Nederland, Colorado's world-famous, quirky Frozen Dead Guy Days is back, March 9-11!
Celebrating its 17th year, Frozen Dead Guy Days is coming back to Nederland for a wild, crazy, and quirky three-day festival. Now, if you've never heard of it before, well, this probably sounds like a
really strange tradition just from the name alone. And, uh, you'd be right. This is not your average festival -- far from it actually.
Frozen Dead Guy Days pays homage to Bredo Morstoøl, a man who is currently frozen in a state of suspended animation and stuffed inside a Tuff Shed on dry ice above Nederland. Before all of this, Grandpa Bredo Morstoøl lived a comfortable life in Norway, but it wasn't until after his death in 1989 that things started to get very interesting ...
Typically, people are buried or even cremated when they die. Not Grandpa Bredo. Instead, he was packed in dry ice and shipped to Oakland, California's Trans Time cryonics facility, where he was placed in liquid nitrogen. Four years later, his daughter and grandson brought him to Colorado. Some people caught wind of everything, and the rest is history.
Read more about the story behind the festival
HERE.
Frozen Dead Guy Days 2018 Event Schedule
*Schedule is subject to change.*
Friday, March 9
Be Royalty at the Ball!
4 p.m. to 1 a.m. @ ReAnimate Yourself Tent
$20 per person |
Purchase Tickets Here
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Courtesy of Frozen Dead Guys Day (Facebook)[/caption]
The "Be Royalty at the Ball" kicks off the three-day festival in style. Enjoy live music by Flash Mountain Flood, Electric Toast & Buttery Friends, and Dead Floyd, and enter the costume contest for the chance to be crowned Cold-As-Ice Queen or Grandpa Bredo.
There will also be a contest with the playing cards handed out as each guest enters the ReAnimate Yourself Tent. If you're able to form four of a kind (any four cards of the same value) with other guests, then you could win a prize.
Saturday, March 10
FDGD Pancake Breakfast
8 a.m. to 11 a.m. @ Community Center
$8 Adult, $5 Senior, $4 Under 12 | Purchase at the Door
Warm yourself up with all-you-can-eat pancakes, delicious eggs and sausage, and coffee and juice!
Viewing of "Grandpa's in the Tuff Shed" Documentary
11 a.m to 5 p.m. @ Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center
Watch the award-winning documentary about the history behind Frozen Dead Guy Days. Viewings will be approximately every 30 minutes.
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Courtesy of Frozen Dead Guys Day (Facebook)[/caption]
Parade of Coffin Racers and Hearses
12 p.m. @ the Teen Center and goes up 1st Street
Get a gander at the brave souls who will be competing in the coffin and hearse races.
Snowy Human Foosball
12 p.m. to 4 p.m. @ Guercio Field
$30 per team |
Register Here
Basically, it's foosball ... but with real people. In order to participate, teams must
fill out a release form.
Fix-A-Frozen-Flat
1 p.m. | 4 p.m. @ On the Clock Tower Patio
In this competition, participants must dunk their hands in a cooler of ice for a minute and then fix a flat tire on a bike wheel. Why? Because it's entertaining, that's why. Each winner per round will receive a Tin Shed water bottle and a pair of Tin Shed biking socks.
The Newly Dead Game
1 p.m. to 2 p.m. | 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. @ Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center
How well do you know your partner? Play the Newly Dead Game to find out!
Costumed Polar Plunge
1 p.m. to 2 p.m. @ Guercio Field
$10 per person |
Register Here
Once you
sign the waiver, take the plunge into the "icy tub time machine" in costume. Best costume wins an Eldora Midweek 2018-19 Season ski pass!
Coffin Races
2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. @ Guercio Field
Register Here
Race through an obstacle course of mud, snow, and more as you carry a coffin and a "corpse." Prizes will be awarded for the best time, runner up, best theme/spirit, and most notable snafu on the course.
Sign the release form.
Pioneer Inn's Frozen T-Shirt Contest
3 p.m. | 5 p.m. @ Pioneer Inn
$10 per person | Register at the Event
See how fast you can slip into something frozen before everyone else. A
waiver must be filled out prior to participation.
Brain Freeze Contest
3 p.m. to 4 p.m. @ Brain Freeze Tent on 1st Street
$5 per person | Register at the Event
How fast can you eat a frozen slushie? Find out at the Brain Freeze contest and win cool prizes.
