2026 Whaaat!? Festival

The Glorious Revolutionary Micro-Republic of Whaaat!? invites you to visit our nation on the occasion of the 9th annual Whaaat!? Festival.

Experience our enchanting country by exploring:

• Themed arcades full of strange and deligthful games
• Live game shows, featuring aspiring local celebrities
• A riveting keynote speech by a prestigious and interesting human (?) being
• Snacking opportunities, specifically a buffet featuring a wide selection of imported American cereals
• "Parachutes", "casinos", group "games", "M**der" mysteries, "prizes", and many other surprises that may require quotation marks for legal purposes
• optional Glunch*, our national pasttime that combines games and lunch (*purchased as an add-on item)

This year's ticketing tiers:

• Whaaat!? Citizen Pass: Full Festival Access, cereal breakfast, priority entry for talks and group games, one raffle ticket, full citizenship documents (including passport), and a Whaaat!? sticker pack (10 different stickers!).
• Tourist Pass: Full Festival Access, cereal breakfast, and a Whaaat!? sticker.
• Hero of the Microrepublic Pass: a full citizen pass, but also— a commemorative 3D bust of you, a Whaaat!? national flag, a Whaaatlandian gift basket full of local goodies, 1 hour with a personal herald who will loudly announce your presence in each room you enter, a lunch ticket and a host of other heroic surprises.
• Travel Waiver: Pay what you can and just show up!

We've also broken out Glunch (aka "games+ lunch") into it's own add-on ticket—this will help us make sure we have the right amount of food for everyone that wants it.

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Roser ATLAS Center, Roser ATLAS Center, Boulder, United States

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