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Vehicle passes

Every vehicle needs one. Choose when you roll in, and whether you head off early.

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How it works

One pass required
per vehicle

On top of everyone's General Admission ticket, every vehicle through the Main Gate needs a pass. Campers choose a camping pass, which sets the first day you can roll in. Staying in Birdsville? Choose Day Parking.

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Bought perVehicle, not per personOne pass covers the vehicle, everyone in it and anything it's towing
Gets you intoCamping passes include Day ParkingNo need to buy it as well
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The vehicle passes

Six vehicle pass options for 2027

Five camping and parking passes, plus an Early Exit add-on. Protection Plan prices add 10% to the Standard price.

Camping from Saturday

Roll in from Saturday 3 July

Roll in on Saturday or any day after. Up to three extra nights of camping before the music starts.

Standard $200 Protection Plan$220

Camping from Sunday

Roll in from Sunday 4 July

Roll in on Sunday or any day after. Up to two extra nights of camping before the music starts.

Standard $165 Protection Plan$182

Camping from Monday

Roll in from Monday 5 July

Roll in on Monday or any day after. One extra night of camping before the music starts.

Standard $140 Protection Plan$154

Camping from Tuesday

Roll in from Tuesday 6 July

Roll in on any festival day, Tuesday 6 to Thursday 8 July.

Standard $59 Protection Plan$65

Day Parking (from Monday)

Use from Monday 5 July

For those staying in Birdsville town. Not needed if you have a camping vehicle pass.

Standard $29 Protection Plan$32

Early Exit Pass

Leave Thursday 8 July

An add-on to pack up and leave the campground a day early. 100% goes to the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Standard $15 Protection Plan$16.50
Good to know

Camping passes work from a date, not on a date. Your pass sets the earliest day you can roll in. Bought Camping from Saturday but arriving Monday? You don't need a new pass.

Looking for early entry? Camping from Saturday, Sunday and Monday replace the old Early Entry passes.

Your week at a glance

When you can roll in and out

Sat3
Sun4
Mon5
Tue6
Wed7
Thu8
Fri9
Sat10
Camping from SaturdayRoll in from Sat 3 July
From Sat 3
Camping from SundayRoll in from Sun 4 July
From Sun 4
Camping from MondayRoll in from Mon 5 July
From Mon 5
Camping from TuesdayRoll in from Tue 6 July
From Tue 6
Day Parking (from Monday)For those staying in town
From Mon 5
Early Exit PassLeave Thu 8 July
Early exit
General exitFri 9 & Sat 10 July
Roll out

Festival days, Tuesday 6 to Thursday 8 July 2027

Vehicles lined up at the Main Gate on roll-in day
Roll in & out

Dates and times

Roll in7am to 5pm dailyFrom the date on your pass
Day Parking (from Monday)Come and go 8am to 10pm
Early exitThursday 8 July, 2pm to 5pmMove your car to the Early Exit area, then leave straight away or after the final show. Out by 10pm.
General exitFriday 9 July, 7am to 6pmand Saturday 10 July, 7am to midday
Re-entryNot after you roll outNeed your car during the festival? See Day Parking below
During the Bash

No driving in Bashville camp

Once you're set up, your car stays put. Pick what you need to do and we'll show you how.

Transfer bus

Leave the car, take the bus

Need to get into Birdsville town? Take the transfer bus. Your car stays at your campsite.

Sat 3 to Wed 7 July · 4pm to 6pm only

Move your car to Day Parking

Drive it out of camp between 4pm and 6pm (Saturday 3 to Wednesday 7 July) and park it in Day Parking. You walk to and from your campsite. It can’t come back into camp until Thursday 8 July, 12.30pm to 1.30pm.

Day Parking · 8am to 10pm

Use Day Parking

From Day Parking your car can leave the site and come back, into Birdsville for example. It isn’t for driving around the site. See how it works below.

