Your Passport Across the Free State
For more than two decades, people have come to New Hampshire for PorcFest to see what the Free State Project is all about. But during those same two decades, something else has been happening quietly across the Granite State.

Free Staters have been building.

• Clubhouses.
• Farms.
• Businesses.
• Schools.
• Communities.

Now it’s time to open the doors and welcome you in.

From Summer Solstice, June 21 through June 28, 2026, PorcFest will take place across the Free State, with participating venues hosting programming throughout the week.

Explore the wider Free State: the different regions, the cities, the towns, the parks, and most importantly, the people who have chosen to build their lives here.

Stay where you like.
Travel the state.
Pick the programming that excites you.

PorcFest XXIII: Spontaneous Order

For 23 years, the Porcupine Freedom Festival has taken place — growing in size and reputation — here in the Free State of New Hampshire. Nothing has ever stopped us.

Even during totalitarian lockdowns of 2020, PorcFest was the only large-scale libertarian event in the world to go on as scheduled.

This year, however, we have been faced with a unique challenge: our freedom festival has outgrown our historic venue and we are not able to return. Despite an extensive search, we were unable to find a single campground or alternate venue to accommodate the size and the level of freedom we expect from this festival.

But necessity is the mother of invention and PorcFest lives on!

That’s why we are embracing an experiment in full decentralization and bottom-up building with “PorcFest XXIII: Spontaneous Order.”

“Spontaneous Order” — 

The official Free State Project will not be putting on any official programming. All events will be driven by Free State participants and clubhouses across the state.

FSP as the PorcFest Community Bulletin Board —

All participating venues are encouraged to use our digital infrastructure, including our PorcFest calendar and Free State Forum, to discuss and promote the events they are offering through the week.

To participate:

(1) Check the PorcFest Calendar to learn about events as they are scheduled. For event organizers: add your events!

(2) Register for the Free State Forum and join the discussion on all things PorcFest as we prepare for a week on face-to-face events.

We will also be promoting participating venues and events through all of our communications channels, including ours newsletters, podcasts, and social media channels.

No Festival Tickets — 

To ensure our venues have the opportunity to cover their own costs: (1) every participating venue is free to charge admission to attendees as they see fit, and (2) the FSP will discontinue selling tickets to PorcFest that would cover admission to participating venues and events.

If you have already purchased a ticket, you may contact PorcFest@FSP.org to request a full refund — anytime between now and the beginning of the festival on June 21.  (Any unclaimed refunds after that date will be considered a donation to the Free State Project.)

Please keep in mind that this is a community-driven experiment in spontaneous order. 

This year’s week-long festival will be what we all make of it — as hosts, content creators, and participants — and I am grateful to all venues building events for this summer’s Porcupine Freedom Festival.