2026 Whaaat!? Festival

A full Saturday of Experimental Games and Playful Interactions! The Glorious Revolutionary Micro-Republic of Whaaat!? invites you to visit our nation on the occasion of the 9th annual Whaaat!? Festival. Experience our enchanting country by exploring: • Themed arcades full of strange and delightful games • A riveting keynote speech by Kill Screen founder Jamin Warren • BRAAAINSHOW, our ludicrous live game show • Snacking opportunities, specifically a buffet featuring a wide selection of imported American cereals • "Parachutes", "casinos", group "games", "murder" mysteries, "prizes", and many other surprises that may require quotation marks for legal purposes • Hot Dog Glunch*, our national pasttime that combines games and lunch (*available as add-on, included with Citizen Pass) This year's ticketing tiers: • Whaaat!? Citizen Pass: Full Festival Access, Cereal Breakfast, Hot Dog Lunch, priority entry for events, one raffle ticket, full citizenship documents (including custom passport), and a Whaaat!? sticker pack (featuring 10 different stickers). • Tourist Pass: Full Festival Access, cereal breakfast, and a Whaaat!? sticker. • Hero of the Microrepublic Pass: a full citizen pass, but also— a commemorative 3D bust of you, a Whaaat!? national flag, a Whaaatlandian gift basket full of local goodies, 1 hour with a personal herald who will loudly announce your presence in each room you enter, a lunch ticket and a host of other heroic surprises. • Travel Waiver: Pay what you can and just show up! Thanks for our friends at Stellar Factory, Glunch (aka "games+ lunch") is included for Citizen Pass holders—Tourist Pass holders can add lunch as an add-on item if they'd like.