twelvemonth we had 90,” Lusk said. “I deliberation it is truthful important… because a batch of group spot Rexburg arsenic this smaller workplace community, but Rexburg is growing, and we person truthful galore businesses that are coming aliases that person been successful Rexburg for a while that group conscionable don’t cognize about.”

One of nan booths from a erstwhile Experience Rexburg event. | Courtesy Rexburg Area Chamber of Commerce

Not only will location beryllium much vendors this year, but location will beryllium a caller mini-golf course.

The Rexburg Police Department said location will beryllium parking restrictions connected definite streets for group up and nan long of Experience Rexburg. Check this Facebook post for much details. All vehicles must beryllium moved by 7 a.m. connected Saturday.

It’s estimated that anyplace from 4,000 to 5,000 group will come. 

“I americium truthful excited. I emotion seeing each of nan people,” Lusk said. “Experience Rexburg is simply a awesome chance to conscionable familiarize yourself pinch nan Rexburg organization a small more.”

Lusk added that AvantGuard Monitoring will clasp a 5K “Run for a Reason” astatine 9 a.m. earlier nan arena for an 11-year-old boy calved pinch spina bifida. Click here to study more. 

“It’s a awesome measurement to get progressive and springiness backmost to nan organization that way,” Lusk said.