06/23/2025
Less than one week a way! Get your tickets for one of the best fests in the Midwest! We'll be on site helping host music, permaculture, and yoga workshops as well as the silent disco! This year also sees the launch of Festioke! Come find us 6-8pm Friday and Saturday for your chance to get up on stage and share your voice! All ages are well come so bring the fam out for what's sure to be an unforgettable weekend!
Tidbits, reminders, and pop-up thoughts before SAMF 2025.
Tickets are $95 UNTIL Friday morning of Smiling Acres Music Festival 2025. Gate prices for the weekend jump to $135. Get your ticket before we sell out or before Friday 12:00am! You want that extra moolah to spend at the vendors!
Your email is your ticket. There is a code that will be scanned. Please have that ready when you pull in. You may want to print it or have a screen shot of the tickets. Cell reception is spotty here. It’s a festival, it’s the weekend, it’s time to unplug anyway!
We do have walk-up camping. If you are looking at the map of the festival grounds, there are sites in the woods behind the southern tree line. You can park in day parking and hoof it back to some pretty spectacular views for your tent or hammock. Please remember there is no smoking or fires. This includes camp stoves. We will have an area for cooking near the start of the Nature Trail.
Oh. This is important! PLEASE park with tongue out on your camper, and park your vehicle facing out just in case there’s a reason for immediate evacuation. We will have parking attendants walking around that can assist you if you need help. If they ask you to adjust your vehicles/campers, please do.
For more rules and information, click on the Attendees tab on our website.
Service animals only. No glass.
Gates open at 9:00 AM on Friday, June 27th!
No loud generators, nothing above 60db, and please only run your generators between 9:00 AM and 9:00 PM!
Open Mic is available to sign up online. Head on over to our website: you’ll find “Open Mic” in the Attendees menu! If time slots are not filled before the festival, there will be a sign-up sheet in the Smiling Acres General Store.
Hmmm, what else should we talk about? Oh! There is a scavenger hunt for kids! Pick up the first clue at the Smiling Acres General Store! A special shout out to Nathan Powell for that.
Make sure you look where you are disposing of your disposables. We have barrels marked for your garbage needs. They are color-coordinated with signs. One BIG ask, please put returnables only in the returnable barrels. It’s not cool to tube your leftover food plates and cram it through the opening.
We will have a dumpster again this year. Also, if you put trash in bags and returnables out by the road, our Sanitation Crew will pick it up. Garbage bags available at the store.
