The FAB Festival is our big annual party where we really like to spoil ourselves in the woods. This is the one camping trip where everyone pays to have nice clean bathrooms and our meals cooked for us. While the term festival usually implies rides, vendors, and pink cotton candy, this is not that kind of festival, maybe someday. For now, our Festival is no more than a large gathering of people that just like camping on the Shenandoah. Every year our gay camping group enjoys good food, friends, and fireworks and every year our group gets a little bit bigger.

The FAB Festival is held on a working cattle farm. People with a fear of cows would not have a good weekend. The farm has 11 campsites spaced far apart along a 1.5-mile bend in the river. Each campsite is very private. During the Festival weekend, we are not the only group on the farm. In previous years, all other campsites have been reserved by other non-gay groups and families. The FAB Festival is a planned camping date with the farm owner at the very beginning of the season for campsites #9 through #11. You must have a ticket to attend the FAB Festival. FAB Tickets and Scheduled Camping Reservations are easy; any GLBT friendly person can sign-up! The FAB Festival is a yearly event and advance ticket sales are mandatory.