The Fall 2025 Strawberry Music Festival is just around the corner! In preparation for the impending festival, we’ve got some helpful guidelines to make this your best Strawberry yet.
Please bring your own reusable water bottle to the Fall 2025 Strawberry Music Festival.
We have eliminated the sale of products packaged in single-use plastic. You can help support this effort by planning ahead!
There are numerous potable water spigots throughout camp, and filtered water stations will be available in convenient locations across the Fairgrounds to keep you hydrated and healthy. See your festival map (included in the gate handout) to find a filtered water station near you.
Biodegradable cups and cutlery are used in the Food Court.
Please remember our guidelines for bicycles and motorized devices at Strawberry.
- Bikes and motorized devices are not allowed on the Music Meadow or in the Food Court. Only authorized members of Strawberry Staff with special placards may ride bikes and/or motorized devices in prohibited areas.
- Only ride bikes on designated pathways.
- Please wear your helmet! We want our Strawberrians healthy, happy, and safe. It is legally required by California state law (Cal. Veh. Code § 21212) for those under the age of 18 to wear a helmet.
- Please note we will enforce a speed limit of 5 mph for everyone, including, but not limited to, e-bikes, mobility devices, and really fast runners.
- Segways, hoverboards, and other electronic non-mobility devices are not allowed.
4-Day/Night Thursday Entry: Please do not arrive early OR line up/park on McCourtney Road.
What does “arrive early” mean? In your Entrance Plan included with your ticket(s), there is an entry time for prebanding — either 10:30am (4-Day) or 1:30pm (4-Night). No need to time your arrival to 10:30am on the dot! We’ll give you a (imaginary) gold star (not real) if you arrive any time after 10:30am!
Please do not create a hazardous or discourteous situation by lining up or parking along McCourtney Road prior to the approved arrival time stated in the Entrance Plan sent with your ticket(s). This applies to all staff, vendors, volunteers, and patrons.
Please contact us if you have any questions about your arrival time at (209) 984-8630 or info@strawberrymusic.com. Thank you for your cooperation!
We love furry little guys as much as the next festival, but be your pet’s best friend and DO NOT BRING THEM TO THE FESTIVAL!
Only bona fide service animals, as defined by the ADA, are welcome at the Strawberry Music Festival. It is a crime to misrepresent a pet as a service animal (California Penal Code 365.7 PC).
Pets and emotional support animals are not granted admittance to any part of the festival and/or Fairgrounds, including but not limited to camping areas, as per Nevada County Fairgrounds policy. All service animals must be trained for a specific function, related to a disability, housebroken, leashed, and under the direct control of their handler at all times.
Persons found on-site with a non-service animal will be escorted off the festival grounds, but may return without the animal. Strawberry Music, Inc. reserves the right to refuse service to any individual whose conduct poses a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals or service animals.
As we have in previous years, we will adhere to a strict service animal policy, but there are plenty of alternative options nearby, and all include doing your pet a favor! Try The Kennels Pet Boarding and Grooming, located in Grass Valley (530.272.4670/ thekennelsgv.com). If you’d prefer to stay with your pet, check out the pet-friendly Grass Valley RV Resort (530.404.5001/ gvrvresort.com) right across the road from us!
No fire! Propane cookstoves and grills are allowed. Please use caution!
It is looking like it is going to be a chilly one, so bring lots of layers, jackets, and blankets to stay warm! OR (even better) bring lots of friends with you. Like those penguins that huddle together for warmth? Ok, it will not be THAT cold, but the more the merrier!
Please use the compost bins where possible and with discretion.
From offering festival-wide recycling services and working to eliminate the internal use of single-use plastic, we are continually striving to make Strawberry more environmentally sustainable.
Compost bins will be available to dispose of green waste at Fall 2025! There are 5 different stations, and station locations can be found on the festival map (included with your gate handout). Please refer to the signage at each station for information on what can and cannot be placed in compost bins. Unfortunately, items such as compostable bags and cutlery are NOT accepted as compost by Waste Management.
We are unable to sort compost at this time, so please help us keep bins from being contaminated with unacceptable materials and sent to the landfill. If you are unsure an item can be placed into the bins, please err on the side of caution. Let’s give worms something to talk about!
Thank you for reading, and see you next week!
