vibecamp 2023 schedule
The second annual vibecamp is just a week away so it's time to get serious about planning out your time. This schedule includes all of the events you told us about by June 1st, but with a group of attendees this agentic, we will be very surprised if there aren't dozens more that spring up.
THURSDAY
Check-In
Get a badge, get directions to your cabin or tent village, receive a smile.*
(*smiles not guaranteed, void where prohibited, at participating kiosks only)
Lockpicking
Learn the basics of lockpicking in the roundtable room! Locks and pick sets will remain available at a table for the duration of camp. By taking this workshop you agree to teach at least one other person at vibecamp how to pick locks.
Speed Friending
Meet lots of vibecampers in a short amount of time.
Speed Friending 2
Meet lots of vibecampers in a short amount of time.
Dinner
To reduce long lines and congestion we have assigned all attendees to recommended mealtimes. They aren’t enforced and we understand if you want to shift a little bit for a can’t-miss event, but please try to follow the schedule when you can. Thursday night times are a little early to accommodate opening ceremonies.
Cyan: 5:00 PM
Yellow: 6:00 PM
Magenta: 7:00 PM
Live Twitter Pools
Live twitter polls, spicy level: high.
Escape Room
Test your puzzle solving abilities. You are SBF and you must escape the feds, will you be able to catch the jet leaving in 30 minutes? There will be different outcomes on whether you act competitively vs cooperatively. If tactical puzzles aren't your style, there will be an additional, harder computational puzzle available for completion.
Harm Reduction Flow Warmup
Ask me questions about drugs / how to test drugs as I do a bit of flow arts warming up by the pool prior to the dance parties!
Just Asking Questions
Q and A
Opening Ceremony
Welcome to vibecamp!
Whisking the Night Away
Thrilling DIY steel wool fireworks as we light up the sky with brilliant sparks! We'll be using steel wool and wire whisks to create a dazzling display that will leave you amazed. Safety is (a) priority, so we'll be taking necessary precautions to ensure everyone can enjoy the event safely. Available while supplies last! BRING HOODIES, SOCKS, AND MAYBE GLOVES AND GOGGLES!
Folk Dancing
Traditional group dances done in circles. Simple to start, instruction provided.
Metta Dance Party & Guided Meditation
9:30 onward (Dance)
Tasshin will host a combination loving kindness workshop and dance party. The event will begin with a thirty-minute guided meditation on loving kindness in which you will learn how to practice loving kindness, especially while dancing. Then the music starts and we put it into practice.
Dance Parties
There will be concurrent dance parties each night at The Big Top and The Barn Theater. There will be multiple DJs playing at each dance party and a schedule of who is playing will be published beforehand. Times may shift.
Flow Arts
We have set aside space for flow artists during the dance parties. If you want to learn how to do flow, please come over and ask! You can also talk to Ivy about where to store or share gear!
Kava and Kratom
Come get rooted, zooted, and maybe a little hyperfaluted with the high priestess and priest of getting high. Special dranks from our laboratory (which don't mix well with alcohol so it's better if you haven't been taking that poison recently.)
FRIDAY
Kiddie Camp
General fun to keep kids busy and allow parents to attend events. Take an hour, give an hour. Toys, books, balls, coloring supplies, snacks provided. Leave children at your own risk.
Grappling Fundamentals & Sparring
The world's oldest game! Self defense! Advanced body manipulation! The most fun you can have with your clothes on! We'll introduce the basics of judo, BJJ and MMA. There will be ample time to learn, spar, and hang out and talk about physical combat. We'll practice all three days so you can start integrating and applying what you learn. Some equipment available for MMA sparring and gi grappling. Any sort of workout clothes are fine so long as you are prepared for grass stains.
Bouncy Castle
It's a bouncy castle.
Brunch
Please try to adhere to the schedule when you can, but don't stress about it.
Cyan: 10:00 AM
Yellow: 11:00 AM
Magenta: 12:00 AM
Hot Girl HIIT
Hot Girl HIIT returns, with double the instructors. There are many routes to the Hot Girl state of mind, and we'll be travelling by endorphins and sweat. Come for the tabata laddering, stay for the collaborative cardio challengers. Pack your lipstick.
Club Juggling Club
Learn to juggle clubs! Learn to pass clubs! If we have enough people, play combat! If you don't know how, I'll teach you! Bring clubs if you've got them; a handful will be provided (and may be available to take home).
Fiction Panel: The Art of Storytelling
Join science fiction author Eneasz Brodski and video game scriptwriter Justin Kuiper for a live panel-style discussion about the art of story-telling.
