Learn more about parking onsite at the Festival
Date Specific Parking Passes can be pre-purchased, subject to availability, online at any time prior to 9:00 AM on the date you wish to attend. You cannot pre-purchase the required Date Specific Parking Pass after 9:00 AM on the date you wish to attend. The Date Specific Parking Pass pre-purchased online costs $15 (plus fees).
Onsite Parking Passes can be purchased via credit card upon arrival if spaces are available.
The Minnesota Renaissance Festival offers limited date-specific guaranteed convenient, paid parking for patrons visiting the festival. Each Festival Parking Pass is good for one specified day of parking and the cost is $15. Parking spaces are limited; and patrons are encouraged to utilize the Festival busing options; however, a pre-purchased Parking Pass provides a parking spot for the specified date listed on the Parking Pass.
Parking Passes are NON-Refundable but may be transferred to another date up to 72 hours BEFORE your scheduled visit – if available prepaid parking passes remain for the date you are transferring to. Tickets will not be transferrable after 72 hours before your scheduled visit. Prepaid parking passes cannot be transferred to another season.
A Parking Pass is valid for Standard Parking for one vehicle at a Minnesota Renaissance Festival parking lot. Standard Parking includes but is not limited to Motorcycles, Cars, RV’s, or Buses.
Prices Do Not Include Tax, Convenience, or Handling Fees
Parking is very limited, and vehicles are NOT guaranteed a spot.
If our allowed number of parking spaces for vehicles has not been reached, a date-specific Prepaid Parking Pass can be purchased for $30 onsite. If no spaces are available, or if one opts to not park onsite, information will be provided to drive to a Park & Ride lot and take a bus.
Patrons with mobility disabilities – including those traveling with personal wheelchairs, electric scooters, or other mobility devices – should park in one of our Disability Parking spots, located a short distance from the main Festival entrance. Designated parking spots are available in the King’s Gate parking lot for patrons with disabilities. A valid state-issued disability parking placard or disability license plate must be displayed to park in these designated spaces. Standard parking rates apply.
Patrons with mobility issues who do not have a state-issued disability parking placard or license plate may be dropped off near the front gate. The vehicle must then park in a general parking spot as directed by parking ambassadors.
Park & Ride options are also available for patrons with disabilities at Minnesota Valley Transit Authority Park and Rides: Eagle Creek (available weekends 1–7), Southbridge Crossings (available weekends 4–7), and the Burnsville Transit Hub (available weekends 1–5).
There is NO CHARGE for parking if you are dropping someone off or picking them up from the Festival. Stay in your vehicle at all times and follow all directions of the parking attendants. Please use the entrance on the south side of the Grounds (King’s Lot) via Red Rock Drive.
Overnight parking is not permitted in any Festival parking lots and vehicles remaining after 9:00 p.m. will be towed.
If you park at the festival and leave the lot, you must purchase a new date-specific Parking Pass, subject to availability—which is not guaranteed.
There is NO overnight RV parking in any festival lots.
There is NO tailgating allowed in any Festival lots.
To keep traffic flowing efficiently and safely, patrons will be directed to a lot where space is available. Please note: Parking in all Minnesota Renaissance Festival lots is available via Prepaid Parking Pass only. Parking spaces will be filled on a first-come basis. If you arrive without a pre-paid Parking Pass and no Parking Passes remain for that day, you will be directed to a Park & Ride station to bus to the Festival.
If you are coming from the North, the preferred route to use is: take Hwy 169 South, you may exit at Exit 106 (TH 41) and go RIGHT to the Entrance Road OR continue to County Rd 14 (Red Rock Drive) and turn RIGHT, follow Red Rock Drive until it ends (145th Street) then turn LEFT (Both entrances are visible and will have traffic cones and people directing you where to park).
If you are coming from the Northwest, you have two routes to choose from:
If you are coming from the South, the preferred route to use is: take Hwy 169 north to County Road 14, take a RIGHT on County Road 14 east, then take a LEFT at Louisville Road north, turn LEFT at 147th Street (overpass) west, turn RIGHT on Red Rock Drive north, turn left on 145th Street (follow the festival signs) OR you can continue North to Exit 106 (TH 41) and turn LEFT (Both entrances are visible and will have traffic cones and people directing you where to park).
If you are coming from the West, you have two routes to choose from:
