Every year we reunite, at the heart of the Feather River Canyon, to attune with the elements and elevate into a transcendent state where we conspire to artistically express some of the most ancient instinctual parts of ourselves. Through space and time, Sunset Campout has come to serve as a radical wonderland and reunion for our community’s creative self expression. We envision, create, design and build an exuberant festival for exploration, connection, love and acceptance.  

This year, we reach 10-years of Sunset Campout in Belden Town. When we reflect upon the nostalgia of our grass roots beginnings, ponder our evolution, and remain open to the vision of our future, it brings us to an awareness of what Sunset Campout evokes in us and how its has served us all these years. We see how it has inspired our inner Dionysus, a subconscious energy fused with the ancients, nature, instinct and emotion. It symbolizes the need for people to take off their masks, synchronize with their authentic self and return to the basic nature of a free, unfettered spirit raving in the wilderness. 

It’s the symbolism of our reminiscent playfulness that inspires us with our theme for 2019 - Dionysian Jubilee. A dionysiac celebration of the conscious and subconscious creative expression of our soul family over the last decade in Belden. In the same vein as our Dionysian theme, the theme is not meant to be a literal guide. It’s intention is purely to trigger an abstract mental imagery or feeling one can draw upon for inspiration that will connect us all for our amazing 10-year milestone celebration in the woods.