Post-AGI Midlevel Programmer Self-Help Group
What's left for us to do after most programmer jobs, as they are today, have been automated? Working with AI, building unique interfaces or accessing yet undigitized data, let's brainstorm a happy path into the future.
Zombie Apocalypse Doomsday Prepping: Culture Edition
Will your values, worldview, and culture die with you, or spread and evolve across generations? Join this 90 minute working session (fully participatory conversation—which we'll break into smaller working groups to keep size around eight people) to develop upgrades, protections, and boosters that make your values and culture capable of withstanding existential threats like aggressive outside conversion, sterilizing memes, and low birth rates.
I invented a Card game!
Augury is a trick-taking card game based on the signs of the Zodiac. Learning the rules is easy, actually winning is . . . less so.
Decentralized Poetry Workshop
Language is inherently decentralized, dialectical, social. Free poetry from the tyranny of the single author! Decentralized poetry (or daopoetry) aims to unleash the poetic creativity of the collective. We will be working in pairs, trios, and larger groups to write poetry together--- line for line, stanza for stanza, or free for all! We will be using provided pens/pencils and paper, notebooks, phone notes, and/or the new daopoetry app beta. All you really need is your brain! Experienced poets and complete amateurs equally welcome; you'd be surprised how easily decentralized poetry makes poetry accessible to newcomers! First-time poets will find themselves throwing out some FIRE lines, guaranteed. The poems written will be published collectively if you wish :) Jump in or out at any point!
Intro to Sport Karate
Workout for all skill levels, like Tae-bo but with modern point sparring concepts and techniques.
Two Birds, One Nest: A Decision Making Meditation Workshop
A common critique of meditation is that it's a waste of time: If you're stressed out, you should do something to improve your situation, rather than just sit quietly and gaze at your navel. In this workshop, we'll debunk this common critique by learning a simple decision making meditation.
Escape Room
Test your puzzle solving abilities. You are SBF and you must escape the feds, will you be able to catch the jet leaving in 30 minutes? There will be different outcomes on whether you act competitively vs cooperatively. If tactical puzzles aren't your style, there will be an additional, harder computational puzzle available for completion.
$1 Life Coach
There's a cardboard box. I'm sitting on one side of it. You can sit across from me, give me a dollar, and you have 15 minutes to explain a problem you're having. I'll listen carefully, and at the end of the 15 minutes, if I have any advice, I'll give it to you. The advice is guaranteed to be worth one dollar. Subsidies available. I am not a life coach.
Arranged Marriages
Let's get married! A few questions will sort you into a small group of speed-daters, after which you'll be matched and married to the love of your life weekend. If you want to participate you will need to fill out this survey by June 12th.
Mai Tai & Margarita Poolside Pop-Up Bar
Nothing better than poolside drinks on a warm summer afternoon. We will be setting up a pop-up bar by the pool for a couple hours and serving mai tais, margaritas, and some cold nonalcoholic beverages. Come on by and enjoy!
Sumo Suits
Knock someone else out of the ring in a cartoonishly big Sumo Suit.
Storytelling, Epic Poetry, and Fanfare Slam and Jam
Memorialize noteworthy deeds and events in oratory, verse, and song we share. The organizer will assist in topic identification, composition, aizuchi, and heckling. An eclectic collection of musical instruments the organizer little knows how to play will be on hand. Intermixing with other similar events would be most welcome.
1+1: Building Physical Community in an Online World
Initial thoughts/short talk on my thoughts and experience cultivating a new community from the ground up in a new place followed by small (3-5 person) group breakouts working on eachothers social/community/friendship etc problems that you are trying to figure out!
Freeing Your Voice: Literally, Not Metaphorically
There's a metaphorical layer to it, of course, but we will be doing vocal training and core energetics-based vocal exploration. The core idea is that everyone has a beautiful voice, and we can explore how to open our voices even further by playing with tension and relaxation in pursuit of reflexivity, resonance, and authenticity. Open to complete beginners and complete experts.
HA HA Game
Come laugh your asses off with us. We will laugh so hard that our sides hurt.
Lightning Talks: Game Dev
Short (5-15) minute talks by game developers on general interest topics - Do games always have to punish failure? What lessons can video game designers learn from tabletop design? Why are gamers wrong about the games they enjoy?
Banter Workshop
Jokes! Flirting! Teasing! Having fun! Let's dive into the art of banter. We'll talk about what banter is, how you can get better at it and how you can use it. And most importantly, we'll also explore DOING it and some exercises we can practice and really immerse ourselves in it. And marvel at this skill that can come in useful no matter what situation you find yourself in with other humans and change your life as it did mine. How can you "people" better? Well do I have the answer for you?!
