Information / Directions / Parking / Lodging
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Festival Chairs and Blankets
In consideration of all of our audience members, chairs, blankets and other personal effects may not be left overnight. Please remove them when you leave the festival site for the day. All items left behind will be removed each night after the close of the main stage and placed in an unsecured compound located behind the accreditation tent (see map) where they may be retrieved during festival hours. You may also drop your personal effects off at the compound to avoid lugging them to your car at the end of the evening (except Sunday evening). All items left overnight are left at your own risk. Thank you for your cooperation. Your fellow audience members thank you too.
Festival Hours
Gates open at 4:00 p.m. on Friday and at 10:00 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Directions
Mariposa Folk Festival takes place at beautiful Tudhope Park in Orillia, Ontario, Canada, on the scenic shores of Lake Couchiching. Tudhope Park is located at 500 Atherley Road, Orillia, Ontario, Canada L3V 7Y1, just 90 minutes north of Toronto. Orillia is well serviced by coaches travelling the north/south bus corridor.
Parking
On-site parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis for $10 per day. There is also street parking in the vicinity of the festival site, but make sure you obey the parking signs to avoid getting a ticket, and be prepared for a walk to the festival gate.
Free in-Town Shuttle Bus
Free shuttle buses are running on a continuous loop from various pick up points located within the City of Orillia. Free parking is available at each pick up point or nearby (please pay attention to parking signs to avoid getting a ticket).
Buses will be running from Lions Oval, David H. Church School and the Brian Orser Arena on Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 1:15 a.m., and on Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:15 a.m.
Buses will be running from Orillia Square Mall and MunicipalParking Lot 5 (across from Brewery Bay Food Company) Friday from 3:30 p.m. to 1:15 a.m., and on Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:15 a.m.
The last buses leave the festival site at 1:15 a.m. each night of the festival. Don’t miss the bus!
Please Do Not Bring Your Pet
Only working animals are allowed on the festival site. Pets left unattended in vehicles anywhere on the festival site will be reported to the SPCA.
Photographs and Video at the Festival
Photographs or video taken at Mariposa Folk Festival may not be used for any commercial purpose. Mariposa Folk Festival reserves the right to take photographs/video of guests while on Mariposa Folk Festival premises to be used for commercial or promotional purposes.
Accommodation
Camping at Mariposa Folk Festival
Google accommodation links for Orillia
Help Mariposa Folk Festival to reduce its environmental foot print, and save on parking. Ride your bike to the Festival and lock it to the bike racks in our free bicycle parking compounds located at both ticket gates.
Child Registry
With Mariposa’s Child Registry program, you may register your child at the Information Booth located in the middle of the festival grounds (see map). Your child will receive a numbered wrist band, and you will be issued a verification card with the same number. Should you become separated, volunteers will assist you in locating your child. In the event that you find a lost child, banded or not, please proceed to the Information Booth. In the event that the Information Booth is closed, please go to Site Communications behind the main stage. Of course, parents and guardians are responsible for the children under their care at all times.
Accessibility
Mariposa tries to make the Festival as accessible as possible to people with physical limitations:
Accessible Parking
50 accessible parking spots are available at the front gate (Accessible Parking Permit required). If all of the designated accessible parking spots are occupied when you arrive, our parking volunteers will help you find a suitable parking alternative.
Accessible Toilets
There are accessible ‘portapotties’ in each bank of washrooms located on the festival site. If they do not meet your needs, an accessible washroom in the Barnfield Recreation Centre (near the accessible parking area) will be open until 11:00 p.m. each day of the Festival.
Large Print Stage Schedule
Large print stage schedules are available in the Information Tent.
Accessible Trails
There are packed dirt roads or paved trails leading right to most of the attractions on the festival site.
See the site map for the locations of accessible parking, toilets and trails.
Click here to listen to a radio story about accessibility at Mariposa Folk Festival that was broadcast on Accessibility Matters Radio, CFRU FM 93.3.
Site Map
Shuttle Bus Route Map
Map of the Region
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Maps of Orillia and Tudhope Park
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