Parking, Shuttle, RideShare Locations
Shuttle Service Saturday Only
A free shuttle service will be provided to the Red Poppy Festival on Saturday only. You can park and ride the shuttle from Georgetown High School located at 2211 N. Austin Avenue or from East View High School located at 4490 E. University Avenue. The drop off location will be two blocks down from the Main Stage at the corner of Eighth Street and Forest Street (located across from the Georgetown Library). The shuttle will run continuously Saturday starting at 9 a.m., with the last return shuttle leaving downtown at 10:30 p.m.
We recommend that you use the shuttle provided on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. until after the Saturday Night Concert. To ensure the safety of our Old Town Residents, parking in the Old Town Neighborhoods will be limited and towing will be enforced when vehicles are left in a No Parking Zone. Designated parking area for Guests with disabilities will be available at the parking lot located at Tenth & Main Streets. A valid disability parking permit is required.
Event Parking
The Williamson County parking garage at Rock and Fourth streets and the public parking lot on Austin Avenue between Fifth and Fourth streets (next to The Monument Cafe) will be open during the festival. Public parking lots on Martin Luther King Jr. Street at West Eighth and West Sixth streets are also available. There is no charge for parking.
Attendees are asked to be courteous when parking on neighborhood streets, and avoid blocking driveways or parking in fire lanes. Illegally parked vehicles will be ticketed.
Handicap parking is available at the parking lot at 10th and Main streets.
Designated RideShare Pick Up/Drop Off with WiFi is available at MLK Jr Street & Ninth Street (just south of City Hall).
The City parking lot at Sixth and Main streets will be closed starting at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 25.
STREET CLOSURES
The following streets will close at 6:00 am Friday, April 26 – 11:00 p.m. Sunday, April 28
- Fifth Street between Austin Avenue and Main Street
- Austin Avenue between Sixth Street and Ninth Street
- Sixth Street between Austin Avenue and Church Street
- Seventh Street and Eighth Street between Rock Street and Church Street
- Main Street between Fifth Street and Tenth StreetStreet Closure and Detour Maps:
- Friday, April 26, 6 a.m.-6 p.m.>>
- Friday, April 26, 6 p.m.-Saturday, April 27, 6 a.m.>>
- Saturday, April 27, 6 a.m.-noon>>
- Saturday, April 27, noon-Sunday, April 28, midnight>>
No Parking Zones
No parking signs will be in place on neighborhood streets surrounding the downtown overlay. These signs will stay up until the week following the Red Poppy Festival. Please be aware that the no parking restrictions will be in effect from Friday through Sunday and will cover both the Two Step Inn and the Red Poppy Festival events. For specific locations where parking will not be permitted, please see the No Parking Zones Map below:
Contact Us/More Info
For more information, call 512-930-6534 or email specialevents@georgetown.org For more information about Georgetown, including lodging and dining, please go to: VisitGeorgetown.com.
