After a good amount of hard work and research into local permitting questions, our team decided to keep the first iteration of the festival small as an invite-only crowd.

Festival

Festival

Aestival

Aestival

AUG 9 - 11

Photo credits on this site go out to Harri Bailey, Eveline Schneider, Philip Columbo and many more friends of Franklin Chthonics

franklin chthonics

Franklin Chthonics is an active meditation on appropriately managing and mindfully neglecting a large section of rural land on the edge of the western Catskills. Our community land project sits on 200+ acres of well tended fields and groves and is a 3 hour drive from New York City.

  • Water

    Mountain springwater delivered twice a day to camp sites

  • Fire

    fire

    Plentiful firewood provided for campside cooking and cozy evenings under the stars

  • food

    Theme camps can purchase hearty and healthy dinner plans

  • transportation

    Round trip shuttles from NYC, vans and utility vehicles on site for those with accessibility needs