Colorado Renaissance Festival

Festival parking is free and accommodates oversized vehicles, including motorhomes and RVs, on a first-come, first-served basis. The parking area features packed dirt surfaces suitable for most RV types, with free shuttle service from the parking area to the front gate.

RV Parking Tips: Arrive early (before 10:30 AM) for best positioning, as the lot fills quickly on peak weekends. All vehicles must vacate at close of business—no overnight parking permitted on festival grounds.

Colorado offers exceptional RV camping options near the Renaissance Festival, from luxury resorts with full amenities to scenic state park locations that showcase the Rocky Mountain region's natural beauty.

Premier Festival Basecamp:

Jellystone Park at Larkspur provides the ultimate festival convenience, located just four miles from the Renaissance grounds. This 100-acre award-winning resort offers full hookup RV sites, Yogi Bear's Water Zone, heated pools, mini-golf, arcade games, and the Campfire Canteen restaurant. The park's prime location puts you one hour from both Denver and Colorado Springs attractions.

Luxury Mountain Resorts:

Dakota Ridge RV Resort in Golden delivers spectacular Rocky Mountain and Denver skyline views while maintaining easy access. This upscale resort features premium sites, clubhouse amenities, and proximity to Golden's historic downtown and outdoor recreation opportunities.

Colorado Springs KOA Holiday offers full-service camping with mountain proximity, providing excellent access to Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods, and the Olympic Training Center while maintaining reasonable festival commuting distance.

State Park Adventures:

Chatfield State Park and Golden Gate Canyon State Park provide scenic camping with hiking trails, fishing, and wildlife viewing opportunities. These parks offer the perfect combination of natural beauty and festival accessibility for outdoor enthusiasts.

For budget-conscious travelers, several Bureau of Land Management areas around the region offer free dispersed camping, though these lack hookups and amenities.

Part of a Renaissance fair experience is becoming the characters who lived during the Middle Ages. When preparing for your trip to the Colorado Renaissance Festival, save room in your RV closet for your best royalty, peasant, knight, or creature costumes. If you don't have a costume, don't show up dressed in shorts and flip-flops; instead, rent an outfit from the festival's rental shop. Daggers and swords were part of everyday attire for some people in the Middle Ages; your peace-tied daggers and swords are permitted as long as you make your medieval weaponry known at the Main Gate.

Attending the Colorado Renaissance Festival as a destination along your RV vacation is the perfect way to combine two exciting summer activities into one. The best gear for the festival is your accessories. Gather up your best drinking chalices and your jeweled goblets to add the perfect finishing touch to your festival costumes by dressing the part from top to bottom.

The best gear to bring for your RV vacation to Colorado is outdoor gear. Colorado summers are generally warm during the day and cooler at night. Chilly evenings call for campfires and s'mores, so pack your folding chairs, s'mores sticks, as well as the things you will need to roast marshmallows over a wood or propane fire.

The Colorado Renaissance Festival takes place in a large open field that can become dusty and dry if there isn't any rain for a day or two. If dust bothers your allergies, pack extra tissues as well as some allergy medicine to take beforehand. You will spend the day walking, so bring supplies to help tired feet and legs feel better at the end of the day. As with any RV trip, it's always a good idea to pack a first aid kit to help with little unexpected injuries or illnesses.

When planning an RV vacation, one of the things to account for when packing your rig is the hookups that will be available at your site. Full-hookup sites allow RVers to use electricity, making the food choices much like you'd eat from home. For quick meals with less mess, consider packing an electric skillet. An electric skillet doesn't warm up the rig like an oven or propane stovetop might, and you can cook everything from fried eggs to spaghetti in a skillet.

After spending the day at the Renaissance Festival, perhaps you are ready to sit down at a restaurant and have a meal with your family. To have a home-cooked meal, stop by one of the local restaurants in Larkspur, many of which are owned and operated by families who live in town. While Larkspur is small, there are several food choices within a two-mile drive of the festival.

Bring your appetites with you as well as plenty of cash. While you may pay with a card to get into the festival, if you want turkey legs or a cold brew (served by beer gals of the day), you will have to pay the old-fashioned way. The vendors at the Renaissance Festival offer food and beverage choices that are medieval, but there are also plenty of modern food options on hand. Aside from food and drinks, don't forget to visit the artisan vendor area.