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Before you get to Shakori, learn the lay of the land — view the site map!

Visiting Chatham County, North Carolina

Chatham County is a great place with A LOT to offer. Check out ideas at the Pittsboro and Siler City Convention and Visitor’s Bureau for when you are in the area. Don’t forget to stop by Chatham Marketplace, our locally owned co-op grocery. The Piedmont Farm Tour is a fun yearly event that invites people to check out small local farms! Visit the Chatham County Arts Council, they have a storefront in downtown Pittsboro featuring local artists’ crafts. More local artists can also be found through the Artists Guild Studio Tour. For information on the art roads and farm trails of NC go to homegrownhandmade.com.

Camping at Shakori

On-site tent camping is free, and there’s a tractor shuttle to get you to and from your car. Vehicle camping for RVs, trucks, cars, etc. is $60 per vehicle for Thursday through Sunday, and can be purchased when you arrive. There are no hook-ups and generators are not allowed!

If you have children with you or enjoy quiet at the festival you may want to consider camping in the family/quiet camping area.

For safety, comfort and the environment please no driving around the festival grounds. If you are using a vehicle camping pass and need to leave the festival grounds we request that you do so between 8 a.m. and noon.

Camping Guidelines

Most importantly be respectful of your neighbors and the land! Please clean up your campsites and take home with you what you brought, we appreciate it.
Please keep the following guidelines in mind so everyone can enjoy their festival experience:

  • Vehicle camping area is limited, please park closely and considerately.
  • Vehicle and tent camping in designated areas only. There are marked nature preserve areas, please respect this and do not camp here or have fires here.
  • Vehicle campers must display vehicle camping pass on your windshield or in window of camper.
  • Regretfully, we must enforce towing in the marked NO PARKING zones. Vehicles parked in no parking zones will be towed by a professional towing service to a nearby town.
  • Camp Rangers are available to help you — look for people wearing Camp Ranger t-shirts.
  • Outdoor hot-water showers are available
  • We have a NO PUBLIC DISPLAY OF ALCOHOL POLICY MEANING YOU MUST KEEP YOUR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IN A CUP OR COOZIE. We will ask you to do so if you are not.
  • No radios, amplified music, generators or idling vehicles will be allowed.
  • Sorry, NO DOGS! (Seeing-eye dogs permitted.)
  • Public intoxication and drug abuse are not acceptable and we reserve the right to (and will) intervene if we believe anyone is acting inappropriate and/or disrespectful .
  • Please take only memories, leave only footprints.

Campfires

Please see the ticket booth for this year’s campfire notice. If campfires are allowed, keep them small enough to step over and do not leave them unattended. Share a fire with your nearby neighbors!

Things to Bring

Instruments, cool weather and rain gear or sunblock, insect repellant, flashlight, lawn chairs, tents and bedding, sturdy footwear for dancing!

The Festival Site

The Festival takes place on a stunning 75 acre farmstead in Chatham County, North Carolina. Quiet trails, sunny fields, stately oak trees, charming campsites, and all the amenities to enjoy a special day or weekend in the country. Nestled in the heart of Chatham County NC, Shakori Hills is centrally located in the state and an easy drive from everywhere! Get directions to Shakori Hills.

Shakori Hills is committed to having environmentally healthy events, we are working to reduce trash and we need YOUR help with this. The Earth needs more beauty and less garbage. We are going to have fun with less garbage, please join us!
LEAVE NO TRACE…bring the slogan of wilderness camping to the festival. Intend to make no garbage and definitely to leave no garbage.

RECYCLE, REUSE, or COMPOST IT. Food vendors are using all compostable utensils and paper products this Spring! Please put all food waste, paper products and utensils from food vendors in the compost containers at the food court. Place your plastic, glass and aluminum in recycling containers and please do not put trash in the compost!
USE LESS PLASTIC. Bring bags that you can re-use- or purchase one from the Shakori Hills Booth. Fill up water bottles for free at The Blue Green Machine- a filtered & chilled water machine provided by Kinetico or at the well on-site.
BRING UTENSILS, CUPS, MUGS. Make your campsite grande and have a dishwashing station and decorate it!

  • Free well water is located throughout the farm or filtered & chilled water at The Blue Green Machine.
  • Ice, bottled water and sundries are available in the Coffee Barn.
  • Hot showers are located down the back road, behind the kitchen.
  • ATM is located near the CD/T-Shirt Booth
  • First aid and medical transport is provided 24 hours a day by FirstHealth of Chatham County
  • The Chatham County Sheriff’s Department is on hand all weekend, and volunteers help keep an eye on things around the festival grounds.
  • For all general information come to the ticket booth — if you have any questions or need help with something, or if you need security and don’t see someone in the general area, please come to the ticket booth and someone there can help you.
  • Disabled? We have reserved parking and accessible toilet facilities. If you need extra assistance, please contact us, we’ll be glad to discuss your needs.

Nearby Lodging

These bed and breakfasts have been kind enough to support the GrassRoots Festival. Give them a call and enjoy some great hospitality!

Rosemary House

The Inn at Celebrity Dairy

Bed & Breakfast at Laurel Ridge

Some other links to try for nearby accomodations:

Chatham County (Pittsboro-Siler City Visitors Bureau)
Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill-Orange County Visitors Bureau)