directions & parking
Take a bus or carpool to Grassroots
The local bus service, TCAT, can get you to and from GrassRoots. Find all of their schedule info here, and take Route 21 from Ithaca to Trumansburg (and back again) where they’ll drop you at the Front Gate. Note that on Saturday there are typically extra runs leaving Ithaca for Trumansburg, in addition to their regular schedule.
parking at grassroots
There is no parking at the Trumansburg Fairgrounds unless you are vehicle camping, however, the official GrassRoots parking area is located next to our Across The Way Campgrounds right across the street on Falls Rd. Parking is $10 per day or $25 for the entire weekend. In addition there are many different local fundraising groups, private home and business owners who sell parking very close to the Fairgrounds. You can also park throughout the Village of Trumansburg for free, just watch for signs, be sure you’re not blocking driveways, and so on.
festival Parking
Festival parking is located at our Across the Way Campgrounds, 8669 Falls Rd, and is $10 per day or $25 for the entire weekend. From there it is just a short walk from the southwest side of the campgrounds past the Shur Save along Smith Woods and Rt. 96 to the Front Gate. But we are also happy to provide a shuttle bus during limited hours (Thursday 9 AM - 12 AM, Friday & Saturday 12 PM - 2 AM and Sunday 12 - 7 PM). The shuttle bus stop is at the Falls Rd entrance of the camping area.
parking FUNDRAISERS
Parking is available for a fee directly across the street from the festival site, in front of the Shur Save grocery store. Space is donated by the store to our local school system to help raise money to fund the annual 8th grade class trip to Washington DC. Then, just down the block, on the same side of the street, parking is available at the school itself. This parking area is run by volunteers for the Trumansburg Middle School PTO and the Trumansburg Sports Boosters, which enables them to do so much for District students with funds raised.
street Parking
If you park illegaly on county roads the Sheriff's Department will have you towed. Aside from being in a legal spot, you also must have all four wheels completely off the pavement. Watch like a hawk for parking signs. If you find a stretch of roads where no one's parked, you probably didn't hit the jackpot - you're likely not allowed to park there. Also, if lots of cars are parked where there are no parking signs, don't follow the leader. Chances are all of the cars parked there will be towed.
The festival is not responsible for towed cars. Parking is prohibited on Rt 96 directly in front of the festival site and on other local streets as marked. If your vehicle is towed, please call Koskinen Towing at 607-227-7092.
directions to the festival
FESTIVAL SITE ADDRESS:
2150 Trumansburg Rd, Trumansburg, NY 14886
From Toronto, Buffalo, Rochester: Take the NYS Thruway to Geneva; Rt 14 south to Rt 5 & 20 east for a few miles, then Rt 96B south which turns into Rt 96, 33 miles from Geneva to Trumansburg.
From Syracuse, Albany, Northern New England: Take the NYS Thruway (I-90) to Rt 81 south in Syracuse, go about 30 miles and exit at the Homer exit - Rt 281 south, which merges into Rt 13 south after a few miles. Take Rt. 13 into Ithaca and pick up Rt 96 north; go 10 miles to Trumansburg. There you are.
From Southern New England, the lower Hudson Valley: Take I-84 west to Rt 17 west to I-81 north about 15 miles to Whitney Point, where you take Rt 79 west about 30 miles to Ithaca. In Ithaca you'll take Rt 96 north 10 miles to Trumansburg (Rt 17 looks like an interstate, but in fact it's not, so the speed limit is still 55).
From New York City, Long Island, New Jersey: Get to I-80 west, take it to I-380 east in Pennsylvania (maybe it's 380 north - there's only one way to go there) which will take you to Scranton PA, where you pick up I-81 north. Follow this past Binghamton about 15 miles to Whitney Point, where you take Rt 79 west about 30 miles to Ithaca. Don't speed through the little towns of Lisle and Center Lisle. In Ithaca you'll take Rt 96 north 10 miles to Trumansburg.