FreedomFest 2026: Full Schedule

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9:30am PDT

Think Independent

Friday July 10, 2026 9:30am - 9:32am PDT

Main Stage Room 130-135

Speakers

Valerie Leigh

CEO, FreedomFest, Founding Board Member, Freedom360

Valerie Durham is the President/CEO of FreedomFest, where her creative vision and strategic leadership have helped transform the event into the premier gathering of free minds from around the world. With a background in event design, cultural programming, and movement arts, Valerie... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2026 9:30am - 9:32am PDT
Main Stage Room 130-135

General Session

9:32am PDT

Welcome to Friday

Friday July 10, 2026 9:32am - 9:35am PDT

Main Stage Room 130-135

Speakers

Kennedy

The Punk Rock Libertarian

Kennedy is an American political commentator, broadcaster, and author known for her irreverent voice and independent perspective. She first gained fame as an MTV VJ in the 1990s before transitioning into political media. She later hosted the nightly show Kennedy on Fox Business Network... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2026 9:32am - 9:35am PDT
Main Stage Room 130-135

General Session

9:35am PDT

Doors Win Wars: Inside the PA Chase Movement

Friday July 10, 2026 9:35am - 9:55am PDT

Main Stage Room 130-135

Speakers

Cliff Maloney

The Ground Game General

Cliff Maloney is the CEO of Citizens Alliance and the Founder of the PA CHASE program. He has been called the “godfather of door knocking”. At 34 years old, Maloney’s door knocking deployments have knocked on over 9 million doors and delivered victories in 418 elections across... Read More →

Michelle Backus

Emmy-winning Journalist

Michelle Backus is a two-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, communications strategist, entrepreneur, and spokesperson for Citizens Alliance. A Penn State graduate with degrees in Economics and Broadcast Journalism, Michelle has been featured on Fox News, Newsmax, and other national... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2026 9:35am - 9:55am PDT
Main Stage Room 130-135

General Session

9:55am PDT

How To Win For Freedom

Friday July 10, 2026 9:55am - 10:05am PDT

Main Stage Room 130-135

Speakers

Spike Cohen

The Permissionless Activist

Jeremy “Spike” Cohen is a business owner, activist, and nationally recognized advocate for local, state, and national government reform. He has appeared on national, international, and hundreds of local media platforms to drive the message of human respect in local politics, combining... Read More →

Exhibitors

You Are The Power

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You Are The Power is your network of liberty-oriented activists, community leaders and elected officials who identify problems in our communities, and implement solutions that set people free to live better lives.

Friday July 10, 2026 9:55am - 10:05am PDT
Main Stage Room 130-135

General Session

10:05am PDT

Good People Break Bad Laws

Friday July 10, 2026 10:05am - 10:25am PDT

Main Stage Room 130-135

Moderators

Spike Cohen

The Permissionless Activist

Speakers

Topher Field

Breaker of Laws

Topher Field is a dissident, bestselling author, and award-winning filmmaker known as one of Australia’s most outspoken defenders of civil liberty. A three-time Australian Libertarian of the Year and recipient of 14 film awards, he has spent over a decade challenging government... Read More →

Exhibitors

Battleground Melbourne

The Battleground Melbourne documentary looks at how it took just two years for Melbourne, Australia, to fall from The World’s ‘Most Liveable’ to ‘Most Locked-down’ city. The ‘Covid Era’ in Melbourne brought with it previously unthinkable levels of civil unrest and government... Read More →

Libertarian Party of Australia

Welcome to the website of the Libertarian Party (formerly known as the Liberal Democrats).

The Libertarian Party is fundamentally different to other parties on the Australian political landscape. Unlike the others, we believe you are the best person to make decisions for your own life, not politicians or public servants. As long as you respect the rights of others, you... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2026 10:05am - 10:25am PDT
Main Stage Room 130-135

General Session

10:25am PDT

Restoring the Second Amendment

Friday July 10, 2026 10:25am - 10:45am PDT

Main Stage Room 130-135

Speakers

John Lott

America's Crime Expert

Dr. John R. Lott Jr. is an economist and internationally recognized expert on crime and public policy. During the Trump administration, he served in senior research roles within the U.S. Department of Justice. Lott has taught or conducted research at institutions including the University... Read More →

Robert Leider

Chief Legal Counseln, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)

Robert Leider is an Assistant Professor of Law at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University. His scholarly interests are in criminal law, criminal procedure, and constitutional law, especially concerning questions about the use of force and the rule of law. He has written... Read More →

Exhibitors

Crime Prevention Research Center

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The Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) is a research and education organization dedicated to conducting academic quality research on the relationship between laws regulating the ownership or use of guns, crime, and public safety; educating the public on the results of such research... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2026 10:25am - 10:45am PDT
Main Stage Room 130-135

