BETHEL — Imagine relaxing with your family around the campsite and looking up at the stars on a clear summer night. After dinner, you take a stroll to catch Melissa Etheridge or Alanis Morissette. 

Or maybe after settling into your RV, you meet up with friends and pull up a lawn chair to watch Santana or the Outlaw Festival starring Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan. Or you just want to hang around your luxury glamping site and listen to Hozier or Phish. 

Imagine camping, just the way you like it and listening to some of music’s top performers while relaxing on the same hallowed grounds of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival. 

Imagine no more. 

Now you can take your concert experience to the next level with Camping at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts!

From now until early fall, guests can enjoy a variety of camping types on concert and festival days, all with stunning views of the Bethel Woods campus and the surrounding landscape of the original ground-breaking music event, Woodstock.

Whether you choose to stay within the Pavilion footprint by pitching your own tent, upgrade to glamping, or roll into the Best Road campground with your RV, you will be less than half a mile from the amphitheater stage and the award-winning Museum at Bethel Woods.

“The buzz is definitely picking up,” said Susan Russ, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications. She adds when people start to consider cost, commuting and convenience, camping at Bethel is the perfect option. 

“People are beginning to think about what time am I leaving for the show, where am I staying, who am I meeting up with, making all those close to show-date plans. The idea they can stay and camp here, not leave and still see a show is very appealing to a lot of folks.”

Past festivals like Mysteryland and last year’s Catbird gave officials at Bethel Woods a better understanding of how to enhance the camping and music-venue experience.

 “Learned from the past that people do want some activities over at the campground. They want to see a show and have the convenience of camping here, but they want to enjoy the campground as well,” said Russ. Among the special opportunities for campers is the addition of special museum tours - Woodstock and More: Guided Docent tours, The Main Gate Tour, which goes to the original 1969 main gate and Hog Farm and a Behind-the-Scenes Tour which covers the monument, Bindy Bazaar and the latest discoveries on the site. 

“I think once that first show and people see it and word gets out how close these camping sites are to the Pavilion stage people will want to have that unique experience. There’s only a couple of venues in the country that offer in-venue camping and none of them had camping from the 1969 Woodstock Festival,” said Russ.

Pavilion Camping Options

Pavilion Camping is located within the concert venue near the amphitheater and has stunning views of the Bethel Woods campus and surrounding historic site. These camping areas are just a short (5) minute walk to the Pavilion stage or The Museum at Bethel Woods. Shuttles are available at varying times for guests who require transportation assistance. 

Glamping starting at $335

Enjoy a luxury experience that combines the best of camping with the amenities of a hotel.

• Basic Glamping: Each basic bell tent sleeps (2) people and comes with bedding and an electrical power strip for charging devices.  Includes access to nearby restrooms and free shower facilities. Please bring your own towels. 

• Luxury Glamping: Each glamping tent has furniture with bedding; a bathroom with shower; wifi; electricity; portable heater; outdoor deck seating; and other deluxe amenities. Luxury glamping guests receive complimentary access to the Museum at Bethel Woods during their stay. There are 1-3 bedroom options.

Note: A single camping ticket purchase accommodates the maximum capacity a space can sleep. For example, if you purchase a ticket for a Luxury (1) Bedroom Safari Tent, that is good for (2) people. All guests must have their own individual concert tickets.

Premier Tent-Only Camping | Starting at $172.26

• Bring your own tent within a 20’x20’ grass site for up to (4) people

• Includes nearby portable toilets, handwashing stations, and showers

• No cars permitted on site for these camping areas

Note: Additional guest passes can be purchased for groups larger than (4). Please be aware there is a maximum of (6) people per car camping site. 

Best Road 

Camping Options

Best Road Camping is located across the street from Pavilion Camping, approximately 4/10ths of a mile from the Pavilion or the Museum. This area hosts RVs and car camping for all types of vehicles and tent sizes. Camping sites on Best Road are allocated as you arrive and cannot be held or reserved, so if you’re planning to camp with other groups, your vehicles must arrive at the same time. Additional guest passes can be purchased for groups larger than (4). Sizes are not exact and may vary.

For more information visit: Camping at Bethel Woods | Bethel Woods Center for the Arts