Bill Monroe's Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival
- Dates
- Expected June 2027
- Status
- Expected
- Venue
- Bill Monroe's Music Park & Campground
- Price
- Not announced
- Camping
- Available
- Last checked
- Aug 23, 2026
Bill Monroe's Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival comes to Bean Blossom, IN, Expected June 2027. Froligo tracks ticket prices, camping, attendee feedback and travel details.
The experience
What's special
Bill Monroe's Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival is billed as the longest-running and one of the most respected bluegrass festivals in the world, held at the historic Bill Monroe Music Park & Campground in Bean Blossom, Indiana, with two stages, on-site camping and late-night campsite jams in the hills of Brown County
Last time around (2026)
The festival returned to Bill Monroe Music Park in June 2026; one attendee noted that a couple of food-truck vendors canceled at the last minute
Listen
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Lineup
2027 lineup not yet announced. Here's who played in 2026:
Getting there
Nearest airport IND.
How do I get to Bill Monroe's Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival?
By car
Most people drive to Bill Monroe's Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival. The nearest major airport is IND, and from there it is a straightforward drive to the venue. Check current road and traffic conditions before you set off, and see parking below.
By train
No direct passenger rail to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.
By bus & public transit
FlixBus runs an Indianapolis-to-Bloomington intercity coach route (~2 trips/day, ~1h10m). Note it departs from downtown Indianapolis, not the airport terminal, so an IndyGo city-bus or rideshare leg from IND to the downtown FlixBus stop is needed first, and an onward ~20mi taxi/rideshare/car leg from Bloomington to Bean Blossom after. Cheapest motorised option but the most transfers
Book / info →Festival shuttle
Scheduled airport shuttle service NOT a festival- or venue-operated shuttle running IND to seven Bloomington pickup points (hotels, Indiana Memorial Union, dormitories), 7 days a week roughly 5:40am-10:40pm. This is the practical shared-ride option for a fly-in attendee, but it drops in Bloomington (~20mi from the venue); an onward taxi/rideshare/car leg to Bean Blossom is still required, as the shuttle does not serve Nashville or Brown County
Book / info →Taxi & rideshare
Uber and Lyft operate at IND with a designated airport pickup zone, and can be booked door-to-door to Bean Blossom (~62mi). This is the only single-leg option to the venue itself. Expect a long, higher-cost ride; a metered taxi runs roughly $200-240 per Rome2Rio, rideshare typically less. Note the return trip is the weak point app-based rideshare supply from rural Brown County / Bean Blossom is thin, so pre-arranging a return or hiring a car is safer for fly-in attendees
Book / info →Taxis and rideshare such as Uber and Lyft can be limited near the venue, especially late at night or in rural areas. Agree a pickup point and time in advance and keep a backup plan.
🅿 Parking
On site parking available. Ample on-site parking at the 55-acre venue. Day parking is included in the price of day admission (no separate prepaid parking pass or platform found). Campers park at their reserved campsite; camping reservations are booked separately from admission via the venue's Campspot portal, and every person staying at a campsite must buy their own festival admission ticket. No official overflow lot or rideshare-only zone was documented
🚙 Car hire
Compare car hire at IND
Bean Blossom is a rural, camping-centric venue with no public transit, rail, or official shuttle reaching the gate every researched motorised option terminates in Bloomington (~20mi away) or downtown Indianapolis and still needs an onward leg. Car hire is the primary sensible option for fly-in attendees: it covers the airport-to-venue trip, the unreliable rural return leg, and campsite supply runs to the fully-stocked grocery store across the highway
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Where
Venue
Bill Monroe's Music Park & Campground
Camping & Accommodation
Is there camping at Bill Monroe's Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival?
Yes, on site camping is available.
Facilities
Camping site types 3
Primitive tent sites and drive-up water/electric sites accommodate car campers; over 300 primitive tent sites exist. Aggregated nightly rates across site types were reported at roughly $12-38 depending on hookup level (via TheDyrt summary treat as an order-of-magnitude range, not an official quote; the venue books via Campspot which renders live per-date pricing)
Over 300 sites with 30 and/or 50-amp electric and water hookups; most sites big-rig friendly, accommodating RVs up to 60ft, with two dump stations on site. Limited full-hookup availability was noted in one directory summary. Exact per-night RV pricing renders via the Campspot booking widget and was not captured as a static figure
Over 300 primitive tent sites on 55 acres of wooded and open, rolling terrain, described as offering pull-through, back-in and primitive spaces; sites are repeatedly described as 'deep but narrow' and tightly spaced during events. No 4WD-only access requirement was noted the primitive sites are drive-up accessible in ordinary vehicles
Pricing
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