Welcome to The Michigan Roots Jamboree Campgrounds at Frog Island Park, Ypsilanti! We are proud to share our first year of Urban Camping with all of our festival guests. We hope you all have a fantastic time this weekend, and we have some special treats in store just for campers, like:

• An information booth staffed 9 a.m. – 3 a.m. to answer all of your questions, from when does the music start to where can you find a local restaurant, bar or store.
• We have worked with several local delivery restaurants to provide food delivery service right to the campground! You will be able to get a menu from the information desk and meet the driver right there to pick up your food!
• A guide to downtown Ypsilanti dining, shopping, and night life.
• A “baggage check” will be available at the ticket desk so you can drop your gear, park your car, and pick up your tickets at the Riverside Park festival entrance!
• A special, live performance Saturday morning right there in the campgrond exclusively for campers!
• Free WiFi Internet service is available in the park during the day in the festival grounds through Wireless Ypsi.
• Michigan Roots Jamboree bands playing the festival will receive a Band Pass to the festival, but that will not include access to the camping areas due to the limited number of spaces. If you are a band member, and would like to camp in Frog Island Park, you will have to purchase a $10 Camping Pass for the weekend.
• Approved vendors for the Michigan Roots Jamboree will be given two Vendor Passes to the festival. You will also be allowed to camp by your vehicles in Riverside Park. If you would like additional passes, they must be purchased pre-sale through the website for $15 or for $20 at the gate. If you would like to camp with other festival-goers, you will have to purchase a $10 Camping Pass for access to Frog Island Park due to the limited number of camping spaces available.

Because Frog Island is a City of Ypsilanti Park, we have to follow the same rules that any local resident would have to follow, as well as a couple to keep all of our fellow campers safe and secure. We ask for your cooperation and understanding to help us make our first year of urban camping a success.

Campground Rules

• Your lanyard and camping pass must be worn at all times in the campground, and only campers will be allowed into the campground. Please be ready to show staff your pass at the gate.
• Upon your initial arrival, you must pick up your camping passes at the Riverside Park entrance and check into camping by 11 p.m. Friday night and 11 p.m. Saturday. We will not allow you to purchase a camping pass at the gate after this time.
• No fires or camp stoves of any kind.
• Please don’t litter. Trash bags are available at the camping gate or information desk.
• No dogs.
• Absolutely no alcohol is allowed in the campgrounds.
• No glass in the campground.

First aid is available 24 hours a day. Contact the nearest staff member or the main camping gate staff if you have an emergency or need help for any reason. If you have any questions about the festival or where to find a store, auto repair, doctor, bar or anything else, visit the information desk.

Parking for campers will be in the City of Ypsilanti’s Maple Street lot. As mentioned above, you will be able to leave your gear at the ticket desk while you park. We will be patrolling the campers parking throughout the weekend. For your safety, please follow the city sidewalks to and from the parking area and do not trespass on or cross the railroad tracks except at designated crossings.

Thanks to all of you again for being a part of the Michigan Roots Jamboree and for visiting us here in Ypsilanti. We want all of you to have fun and be safe, and enjoy all of the music, art food and culture that the Jamboree and Ypsilanti have to offer!

CITY ORDINANCE
The City′s special event ordinance section 10-288(c) prohibits the following within the special event area. Dogs, except service dogs, horses, farm animals, uncaged domestic animals, snakes, exotic animals, bicycles, skateboards, roller skates, roller blades and glass containers.