Saturday, October 4th & Sunday October 5th

The Self Reliance Festival

Get your butt to Camden, Tennessee this October for the Self Reliance Festival—where freedom, preparedness, and hands-on skills meet real community. From blacksmithing to homesteading, medical prep to cutting-edge self-reliance strategies, this is where doers gather, ideas spark, and resilience becomes reality. Don’t just watch the world change—learn how to thrive no matter what comes.

Tickets are limited—grab yours now and be part of it.

TICKETS

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Singles meetup on Saturday night.

HOMESTEADING | PREPAREDNESS | DEMONSTRATIONS | VENDORS | PRESENTATIONS | KIDS PROGRAM | YOUTH PROGRAM | FOOD TRUCKS

FROM THE STAGE

Off Grid And Growing (SEAN)

A Proper Human Diet With Dr. Ken Berry

Prepping For The Women In Your Life With Combat Midwife

Build Abundance, Not Burnout With Nicole Sauce

Trade With Other Tribes With John Pugliano

Fortress Mindset: Real-World Family Defense With Joel Ryals of FortressK9

Like Father, Like Son: Homeschool Your Boys With Sonny Puzikas

Dispelling the Myths of Medical Preparedness With Chuck Peoples

The Impact Of Tariffs On Solar With Shawn Mills

Demand Health – Opt Out And Save Yourself With Callie Blackwell

MC Magic With SPAGS!

Rebunked News Live Interviews With Scott Armstrong

MARKETPLACE

South Portable Buildings

An authorized dealer of Graceland Portable Buildings, with a variety of sheds, tiny homes, cabins, garages, and carports. Also on offer are chicken coops, dog kennels, children’s play-sets, and trailers.

Buffalo Spirit Farm

Natural, pesticide-free herbal remedies designed to ease common ailments. Rooted in thorough research and a commitment to purity, they grow and harvest only the best that nature provides. Every remedy is made onsite with simple, easy-to-use ingredients—free from artificial additives and inspired by traditional healing practices.

Grumpy Acres Farm

Garren and Angela have been supplying our community with amazing freeze-dried meals, solar ovens and homestead medicinals since the early days. Come see what new goodies and treats are in store for you at SRF.

Homestead Medical

Homestead Medical is here to help you make sure you are ready for any medical emergency. Get your supplies and kits from our booth at SRF and sign up for some training with our experts.

Forward Training Concepts

Sonny Puzikas has trained with the best and is one of the premier instructors in our country. Fighting, martial arts, dealing with and understanding violence… knowing it intimately has been his passion for 40 years.

Fortress K9

Man’s best friend, loyal protector and constant companion is what you get with Fortress K9 dogs. If you are looking for a top tier performance animal and the support of world class trainers, come visit our booth outside at SRF. We also have merchandise available onsite for all your canine needs.

Holler Roast Coffee

Coffee so fresh, it’s cheeky – straight to you! We all know that best tasting and freshest coffee we know of comes from Holler Roast Coffee. Get rid of that bitter brew and taste the difference at our SRF booth.

Thunderhill Farm

Revolutionize Your Cooking, Your Life, & Your World! Find your inspiration with our homemade sweet & savory sauces from our gardens & orchard in Northern Wisconsin. Visit ThunderHill Farm’s table at SRF in October and find your new favorite flavors.

Homestead Glamour

All natural, no added water body butter, creams, soaps and beard oil.

Cheesey Express Food Truck

Enjoy grilled cheese and other delicious dishes.

Farmhouse Food Truck

BBQ and down home cookin!

DeVries Leather

Hand-crafted leather items: wallets, bags, belts and more!

ReGeneration Station

With a mission is to build community and encourage our local economy, ReGeneration Station can’t wait to join the fun at the market, offering soaps, lotions, body products, and more!

Redemption Valley Apothecary & Hydration Station

Come experience living Kangen water, explore handcrafted herbal tinctures, browse inspiring books, and connect with Callie Blackwell for insights into true healing and sovereignty

Centerville Farm

Locally adapted trees, shrubs and plants!

Heartland Family Designs

Gifts that hit different: journals, hats, and keepsakes that are funny, inspiring, and built to last. No boring stuff.

Body & Soul Massage

Tired and sore from all the walking, talking, and enjoying SRF? Stop by and visit Joy and get those kinks worked out!

Rosie’s Sweet Spirited Temptations

Be sure to visit Rosie for some handmade keto snacks made with local ingredients.

Haven Village

Building Healthy Hemp Homes

Laser Ham

Your source for specialty radio antennas and accessories.
ADD YOUR BUSINESS TO THE MARKETPLACE

FIELD DEMOS

Make Biochar With Bruce DeVries

Defense Dog Demos With Joel Ryals of FortressK9

Hempcrete with River and Imanee

How To Tie Knots With Chris Watkins

Talk With Other Tribes With John Pugliano

Weaving And Spinning

Chainsawin’ The Safe Way With Chris Watkins

Starting A Food Forest With Matt and Gabby Hundley

Direct Solar With Ryan Steva

Animal First Aid And Salves

Valerie Tongette and her Dog Zina

Churn Butter The Old Way With Valerie Tongette

Cheese Making With Grumpy Acres Farm

ACCELERATE YOUR HOMESTEAD PREPRAREDNESS BUSINESS

LOCATION: Birdsong Marina, 255 Marina Rd, Camden, TN 38320, 1 HOUR SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE

Join us for presentations, demonstrations, vendor exhibits, community, and music!

The Self-Reliance Festival gives you a close-up view of homesteading, preparedness and building a better tomorrow. Thoroughly practical demonstrations include emergency medical training, growing food, defense dogs, spinning, food preservation, self defense, music, and — most importantly — building strong communities.

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SPONSORS

BECOME A SPONSOR

Holler Roast Coffee

Holler Roast Coffee provides much of the event management for Self-Reliance Festival and runs a couple of giant urns of brew.

3rd Day Beverage Company

Pure spring water and clean hydration. No dyes. No fake flavors. Just real water and drinks you can count on.

Radio Made Easy

Practical instruction on using radios, programmed radios, and more!

Special Operations Equipment

The best nylon tactical gear in the world. Open on SRF weekend!

North Spore

Mushroom cultivation made easy. Quality equipment, spores and more.

Living Free in Tennessee

The podcast that entertains, educates, and empowers you to live the life you choose.

Homestead Medical

Medical classes, kits, mentorship and more.

The Great American Preparedness Tour

Can you go to ALL the events? Our sister shows are so much fun.

Toolman Tim’s Workshop

We Create Community, Find Freedom, Promote Preparedness and Share Success.

Thunderhill Farm

Revolutionize your cooking. Sauces, spices, and other farm-direct delicious products. Life is too short for bad food!

Red Flyer Media

Streaming, video, production and more.

Without Rule Of Law and Practical Survival

The popular game without Rule of Lay and other awesome survival gear.

EMP Shield

EMP Shield’s family of products are designed to protect against electromagnetic pulse (EMP), lightning, power surges, and coronal mass ejection (CME).

FortressK9

Defense dogs, K9Academy online training, collars, leashes and more.

Get Self-Reliance Festival tickets NOW!

FIND YOUR TRIBE TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR FUTURE IT’S UP TO YOU

OCTOBER 4-5