Dharma Chats
Dharma Chats are for any practitioner to spend 10 minutes or so on a topic they are working on / playing with / curious about and maybe answer questions from the audience. We're going to forgo slides/presentations to keep it less formal and make it easier for people to take part.
Sacrificial Lamb (plus chimichurri)
Would you like to see a whole lamb trussed over a pit of coals and cooked for your pleasure? Then come out to this abandoned lot and partake of our meats. The lamb is a dainty animal, so this will be a mid-afternoon snack to tide you over between lunch and dinner.
T Group (like circling)
T group is an authentic relating game like Circling (but without questions) in which we prioritize present moment physical sensations and emotions, in the service of authentic and open expression of self and meeting others doing the same. We will do a short intro and then assemble into smaller groups for a 30-45 minute long t group session.
Both Sides of the Fence
Q&A and funny anecdotes from Yassine the public defender and Brooke, the ex-criminal/homeless person.
Minimum Viable Dream: Costs of Your Fullest Living
The goal is to really identify what the minimum setup looks like for you to be happy.
This includes thinking about:
- facilities and equipment required to pursue your interests or career
- Do you really need that concert hall? Or could you play lawn concerts and get the fulfillment you need from this part of your life?
- minimum quality of life requirements for your general happiness
- what does variety look like to you? Do you need access to top tier instructors? Can you settle down somewhere or do you need to be nomadic to be truly happy?
I am partly motivated by designing the minimum viable unchartered shantytown as opposed to the startup city. I want to understand the minimum profitable community that actually supports resident dreams and interests.
Brotherhood Beyond the Mind: Nature Based Men's Circle
Connection, vulnerability, deep sharing and bonding with each other and the forest. Come find brotherhood, be seen, be heard and be nurtured to grow into the man that you want to be.
Introspective Visualization
An open-ended guided visualization with introspection, like dream interpretation without sleeping. After the visualization, we'll break out into small groups, describe what we saw, and talk about what it means to us. This activity may not work for those with aphantasia.
West Coast Swing Intro
West coast swing is a modern partner dance with an emphasis on Improv that can be danced to a wide variety of music, such as most of the music at the dance parties later in vibecamp. Eric will be teaching the fundamental techniques of the dance.
No partner needed, partners will rotate.
Dinner
Please try to adhere to the schedule when you can, but don't stress about it.
Cyan: 6:00 PM
Yellow: 7:00 PM
Magenta: 8:00 PM
Harm Reduction Flow Warmup
Ask me questions about drugs / how to test drugs as I do a bit of flow arts warming up by the pool prior to the dance parties!
Song Circle
Take back your right to sing! bring instruments, songs etc.
Folk Dancing 2
Traditional group dances done in circles. Simple to start, instruction provided.
Dance Parties
There will be concurrent dance parties each night at The Big Top and The Barn Theater. There will be multiple DJs playing at each dance party and a schedule of who is playing will be published beforehand. Times may shift.
Flow Arts
We have set aside space for flow artists during the dance parties. If you want to learn how to do flow, please come over and ask! You can also talk to Ivy about where to store or share gear!
Fire Spinning
Bring your flow props, bring your fuel, and let's all spin some fire! We'll cordon off an area on the hillside and have a fuel dump/spinoff bucket and speakers for music, and we will go for however long people want to keep spinning.
Descent Into Dance Hell
Do you suck at dancing? Do you hate hippies? Join us into a descent into dance hell, where looking good doesn't matter and the music is threatening. This event is great regardless of your dance experience, but common feedback is that it's especially useful for people who feel self-conscious or nervous about dancing.
SATURDAY
Kiddie Camp
General fun to keep kids busy and allow parents to attend events. Take an hour, give an hour. Toys, books, balls, coloring supplies, snacks provided. Leave children at your own risk.
Grappling Fundamentals & Sparring
I did say we’d practice every day. Check the entry on Friday for a full description.
Rock Stacking
Stacking rocks on top of each other. No experience required. We didn't give the org team a location so . . . come find us somewhere. We'll be the ones stacking rocks
Brunch
Please try to adhere to the schedule when you can, but don't stress about it.
Cyan: 10:00 AM
Yellow: 11:00 AM
Magenta: 12:00 AM
Movement Sampler Platter
Experience different forms of movement from experienced practicioners in: qi gong, tai chi, yoga, and pilates. We didn't give the or team a location so . . . come find us somewhere. We'll be the one ones sampling movements.
