June 26-28 • Goodale Park

What is ComFest?: Short for Community Festival, ComFest is a sponsor-free, volunteer-run event featuring local music, arts, culture, crafts, vendors and community involvement.

ComFest features performances on 6 stages including, music, the arts, and political activism. Check out the performance schedule for the 2009 festival along with the program guide.

Volunteer

Mission statement: We think that people ought to work for the collective good of all people rather than for personal gain. We support cooperation and collective activity rather than competition and individual profit. The basic necessities of life are a right and not a privilege. People have the collective right to control the conditions of their lives.

People should strive to conduct their lives in harmony with the environment.

We recognize that there are primary attitudes which divide and oppress people. These attitudes are usually shown by prejudice against people on the basis of age, class, ability, income, race, sex and sexual preference/orientation. We seek to eliminate these attitudes.

Purpose: "They want a party for the sake of a party (which is not a bad thing, but anyone can do that anytime). ComFest, which happens annually because of those willing to work to make it happen, is a Party with a Purpose. And that purpose is to showcase the ideals that most people, at some level, already hold but are afraid or unwilling to act on. ComFest says, "You can make change happen. You can be a better person. You can build a better community, a better country, a better world. And each summer, along with the thousands of other people, you can celebrate what you've accomplished." Ain't pragmatic idealism disgusting?

ComFest tries hard to keep it simple. Stick to your fundamental principles. Behave as if the rest of the universe is as important as you are. Clean up after yourself. Respect others. Take care of the weak and sick. Those with power and money are not inherently better or more deserving than anyone else. Don't be afraid to push back. Remember to laugh and dance. Don't wait to act; do it yourself, with friends, and incredible things develop. Right here, right now. We won't always get what we want, but little by little we'll all get more of what we need.

This is your ComFest. This is your country. This is your world. Be here. Be involved. Be the change."

-Steve Abbott

2008 ComFest Program Guide

Official site