Tell us the festival first
The festival decides whether we deliver, whether someone in your party drives it in, or whether the coach has to sit off-site entirely. Send the event and headcount and we will tell you which of the three applies.
Most festival RV guides, including an earlier version of this one, describe delivery as the normal way to do this: a coach arrives, set up and ready, and you turn up with a bag. At the festivals we checked, that is the exception rather than the default, and at one of the biggest it is prohibited in writing.
Correcting our own page
This guide previously said that fleet services "specialize in festival deliveries, handling setup so you can arrive and start enjoying the festival immediately." That is true at some festivals and flatly untrue at others. Bonnaroo answers the question "Can I have an RV delivered?" with "No."
We coordinate RVs for all of these events. What changes by festival is the mechanism, and getting the mechanism wrong is how people end up at a gate with a vehicle that cannot come in.
| Festival | RV on site? | Delivery | Site size | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoachellaEmpire Polo Club, Indio, CA | No | Not permitted | Car camping 30' x 10' | None as standard. The Powered Car Camping tier is "1 standard 3 prong outlet at your spot for charging small devices." |
| StagecoachEmpire Polo Club, Indio, CA | Yes | Conditional | 20' x 50' | "All RV Sites are powered and service both 50amp and 30amp RVs." |
| BonnarooGreat Stage Park, Manchester, TN | Yes | Not permitted | About 20' x 50', with tents, slides and awnings all required to fit inside it | "NEW FOR 2026: All RV passes are powered RV passes and come with the option of either a 30 or 50amp hookup for power." |
| Burning ManBlack Rock City, Nevada | Yes | Not published | Not published. Service fees are banded by length, at trailers up to 24 ft and RVs 25 to 35 ft, with nothing published above 35 ft. | None. There is no power on the playa, so the onboard generator is the only source. Burning Man advises to "Use your generator on a daily basis for at least one hour" and "Don’t leave your generator on for long periods of time." |
| EDC Las VegasLas Vegas Motor Speedway, NV | Yes | Not published | Not published as a site dimension. Total vehicle length must not exceed 45 feet including any tow vehicle. | A paid add-on that must be ordered in advance at checkout. The campground is divided into dry, 30-amp and 50-amp sections, and powered RVs are placed in a different section from unpowered ones. |
Each festival name links to the page its row was transcribed from. All checked September 7, 2026. No site prices are shown because none of these five publishes an RV site rate, though several publish service prices.
Same field, three weeks apart, opposite answers
Coachella and Stagecoach are both held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. They are run by the same promoter on the same ground within a few weeks of each other. On RVs they could not be further apart.
Coachella states "NO RV/Motorhome camping. Passenger cars, trucks or vans only." Stagecoach runs a dedicated RV Resort where "All RV Sites are powered and service both 50amp and 30amp RVs," on 20 by 50 foot sites, with eight wristbands issued per site.
Why this one catches people
Advice about "camping at the Polo Club in an RV" is correct for one of these festivals and impossible for the other. If you are reading a guide, a forum post or a rental listing, check which event it is actually describing before you act on it. The venue being the same tells you nothing.
The three mechanisms, and how to tell which you are in
Delivered
The coach is brought to the site for you. Stagecoach allows this, with the named guest present at check-in. Ask for the rule in writing, because it is a condition rather than a blanket yes.
Driven in by you
Someone in your party collects the coach and drives it through the gate holding a festival ticket. This is the Bonnaroo model, because delivery is prohibited and nobody without a ticket enters the campgrounds.
Off-site entirely
The coach never enters the festival. This is Coachella, where motorhomes are excluded from the campground and the RV sits at a private park with transport arranged separately.
These are not service tiers, they are consequences of each festival's published rules. Establishing which one applies is the first question of any festival RV booking, and it changes who needs a ticket, who needs a driving licence for a large vehicle, and where the coach sleeps.
What it costs to assume delivery
At Bonnaroo, a booking made on the assumption of delivery has no legal way to be fulfilled. Bonnaroo does not allow anyone without a festival ticket into the campgrounds and does not allow early entry for delivery. If nobody in your group is willing and able to drive a coach, that is something to discover in January, not at the Tollbooth.
