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FreedomFest 2026

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Carol Kaminsky

St. Petersburg, FL

9:00am PDT

Registration Opens Registration Desk

11:00am PDT

Attendee Lunch - On Your Own N/A

12:00pm PDT

Financial Freedom on the Brink: How to Reclaim the Foundations or Risk Losing It All Financial Freedom Stage Room 115-117Russell Gray

1:00pm PDT

It's Now an AI vs. AI World, Be Early in a Massive Cybersecurity Category Shift -- an Investor Perspective Innovation Workshop Room 122-123Zafar Khan • RPost: RAPTOR AI The Affordability Crisis: Causes and Cures Wealth Workshop Room 113-114Wolf von Laer • Ken Schoolland • Rainer Zitelmann • Gale Pooley

2:00pm PDT

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

3:00pm PDT

Opening Ceremonies Procession Pre-Function Space

3:15pm PDT

America the Beautiful Main Stage Room 130-135Lydia Abbott Drury

3:20pm PDT

Reading of the Declaration of Independence Main Stage Room 130-135Dean Cain

3:25pm PDT

What Is the American Way? Main Stage Room 130-135Dean Cain

3:35pm PDT

Think Independent Main Stage Room 130-135Valerie Leigh

3:40pm PDT

Welcome to FreedomFest Main Stage Room 130-135Lisa Kennedy

3:45pm PDT

Where Liberty Meets Legacy: Turning Precious Metals into History in the Making of Fine Art Unveiling of the Eagle Statue Main Stage Room 130-135Michael Sheppard • Mark Russo • Steve Forbes • Treasure Investments Corporation dba Foundry Michelangelo

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

4:20pm PDT

Your Freedom, Your Move: How to Take It Back Main Stage Room 130-135Casey Fleming

4:40pm PDT

FEE Hackathon Winners Main Stage Room 130-135Diogo Costa • FEE

4:50pm PDT

Freedom to Try Medical Innovations for a Better World Main Stage Room 130-135Dan Montano • Zhittya Genesis Medicine

5:00pm PDT

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

5:15pm PDT

250 Years of America and Free Markets Main Stage Room 130-135David Ibsen

5:25pm PDT

Punching Up "Truth in Comedy" Competition Winner Announcement Main Stage Room 130-135Lou Perez

5:30pm PDT

Hollywood's Blacklist 2.0: Creativity in an Age of Conformity Main Stage Room 130-135Lisa Kennedy • Dean Cain • Clifton Duncan • Rob Schneider

6:00pm PDT

Is There Any Hope for America for Another 250 Years? Main Stage Room 130-135Rand Paul • Mark Skousen

6:30pm PDT

End of Wednesday at FreedomFest Main Stage Room 130-135

8:00am PDT

Coffee and Continental Breakfast - Enjoy the Exhibit Hall Exhibit Hall Room 136-139

2:00pm PDT

Indecent Exposure: Catching Uncle Sam with His Pants Down Ideas & Debate Stage Room 106-107Stephanie Edewaard Weidle • Olivia Degenkolb • Jim Erdman • Kyle Seraphin • George Hill • Feds for Freedom

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

11:45am PDT

Defending Debate; Tim Silfies, dir., John Papola, prod. 57 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Lisa Kennedy • Tim Silfies

6:00pm PDT

LADIES ONLY Speed Networking: Meet The Ladies of Freedom Fest Jefferson Salon Room 124-125Ladies of Liberty Alliance

8:00pm PDT

Karaoke Wheelhouse

8:00am PDT

Exhibit Hall Open Exhibit Hall Room 136-139

8:15am PDT

Yoga with Lauren Williams Wheelhouse

2:00pm PDT

It's Not an Option! Financial Freedom Stage Room 115-117Jon Najarian • Pete Najarian

3:00pm PDT

The Hottest Investment Sectors of 2026 Financial Freedom Stage Room 115-117Greg Galloway • Conrad Schwalbe • Tim Skousen • Fund Advisors of America

4:00pm PDT

Power Struggle: The Lord of the Rings & Conservative Civil War Free Speech Stage Room 108-109Stephen Kent • Evan Cooney The Vanishing Wallet: The Global War on Financial Privacy Financial Freedom Stage Room 115-117Mark Skousen • Naomi Brockwell • Nick Anthony

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