Sign the waiver.
Ice Carving Competition with Bongo Love and Friends
3 p.m. to 5 p.m. @ 3B Tent
Watch as the state's best ice carvers create works of art and vote for your favorite.
Icy Turkey Bowling
3 p.m. to 5 p.m. @ Brain Freeze Tent on 1st Street
$5 per person | Register at the Event
Go bowling ... with a frozen turkey. And you're more than welcome to BYOFF (bring your own frozen fowl), but there will be some provided.
Sign the release form.
Frozen Dead Poet Society Open Readings
5 p.m. to 6 p.m. @ Brain Freeze Tent on 1st Street
Share your poems, stories, and odes to Grandpa Bredo with everyone.
Sunday, March 11
FDGD Pancake Breakfast
8 a.m. to 11 a.m. @ Community Center
$8 Adult, $5 Senior, $4 Under 12 | Purchase at the Door
Warm yourself up with all-you-can-eat pancakes, delicious eggs and sausage, and coffee and juice!
Viewing of "Grandpa's in the Tuff Shed" Documentary
11 a.m to 5 p.m. @ Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center
Watch the award-winning documentary about the history behind Frozen Dead Guy Days. Viewings will be approximately every 30 minutes.
Live Vultures and Other Decomposers
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. @ Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center
Nemo and Iffy Salmon Toss
12 p.m. to 2 p.m. @ Stage Stop, Rollinsville
$5 per person | Register at the Event
See who can fling the fish the farthest and win a prize. Plus, there'll be bloody marys and pbrs on sale.
Snowy Human Foosball
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. @ Guercio Field
$30 per team |
Register Here
Basically, it's foosball ... but with real people. In order to participate, teams must
fill out a release form.
Fix-A-Frozen-Flat
1 p.m. @ On the Clock Tower Patio
In this competition, participants must dunk their hands in a cooler of ice for a minute and then fix a flat tire on a bike wheel. Why? Because it's entertaining, that's why. Each winner per round will receive a Tin Shed water bottle and a pair of Tin Shed biking socks.
Pioneer Inn's Frozen T-Shirt Contest
3 p.m. | 5 p.m. @ Pioneer Inn
$10 per person | Register at the Event
See how fast you can slip into something frozen before everyone else. A
waiver must be filled out prior to participation.
Bring Out Your Beards!
1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. @ Brain Freeze Tent on 1st Street
The Boulder Facial Hair Club wants to see who has the best beards at the festival. Enter in one of the four following categories and win Frozen Dead Guy Days merchandise:
Icy 'Stache (Moustache only)
Partially Frozen (Goatee, chops, etc.)
Full Bredo (Full beard with moustache)
Wild Ride (Styled beards or beards with styled moustaches)
Ice Carving Competition with Bongo Love and Friends
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. @ 3B Tent
Watch as the state's best ice carvers create works of art and vote for your favorite.
Icy Turkey Bowling
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. @ Brain Freeze Tent on 1st Street
$5 per person | Register at the Event
Go bowling ... with a frozen turkey. And you're more than welcome to BYOFF (bring your own frozen fowl), but there will be some provided.
Sign the release form.
Brain Freeze Contest
2 p.m. to 3 p.m. @ Brain Freeze Tent on 1st Street
$5 per person | Register at the Event
How fast can you eat a frozen slushie? Find out at the Brain Freeze contest and win cool prizes.
Sign the waiver.
Rocky Mountain Oyster Eating Contest
3 p.m. to 4 p.m. @ Rocky Mountain Oyster Bar
$7 per person | Register at the Event
Contestants race to see who can eat the most "oysters."
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Courtesy of Frozen Dead Guys Day (Facebook)[/caption]
The Newly Dead Game
3 p.m. to 4 p.m. @ Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center
How well do you know your partner? Play the Newly Dead Game to find out!
Frozen Dead Poet Society Open Readings
3 p.m. to 4 p.m. @ Brain Freeze Tent on 1st Street
Share your poems, stories, and odes to Grandpa Bredo with everyone.
Have you gone to Frozen Dead Guy Days in the past? Will you be attending again this year? Which event is your favorite? Let us know in the comments below, and we'll see you there!