Thursday 8 July · 12.30pm to 1.30pm

Bring your car back to camp

If your car has been in Day Parking, this is your window to drive it back to your campsite and pack up.

Early Exit Pass · Thursday 8 July, 2pm to 5pm

Pack up and leave a day early

Move your car to the Early Exit area on Thursday afternoon. Head off straight away, or after the music. You must leave by 10pm.

Day Parking explained

How Day Parking works

Day Parking is a separate car park inside the site, via an alternative access road to the Main Gate, so you skip the roll-in traffic. It’s included with every camping pass.

The difference is movement. Cars at your campsite stay put for the festival. From Day Parking, your car can leave the site and come back (into Birdsville, for example) between 8am and 10pm. To use it during the Bash, move your car there between 4pm and 6pm, Saturday 3 to Wednesday 7 July.

Staying in Birdsville instead of camping? Buy a Day Parking vehicle pass, which lets you use Day Parking from Monday 5 July.

Aerial view of vehicles rolling in along the dirt road to Bashville
Roll-in

A smoother, faster roll-in

Campsites are filled for efficiency, not strictly front to back. Several rows fill at once to keep vehicles moving and cut waiting times.

What this means for you. Camping from Saturday still gets you a great campsite, closer to the front than later arrivals, but arriving as the gates open doesn’t guarantee a front-row spot.

Avoid the peak. Arriving at busy times, especially before 11am, can mean a longer wait.

Why arrive early?

More nights on the red dirt

More time to relax

Set up at your own pace and enjoy the desert before the main festival begins.

Pre-Bash entertainment

Early arrivals can enjoy live music from the Early Entry Band and other activities in the lead-up to the festival.

Ease into the experience

Catch up with friends, meet new neighbours and enjoy the quieter side of Bashville before it fills up.

Friends jumping on the dune above the Bashville campsite
Settle in early
Bashers watching the sunrise from the top of Big Red
Sunrise on the dune
The Bashville crowd at sunset
Sunset at Big Red
Bashers on the ridge of Big Red at sunset
Early exit

Beat the roll-out crowd

An Early Exit Pass lets you leave the campground on Thursday 8 July between 2pm and 5pm, a day ahead of everyone else. Head off straight away, or leave your car in the Early Exit area and go after the music. You must leave by 10pm.

Camp in Birdsville that night. Outback roads are riskier after dark, so we strongly encourage going no further than Birdsville and carrying on early Friday. You’ll still be ahead of the rush.

Early Exit Passes are limited, and 100% of the fee goes to RFDS.

Questions

Yes. Every vehicle entering the site through the Main Gate needs a pass. Camping from Tuesday lets you roll in on any festival day, from Tuesday 6 July.
No. Day Parking is included with every camping vehicle pass, so you don’t need to buy a Day Parking vehicle pass as well. The Day Parking vehicle pass is for people staying in Birdsville town.
No. Your pass lets you roll in from Saturday 3 July or any day after, so arriving on the Monday is fine.
Yes. One pass covers the vehicle, all its occupants and anything it's towing.
Yes, using Day Parking. Cars at your campsite stay put, but you can move your car to Day Parking between 4pm and 6pm (Saturday 3 to Wednesday 7 July). From there it can come and go, into town and back, between 8am and 10pm. If you need to get to town without your car, use the transfer bus. Once you roll out at the end of the festival, there’s no re-entry.
Friday 9 July from 7am to 6pm, and Saturday 10 July from 7am to midday.
Managing the number of vehicles on outback roads at night is a key safety consideration, and we work closely with Birdsville emergency services, council and police on it. Passes are limited, and the small fee (all of it donated to RFDS) helps make sure they go to people who genuinely plan to leave early.
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Ticket info and pricingTicket prices, on-sale dates and everything to know before you book.View page → Camping at BashvilleWhat to know about camping on site.View page → Getting thereHow to get to Birdsville and the festival.View page →
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