Town Park virgin? Get your answers here!

[TellurideTom]

Bump, again!

[FestiTrey]

I am making my first trek to the festival and have Town Park tickets, but don't have a parking pass.  Where will I have to park and what are your recommendations on how I should get all my camping stuff into Town Park? 

Reading this message boards literally gives me goose bumps!  I couldn't be any more excited!  Looking forward to getting my groove on with all you good people...

- Da Virgin

[Hippie]

  Welcome aboard 
When you arrive in Town Park a friendly volunteer will meet you at the gate and give you final directions and some time for you to unload your car in the campground. Upon your exit the friendly volunteesr will give you a parking pass. You can then take your car to one of the many parking areas in Telluride or up in Mt village where you will be able to park your car and lock it up. It will be safe for the duration of your stay and you will not need it until the end of festival, when it's time to leave

[UselessJo]

We have to leave???????????????

[Cindy Lou]

Welcome aboard 
When you arrive in Town Park a friendly volunteer will meet you at the gate and give you final directions and some time for you to unload your car in the campground. Upon your exit the friendly volunteesr will give you a parking pass. You can then take your car to one of the many parking areas in Telluride or up in Mt village where you will be able to park your car and lock it up. It will be safe for the duration of your stay and you will not need it until the end of festival, when it's time to leave

Keep in mind that the majority of parking at Mt. Village is in a parking garage, and the clearance is NOT very high.  A tall camper will NOT be able to park or drive through the parking garage.  There are spots on top, but I imagine they fill up quickly.

[bluegrassgal]

I have a question...First time town parker, but it's my 5th TBF anniversary. 

I am planning on coming in on Wednesday to set up camp for the weekend, will I have enough options for good camping to set up camp in town park or should I get there earlier in the week?  Also, if I do get there earlier in the week would it be frowned upon if I leave camp for a night or two after setting to see some friends in another part of the state?  Any replies would be great!

[TellurideTom]

I have a question...First time town parker, but it's my 5th TBF anniversary. 

I am planning on coming in on Wednesday to set up camp for the weekend, will I have enough options for good camping to set up camp in town park or should I get there earlier in the week?  Also, if I do get there earlier in the week would it be frowned upon if I leave camp for a night or two after setting to see some friends in another part of the state?  Any replies would be great!

Get there earlier if you can!
You can join in on some of the pre-fest activities and take off to spend time with out of town friends. A lot of people do just that.
The earlier you get there, the better chance for a better camp site.
Coming in on the day before festival reduces your chance for a good site.

[hipchc]

I have a question...First time town parker, but it's my 5th TBF anniversary. 

I am planning on coming in on Wednesday to set up camp for the weekend, will I have enough options for good camping to set up camp in town park or should I get there earlier in the week?  Also, if I do get there earlier in the week would it be frowned upon if I leave camp for a night or two after setting to see some friends in another part of the state?  Any replies would be great!

Get there earlier if you can!
You can join in on some of the pre-fest activities and take off to spend time with out of town friends. A lot of people do just that.
The earlier you get there, the better chance for a better camp site.
Coming in on the day before festival reduces your chance for a good site.

Hmm... I'm still working on exactly HOW I'm getting there, let alone WHEN I'm actually gonna hit TP.. My problem is this: I'm gempified (bad ankle due to car accident) and will most likely be using at least a cane.. I'm wondering if any of you kind folks might be willing to save me a nice spot.. Maybe even somewhat accessable to the bathroom / showers? I have a small tent and promise to be a (mostly) well behaved guest / helper to whomever would be so graceful as to give this bubble girl a temporary home!! ~ Any takers?   

   (here's where I need a cane walkin emoticon, lol)

[JoeDunlap]

So I got my lawson hill tickets but now I am having serious second thoughts and since the other two campgrounds are are not sold out I am considering refunding the Lawson Hill tickets and either getting some Illium Tickets or High School.

I got the lawson hill cus I wanted to be closer to to the Festival grounds than Illium but I want to stay up into the wee hours of the morning Jamming so the high school camp ground didnt seem like the fit for me. But looking at the pictures of lawson hill it seems pretty lame and I also realized that I could park my Minivan in Illium and Lock up my double bass during the daytime.

Does this seem like good Idea? I have just never gone before but I want my first to be as fun as it can be, so what would you guys do.

1) Keep the Lawson Hill Tickets cus it is actually fun after dark

2) Trade them in for Illium tickets cus it has better atmosphere and parking

3)Trade them in for High School cus you can still jam there???


Thank You all very much

I would recommend getting into Illium if you still can. Lawson is a bit closer but Illium offers a much better camping experience. You can have campfires at Illium and the social scene seems to be a bit better there as well. Lawson is a baseball field that doesn't allow any chance of sleeping in past 8. The bus ride to Illium is about 5 or so minutes longer, but trust me it is VERY well worth it.

[landshark]

  Do the camps use their own logo's?
 I was looking for that great poster Courtney did last year with all the camps on it but I can't seem to find it.

Miki

[ramblerjessica]

hey all! thanks to this lovely thread i think i've educated myself pretty well about most of the goings on in town park, and i thought i'd throw in my ridiculous and possibly infectious excitement and say hello!  *dances around with joy*
this year will be the first time my husband and i will be able to make it to the telluride bluegrass festival, and we will be joining you lovely people in town park!  woo!!!  (i think we may have met or seen a few of your at road to rich's last year, so hopefully we'll see you again next week!)
i cannot believe how blessed we are to get to join in something so grand with such an amazing lineup (dude, blea fleck with toumani diabte! railroad earth!), and i cannot wait the 42 days until telluride so we can make new friends!  hope we can all find something entertaining to do until then...

 

 Listening to: crooked still - hop high

[Ron N Deb]

Deb and I were at RTR last year and will be
Again next week

[hipchc]

I'll be there (rtr) too!! Just saw BrownChicken BrownCow String Band lastnite here in Az and they are stoked for the party too... Can we leave yet??

[ramblerjessica]

almost!!   

yay for brown chicken brown cow, hipchc, they're going to be in albuquerque tormorrow night!  this summer is going to rock so hard, and it starts tomorrow!!!  this is awesome we get to meet some of our new telluride friends at rich's!

  (<--i don't really understand why it's a banana, but it's the only one that's dancing hard enough for me)

 Listening to: a tribue to the dave matthews band - big roc collective

[taxgoddess]

I'm SO excited!!!!  Is it too soon to come NOW??? 
Just three questions:
How do I get in on the bachelorette party?
Can I be one of the sacrificial virgins?
Will someone help me set up my shade tent?  It's HUGE