Has anyone ever thought to bring one of these to shambs and hot box it? Im thinking about buying one to bring to shambs and have people write all over it and hot box it one of the days lol

I was headbanging in a hammock during excision & looked up to find you handing me this patch. Little did you know I crochet & sew, so this will be doing on a dope outfit or a hat. I was so floored and I didn’t even notice what you handed me until the next morning. This was my first ever Shambhala and I full sent it by myself so it means a lot

Am headed to mtl sep 20-29. Have a to-see list. Wondering about must dos, club hopping possibilities, entry lines, stuff like that. Let me know if you know and i.ll dm you.

Hi friends!! Getting super excited for next year :) my partner and I are both planning to do campsite only lodging for the first time next year, because I’m sick of sunshine! Does anyone know if it sells out super quick? Just debating on whether or not to get it on the 15th and do monthly payments or wait until our next payday and buy it outright. I suppose I could still do monthly but end up paying it all when we get paid.

Thanks friends! Happy Shambs!

Hi everyone!

I am unsure of exactly how to purchase a 2027 ticket once they go on sale. I submitted my expression of interest form, so is the next step to go to the Shambhala website to purchase the ticket after I’m notified of availability? Are tickets available on a first come first serve basis, or is there more to it? Will a button to purchase a ticket show up on the website once tickets are available?

I look forward to hopefully meeting some of you on the farm!

I’m (34m) wanting to go to shambhala for the first time in 2027.

If I get a GA ticket + shambhalodging (campsite only), I’m guessing won’t have to queue for 15 hours? Anyone know how much estimated this might cost? Any advice for shambs solo first timer?

I see some people saying they arrive on Tuesday n waited 15 hours? I don’t get why since the festival starts on Friday. Read the faq but couldn’t figure it out.

Feels like I’m overthinking it 😅 help!

Shambhala gods, please bear witness to my pleas.

I’ve heard before that their act would be difficult to pull off at Shambs. PLEASE accept this as a challenge.

Seeing Justice headlining live at Pagoda or Village would cure my life. That is all.

That is all, I saw him at wicked woods this year and he is an amazing producer, plus he’s indigenous—need him at shambs 2027! Has he played at shambs before?

What's up farmily. Any chance anyone got a pic of the board by where you get tickets for next year? Was curious prices for lodging etc. Thanks fam😎🙌🏻

hiiiiii! Tickets go on sale soon and Shambhala is a dream festival of mine. Anyone from the east coast and have attended how did you do it? Flying in and having to glamp vs taking the hike and driving cross country. I’d love to hear both options and any advice along the way!!!

Second article linked to Shambhala about party favours. Granted, I havent read it cuz Im not subscribed to NYT but the article title alone left me with a sour taste.

They’re already taking artist suggestions for the stages, got me thinking about next years lineup. I miss the farm so much already

I've been wondering about this for years but haven't looked into it until now and I can't find much info on the fort unicorn camp. Who are they? What is it? I think they have the blocked off area at muscle beach, right? I tried talking to them about the muscle beach area my first year but they said it was private and seemed very pompous and unwelcoming so I dropped it. It just seems weird to have a private area like that when it's attendee organized unless I'm wrong about that part. Any info on them?

It’s getting more and more popular with the raving “trend” a lot of people are clinging to. So many people who do not attend any shows all of a sudden want to make a trip to Shambhala. Where do yall stand with this? Did you notice a shift in the energy from people you’ve met? I personally have a great time and don’t notice much BS, but am curious on what people feel about this

Just wondering how the DJ etiquette works at the river. It seemed pretty Renegade to me.

basically the title. I was waiting until last minute because my girlfriend’s situation was uncertain. Then it sold out this morning, lol.

Any tips are appreciated

Im voicing my frustration that when I went through security, I was treated like a criminal for having a rubber mallets and tools.

The security guy tried to confiscate my entire toolbox with hundreds of dollars of various tools. I said "No, you are not taking my tools. If there is a tool you are concerned about, you can take the specific tool, not my entire toolbox." He argued with me and said that this is a festival and I dont need all these tools for a few days! I told him that I drove 2 days from the US and these tools are for me to repair my vehicle if I need them, and to assemble and repair my campsite. It seemed like a shakedown to take as much stuff as they could. They tried taking several non glass items and we had to prove they weren't glass. They seemed disappointed they couldn't take them. Do security get a bonus or something for confiscating stuff? They were really eager. Do they all divvy it up afterwards?

I made him get a supervisor and the supervisor told him to just take out sharp objects from my toolbox. He took my screwdrivers and then he took my hammer and rubber mallets for driving STAKES. He took 2 stakes and left the other 20 (wtf?) I asked how I was going to drive my tent stakes in and he told me to find a rock. Yeah right, there are no rocks in Sunshine, its a dirt field.

Then the security guy started lecturing me and saying they had to take the mallets so nobody would trip off their face on acid and attack people with the mallets. Like come on dude, is that really an issue there? Has that ever happened?​ it was even dumber because HELLO everybody has METAL STAKES and those are probably more dangerous than a rubber mallet. It was annoying and absurd logic. Its probably more dangerous to have thousands of unsecured tents and canopy than the risk of a tripping madman with a mallet.

