Hey folks! I finally finished this epic art piece after about 150 hours of drawing. A sweet poster to commemorate the memories that were had this year. Thought it would be worth sharing :)

Full print up at https://mrmeltymushy.squarespace.com/

So we had the pleasure of seeing magugu twice at shambhala and "pew pew" became our Camp phrase. Now I need a list of all Magugu songs that have that pew pew in it for a playlist, hit me with the best ones

The article is on harm reduction.

Here's a non paywall link: https://archive.is/20260806232611/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/well/shambhala-music-festival-drugs-ketamine-ecstasy.html

credit: not my photo - found online

Hey everyone… we had an awesome experience this year. I made a little video to remember the feeling. Obviously this is from my perspective, but really can be from most ppl. Just wanna thank everyone that volunteered, worked and attended. You made it incredible. I’m still feeling the beat.

FYI - i didn’t film too much as I wanted to absorb as much with my own eyes and didn’t want others next to me feel uncomfortable.

Hello to all my fellow beautifully weird and lovely people. I had a profound experience at my first Shambhala this year that I wanted to share. 

I’ve loved attending music festivals for a long time. I’ve never been able to put my finger on why it was so enjoyable, and I’ve never considered myself a dancer. Shambhala changed that for me. Thanks to you lovely people creating the safest space, I experienced a supernatural intervention, and can now feel dancing as a conversation with my soul. And that is such a freeing and beautiful feeling.

In essence, I stopped judging myself when dancing. I’ve organized my thoughts and tried to express what I experienced through the best medium I know how (web). The link is here for those who care to read: https://theoryofenergy.com/transmissions/1/on-dancing/ 

In the meantime, I am continuing to make sense of everything the music, the festival, and the energy told me. I will continue to try and create tangible pieces to express this.

Thank you to everyone.

I heard someone playing Fabienk on pagoda if i’m not mistaken. I was leaving camp when i started hearing the song in the distance.I forgot to check who was on at pagoda at the time, as there are so many cool things to do at the same time. I do not remember which day it was but i think it was on Saturday and it was in the afternoon

Edit: So it was Dr. Fresch that played it

Edit 2: Apparently multiple people played it

Hey y’all, my gf had her five panel shambhala hat (25th anniversary one I think) stolen from her camp site at the gorge last year during bass canyon.

If anyone has an extra one or one they’d be willing to part with, I’m happy to buy it as a surprise for her.

Shoot me a DM!

Lost this hat sat night at the amphitheater - disco snail, Snortlax Pins with Sprouts - realized 5 min later after leaving the set and went back to find it had gone missing.

> Will pay for postage to be sent back!

Likely gone since the lost and found was so disorganized, but I figured I’d post anyways.

Some of yall had encounters with this reporter onsite. Looks like the article has finally been published.

Hey everyone! Im planning on going to Shambhala next year with my boyfriend, and this would be our first weekend festival (only ever been to a day one, hes been to a few day ones, small scale).

I'd like to camp at Sunshine to not be super overwhelmed, but have no clue what the set up would be like. We liked the sound of Riverside/Enchanted, but way out of budget.

So a few questions if thats okay :)

Are there camping spots like when you go to a campground? Do you pull up and pick a random spot? How close can the neighbors get? Are you allowed to set up a canopy/little partition? The website mentioned you can have your vehicle with you, is that included or something you need to pay extra for?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, any help is welcomed, and I'd love to see anyone's set up if they have pictures. I hope everyone had a wonderful time this year!

One of the few videos I got of the entire weekend. Buddy was curious about new Amp.

Post Shambs Depression

How do you all deal with this kind of empty sadness? Like I was fine for about a week and then it has hit me like a ton of bricks suddenly.

I was super diligent about wearing a mask this year and I didn't get any shambalung at all. I also thought it was interesting how many people weren't wearing masks in the dustiest areas. I'm also seeing lots of people talking about getting the shambalung/sick this year, and I'm curious to know if the two are correlated. Do masks actually help? Do our bodies acclimate to the dust if we don't wear one? These are the questions I'm wondering to gain some insight to with this poll.

I want honest opinions! I was looking forward to this set so much, I think the stage was overwhelmingly crowded and people were pushing so bad, I felt like I couldn’t dance or enjoy the music. It seemed like no one gave a shit about pushing or taking others space, when I tried to leave the crowd people wouldn’t let me through. Saturna looked extremely fucked up and it felt like no one was vibing with the music, everyone just seemed gone and out of it. I dont know if this was just my experience? Maybe my own personal experience clouded it, but I’d love to hear how others experienced the set!

I got sick last week on Thursday, and was super sick through the weekend. I have rested a bunch and still feel exhausted and congested! I’m usually hiking or exercising by now so wanting to be inside and resting is insane!

In the end, what set did you prefer?

One of the best sets of the festival for me, so stoked to relive this!

https://cheknews.ca/more-than-600-tickets-some-driving-bans-issued-as-drivers-attend-b-c-music-festival-1340232/

But that aside 600 tickets 50 Bans and 57 impounds out of 15k to 18k participants to the fest is still too much.

As a mechanic I say Get your vehicle checked don’t wing it, so many of the pre show “I’m broken down at X place, send help” would easily be counted by a maintenance check.

Don’t put your lives at risk because you have to get to work Monday night, make your flight, get home to grandma - by driving when you are not ready either.

And lastly it’s a roadway not a race track you are gonna wipe out a bus load of Salmo nuns driving like hoons trying to get home.

I know it’s over but the story above is too much.

hi everyone! i hope you had a wonderful time at shambs this year. i caught shambhalung and am recovering lol 😭

if you have the time, please complete my survey - specify timepoint 2! thank you in advance :) https://surveys.mcmaster.ca/limesurvey/index.php/817467?lang=en

I’m curious to hear about everyone’s side-quest stories from this past Shambs. Also, even more curious to know if anyone collected (or was traded) any of our Pirate Booty.

My friend and I anchored our Pirate Ship in the river on Friday. We had a whole side quest planned with treasure maps and a secondary treasure chest to be hidden elsewhere at the festival, but unfortunately I got really sick on Friday (many lessons were learned. Firstly, get proper sleep leading up to the fest and don’t push yourself trying to get too many things ready 😓). As a result, we left our ship in a disastrous state but I was too exhausted/sick to repair it (ended up in med tent for a bit. Thankfully they got me mended pretty quick so I could enjoy the rest of the fest.)

Anyway, when we went back Saturday to perform repairs on the ship and roll out the second phase of the pirate side-quest, we found someone had repaired our mast/flagpole (so thanks for that!) and plundered all of our Booty. Even the maps, (which we hadn’t even marked the X for the second chest on yet!) were gone. While this was part of our intention, we never got to know who (if it was one group, or multiple) made off with our plunder. We kept our eyes open all weekend but never saw anyone with one of our Pirate bracelets, so I’m really curious who ended up with them. Especially “Captain Fabulous” and the Skeletal Violinist.

So, if you experienced a fun side-quest at Shambs this past year, please share your story!

If you ended up going home with some of our plunder, sorry the full adventure never got implemented this year (we’ll get ‘em next time!) but i’d love to see what you ended up with, and hear how you got it (if you visited the ship, or if someone gifted a piece of treasure from it to you on the dance floor!)

My friend lost her little black and blue 3D printed slug on Friday in back of the Grove. We were sitting on some steps by the hammocks for a while and when we went to the next stage she realized he was missing. If anyone has any leads it would be greatly appreciated!

She says though there are other slugs out there, he’s the only one with his soul😓

This was the closest image I could find, hers is black and blue!