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People who can't get into sold-out screenings at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival will find fun things to do outside on and near Park City's Main Street.

Festival BaseCamp is back for a second year on Swede Alley, a massive heated tent that will feature an array of programming — live-stream broadcasts of the festival's Cinema Cafe events in the morning, panel discussions in the afternoon and music performances in the evening.

BaseCamp, sponsored by Canada Goose, also features free wi-fi and power charging stations, free hot drinks from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. most days, and food from the Saturday's Waffle food truck from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. most days. (The waffles are free from noon to 1 p.m.)

BaseCamp events are open to anyone with festival credentials.

On Lower Main, between 7th and 9th streets, Sundance is setting up a new location, The Festival Village. It's an open-air area that will feature occasional outdoor concerts, along with a coffee bar and (for a couple of hours a day) a beer garden featuring festival sponsor Stella Artois.

Sarah Pearce, managing director of the Sundance Institute, said the village — which will also encompass the ASCAP Music Cafe and a merchandise store — will feature live-stream broadcasts of some cafe performances and BaseCamp events, when possible.

Also new this year is a mobile movie theater in a semi-trailer truck, called CineTransformer, to be parked on 5th Street by the Park City Post Office.

Pearce said Sundance officials saw the CineTransformer at another festival, and "it felt like something kind of fun and different for us to do at Sundance."

The 80-seat CineTransformer will play host to panel discussions, product demonstrations from Sundance sponsors and other events.

Both the Festival Village and CineTransformer are free to anyone, with credentials or not.

The biggest change in Sundance venues is the relocation of the virtual-reality presentations in the New Frontier program.

New Frontier's exhibition space, where gallery-style installations are housed, remains at the Claimjumper, 573 Main St.

VR programs will be shown at two new locations: the VR Palace, a tented facility at 475 Swede Alley, near BaseCamp; and the VR Bar, evenings in the ASCAP Music Café's site at 751 Main St.

Access to the VR Palace will be limited, so those inside won't feel rushed. Festivalgoers, even passholders who are accustomed to getting into any show unchallenged, will have to buy tickets for the VR Palace, which entitles the holder to a 50-minute experience.

The VR experiences start on the hour from 1 to 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20, to Friday, Jan. 27, and from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28. Tickets are $25 for the festival's first half (Jan. 20-24) and $20 for the second half (Jan. 25-28).

The VR Bar is open to credential holders, as space permits, in the evenings from Friday, Jan. 20, to Monday, Jan. 23, and on Thursday, Jan. 26. Hours are 8:30 to 10:30 each night — except for Sunday, Jan. 22, when it's open from 9:30 to 10:30 p.m.

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Tips and tricks

Advice on how to navigate the 2017 Sundance Film Festival:

Rewarding early risers • Every morning at 8, the festival's main box offices (Gateway Center, 136 Heber Ave., Park City; and Trolley Square, 600 East and 600 South, Salt Lake City) make available a limited number of tickets for that day's screenings (and the early-morning screenings for the next day). Tickets are $20 and must be bought in person.

Use the waitlist • Download the Sundance Film Festival's app to your device of choice and register for the e-waitlist (at ewaitlist.sundance.org). Check in via your device two hours before showtime. Get a waitlist number, arrive at the venue 30 minutes before the show (don't be late) and queue by number. Waitlist tickets are $20, cash only.

Perks for locals • Summit County residents can take advantage of Townie Tuesday, on Jan. 24, with some screenings for Park City locals.

Stay in Salt Lake City • Nearly every movie at Sundance will have one screening in a Salt Lake City venue. Filmmakers love the Salt Lake screenings because they can see how a movie plays with real people.

Weird is good • Movies with big stars are more likely to secure distribution deals. Go for the stuff with no-name casts, especially the foreign films — movies that might not return to Utah.

Talk to people • Real "buzz" isn't created by publicists, but by people in line for tickets or riding the shuttle buses. Look up from your phone and talk to people.

Give compliments • Telling a filmmaker that you liked his or her movie is the nicest thing you can do. It makes all the toil worthwhile.