FreedomFest 2024: Full Schedule

9:00pm PDT

Punching Up Comedy Festival

Wednesday July 10, 2024 9:00pm - 11:00pm PDT

The Wheelhouse

This is a ticketed event. You can purchase a ticket via the FreedomFest Registration Platform.

Speakers

Andrew Doyle

Writer, Broadcaster and Satirist

Andrew Doyle is a writer, broadcaster and satirist. He is the author of "Free Speech and Why It Matters" and "The New Puritans". He is the presenter of "Free Speech Nation", a weekly television show on GB News.

Brittany Hunter

Writer, Pacific Legal Foundation; Comedian; Host, Punching-Up Comedy Festival

Brittany is a writer at Pacific Legal Foundation, a storyteller, and a standup comedian.Brittany is an avid believer in individual rights and especially, the right to free speech. Her career as a writer in the liberty space has been devoted to fields of economics and law. While she... Read More →

Lou Perez

Comedian and Author

Lou Perez is a comedian, producer with Cancelled Productions LLC, and author of That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy. You may have seen him on FOX’s Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black).Lou was the head writer and producer of t... Read More →

Rob Schneider

Comedian/Author

Rob Schneider is an accomplished actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. A stand-up comic and veteran of the award-winning NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, Schneider has gone on to a successful career in films, television and continues his worldwide standup tour... Read More →

Wednesday July 10, 2024 9:00pm - 11:00pm PDT
The Wheelhouse

Special Event (Ticketed)

12:15pm PDT

Brain Food with Steven Pinker, Michael Shermer and Matt Ridley

Thursday July 11, 2024 12:15pm - 1:30pm PDT

Room 133

This is a ticketed event. You can purchase a ticket via the FreedomFest Registration Platform.

Speakers

Steven Pinker

Public Intellectual / Harvard Professor / Author of Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters & Enlightenment Now

STEVEN PINKER asks the big questions about human progress and sets out, in public, to answer them. In Rationality, he explores why—when humanity is reaching new heights of scientific reasoning—there appears to be more fake news, conspiracy theorizing, and medical quackery than... Read More →

Michael Shermer

Founding Publisher, Skeptic Magazine

Dr. Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101. For 18 years he was a monthly columnist for Scientific American. He writes a we... Read More →

Matt Ridley

Author, How Innovation Works, Rational Optimist, Viral

Matt Ridley’s books have sold over a million copies, been translated into 31 languages and won several awards. His books include The Red Queen, The Origins of Virtue, Genome, Nature via Nurture, Francis Crick, The Rational Optimist, The Evolution of Everything, and How Innovati... Read More →

Thursday July 11, 2024 12:15pm - 1:30pm PDT
Room 133

Special Event (Ticketed)

6:30pm PDT

Unfiltered Conversation with Ice-T Reception

Thursday July 11, 2024 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT

Room 130

This is a ticketed event. Please purchase using the FreedomFest Registration Platform.

Moderators

Heather Wagenhals

Host, Unlock Your Wealth

Heather Wagenhals has empowered others for 25 years with her special blend of personal finance and wealth building techniques through books, articles, speeches, radio, and television. As a nationally recognized personal finance-expert, Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist... Read More →

Speakers

Ice-T

Actor, Hip Hop Artist, Author

Ice-T not only invented gangster rap, he has lived it. Ice-T is the original embodiment of LA Hip-Hop and acultural icon. Through his music, his books (The Ice Opinion, Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life andRedemption-from South Central to Hollywood), and his lecture tours of America’s... Read More →

Thursday July 11, 2024 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT
Room 130

Special Event (Ticketed)

7:00pm PDT

VIP Meet the Independent Candidates Reception

Friday July 12, 2024 7:00pm - 8:00pm PDT

Room 130

Moderators

Thomas Massie

U.S. Representative from Kentucky

U.S. Representative Thomas Massie entered Congress in November 2012 after serving as Lewis County Judge Executive. He represents Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District which stretches across Northern Kentucky and 280 miles of the Ohio River.U.S. Representative Massie attended the... Read More →

Christina Tobin

Founder, Free & Equal Elections

Christina Tobin is a thought leader in the electoral reform and voters’ rights movements. She is the founder and chair of both the non-profit Free & Equal Elections Foundation and the petitioning company Free & Equal, Inc. Free & Equal Elections Foundation leads national, state... Read More →

Speakers

Chase Oliver

2024 Libertarian Presidential Candidate

Chase Oliver is a 37-year-old Libertarian activist living in Atlanta. Dubbed “…the most influential Libertarian in America…” by Rolling Stone, Oliver is a champion of the rights of the individual against the growing power of the state. He began his political activism opposing... Read More →

Jill Stein

2024 Green Party Presidential Candidate

Jill Stein is a Harvard-educated doctor, a pioneering environmental health advocate, and an organizer for people, planet, and peace. She has helped lead initiatives to fight environmental racism, injustice, and pollution, to promote healthy communities, and to revitalize democracy... Read More →

TBD

Exhibitors

Free and Equal Elections

The Free & Equal Elections Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to open the electoral process through education and collaborative action.

Friday July 12, 2024 7:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
Room 130

Special Event (Ticketed)

7:00pm PDT

VIP Speakers Reception

Friday July 12, 2024 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT

The Wheelhouse

This is a VIP event for Speakers at FreedomFest only.

Speakers

Triple Axl

FreedomFest House Band

Friday July 12, 2024 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
The Wheelhouse

Special Event (Ticketed)

7:30am PDT

Five Easy Ways to Convert Students to Free-Market Capitalism

Saturday July 13, 2024 7:30am - 8:30am PDT

Room 133

This is a ticketed event.

Speakers

Mark Skousen

Producer, FreedomFest

Dr. Mark Skousen is a Presidential Fellow and the Doti-Spogli Endowed Chair of Free Enterprise at Chapman University. He has a BA, MA, and Ph. D. in economics (George Washington University, 1977). In 2018, Mr. Steve Forbes awarded him the Triple Crown in Economics for his work in... Read More →

Saturday July 13, 2024 7:30am - 8:30am PDT
Room 133

Special Event (Ticketed)

7:00pm PDT

FreedomFest Closing Banquet

Saturday July 13, 2024 7:00pm - 10:00pm PDT

Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)

This is a ticketed event.

Speakers

Triple Axl

FreedomFest House Band

The Spazmatics

FreedomFest Banquet Band

Internationally renowned as “The Ultimate 80s New Wave Tribute,” the Spazmatics come with all the awesome sounds, styles, and way cool dance steps from the decade we’ll never forget. With nearly two dozen lineups setup regionally to serve every major market across the coun... Read More →

Saturday July 13, 2024 7:00pm - 10:00pm PDT
Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)

Special Event (Ticketed)