Festival Camping
For many, a central part of the Festivarian experience is camping - sharing a meal with new neighbors, returning home after an exhilerating day of music to share some music at the campsite. Planet Bluegrass offers several different camping options in and around Telluride. If sleeping under the stars isn't your thing, also check out the various lodging options available.
Town Park and Warner Field are adjacent to the Festival grounds (you can hear the festival from your tent), while the other options are just west of town, accessible via a free shuttle bus that runs late into the night. Be advised that all Planet Bluegrass camping sold-out in advance of last year's Festival.
Planet Bluegrass Campgrounds
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We are offer several campgrounds between zero and 10 miles from the festival. Please read through the following to see which one suits your needs.
Town Park - Includes 4-day festival pass
- Tent Camping and Vehicles
- Located adjacent to the festival grounds
- Opens: Saturday, June 14th
- Due to the enormous demand for Town Park Camping and Vehicle Passes, these tickets sold-out using an online lottery. Entries for this ticket lottery were accepted from Oct. 22 thru November 4, 2007.
Warner Field - Four-day festival pass required
- Tent Camping Only
- Location: Baseball field within Town Park (adjacent to the festival grounds)
- Opens: 9am on Tuesday, June 17
- Showers available in the Town Park campground, and those camping in Warner Field will be allowed general access to Town Park camping areas, but will not be allowed to carry camping materials to or from Town Park camping areas.
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Metal pans must be used under stoves to protect grass.
Warner Field camping - Charcoal grills are not allowed.
- Tent stakes longer than 6" are prohibited to protect irrigation systems.
- Cigarette smoking is prohibited in Warner Field.
- No vehicles are allowed on the field.
- NO GLASS ALLOWED
Lawson Hill (formerly Telecam) - Single-day or 4-day Festival pass required
- Tent Camping Only
- Location: Ball field located 3 miles from the festival grounds
- Opens: 8 am on Tuesday, June 17th.
- Metal pans must be used under stoves to protect grass.
- Charcoal grills are not allowed.
- Tent stakes longer than 6" are prohibited to protect irrigation systems.
- Quiet hours are 2am-7am.
- Serviced by free shuttle.
- No vehicles are allowed on the field.
- Free parking nearby.
Mary E Illium - Four-day festival pass required
- Tent camping and vehicle passes.
- Location: National Forest campground about 7 miles from the festival grounds
- Opens: 9 am on Saturday, June 14th
- Does NOT include a festival pass.
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"The most incompletely named music festival west of the Mississippi."No vehicles longer than 22'.
- Free parking nearby.
- Charcoal grills are allowed.
- Quiet hours are 2am-7am.
- No hook-ups.
- Serviced by free shuttle.
- Campground is located on the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests under special use permit from the Forest Service, USDA.
Coonskin RV Camping - Four-day festival pass required
- RV must be self-contained
Planet Bluegrass Camping Rules
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CAMPING IS SOLD PER PERSON AND PER VEHICLE, NOT PER SITE. If there are two of you and you want to have your vehicle or RV at the campground with you, you must purchase two camping passes and one vehicle or RV pass in addition to your Festival passes. A vehicle is considered anything requiring a license plate. Also, any hard-sided campers or camp trailers will need a vehicle pass, even if they do not require a license plate.
A telluride campsite - Children 12 and under are free with a paying adult.
- No pets or campfires are allowed at any of the camping areas.
- All space is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
- There is an adequate number of port-a-potties at all campgrounds. Town Park and Warner Field also have permanent bathroom structures.
- Showers are available each morning until 11am at the High School for a small fee (around $3).
- All campgrounds close on Monday, June 23 at Noon