Frozen Dead Guy Days

Estes Park, CO · Odd

When: April 2–4, 2027
Where: Estes Park Events Complex · Estes Park · CO
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

A festival built around Bredo Morstoel, a Norwegian man kept frozen in dry ice in a shed near Nederland since the early 1990s, with events including coffin races, a polar plunge, and a costume contest. The festival relocated to Estes Park's Events Complex and The Stanley Hotel after two decades in Nederland. It draws national media coverage for its uniquely Colorado premise.

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