Gore Fest 2025

After eight years of hosting Gore Fest, American Whitewater is excited to announce we fully passed the festival off to the incredibly capable hands of the folks at Whitewater Racing LLC. We will be out there at our tent, so please still come and stop by and renew your membership or join for the first time! Click on read more for all the details about this year’s festival taking place at the Pumphouse Rec area from Aug 21st -24th (Thursday evening till Sunday morning). 

Come enjoy festival vendors and live music. 

Ponder the Albatross is playing 6-9pm Saturday. 

Shuttles up to confluence put in at 9 and 10 am Saturday. 

Unfortunately there is no official race but we do encourage people with the requisite skills to go enjoy the canyon we are here to celebrate, you are doing so at your own risk. 

There will be Gore Fest shirts for sale along with raffle tickets. Raffles are supported by our great event partners and sponsors. 

Camping is $10 per person for the weekend, music included. If you just want to come see the music Saturday, that's also $10. 

First come first serve car passes. Additional vehicles will need their own car passes which can be purchased from the blm on site or through a parking season pass or are included with an America the Beautiful pass. There is no cell service at Pumphouse so please bring cash for food and raffle purchases.

See you there!