Capture the Flag - Fast Interation, Small Field
We will play several rapid, small scale games of capture the flag. Large-scale capture the flag can often end in a stalemate as everyone is risk averse. To keep the game moving we will have a small field and you get out of jail free after 90 seconds. This incentivises risk-taking since getting in jail isn't a big deal. For an extra competitive edge, consider wearing cleats!
Intro to Unarmed Combat
Discover adversarial movement in a low pressure environment, building from tag, to structure-breaking games, to advantage-taking games. Identify principles of contact, leverage, and breath that can improve your ability to outlast your opponent.
Introduction to Standing Partner Aerobics
Learn some fun and accessible standing acrobatics. We'll start with some basic counterbalances, and end with a short routine to bust out at your next party. No partner required.
Tactile and Experiential Anatomy
Let's go on a haptic body trip together! Elena (a licensed massage therapist) and Buddhi (a somatic movement educator and yoga teacher) will lead you through techniques and tips for sensing and feeling your anatomy through touch. Attendees can work in groups, dyads, or on themselves.No experience is necessary but come dressed comfortably for optional easy exploratory movement and sitting on the floor.
Intro to Ballroom Dancing
Learn to dance WITH another person. No partner required; partners will rotate. Basics of lead/follow, timing and movement to have fun dancing!
Discovering the Clown
The clown is who you'd be if your inner child never heard the word 'no!'" open to complete beginners and complete experts. We'll go through a series of warm-ups and exercises to discover what it feels like to be a clown, to move through the world with reckless abandon and endless curiosity.
Craft Beer Share
Come strapped with your favorite bottle to enjoy amidst tunes and conversation. Bring something to the table to try something on the table.
Silent, No Contact Intimacy
You silently show up, you silently draw a card. You silently walk through the other attendees to find someone with a matching card for both zodiac sign and suit. You and your match select a spot. I play a tone and set a timer for six minutes. You stare into your match's eyes for six minutes. The timer goes off, it is now acceptable to talk. We can talk about the experience as a group, or just with the match, or not at all.
Peer Coaching / Brainstorming / Sharing
Bring challenges we're grappling with and collectively brainstorm / ideate on what modalities / approaches might be fruitful for addressing them! With such a priceless profusion of postrationalists, it's bound to be productive. (Feel free to join even if you don't identify as postrationalist, or are averse to alliteration.)
BAR & Elixir bar
Open bar! Also with nonalchoholic ultra herbal elixir options.
Escape Room
Test your puzzle solving abilities. You are SBF and you must escape the feds, will you be able to catch the jet leaving in 30 minutes? There will be different outcomes on whether you act competitively vs cooperatively. If tactical puzzles aren't your style, there will be an additional, harder computational puzzle available for completion.
Improv Games
2 hour workshop for people of all levels, people who have never done improv are welcome as well as experienced improviser. First hour will focus on improv games, second hour will focus on scenes. Feel free to come for one or both hours.
IFS Conversation Space
This is a conversation space/picnic style area for people to talk about Internal Family Systems! We'll meet at the pool then walk to a grassy spot. Start with intros then share stories about how IFS has been for you, reflect, etc. If people want, we can break off into a smaller sub-group to do a guided meditation.
I invented a Card game!
Augury is a trick-taking card game based on the signs of the Zodiac. Learning the rules is easy, actually winning is . . . less so. Second chance to try it out!
Connection Games (Authentic Relating Games)
Explore deep, open connection with a variety of relating games! Leave with tools you can apply for the rest of your life - with friends, lovers, colleagues, family, and people you've just met. (No partner necessary).
Healing With the Power of Poop
There's been a lot of buzz about the microbiome lately, linking it to practically every disease that's stumped medical science for the last fifty years. This is exciting because, if your genome's fucked, there's not much we can do about it, but the microbiome is a lot more flexible—and the latest studies suggest that everything from Parkinson's to seasonal allergies can be cured...if you're willing to get your hands a little dirty. Drop in to learn about the "other" 99% of your biology in a casual, discussion-focused seminar and Q&A with a poop scientist.
AI Generated Art Contest
A game to competitively create AI generated art as dinner-time entertainment. Played on your phone or computer at vibewar.ai, submit your work or log in as a spectator to vote & crown the Vibe War Champion for Vibe Camp 2023. Use the built-in apis or submit the finished work from your preferred platforms.
Dinner
Please try to adhere to the schedule when you can, but don't stress about it.