Bonnaroo counts a large van as an RV
Bonnaroo publishes an unusually precise threshold. An RV pass is required for "any vehicle wider or longer than a normal 15 passenger van (230.8″ x 79.3″ x 82.3″)," and separately defines an RV as "any vehicle larger in length of 20’." Anything towing a camper or fifth wheel of any size counts too: in Bonnaroo's words, "If you’re hitching anything, it’s an RV."
Box trucks and trailers are not permitted in the campgrounds at all, and neither are tour buses, Prevosts or motorcoaches with low clearance. So the vehicle class you were planning to use as a cheap workaround may be either reclassified as an RV or excluded outright.
Not one of them gives you a sewer hookup
This is the clearest pattern across all five. Bonnaroo states plainly: "There will not be any hookups or dumping areas," and runs a mobile refill and pump service through United Site Services at "$75 per service." Stagecoach runs roaming trucks, not guaranteed and first-come, at $75 for an RV pump-out and $100 to $200 for a water fill. Camp EDC sells water and pump-outs at an on-site services booth, Thursday to Sunday, 8am to 8pm. Burning Man has no dumping station at all and prices on-playa servicing at $50 for trailers up to 24 feet and $60 for RVs from 25 to 35 feet.
Power is the opposite story and is moving fast. Bonnaroo made every RV pass a powered pass for 2026 with a 30 or 50 amp option, and Stagecoach powers every site at both amperages. Camp EDC keeps power as a paid add-on that must be ordered in advance and that determines which section you are placed in.
Budget waste, not power
The old festival RV advice was to worry about electricity. Two of these five now power every site as standard. What none of them do is take your waste away by pipe, so tank capacity against headcount and nights is the number that decides your week, and $75 per pump at Bonnaroo or Stagecoach is a recurring line rather than a one-off.
Five festivals, five different generator rules
| Festival | Generator rule, as published |
|---|---|
| Coachella | Gas generators prohibited. The Lake Eldorado tier specifies "No Gas or Propane generators." |
| Stagecoach | "Only generators that have been factory installed on your RV are permitted. No modification. No personal fabrications. No aftermarket installs." Portable generators are prohibited. You may be required to shut it down if exhaust affects neighbours, and the festival suggests an exhaust diverter. Campfires are prohibited. |
| Bonnaroo | One generator per vehicle, and no more than 10 gallons of gasoline in an appropriate container per generator per vehicle. |
| Burning Man | Required in practice, since there is no other power. Burning Man notes that "Most RV rental places actually charge you for generator time. Usually they allow up to three hours of free generator time." |
| EDC Las Vegas | The RV must have "a working air conditioner powered by a built-in, non-engine-driven generator." External gas generators are not permitted. |
There is no transferable rule here. A coach that satisfies Bonnaroo, where a portable generator and up to ten gallons of fuel are fine, fails Stagecoach if that generator was an aftermarket install, and fails Camp EDC if it is external and gas-powered. Burning Man inverts the question entirely and tells you to run the generator daily, because there is no other power on the playa. This is the single most common place a unit that worked at one festival gets refused at another.
What most people get wrong: camping next to your friends
Two of these festivals place you by arrival time rather than by booking. Bonnaroo states that "RV spots are assigned based on when you arrive to the Farm" and that "you will be camped with the people that arrive at the same time as you," even suggesting groups meet about forty minutes away and drive in together. Camp EDC states that multiple RVs wanting to be placed together must arrive at the same time and that "There are no saving spots."
Camp EDC adds a second condition that Bonnaroo does not: powered and unpowered RVs go in different sections regardless of arrival, so the whole group has to buy the same power option as well as travel together.
Bonnaroo has its own second condition on companion vehicles. One extra car may share your RV space with a Companion Pass, but it "must arrive on site at the same time as the RV, or the Companion Pass will be void," and even if the car and RV both fit inside the 20 by 50 space you still have to buy both passes.
