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FreedomFest 2026

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Catherine S. Bernard

1:00pm PDT

Teaching Kids About the Founding Fathers, the Original Civil Liberties Heroes (followed by book signing) Ideas & Debate Stage Room 106-107Kelley Paul

2:00pm PDT

Free Market Solutions to Immigration Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Gary Alexander • Marcin Chmielowski • Adam Weinberg • Carlos Urbizo

3:55pm PDT

Celebrating the Achievements of the American Experiment: What Have We Done Right? Main Stage Room 130-135Erick Erickson • Steve Forbes • Shane Krauser • David Fisher • Kelley Paul

5:00pm PDT

Liberty’s Secret Agents: Freedom Inside Government Main Stage Room 130-135Adam Knott • Adam Knott

8:15am PDT

Yoga with Lauren Williams Wheelhouse

11:25am PDT

My Greatest Entrepreneurial Success: Disrupting the Deep State Main Stage Room 130-135Patrick Byrne

3:00pm PDT

The Spirit of 1776: The Musical Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Jo Ann Skousen • Lydia Abbott Drury • Brian Drury • Mark Skousen • Gary Alexander • Steve Forbes • David T. Phillips

5:10pm PDT

Running the Campaign You’re Not Allowed to Run — An Unprecedented Announcement Main Stage Room 130-135Mike ter Maat

5:25pm PDT

My Most Dangerous Assignment: Uncovering Government Fraud in Minnesota and California Main Stage Room 130-135Nick Shirley • Adam Carolla

8:00pm PDT

Conversation Circle: Peer-to-Peer Liberty: Generating Freedoms in an Era of Rising Controls Innovation Workshop Room 122-123Adam Knott • Adam Knott

9:00pm PDT

The Wrong Take with Lou Perez: Is Immigration Bad for Libertarians? Live Recording Franklin Salon Room 102-103Randy Barnett • Martha Bueno • Austin Petersen • Lou Perez • Peter Stewart • Boris Khaykin

8:15am PDT

Yoga with Lauren Williams Wheelhouse

8:30am PDT

The Forbidden Idea: Voluntary Cooperation or Violence—There Exists No Middle Way (Refreshments provided) Jefferson Salon Room 124-125Mark Monoscalco • The Forbidden Idea

9:00am PDT

Welcome to the "You Are The Power Action" Center: From Ideas to Action Franklin Salon Room 102-103Spike Cohen • You Are The Power

9:55am PDT

How To Win For Freedom Main Stage Room 130-135Spike Cohen • You Are The Power

10:00am PDT

From Application To Successful Resolution Franklin Salon Room 102-103Ryan Ralston • You Are The Power

10:05am PDT

Good People Break Bad Laws Main Stage Room 130-135Spike Cohen • Topher Field • Libertarian Party of Australia • Battleground Melbourne

10:25am PDT

Restoring the Second Amendment Main Stage Room 130-135John Lott • Crime Prevention Research Center

12:00pm PDT

LUNCHTIME ACTIVISM SLAM Franklin Salon Room 102-103Ryan Ralston • You Are The Power

2:00pm PDT

Rethinking Women's Rights: The Unconventional Pro-Life Libertarian Case Ideas & Debate Stage Room 106-107Norman Horn • Kerry Baldwin • Michael Shermer • Integrally • Libertarian Christian Institute

3:00pm PDT

The Essential Thomas Sowell, starring Clifton Duncan Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Clifton Duncan

4:45pm PDT

FreedomFest Mock Trial: ICE on Trial Main Stage Room 130-135Del Bigtree • Wayne Allyn Root • Dean Cain • JJ Carrell • Catherine Bernard • Billy Binion • Athar Haseebullah • Integrally

6:00pm PDT

LADIES ONLY Speed Networking: Meet The Ladies of Freedom Fest Jefferson Salon Room 124-125Ladies of Liberty Alliance Libertarian Nationalism: The Most Dangerous Ideas in Liberty Adams Salon Room 126Austin Petersen • Lou Perez • 4Liberty Network

8:00pm PDT

Escaping Venezuela; Jim Epstein, dir. 74 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Germania Rodríguez Poleo • Jim Epstein • Reason Conversation Circle: Braver Angels Debate Conversation Circle: Braver Angels Debate Resolved: Open Borders Are Incompatible with a Taxpayer-funded Welfare State Jefferson Salon Room 124-125Dan Jones • Braver Angels Karaoke Wheelhouse

8:15am PDT

Yoga with Lauren Williams Wheelhouse

8:30am PDT

Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Refreshments provided) Jefferson Salon Room 124-125Jacob Sullum • Billy Binion • Reason

9:35am PDT

The Next 250 Years of America: From Revolution to Revelation Main Stage Room 130-135Kelsey Grammer • Alexander McCobin

11:30am PDT

Political Violence: Creating a Dangerous New World and What We Can Do About It Main Stage Room 130-135Rep Dusty Johnson

2:00pm PDT

Crime in the 50 States: Why Self-Defense Is Critical for Public Safety (Refreshments provided) Adams Salon Room 126John Lott • Crime Prevention Research Center

3:00pm PDT

Freedom Can't Wait: Federal Hostages of the War on Drugs Free Speech Stage Room 108-109Kat Murti • Jimmy Romans • Travis Cullen • Lyn Ulbricht • Students for Sensible Drug Policy The Free Will Debate: Are Humans Predictable and Rational, or Wayward and Incalculable? (Refreshments provided) Philosophers Room Room 104Mark Skousen • Michael Shermer • Jennifer Grossman • Doug Stuart

4:00pm PDT

2025 SCOTUS Review Philosophers Room Room 104Randy Barnett • Catherine Bernard • Jonathan Riches • Jacob Reynolds A New Revolution in Psychedelic Freedom and Access Franklin Salon Room 102-103Judd Weiss Conspiracy Theories: From Aliens to Epstein Island Jefferson Salon Room 124-125Jennifer Grossman • Michael Shermer Power Struggle: The Lord of the Rings & Conservative Civil War Free Speech Stage Room 108-109Stephen Kent • Evan Cooney

6:45pm PDT

"Independence Ball" FreedomFest Saturday Night Farewell Banquet & Party Main Stage Room 130-135Lisa Kennedy • Chris Rufer • Triple AXL as the Quarter Millennials