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Survival Fest

Survival Festival

Survive the New Year. Together. | March 13 + 14

Presented by: Center for the Arts x Cooperative Futures Institute

Winter is long. The future is uncertain. Community is essential.

Survival Fest is a winter festival designed to help us face it all—with humor, creativity, science, movement, music, and each other. Across one unforgettable weekend, learn practical survival skills, explore big ideas, make things with your hands, laugh into the unknown, and dance like the end times have a great soundtrack.

From avalanche awareness and snow shelters to jam bands, apocalypse comedy, saunas in the snow, and communal meals, Survival Fest blends brain food, body heat, and collective joy into something wildly necessary.

This isn’t about fear. It’s about resilience, connection, and having a really good time while building it.

Featured Programs + Highlights

  • Lecture: How to Survive an Avalanche
  • Workshop: How to Build a Snow Shelter
  • Workshop: How to Survive a Zombie Attack
  • Lecture: Lessons from Marmots
  • Workshop: Cozy Apocalypse Style Knitting or Mending
  • Comedy Show: The Apocalypse Roadshow: Surviving AI
  • Party: Fire & Ice Apocalypse Beach Party
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Survival Fest FAQ (a.k.a. Questions You’re Already Asking Yourself)

What is Survival Fest?

A winter festival for people who want to survive the New Year with more joy, skills, laughter, and community than panic scrolling alone.

Will I actually learn how to survive something?

Absolutely. Avalanches, snowstorms, zombies, AI, winter, and social awkwardness, consider yourself warned and prepared.

What’s the Apocalypse Roadshow?

A Saturday night collision of comedy, big ideas, jam bands, and the strange comfort of laughing together about the future. Learn more at apocolypseroadshow.com. 

Why should I go?

Because winter is long, the world is weird, and surviving is better together.

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thank you to our Annual Presenting Sponsors:

Bluebird

Bluebird

Benchmark Colorado

Benchmark Colorado

Gunnison Valley Health Foundation

Gunnison Valley Health Foundation

Resource Engineering Group

Resource Engineering Group

SHM Architects

SHM Architects

Vina Andrico

Vina Andrico

The Beckwith

The Beckwith

Community Bank of Colorado

Community Bank of Colorado

thank you to our 2025 Sponsors:

Alpine Express

Alpine Express

Black Canyon Limo

Black Canyon Limo

Black Dragon Development

Black Dragon Development

Bramble & Bloom

Bramble & Bloom

CB Nordic

CB Nordic

CB Wanderbus

CB Wanderbus

Coldwell Banker

Coldwell Banker

CB Dental

CB Dental

Oxygen

Oxygen

KBUT

KBUT

Mountain Spirits

Mountain Spirits

Nunatak Energy

Nunatak Energy

OTI

OTI

Accommodations at Crested Butte

Accommodations at Crested Butte

SJC Alliance

SJC Alliance

Xtream Internet

Xtream Internet

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Center for the Arts Crested Butte

606 Sixth St.
PO Box 1819
Crested Butte, CO 81224
970-349-7487
info@crestedbuttearts.org

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