"The first thing I need from a festival enquiry is which festival, and people find that odd because they think an RV is an RV. It is not the unit that changes, it is whether I am allowed to bring it to you. At Stagecoach I can deliver if you are there to meet it. At Bonnaroo I cannot deliver at all and somebody in your group is driving. At Coachella the coach never gets near the place. Three completely different jobs, and the same customer asks for all three the same way."
— Ben Kiser, Co-Founder, EventFleetRV
Book it in this order
- Name the festival, then read its own RV page. Do not carry rules across from another event.
- Establish the mechanism: delivered, driven in by you, or off-site entirely.
- If it is driven in, confirm now who is driving and that they hold a festival ticket.
- Check the generator rule specifically. It is the most varied rule across festivals.
- Size tanks against headcount and nights, and budget mobile pump service as a recurring cost.
- If the group wants to camp together, agree the power option and the arrival convoy before anyone books.
- Measure the vehicle against the published site size, remembering slides and awnings have to fit inside it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you have an RV delivered to a music festival?
It depends entirely on the festival, and the default is not delivery. Bonnaroo prohibits it outright, answering "Can I have an RV delivered? No. We do not allow anyone without a festival ticket to enter the campgrounds, and we do not allow early entry for RV delivery." Stagecoach permits it on condition that "the person whose name is on The Resort site order must be present at check-in." Coachella has no on-site RV camping at all. Camp EDC does not address delivery on the pages we read but inspects every RV on arrival.
Do Coachella and Stagecoach have the same RV rules?
No, and they run at the same venue. Both are held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, three weeks apart. Coachella states "NO RV/Motorhome camping. Passenger cars, trucks or vans only." Stagecoach runs a full RV Resort with 20 by 50 foot sites where "All RV Sites are powered and service both 50amp and 30amp RVs." Same field, opposite policies.
Do festivals have sewer hookups for RVs?
Not one of the five festivals we checked offers a sewer hookup. Bonnaroo states "There will not be any hookups or dumping areas" and runs a mobile pump service at $75 per service. Stagecoach runs roaming trucks at $75 per pump-out. Camp EDC sells pump-outs at an on-site services booth. Burning Man goes furthest: "There is no dumping station on site, and you will not be allowed to dump on the playa," with on-playa servicing at $50 to $60. Budget waste service as a recurring cost rather than assuming a connection.
What generator is allowed at a music festival?
Every festival we checked writes this rule differently. Coachella prohibits gas generators. Bonnaroo permits one generator per vehicle with no more than 10 gallons of gasoline per generator per vehicle. Stagecoach permits "only generators that have been factory installed on your RV. No modification. No personal fabrications. No aftermarket installs." Camp EDC requires a built-in, non-engine-driven generator and prohibits external gas generators. Check the specific festival rather than generalising.
How big is a festival RV site?
Bonnaroo and Stagecoach both publish 20 by 50 feet. Bonnaroo adds that tents, slides and awnings must all fit within that space. Camp EDC does not publish a site dimension but caps total vehicle length at 45 feet including any tow vehicle. Coachella’s car camping site is 30 by 10 feet and does not accept motorhomes.
Sources
Each festival's own pages, all checked September 7, 2026.
- Coachella — Camping — Coachella delivery position, site size, power, waste and generator rules.
- Stagecoach — The Resort — Stagecoach delivery position, site size, power, waste and generator rules.
- Bonnaroo — RV pass rules (RV FAQs) — Bonnaroo delivery position, site size, power, waste and generator rules.
- Burning Man Project — RV Guidelines — Burning Man delivery position, site size, power, waste and generator rules.
- Camp EDC — Entry & Hours — EDC Las Vegas delivery position, site size, power, waste and generator rules.
- Bonnaroo — Water hookups, sewage and dumping — the $75 mobile pump service and the Area 931 daily complimentary waste service.
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Ben co-founded EventFleetRV and oversees all fleet operations and logistics. With extensive experience coordinating RV deployments for NASCAR events, major festivals, and corporate productions, he ensures every fleet delivery exceeds client expectations.