Host a Theme Camp
Theme Camps are how Revival becomes a community of communities. Bring your crew, club, collective, nonprofit, friend group or passion project, and open a public, welcoming space where people can step in and meet you. You’re not starting a camp. You’re opening a portal to a world you already belong to.
Every camp has a place
Applications aren’t a competition. Every camp that applies during the application period gets a spot on the grounds.
On the map and schedule
Your camp and its happenings show up in the official program, so people can find you and plan their day around you.
A real person in your corner
Our Theme Camps Leads walk you through everything, tickets included. You’ll hear back within 2 to 3 weeks.
Theme Camps at Revival
Theme Camps are the neighborhood of Revival. They’re the bodegas, art houses, classrooms and cozy nooks that make the grounds feel lived in. Don’t let the word “theme” scare you off. If you have a crew and something you love to share, you already have a camp.
What makes a camp?
Open to all
Every camp has a public space anyone can wander into, separate from where your crew sleeps.
Built your way
A lounge, a workshop nook, an art build, a care station. You decide what you offer and how much.
Every offering is a gift
Nothing in a camp is for sale. Selling happens at vendor booths only.
Why host?
Your people, your place
Camp with the crew you already love and meet everyone who wanders in.
Share what lights you up
Teach, host, play, care or perform. Your camp is how the rest of Revival meets your world.
Make the neighborhood
Camps are what turn a field into a community of communities.
Find Your Portal
Pick a style inspired by the world you already live in. These are starting points, not boxes.
Gathering
Potluck hosts, coffee crews, “we always have a couch open” people. A cozy home base.
Workshop
Makerspaces, skill-sharers, language clubs. Classes, demos and talks.
Art
Collectives, live painters, installation crews. Interactive art and live creation.
Performance
Bands, poets, choirs, circus and flow artists. Open mics and mini-stage moments.
Care
Mutual aid, tea and hydration crews, quiet-corner people. A place to land.
Play
Board game and tabletop RPG folks, puzzle builders, shenanigans. Games and quests.
Outreach
Local nonprofits, stewardship groups, arts education. Mission-driven connection
Wellness
Yoga, meditation, breathwork, sound baths. Consent-forward reflection and ceremony.
Rogue camps skip the schedule and pop up whenever the mood strikes.
Open invite camps center a community, like sober living, LGBTQIA+ or women’s community, while keeping every event open to all.
If you can describe your vibe, you can build a portal.
What Every Camp Agrees To
A few shared agreements keep the neighborhood safe, open and kind.
OPEN TO EVERYONE Your public space welcomes all, apart from your private camp.
STAFFED AND IN BOUNDS Stay in your footprint and staff your announced hours.
ARRIVE EARLY, STRIKE TOGETHER Come a day or two before gates open. Everyone who builds helps strike.
QUIET AFTER 10 Bluetooth speakers only after 10 PM.
PROPANE FIRE ONLY No open or wood fires.
LEAVE IT BETTER Leave no trace, and leave your site better than you found it.
CONSENT COMES WITH YOU Every campmate reads the Code of Consent and Conduct.
GIFTS ONLY Offerings are free. Selling is for vendor booths.
Invite Your Crew
Most Theme Camps happen because one person sends a message.
Use these pitches to rally your people, explain the opportunity, and recruit the help you need. Copy/paste, tweak a line, and hit send.
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Use this when you want to start the thread or frame your portal as a shared home base.
Home base version (friends & chosen family):
What if we made Revival feel like a home base for us this year, and opened it up so others can find us too? We can apply to host a theme camp, a public hangout where people can drop in, meet us, relax and join whatever we’re doing. It can be simple (shade, seating and a vibe) or more immersive if we want to go big. Who wants to help build it?Optional add-on line:
Our portal idea: a [Portal Type] with [two simple elements]. -
Use this when you need a clear, organized message for your group.
Copy + paste:
I’m putting together an application to host a Theme Camp at Revival, a public community space where people can drop in, connect and experience what our group is about. We can host meetups, workshops or performances that get listed in the festival program, and Revival’s Theme Camps Lead helps us plan it. What do you think? -
Use this when you’re ready to recruit helpers and assign roles.
Copy + paste:
Calling all builders, decorators, facilitators and vibe curators: I’m forming a crew to host a Theme Camp at Revival. We’ll create a public community space (think shade, seating, signage and interactive moments), host a few scheduled happenings, and make it a place people can stumble into and immediately feel welcome. Interested
How It Works
Say hello
Most camps start in a group chat. One person fills out a five-minute interest form for the whole crew. Half-formed ideas are welcome.
Walk it through
Our Theme Camps Lead reaches out within 2 to 3 weeks to shape the idea with you, tickets included.
Register your offerings
Each workshop, activity or hosted space goes into the program so people can find you. Revival may also ask your camp to host an independent facilitator.
You’re confirmed
Your spot on the map, your offerings in the program and a Revival point of contact through teardown.
Questions? Check our FAQs or reach our Theme Camps Lead at matt@ourrevival.org.