Camping Guide: Everything You Need To Know
Festival Camping Information and Guidelines
Welcome Telluride Blues & Brews Festival Campers! Camping at Telluride Blues & Brews Festival is a righteous experience. We're looking forward to a memorable festival weekend full of fun times in the fresh Rocky Mountain air. We've compiled a guide to help make the most of your stay in the campground. To ensure that you have the best experience possible, please read the following information carefully.
4-Day Camping on Warner Field - this is the baseball field on the right as you enter the park. No trees. This campground will open Thursday, September 16 at 11 am.
5-Day Camping in Town Park Campground & Zone 1 - The Town Park Campground is a large, wooded general area of the campground housing our Campground Stage and adjacent to the stunning Wilderness of Bear Creek. This campground will open Wednesday, September 15 at 11 am.
Important Load-In Instructions
5-Day Campers in Town Park & Zone 1 - Wednesday, September 15
4-Day Campers in Warner Field - Thursday, September 16
DO NOT LINE UP WITH YOUR VEHICLE ON MAIN STREET PRIOR TO RECEIVING A TEMPORARY “UNLOADING” PARKING PASS OR RV/Vehicle PASS
Beginning at 8 am on Wednesday, September 15, one person from a group or as an individual may begin lining up ON FOOT between the Blues Stage and the Tennis Courts. The same will be repeated on Thursday, September 16 for Warner Field camping. Absolutely no overnight camping in queue lines.
At 8:15 am, entry queue cards will be distributed to everyone in line on a first-come-first-serve basis. No need to remain in line.
There will be separate lines for RV/Vehicle, Zone 1 and Main Campground tent campers. Each line will be receiving their own queue card.
New and important update for 2021, Zone 1 is restricted to the first 400 campers that arrive. You will be issued a separate Zone 1 wristband at the entry gates to Zone 1. Each member in your party must wear a Zone 1 wristband to enter this area.
If you would like to camp in Zone 1, please line up in the Zone 1 line. If you’re camping in Zone 1, please indicate to staff how many people will be camping in your party.
At 10:30 am, you may begin lining up ON FOOT with your assigned queue number.
At 11 am, queue holders will be allowed to place a tarp/tent down to claim a site of their choice, in a slow, orderly fashion.
After a campsite has been claimed:
Campers will go to the Camp Host to pick up a temporary parking pass
Leave the park and bring your vehicle in to unload
AGAIN - DO NOT LINE UP WITH YOUR VEHICLE ON MAIN STREET PRIOR TO RECEIVING A TEMPORARY “UNLOADING” PARKING PASS
Tent Camping vehicles must be quickly unloaded at camp sites. Camper Vehicles will then directed by parking staff to nearby parking for the duration of the festival.
Upon returning to the festival site, all campers must visit the box office to collect their camping wristbands.
RV/Vehicle:
RV's will collect a tag at the site they want and bring it to the Camp Host site to exchange for a RV Hang Tag to display in your windshield for the duration of the festival. Please bring proof of purchase.
Vehicles - Please bring proof of purchase of Vehicle Pass to exchange for Weekend Hang Tag.
Keep In Mind:
Other members of your group may wait elsewhere in the park but they may not be in the campground. This is to avoid crowding or attempts to stake claims on campsites.
Camping vehicles are not allowed to arrive at Town Park prior to 11 am on Wednesday, September 15. Camping vehicles will be denied entry to park until they have a pass issued by a camp host. They must wait in a legal parking space in town. There will be no lining up on the roadways.
Be advised that sleeping in cars is not allowed in the Town of Telluride.
If you have a Town Park campground site reserved for Tuesday, September 14, please identify yourself to Blues & Brews camp hosts on the morning of September 15.
Setting up unoccupied tents or leaving tarps in Town Park campground before Wednesday, September 15 at 11 am is otherwise prohibited, unless you have revered a campsite through the Town of Telluride for the night of September 14.
If purchased, vehicle and RV passes must be easily seen by Camp Hosts throughout the weekend.
General Info
The Festival Campground is located at 500 E Colorado Ave in the scenic Telluride Town Park adjacent to the festival grounds and just a short walk to downtown Telluride.
Camping is communal in all areas, there are no designated campsites. You are welcome to put your tent up wherever you want, unless designated otherwise. Festival camping is more of a social than a wilderness experience, be prepared to get to know and respect your neighbors!
Campsites are first-come, first-serve. You cannot reserve a specific site.
A campground host will be on duty throughout the festival to help find available campsites, answer questions and provide assistance when needed.
Camping passes are sold per person and per vehicle - not per site.
You must purchase a vehicle or RV pass to park your vehicle in the campground.
Camping passes are valid for four OR five nights from Wednesday through Sunday of the festival. The campground opens to campground pass holders at 11 am on Wednesday and Thursday. Campground pass holders must load out by 11:00 am on Monday. You may camp in the campground before Wednesday, but will need pay the town's campground fee.
The campground is open 24 hours a day. You may arrive and set up camp 24 hours a day. If you plan to arrive after-hours during the festival weekend, please check in with the campground host for assistance in locating an available campsite.
Single day camping passes are not available. You can choose to camp only one day; however, the cost is still the price of four days.
Children 11 and under are free. Children must be accompanied by adult supervision.
Only Festival pass-holders may purchase Camping Passes. In other words, you cannot camp in the campground unless you are attending the festival. You must have both a camping pass and festival pass to enter the campground during the festival.
Restroom and shower facilities are available in the campground (flushing toilets and all). There is a $3 charge to run a hot shower for 5 minutes and $1 for additional time. Shower tokens are needed, which can be obtained from a token machine outside the shower buildings that converts $1, $5, $10 and $20 bills only - no coins or credit cards.
Be sure to pack extra layers of clothing, sunscreen and bug spray.
Parking For Festival Campers
There's plenty of parking for those staying in the Festival Campground! When you arrive at the festival you'll be permitted to drive in to the campground for 20 minutes to select a campsite and drop off your gear. Once your site is found and your gear is dropped, our camping and parking staff will direct you to the closest available parking - the closest parking spots are filled first. Your vehicle is permitted to stay parked in that location until Monday, September 20 at 11 am.