TAKE METRO TRANSIT FOR FREE!

The Union Depot Station for the Green Line is in the center of the Jazz Festival. FREE PASSES are available for Friday and Saturday. Check specific times on your downloaded pass.  The Central Station is one block from Mears Park and a half block from Twin Cities PBS. 

Where to Park:

• Union Depot 200 E Kellogg Blvd
• Lowertown Parking Ramp   316 Jackson St, St Paul, MN 55102
• Cray Plaza Lot  175 E 5th St
• Jackson St Ramp – 345 Jackson St
• Alary’s Bar & Barbeque: 139 E 7th St, St Paul, MN 55101
  Alary’s is offering free parking and a shuttle ride down to the Jazz Festival! Park next door at the ramp and ask your server or bartender about validating your parking pass. You can also park in the lot behind our building and enter Alary’s through our patio. With any purchase get a free shuttle pass and take the shuttle down to Mear’s Park and back to Alary’s after the event.

Parking Apps

For more parking options please click here. Or download the “Best Parking” app on your phone.

We recommend booking convenient and affordable parking in advance through SpotHero, the nation’s leading parking reservations app. To reserve your parking spot for the Twin Cities Jazz Festival visit the St. Paul SpotHero Parking Page.

If you park on the street, be sure to double-check your meter; they are enforced Monday-Saturday, 8am-10:00pm.

NOTE: 5th Street between Sibley & Wacouta is a performance area and will be CLOSED during the Festival.

FREE Bus / Light Rail Passes

Directions

Southbound on I-35E:

Take Exit 107A on the left for Wacouta St/10th St, stay to your left, follow signs for Wacouta St. Head 4 blocks south to E 6th St, turn right. You’re at the park.

Northbound on I-35E:

Merge onto I-94E, take Exit 242C for 7th St. Merge onto Wall St, go 1 block south to E 6th St, turn right. 1 block to park.

Westbound on I-94:

Take Exit 242D on the left for 6th St. 3 blocks to park.

Eastbound on I-94:

Take Exit 242C for 7th St. Merge onto Wall St, go 1 block south to E 6th St, turn right. 1 block to park.

HWY 52:

Take HWY 52 north until it ends. Turn left at E 7th St, go approximately 3 blocks to Wall St, turn left, head 1 block south to E 6th St and take a right. 1 block to park.