This GBE signature event features a fun-filled weekend of informative workshops, crowd-rocking DJs, holistic activities, performances/ art, outdoor recreation, and so much more. We are excited to return to King County’s Tolt-MacDonald Park & Campground in Carnation, WA

Schedule:

August 18, 2023 - Friday

3:00pm - Registration

4:00pm - Outpost Open Hours

4:30pm - Create Space (Drop-in)

5:30pm - Joy ConsultationsCamp Kitchen Open Hours

6:00pm - Capturing Critters on Cam! An Introduction to Wildlife Camera Trapping Techniques
Conservation Northwest
- Sensual Ancestral Healing
Barbara PamplIn

7:00pm - Community Advisory Board Welcome
Stacey Swanby - Riana Gayle - Chrisha Favors - Hillarie Maddox

7:30pm - Ask a WTA Crew Leader and Crosscut Saw Demonstration (Drop-in)
Washington Trails Association
- Ice Cream Social

7:45pm -Community Hot Pot PrepFULL
Outdoor Asian

8:30pm -Welcome to Refuge: Game & Movie Night!
Chino Gonzales - Merri Ann Osborne

8:45pm -Community Hot Pot
Outdoor Asian

10:00pm -Stargazing with Seattle Astrological Society

August 19, 2023 - Saturday

7:00am - Camp Kitchen Open Hours

7:30am - Registration

8:30am:
- Movement Self-CareFULL
Lizelle Din - Dominique Lim
- Family-friendly Birding
Birds Connect Seattle

9:00am - Plant Connection!FULL
Shivani Gogna

10:00am - Breathwork & Sound Bath Ceremony
Heather Ace

10:30am -Outpost Open Hours

11:00am -Introduction to Urban BirdsSurvival FiremakingFULL
James Thompson

11:30am -Finding Your Wild One
Hillarie Maddox

12:30pm -Harnessing Backpacking skills for Mind, Body, and Land Connection
Chris Liu - Kurt Hellmann - Shenise Ramirez

1:00pm -Blackberry Harvest (Youth)
Ashleigh Shoecraft

1:15pm -Forest Bath (QTBIPOC affinity space)
Jas Maisonet

2:00pm -Music by the River feat. Meiwei
Meiwei
- Fish WA 101: Casting lessons & fishing tips (Drop-in)
WA Department of Fish & Wildlife

2:30pm -Family Scavenger Hunt Hike
Danielle Biering

2:45pm -River MindfulnessFULL
Chandrika Francis

3:30pm -Go Outside - Plan Your Next Hike
Washington Trails Association

4:00pm -Champion the Outdoors
The Trust For Public Land

4:30pm -Introduction to Watercolor: Observing Nature through PaintingFULL
Sophia Trinh

5:30pm -Partner MarketCamp Kitchen Open Hours

6:00pm -S'mores & More

7:45pm -Festival Photo

8:00pm -Refuge Saturday Night Concert feat. Juá & Adriena and Benjamin Hunter
Brihana Brisker - Benjamin Hunter

10:00pm -Silent Disco feat. AB.RHAM, DJ Daps1, and Exesive
AB.RHAM - Exesive - DJ Daps1

August 20, 2023  - Sunday

7:00am - Camp Kitchen Open Hours

7:30am:

- Beats & Batter feat. yungbarong
Stacey Swanby - Riana Gayle - Chrisha Favors - Hillarie Maddox
 - Registration

8:00am - Morning Hike: Cotton Wood Loop - Jas Maisonet
- Wilderness Survival - REI

8:30am - Community Healing Workshop - Mari Roberts
- Morning Bird Walk - Birds Connect Seattle
- Outpost Open Hours

10:00am - Capturing Critters on Cam! An Introduction to Wildlife Camera Trapping Techniques Pt 2 - Conservation Northwest
- Voices in the Conservation Movement - The Wilderness Society

10:30am - Layers of Heritage - Liana Green - Joe Seamons

11:00am - Primitive FiremakingLIMITED - James Thompson
Refuge Fest Green Team & Load-out Volunteer

12:00pm - Outdoor Leaders Roundtable: How We Show Up For Each Other
Hafidha Acuay - Chevon Powell - Denice Rochelle
- Hot Girl Healing - Salenna Green

1:30pm - Closing Circle - Chevon Powell

2:00pm -Refuge Fest Green Team & Load-out Volunteer

Date: August 18 - 20, 2023

Location: Tolt MacDonald Park And Campground  - 31020 NE 40th Street Carnation, WA 98014

Cost:

- Sustainer Festival Pass - $175  
- Plus Feesadult Festival Pass - $125
- Plus Fees-Youth Festival Pass-  $45 - Plus Fees
- Kids Festival Pass- Free For 0-6 Years W/ Accompanying Adult
- Single-Day Pass - $55 Plus Fees

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