General Session

10:45am PDT

Controlled Demolition of the American Empire

Friday July 10, 2026 10:45am - 11:00am PDT

Main Stage Room 130-135

Speakers

Jeff Berwick

Championing freedom through decentralization and disruption

Jeff Berwick is the founder of The Dollar Vigilante, a global financial and political media platform that advocates for personal liberty, cryptocurrency, and economic freedom. Known as “The Anarchast,” Jeff is an outspoken critic of government control, the financial system, and... Read More →

Exhibitors

Anarchapulco

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We are helping shift the world towards more and more freedom and enabling our community to become active voices and advocates in this movement. This is a huge responsibility and an enormous undertaking that we would appreciate everyone in our community understanding.

Friday July 10, 2026 10:45am - 11:00am PDT
Main Stage Room 130-135

General Session

11:00am PDT

Behind the Fund: A Conversation on Free Markets, Microfinance, and Building the Investment Vehicle America's Accredited Investors Were Never Offered

Friday July 10, 2026 11:00am - 11:10am PDT

Main Stage Room 130-135

Speakers

Rudolfo Beltran

The MicroLending Master

Rudolfo Beltran is Vice-President of Capital Acquisition at InNova Global Fund, an SEC Regulation D 506(c) microfinance investment platform delivering a 12% to 24% APY return to accredited investors through deployment in Kenya's booming microfinance market. With over 25 years of experience... Read More →

Exhibitors

Innova Global Fund

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InNova Global Fund is a U.S.-based organization dedicated to expanding access to financial opportunity in underserved communities around the world. While we do not issue microloans directly, we play a vital behind-the-scenes role by providing the administrative infrastructure that... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2026 11:00am - 11:10am PDT
Main Stage Room 130-135

General Session

11:10am PDT

Leonard E. Read Award "Revolution"

Friday July 10, 2026 11:10am - 11:15am PDT

Main Stage Room 130-135

Speakers

Mark Skousen

America's Economist, FreedomFest

Mark Skousen is an economist, investor, and educator known for bridging academic theory and real-world markets. He is the founder and producer of FreedomFest and has spent decades advancing the case for free markets, entrepreneurship, and sound money.

A former professor at Columbia Business School and current professor at Chapman University, Skousen has authored more than 25 books on economics, history, and liberty. His latest book, The Greatest American: Benjamin Franklin — The Most Versatile Mind of His Era, reframes Franklin... Read More →

Eric Metaxas

Author and Host, The Eric Metaxas Show

Eric Metaxas is the author of seven New York Times bestselling books, including the million-selling biography Bonhoeffer and his latest work, Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World. He is the founder and host of Socrates in the City and The Eric Metaxas... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2026 11:10am - 11:15am PDT
Main Stage Room 130-135

General Session

11:15am PDT

"Top 5" Finals — Principled Business Pitch Competition

Friday July 10, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT

Main Stage Room 130-135

This is the championship round of the Principled Business Pitch Competition. The five best pitches of the week face off one final time. The judges will get to decide who takes home 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. This is the moment the whole tournament has been building toward.

Speakers

Chris Rufer

The North Star of Liberty

Founder of Morning Star Company

Chris founded The Morning Star Company as a one-truck owner-operator company, hauling tomatoes to canneries. Morning Star has grown into a vertically integrated enterprise encompassing greenhouse, transplanting, harvesting, and hauling operations, in addition to three tomato processing... Read More →

Shawn Nelson

Alexander McCobin

The Champion of Liberty’s Builders, Liberty Ventures

Alexander McCobin is an entrepreneur and movement builder dedicated to strengthening the institutions that sustain a free society. As the founder and CEO of Principled Business, he works to equip founders, executives, and emerging leaders with the moral and strategic clarity needed... Read More →

John Mackey

The Conscious Capitalist

John Mackey is the co-founder and former CEO of Whole Foods Market and a leading advocate of stakeholder-driven enterprise. Over nearly four decades, he built Whole Foods into a global brand rooted in quality, purpose, and entrepreneurial innovation before its acquisition by Amazon... Read More →

Exhibitors

Principled Business

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An ecosystem of purpose-driven investors & entrepreneurs aligned on advancing a free and prosperous future.