Cyan: 6:00 PM
Yellow: 7:00 PM
Magenta: 8:00 PM
Harm Reduction Flow Warmup
Ask me questions about drugs / how to test drugs as I do a bit of flow arts warming up by the pool prior to the dance parties!
Dance Parties
Tonight's dance party at the Big Top is delayed due to the Dating Show to Save the World, but the Barn Theater is still here for you. The Barn Theater will always be here for you…
Explore the State-Space of Consciousness with QRI
Come to learn useful techniques to navigate the state-space of consciousness and pick up your Vibe Camp Recorder-a scent created in honor of this event-to "record" this day forever in your memory. It is both pleasant and very distinctive, so that every time you smell it again you will vividly remember this day.
Flash Poetry
Thom is coming out of typewriter poet retirement to offer free poems to the public on any topic, written in 5m or less. Find him somewhere decently lit in a high traffic area on the campgrounds Saturday night.
Dating Show to Save the World
You won't want to miss this live theater extravaganza, where three contestants - chosen by YOU - vie for the heart of America's hottest, smartest, most fertile bachelorette. (Note that this show is R-rated.)
West Coast Tantrik Psychedelic Druid Men's Circle
For cishet dudes and anybody who wants to encounter the cosmic masculine within themselves.
The Whole Hog
Saturday night, the blowout night. The time to get out all the raucous bachinalian energy in your little bodies. What better fuel for your festivities than a 200lb hog cooked over open flame! Come partake of pig with an assortment of sauces, then go dance, or circle, or spin fire, whatever weirdness suits your fancy.
Big Top Dance Party
Now that the world is saved, let's dance!
Flow Arts
We have set aside space for flow artists during the dance parties. If you want to learn how to do flow, please come over and ask! You can also talk to Ivy about where to store or share gear!
Main Stage @ Vibecamp
Not a DJ? Still have tunes to play? Join the lineup at the Pavilion
SUNDAY
Bus 1 Boarding
We can't wait around, the bus has to go to Philly and come back for the next round so be there ready to board at 8:00. There's no room to spare on later buses.
Kiddie Camp
General fun to keep kids busy and allow parents to attend events. Take an hour, give an hour. Toys, books, balls, coloring supplies, snacks provided. Leave children at your own risk.
Grappling Fundamentals & Sparring
I did say we'd practice every day. Check the entry on Friday for a full description.
Closing Ceremonies
Say goodbye to vibecamp!
Brunch
Please try to adhere to the schedule when you can, but don't stress about it.
Cyan: 10:30 AM
Yellow: 11:30 AM
Magenta: 12:30 AM
The Joy of Pancakes with Dr. Dan
The world's first Professional Pancake Artist making pancake art versions of whatever you like, for tips. Show up and get pancake art. first come first serve, sometimes they take a while.
Escape Room
Last Chance! Test your puzzle solving abilities. You are SBF and you must escape the feds, will you be able to catch the jet leaving in 30 minutes? There will be different outcomes on whether you act competitively vs cooperatively. If tactical puzzles aren't your style, there will be an additional, harder computational puzzle available for completion.
Bus 2 Boarding
We can't wait around, the bus has to go to Philly and come back for the next round so be there ready to board at 11:15. There's no room to spare on later buses.
Bus 3 Boarding
We have to get out quickly, so please be there and ready to board at 3:00.
GTFO
Everyone needs to be out of Camp Ramblewood by 3:00 PM. You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.
DAILY HANGOUT SPOTS
Board Game Room (free play)
Social deduction games? Classic euro games? Party games? Find these and more in our game library, or bring your own!
Flow Village
For a little more secluded / spiritual flow space away from the dance parties, Festie Besties will be decorating the 'ropes playground' area which has already been previously decorated by a Fae group for maximum magic! If you want to contribute to this communal art project pls come by!
Information Tent
Lost? Confused? Need to get in touch with the organizers to deal with a situation? Come here. Even when it's not staffed, we will keep supplies and contact info here.
Oracle Dome
Cozy space for divination of all forms—tarot, astrology, I Ching, bibliomancy, tasseomancy, anythingyouwantomancy! Anyone is welcome to hang out here throughout vibecamp. The cards and books are free to use, but please do leave them in the room.
The Oracles who created the space will be available at designated times for one-on-one readings. If you want to know more about our Oracles and their schedule, check out our website!
Teahouse
Building from the overwhelming success of its inaugural effort, the Vibecamp Teahouse is back again for 2023! Join us as we escape to a more cozy setting filled with friendly faces, chilled atmospherics, intimate conversations and the shared rituals of magnificent teas from around the world. Bring your cup!
