¡Viva La Festiva! Podcast

Oakridge, OR June 23-25. A festival having to do with those in the bus life! In this episode we’ll hear from Brock Butterfield, a professional snowboarder who followed his other passion of skoolies. A big thanks to Brock for speaking to me about a festival that brings out a sense of adventure to attendees. To learn more about The Bus Fair, you can follow this link: https://thebusfair.com/ We’ll al...

Fort Wayne, IN December 2022. Hey everyone! A Christmas episode in April? Das weird! But we like weird. Anyways, the Festival of Gingerbread was really cute and it really brought out the spirit of Christmas. A Big thanks to Todd Pelfrey and the Fort Wayne History Center for allowing me to talk about the Festival of Gingerbread! Here is the link to the History Center’s website: https://fwhistorycen...

Klagenfurt, Austria. Home to the World Body Painting Festival! This gathering of unique artists show the world how to utilize the human body to create amazing works of art that make a statement! Thank you Alex Barendregt for speaking with me about the World Body Painting Festival. Here is a link to the festival website: https://bodypainting-festival.com/en/ In addition, please consider donating to...

Carmel, IN Christkindlmarkt November 2022. Wow! Great energy, great guests, and great food! The Carmel Christkindlmarkt was one to really remember! A HUGE thanks to Maria Murphy for giving me her time. To learn more about this event, you can check out the website: https://www.carmelchristkindlmarkt.com/ Please consider donating to Soup Kitchen of Muncie, which is this season’s charity: https://sou...

Another promo episode of Viva La Festiva! This one is over the Festival of Legends that will occur in Apex, NC. This episode we actually have a musical guest! How exciting! I’ve learned why there are so many podcasts just about renaissance fares! There is so much lore in these types of festivals! Although our guest says that “technically” this isn’t a ren faire. Thank you Jeff Kass for speaking wi...

Apologies for the sound quality on this one, yall. At this point in the timeline I didn’t have a boom, so the wind crackles at the mic. The 2022 Owl Festival was so much fun and the weather couldn’t be any better! Thanks to the Staff at Eagle Creek Park! Consider checking out their website at: https://eaglecreekpark.org/ Please consider donating to this season’s charity, Soup Kitchen of Muncie at...

3 Wishes Fairy Festival Join me as I get to speak with the creator of a festival that started out as a small acorn to grow to a giant oak. Karen Kay joins this episode to talk about the 3 Wishes Fairy Festival. I also get to hear from Ayla the Dreams Fairy to learn more about the fairy world. This is a good one, folks! Link to the Festival Website: https://fairyfestival.co.uk/ Ayla the Dreams Fair...

Hey! The first Virtual Festival podcast episode. Should I come up with an interesting name for these kinds of episodes? Like similar to Last Podcast on the Left’s “Side Stories”? Maybe like… Virtual Spotlight! Or Festival Out-of-Bounds! Idk. Maybe I’ll just keep it as the name of the festival and call it a day. Anyways, a big thanks to Ali Gustavson and the American Bald Eagle Foundation for letti...

The second episode! This was a rather small festival but full of interesting people! This is the first annual festival, so I have faith that this festival will really blossom next year! Hopefully this episode will be for the fans of the mystic arts and such! Once again, here is a link to donate to The Soup Kitchen of Muncie which is the organization for this season I’m wanting my listeners to dona...

The first official episode! And first season! Not my best work, but it’s a start! Also, this season, I’ll be including a link to an organization that listeners can follow and donate to The Soup Kitchen of Muncie. https://soupkitchenofmuncie.org/donate/ Great video of the museum tour link here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bcfm-6uzaI&t=600s Museum website! https://www.thejamesdeanmuseum.com...

A small trailer for the Viva La Festiva Podcast!  Heyyyy, I even got a song intro already! a big thanks to Thomas for producing my intro, you can find him at: https://www.fiverr.com/thothozzz If you have a festival in your part of the country that is fun, bizarre, interesting or a combination of all those qualities and more. Hit me up at beachedjacob@gmail.com and maybe we can collab to cover it!...