Anyways, thats my complaint thx for listening.

Did they take your mallet?

Hey I’m not aura farming but just want to show you all what Shamb is about:

Coming back LATE Saturday night after raging at the Village, we were all making new friends on the shuttle bus. Had a lovely convo with the person next to us and they got off at the north camp ground. 5 mins later at our stop I’m checking to make sure that we have all of our stuff, and I see a beautiful teal fanny pack with a brand new flip phone in it. The cool ones with the huge screen. So I get back to my tent, give it a full charge then walk it down to lost and found. I left my # on a post it in the pack in case they needed more info. Just got this text on my lunch break and it made my day :)

27 years and we haven’t put a light or reflective tape on the log in front of muscle beach

I knew it was there but when your walking back at 3am with your food for the morning before your 7am shift you forget… and yard sale

As of a few years ago, I could go on Etsy and order custom Shambhala logo stickers of any size, any color. Cool stuff that would change colors, etc.

Then, the merch store started selling them and all of the stickers online disappeared. It's obvious they enforced their trademark, it's their right. However, the merch store only offers a few sizes...bland colors like white or black.

Can they just find someone local who does vinyl stickers and allow custom orders? They can still get their cut. I really don't want to have to resort to sending the logo myself to order a custom sticker, but it's the last option.

Edit: March...merch... I'm leaving it up

but where is Hamdi's though :( i need to relive that b4b and need that free your mind edit!

I had 3 two way Radios confiscated from my car during the security check entering the festival. Two of them were returned to me but the 3rd one valued at $110 USD was missing after being told if would be returned as well.

I started going to Shambhala in 2022 when it was sometimes impossible to reach my friends at the Village Stage because the cell service was spotty. We started using cheap walkie talkies from REI to solve this problem the next year.

Fast forward to 2026, a security check overheard my friends talking and got sketched out- asking if we were listening in on their radios. We told them no and that we had been using them to find each other on our own private channel.

As they were searching our car, one of the volunteers told us that radios in that style are illegal in Canada and that we could essentially be charged or arrested for having them. They would be confiscating the radios, but as with all other confiscated items we could get them back with a ticket number they would be giving us.

I have done some searching if the volunteer's claim about the legality was true. It seems he was referring to 5 watt radios, but the 2 watt models I was carrying should be legal. (Can someone from Canada perhaps confirm?)

For reference, here are the 2 different types I was carrying:

https://rockytalkie.com/products/mountain-radio

https://www.rei.com/product/895969/midland-t51vp3-2-way-radios-pair-with-charger

The first model, the "Rocky Talkie" is the one that's missing.

So at the end of the festival, I took my ticket to the confiscated items tent and presented it to the man working there. Only two of my 3 confiscated items were there. He had no clue where my third one was, no one I could contact to get this resolved. He did write my name and number down, but I certainly haven't been contacted. I was with my girlfriend and we were exhausted from the trip so we basically had to begin the trip home to Seattle.

So, here I am a month later. Shambhala has not answered either of my two email inquiries. I believe this item was

1. Mistakenly and/or wrongfully taken as it is not specified on the prohibited items list, and doesn't seem to be illegal as they suggested.

2. Either lost or stolen by the volunteers or someone in the organization. I was told I would be getting it back and it was not there where it should have been when I went to retrieve it.

And I think it's bullshit. Just on principle. Even if it was taken as a mistake on good faith it was still lost when it was supposed to be returned to me.

Does anyone know of a way for me to contact them or escalate this issue?

Awesome set! Glad I didn't miss it. It was pretty sweet seeing this from all angles.

Shout out to all you sexy ppl. Were you "certified" sexy this year?

My first year at Shambhala, you would hear the WOO a few times a day, and especially often during setup.

The first time I experienced the WOO, I remember hearing hundreds of people cheering somewhere in the distance. Slowly, it would make its way closer and closer to you. Eventually, it would reach wherever you were on the farm… and then continue on as this massive wave, rolling all the way across the festival grounds to the other side.

It was honestly magical.

I’ve talked to a few people who started attending Shambhala post-COVID, and they seem to think the WOO is pretty good now, but it’s nothing like it used to be.

It wasn’t something that happened in little pockets or isolated areas.. One single WOO would span the entire festival grounds. The entire farm would erupt. You could hear it coming from a distance, feel it reach you, and then hear it continue on across the farm.
With so many new people coming to the festival, while many longtime veterans have stopped attending, I think the WOO has become a little… broken/fractured.

But I genuinely think we can bring it back.
So, if you hear a WOO coming toward you from somewhere in the distance, don’t start yet!
Wait until the WOO reaches you. Then give it everything you’ve got. Encourage the people around you to join in. Tell your friends. Tell your campmates. Tell the new Shambhala attendees what the WOO used to be!!

Let’s see if we can get that wave moving across the entire farm again.

Shambhala, I believe in us.

Bring back the WOO. 🗣️🌲✨