Directions and Parking for our Fairs

Please allow at least 30 minutes for parking and unloading.

Directions provided below are from Interstate 81. If you will be coming from a different location, the physical address of the Festival Ballroom is: 1301 Carrier Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22801.

Festival Conference & Student Center

You may also want to print and bring a JMU Campus Map.

From South of Harrisonburg:

• Take Interstate 81 North to exit 245.
• Get into the right lane of the exit ramp, and turn right at the traffic light onto Port Republic Road.
• Quickly get into the left lane, and turn left at the traffic light onto Forest Hill Drive (in front of the first gas station).
• Pass University Outpost and the hotel; turn left at the T intersection. You are now on Oak Hill Drive/University Boulevard.
• Continue on University Boulevard, passing the Convocation Center and parking lots on your left.
• Take a left at the JMU sign onto Carrier Drive. You will see the Festival (a low, round building) to your left.
• Turn left to pull into the cul-de-sac in front of the Festival.
• Follow directions below for unloading and parking…

• Take Interstate 81 South to exit 245.
• Get into the left lane of the exit ramp, and turn left at the traffic light onto Port Republic Road.
• Stay in the left lane, and turn left at the traffic light onto Forest Hill Drive (in front of the first gas station).
• Pass University Outpost and the hotel; turn left at the T intersection. You are now on Oak Hill Drive/University Boulevard.
• Continue on University Boulevard, passing the Convocation Center and parking lots on your left.
• Take a left at the JMU sign onto Carrier Drive. You will see the Festival (a low, round building) to your left.
• Turn left to pull into the cul-de-sac in front of the Festival.
• Follow directions below for unloading and parking…

• Pull into the Festival cul-de-sac and unload all materials for the Fair onto the sidewalk. Staff will ask you which organization you represent and bring your materials inside to your assigned table.
• Exit the cul-de-sac as soon as possible out of consideration for other recruiters. You can check in when you return from parking your car.
• Drive around the cul-de-sac and turn right onto Carrier Drive.
• When Carrier Drive ends at the JMU sign, turn right onto University Boulevard.
• Follow University Boulevard for less than a mile to JMU Parking Lot "Convo A".
• Park your car anywhere in the "Convo A" lot. Parking anywhere else may result in a ticket.
• JMU shuttles will be leaving every few minutes from the "Convo A" parking lot. Look for the tent- this is the shuttle stop. The shuttles will take you back to the Festival for the Fair.
• When you arrive at the Festival proceed to the registration table (straight ahead through the entrance) to check in.

• take you and your materials back to the parking lot -OR-
• take you back to your car where you may drive back to the Festival (following the Fair signage) to pick up your materials