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Best Stays for Spring Festival Season

Get out your day planners, open your calendar app and get ready to glamp where the action is act over the next couple months. We’ve rounded up some great festivals and events happening near our glamping locations so you can be smack dab in the middle of all the fun and excitement.

Two of the most anticipated music festivals each year are Coachella and Stagecoach, both held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California which is less than 20 miles from the fabulous colorful cottages at our glamping location, Thousand Trails Palm Springs, in Palm Desert. Coachella will run April 11 through April 20, while Stagecoach is set for April 25-27. Coachella headliners include Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone while Stagecoach country stars scheduled include Jelly Roll, Zach Bryan and Shaboozey.

Cabin at Thousand Trails La Conner
Cabin at Thousand Trails La Conner
Vibrant fields of colorful tulips carpet the Skagit Valley during the annual springtime festival.
Tulips in Skagit Valley

If you’re into flowers and we mean lots of them, consider a visit to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival and a glamping getaway to Thousand Trails La Conner. A 15-mile triangle of fields of blooming tulips is a sight to see and come this April, that’s what you’ll find at this Washington location. Visit tulipfestival.org for all the details but this month-long celebration promises not only the fabulous tulip fields but also a Tulip Parade, art exhibitions, and the Tulip Festival Street Fair.

Leavenworth Tiny House Village
Leavenworth Tiny House Village

It’s Apple Blossom Time in Wenatchee, Washington as they host the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival April 24-May 4. Complete with a Food Festival, a beauty pageant, live entertainment and the Blossom and Brews Beer Garden, this event is the perfect way to celebrate spring blossoms while enjoying the accommodations of a tiny house at the Leavenworth Tiny House Village in nearby Leavenworth.

Glamping Cabin at Lakeland Campground
Glamping Cabin at Lakeland Campground

May does really kick off barbeque season and there may be no better place to celebrate than at Madison, Wisconsin’s World’s Largest Brat Fest, set for May 24, 2025. It’s everything you would expect from a festival celebrating bratwurst including brat-eating contests, cooking demonstrations, live music and carnival rides. Book a glamping cabin or cottage at nearby Blackhawk Campground or Lakeland Campground to take a bite out of this event!

If you want to really get to know Beale Street, Memphis’ top destination, then perhaps the Memphis in May International Festival, another month-long celebration that is guaranteed to immerse visitors in the culture, history and culinary delights that is Beale Street, should be on your list. A glamping cabin accommodation at Thousand Trails Cherokee Landing puts you about 60 miles from all the fun (and promises peace and quiet after a day’s events on Beale Street). The festival features a World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest and the Beale Street Music Festival with local and international artists performing.


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Celebrate the Great Outdoors This Month

Like clockwork, Great Outdoors Month comes around every year in June and reminds us to celebrate exactly that: the Great Outdoors. You can go wild and crazy and hike the Pacific Crest Trail or the Appalachian Trail, climb a mountain, or deep-sea dive. Or you can just do some regular stuff outside, with a thrill or two tossed in. We’ve got some ideas. Of course, the precursor to these activities is to get out and glamp this month which in itself is celebrating the Great Outdoors.

Tropical Palms RV Resort
Cottage at Encore Tropical Palms Resort

Outdoor Activity: Just being outdoors can check the box, but there are plenty of activities that we do on a regular basis that we can do in June to celebrate Great Outdoors Month. Bike riding is one and there are plenty of bike trails around our glamping locations. If you’re glamping at Thousand Trails Verde Valley, check out the Bell Rock Pathway which is an easy 3.7-mile, hard dirt trail around the Red Rock Canyon area in Arizona. Rent a cabin at Spring Gulch and ride through the Pennsylvania countryside on the Lebanon Valley Rail Trail, a 14.5-mile trail. Plan a stay in a colorful cottage at Encore Tropical Palms in Kissimmee, Florida, and ride the Shingle Creek Regional Trail, an 8.43-mile stretch with views of cypress and gum trees and glimpses of wildlife including egrets and Great Blue herons.

Cabin at Lake George Escape Campground
Cabin at Lake George Escape Campground

Outdoor Adventure: Do something adventurous this month and get out of your comfort zone. One activity that falls under the thrilling headline includes whitewater rafting. Plan a stay at Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes and whitewater raft the Truckee River (gowhitewater.com) or through Yosemite National Park which offers rafting just outside the park on the Tuolumne and Merced rivers. Book a tiny house at Leavenworth Tiny House Village in Washington and check out the rafting adventures offered through Blue Sky Outfitters (blueskyoutfitters.com). New York’s Adirondack region is great for whitewater rafting. A stay at Lake George Escape and a trip booked through wildwaters.net is an option for whitewater thrills this month.

Cabin at Thousand Trails Bay Landing
Cabin at Thousand Trails Bay Landing

Outdoor Entertainment: From iconic drive-in movies to outdoor theater, there are several ways to enjoy entertainment in the great outdoors this month. Sit back and enjoy a good old drive-in movie at one of these operating drive-ins near our glamping locations: Westwind Las Vegas 6 (near Thousand Trails Las Vegas); Coyote Drive-In in Fort Worth, Texas (near Thousand Trails Bay Landing); and Highway 18 Outdoor Theater in Jefferson, Wisconsin (near Blackhawk Campground). Outdoor theater can be enjoyed at The Old Globe in San Diego, California (near Thousand Trails Pio Pico); Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Fest in Lake Tahoe, California (near Tahoe Valley Campground); and Northern Sky Theater in Fish Creek, Wisconsin (near Tranquil Timbers).

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