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Radiofest 2024
44 Year Anniversary
Friday, August 2, 2024 and Saturday, August 3, 2024
Radiofest 2025 dates and program info TBD
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NEW for 2024!!!
1. Indoor selling spaces along with outdoor selling on Saturday.
2. Saturday lunch food service will be in INDOOR selling venue.
3. Banquet tickets are available on-site and at the door along with preorder.
Swap Meet
Location
Registration
Most activities are free – NO registration required.
Memberships, Banquet and swap meet selling REQUIRE registration.
On-line registration was open April 1, 2024 through July 26, 2024 and is now closed
Mail-in registration must be postmarked by July 18, 2024 to arrive before the event.
Download Mail-in Form
Schedule
Friday August 2, 2024
At event: swap meet check-in, main auction registration and banquet tickets: 3 pm to 5:30 pm (Shriners lobby)
Famous ARCI auction (Medinah room)
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Register : 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Auction start 6:00 pm
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Sellers
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Sellers Fee: $10 per item
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SELLERS MUST BE or become ARCI MEMBERS - $25 per year
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LIMIT OF 8 LOTS PER SELLER
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ALL ITEMS MUST BE REMOVED AT END OF AUCTION. ITEMS NOT REMOVED WILL BECOME PROPERTY OF ARCI.
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Bidders
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Bidders Fee: $5 per card
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10% Buyer Premium
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Food service
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Cash bar
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Saturday August 5, 2024
Check-in / registration opens: 7am (Shriners Lobby)
Big swap meet Indoor and outdoor
1. Outdoor: 7am to 3 pm (West lot) (Check-in – Shriners lobby)
- BUYERS - FREE
- Outdoor On-line registration: $30/space
- Outdoor Mail-in: $30/space
- Outdoor At event: $40/space
- Seller OUTDOOR spaces are on a FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVED and not assigned
(same as last year).
2. NEW!!! Indoor: 7am to 3pm (Medinah room) (Check-in – Shriners lobby)
- BUYERS – FREE
- Indoor On-line registration: $30/6' table, $40/8' table
- Indoor Mail-in registration: $30/6' table, $40/8' table
- Indoor at event: $35/6' table, $45/8' table
- Indoor tables are ASSIGNED and sold by table size. Limited availability
-Food service - cash
- light breakfast 8 am to 10 am
- lunch 10:30 am to 2 pm
NEW!!! Saturday Lunch food and beverage service will be indoors in conjunction with indoor swap meet. Nice round tables and chairs for dining too!
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Saturday Programs - Free to All
Program 1: Bill Ross/Bob Drake Memorial Ham Radio Forum: My 60+ years of adventure in amateur Radio - Larry Stark (Music Room) – 10 am to 11 am
Program 2: Radio repair 101 - Pete Nauseda (Music Room) – 11am to Noon
Program 3: Powering up and protecting the radio power supply - Bob Lang (Music Room) 1 pm to 2 pm
Old time radio programs – Paul Iverson (Shriners Lobby) 8 am to 4:30 pm
Donation Sale: 9 am to 2:30 pm (West Lot)
Donation Auction: 2:30 pm (West Lot)
Seller’s raffle - at donation auction 2:30 pm (West Lot)
Banquet
(Crescent Ballroom)
On-line: $45/person
Mail-in: $45/person
NEW! tickets on-site and at the door: $50/person
- Cash Bar: 5:30 pm
- Dinner: 6:30 pm
Host Hotel
(Book Separately)
Hilton Garden Inn
551 North Swift Road
Addison, Illinois 60101
(630) 691-0500
All hotel reservations must be made directly with the Hilton Garden Inn via phone
(630) 691-0500 or this link: http://tinyurl.com/Radiofest-2024-hotel
Discounted Hotel rates begin at $119.00. Ask for “Antique Radio Club of Illinois” through July 18. The hotel is part of the Shriner complex.
Additional Information
- Details subject to change without notice
- Every effort will be made to communicate updates and changes via email blasts and on our website.
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