The train station is just over 1/2 mile to the first performance stage (the Dutton Street dance pavilion) and about 3/4 mile from downtown. It's eminently walkable. The Lowell bus system's central stop is at the train station, so you can also grab a bus downtown.

Public transit changes for the Folk Festival include extra trains leaving Lowell for Boston late on Friday and Saturday as well as a dedicated shuttle from the train station to City Hall downtown.