Vibecamp

Vibecamp is a festival-shaped gathering for online communities that want a high-trust IRL week.

It is less jurisdiction and more culture: temporary intensity, then back to the timeline.

Include it when you are mapping popup-adjacent gatherings, not only SEZs.

Founded in 2021, the 500-person event takes over a sprawling venue in Maryland every June.

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675 survey responses — publicly browsable by gender, age, sexuality, and whether they'd attended before.

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The common thread among Vibecampers is being high in openness-to-experience and kind to strangers.

Attendees primarily come from a loose network of internet-adjacent communities: rationalists and post-rationalists, EAs, burners, tech folks of various stripes, along with writers, artists, therapists, lurkers, and various offline friends.

You’ll be competing with the guy who comes dressed as a penguin handing out cans of sardines, and no fewer than four people who play theremins.

The Discord is the easiest way in — lurk, ask questions, or just show up ready to make friends.

Host something yourself, or come just to wander and see what unfolds.

" at vibecamp, you might encounter someone explaining the fourier transform on a flip chart, consensual waterboarding, a pool party and see a guy interviewing people with his portable podcast setup — all in the span of like 60 seconds.

Attendee-decorated cabin When was the last time you touched grass, anon?

› Nights at Ramblewood — fairy lights AND fireflies Still have questions?

A few of the most common ones from first-timers: Will I fit in?

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Combating modern isolation, it gathers adults to play, build, and connect through high-agency, decentralized activities.

Emphasizing "fierce friendliness" and deep conversation, Vibecamp inspires attendees to seed playful local communities back home.

2022 Vibecamp 1 Inaugural in-person gathering at Camp Champions in Austin, TX (~400 attendees).

A recurring IRL festival for the TPOT cloud community and adjacent internet scenes.