Whaaat!? Festival

About this event

A full Saturday of Experimental Games and Playful Interactions!

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", "murder" 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.

From ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado Boulder