Refuge Outdoor Festival is a 3-day outdoor recreation and camping experience geared toward people of color.

Schedule Of Events:

3:00 pm – 9:30 pm - Registration
Registration Desk
Stop by the registration desk to check in, buy tickets, find your campsite, for first aid supplies, and to learn more about the festival. We got you!

3:00 pm – 9:30 pm - Outpost Open Hours
Outpost
Stop by the Outpost to pick up exclusive swag or pick up the gear you reserved from the Gear Library.

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm - Community Hot Pot Prep

Serving Tent
Join our friends from Outdoor Asian in preparing a hot meal for our first night at RefugeFest. This is a volunteer opportunity for anyone interested in meeting folx and lending a helping hand.

5:30 pm – 9:00 pm - Camp Kitchen Open Hours
Camp Kitchen
The Camp Kitchen is a communal space where guests can prepare their meals at any one of our seven cooking stations. After cooking up your feast, grab a seat at a nearby picnic table to break bread and rice with friends, old and new. Please make sure to clean up after yourself

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm - Community Hot Pot
Serving Tent
Come through and grab a complimentary bowl of hot pot courtesy of our friends at Outdoor Asian. What better way to get to know one another than over a delicious shared meal? (while supplies last)

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm - Is the Mountain Out and Why Can't I See It?
Meeting Circle
Zuhair Latif
We live near many beautiful mountain ranges, but how can we know when the best time to view them is? My goal is to provide guidance and support people in getting started in adventuring in the outdoors by understanding favorable weather conditions in order to get out more often

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm - Intuitive Healing Circle With Life Force Energy
WELLNESS/HEALING PRACTICES
Movement Zone
Dany Srey-Snow
Devyn Pedrano-Snow
Join us for Intuitive Healing Circle with Life Force Energy, a Reiki-infused gathering for energetic renewal and collective healing. Through guided meditation, breathwork, and intuitive energy healing, we will activate life force energy to restore balance, clear blockages, and deepen self-awarene...

7:30 pm – 8:00 pm - welcome to RefugeFest!
Main Stage
Sarah Ballew, Governmental Affairs & Special Projects Outreach Program Manager, Snoqualmie Indian Tribe
Alison Mariella Désir, RIDC

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm - Choose Your Own Adventure: Ice Cream Social
Serving Tent
Indulge your sweet tooth and connect with other festivalgoers over yummy frozen treats. Don't forget to bring your bowl or mug!
Courtesy of our friends at Ben & Jerry's.

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm - Choose Your Own Adventure: S'mores!
Festival Lawn
Cozy up and enjoy s'mores courtesy of our friends at REI. A casual spot to chat with your friends and meet someone new!

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm - Choose Your Own Adventure: Family-Friendly Silent Disco
Main Stage
Grab some headphones and dance with your kids and inner child to these family-friendly bops!

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm - Choose Your Own Adventure: Refuge Outdoor Film Festival
Barn
Grab some headphones, pull up your camp chair, and enjoy these amazing short films by and about BIPOC trailblazers in the outdoors!

8:10pm - 8:55 pm: HAAGUA, The Buzz of St. Roch, & Indai A...
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8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Choose Your Own Adventure: Campground Karaoke
Green Room
What's your go-to song? Favorite group sing-a-long? The one you know all the choreo to? We want to hear it! Join us once again for Campground Karaoke and sing your heart out!

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm - Choose Your Own Adventure: Campground Karaoke
Green Room
What's your go-to song? Favorite group sing-a-long? The one you know all the choreo to? We want to hear it! Join us once again for Campground Karaoke and sing your heart out!

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm - Choose Your Own Adventure: Henna by Natasha
Festival Lawn
Natasha Singh

8:30 pm – 10:00 pm - The Self Love Workshop
Meeting Circle
 Salenna Green
Do you love yourself first and most? Cultivating a life where you are your own best friend and biggest fan can be the most delicious decision you've ever made. Knowing and loving yourself is the start to a thriving life. Come find out how.

8:45 pm – 9:45 pm - Crepuscular Creep
Flag Pole
Hanae Bettencourt
Ellie Yamanaka
Embark on an evening walk to observe birds and other creatures as they settle into the night. All ages and experiences welcome, though participants must be able to remain quiet for 10-15 minutes at a time.

9:30 pm – 11:30 pm - Deep Sky Hunters - Traveling Light Years through Telescopes with Sirius Astronomy
Flag Pole
This is a drop-in style activity. Feel free to join anytime from 9:30pm - 11:30pm.

Please note that this activity is dependent on clear skies.
Sirius Astronomy is a BIPOC and multiracial-led astronomy loving community