Friday July 10, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
Main Stage Room 130-135

General Session

11:45am PDT

End of Friday Morning at FreedomFest

Friday July 10, 2026 11:45am - 11:45am PDT

Main Stage Room 130-135

Friday July 10, 2026 11:45am - 11:45am PDT
Main Stage Room 130-135

General Session

3:45pm PDT

Think Independent

Friday July 10, 2026 3:45pm - 3:50pm PDT

Main Stage Room 130-135

Speakers

Valerie Leigh

CEO, FreedomFest, Founding Board Member, Freedom360

Friday July 10, 2026 3:45pm - 3:50pm PDT
Main Stage Room 130-135

General Session

3:50pm PDT

Welcome to Friday Evening

Friday July 10, 2026 3:50pm - 3:55pm PDT

Main Stage Room 130-135

Speakers

Kennedy

The Punk Rock Libertarian

Friday July 10, 2026 3:50pm - 3:55pm PDT
Main Stage Room 130-135

General Session

3:55pm PDT

Pitch Competition Champion Announced — Live

Friday July 10, 2026 3:55pm - 4:15pm PDT

Main Stage Room 130-135

The celebrity judges take the stage one final time. The winner of the Principled Business Pitch Competition is announced live in front of the full FreedomFest audience.

Speakers

Alexander McCobin

The Champion of Liberty’s Builders, Liberty Ventures

John Mackey

The Conscious Capitalist

Exhibitors

Principled Business

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An ecosystem of purpose-driven investors & entrepreneurs aligned on advancing a free and prosperous future.

Friday July 10, 2026 3:55pm - 4:15pm PDT
Main Stage Room 130-135

General Session

4:15pm PDT

A History Lesson with Glenn Beck

Friday July 10, 2026 4:15pm - 4:45pm PDT

Main Stage Room 130-135

Speakers

Glenn Beck

Torch Founder

Glenn Beck is a distinguished American media personality, political commentator, and author. He is best known for his influential conservative talk radio show, "The Glenn Beck Program" which ranks as the second highest-rated in the U.S, making him one of the most listened-to pundits... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2026 4:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
Main Stage Room 130-135

General Session

4:45pm PDT

FreedomFest Mock Trial: ICE on Trial

Friday July 10, 2026 4:45pm - 6:00pm PDT

Main Stage Room 130-135

Moderators

Del Bigtree

The Relentless Dissenter, ICAN & HighWire

Del Bigtree is one of the preeminent voices of the MAHA Movement. He’s the founder and CEO of the non-profit, Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), host of the internet talk show TheHighWire.com, Director of Communications for Robert Kennedy Jr’s 2024 presidential campaign, a f... Read More →

Speakers

Wayne Allyn Root

The Capitalist Evangelist

Sir Wayne Allyn Root (WAR) is a CEO, entrepreneur, bestselling author, and nationally syndicated TV and radio host known for his outspoken advocacy of capitalism and the America First movement. A Columbia University graduate raised in the Bronx, he is often called a “capitalist... Read More →

Dean Cain

Hollywood’s Superman for American Ideals

Dean Cain is an actor, producer, and cultural commentator best known for his role as Superman in the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Over the past three decades, he has built a career in film and television while becoming an outspoken voice in America’s... Read More →

JJ Carrell

Former U.S. Border Patrol Deputy Patrol Agent

J.J. Carrell is a retired U.S. Border Patrol Deputy Patrol Agent in Charge who served for 24 years, primarily in the San Diego Sector. Drawing on decades of frontline and leadership experience, he has become a prominent commentator on immigration and border security issues. Carrell... Read More →

Catherine Bernard

Founding Partner, Bernard & Johnson, LLC

Founder of Spartacus Legal which provides assistance to individuals who are experiencing hardship as a result of their contact with the criminal justice system; to provide support to attorneys representing such individuals; to educate the larger community about the nature of these... Read More →

Billy Binion

The Criminal Justice Reporter

Billy Binion is a reporter at Reason magazine, where he writes about criminal justice and civil liberties.

He has been published in The Free Press, Newsweek, the San Francisco Chronicle, HuffPost, The Saturday Evening Post, and the Washington Examiner, among other publications, and his work has been cited in leading outlets like The New York Times, The Atlantic, Fox News, and others. He reg... Read More →

Athar Haseebullah

Executive Director, ACLU of Nevada

Athar Haseebullah, Esq. is the Executive Director of the ACLU of Nevada, Nevada’s largest civil liberties and civil rights organization. Athar is a prolific civil rights leader, lawyer, and strategist with a breadth of professional experience. Since he took over the organization... Read More →

Exhibitors

Integrally

Helping people disagree with integrity.

Integrally brings people together for thoughtful debates on our society's most pressing issues, with a focus on understanding different perspectives and agreeing/disagreeing with integrity. We're on a mission to change how people talk to one another with a first-of-its-kind dialogic... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2026 4:45pm - 6:00pm PDT
Main Stage Room 130-135

General Session

6:00pm PDT

End of Friday at FreedomFest

Friday July 10, 2026 6:00pm - 6:00pm PDT

Main Stage Room 130-135

Friday July 10, 2026 6:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
Main Stage Room 130-135

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