If you don’t make time to head to Camden, TN for the Self-Reliance Festival, October 5-6, 2024, you’re wrong. Nicole Sauce and John Willis do a great job gathering speakers and organizing interesting demonstrations, but the best part of the festival is that you leave with tangible steps to “End Of Empire-Proof” your life.

This week, I talked about what is happening to our country and how you build resilience and tap into the opportunities that come with chance, and the Self Reliance Festival is a great place to accelerate this process. There are GREAT speakers and sessions where you learn skills, mindset and methods. There are GREAT people, the kind of people you can rely on. And it is just plain fun – something that is so easy to forget to have when times are turbulent.

Plus, I will be there so we can meet in person. I don’t just show up and throw up. I spend time getting to know the people who come to events like the Self Reliance Festival.

What Will I See at the Self-Reliance Festival? 

This year’s lineup includes some of the most respected voices in the self-reliance and homesteading community. I’ll be speaking alongside Zac Bauer of An American Homestead, Bear Independent, Sonny Puzikas, Joel Ryals, Shawn Mills, Alan Booker, Angry Prepper, CJ Killmer, and many more.

Expert Council Member Kerry Brown will be doing two foraging walks, and Backwoods butcher is going to demonstrate how to process rabbits.

Ticket Options 

The festival offers several ticket options. You can choose a general admission pass or the VIP pass. VIPs get a special farm-to-table dinner and access to the green room, housed in John Willis’s museum. The conversations that happen there are epic.

* General admission prices are only $95 and that includes parking and camping for this two-day event.