Thrive Self-Reliance Summit - Prepper Shows USA
Preparedness • Outdoor Skills • Sustainability • Homesteading Learn to thrive—Not just survive The Thrive Self-Reliance Summit is a premier in-person gathering for people who refuse to be unprepared, disconnected, or dependent. This immersive event brings together homesteaders, outdoor skill practitioners, preparedness-minded families, sustainability advocates, and industry leaders for hands-on education, real-world solutions, and powerful community. What Is the Thrive Self-Reliance Summit? Thrive is built on four foundational pillars of modern self-reliance — skills that work together to create true independence and resilience. 🌱 Homesteading 🧭 Outdoor Skills 🛠️ Preparedness ♻️ Sustainability Together, these pillars support one goal: a capable, prepared, thriving life. Who Thrive Is For At Thrive, you’ll gain: Because uncertainty isn’t going away — and skills matter more than ever. If you believe skills are freedom — you belong here. |
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August 22, 2026 to August 23, 2026 Day 1: 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM Day 2: 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM |
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Douglas County Fairgrounds 500 Fairgrounds Dr. Castle Rock, Colorado 80104 
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Click here for show website. Contact: Dj Cooper Phone: 0000000000 Have a question about this show? |
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WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING EXHIBITORS! Why vendors should come: The Thrive Self-Reliance Summit is built with exhibitors in mind. We intentionally curate a preparedness-focused audience that comes ready to engage, learn, and invest—while also curating our vendor floor through a juried selection process to prevent product oversaturation and protect your brand’s visibility. Thrive values its exhibitors as partners, not placeholders, offering vendor-focused amenities designed to support meaningful conversations, smoother logistics, and a better overall experience. The result is a summit where your products aren’t competing in a crowded marketplace—they’re being discovered by a values-aligned community that trusts, remembers, and buys from brands that help them thrive. Our expected attendance: 500-1000 daily visitors Here's how we plan on getting the right people in the door: Thrive Self-Reliance Summit: Advertising & PR Strategy The Thrive Self-Reliance Summit is intentionally not built on mass-market advertising or low-converting outlets. While many events chase raw attendance numbers, we focus on attracting the right people—preparedness-minded individuals who actively invest in gear, training, and long-term resilience. Past events by our promoters have drawn 500–1,000 attendees per day, but we recognize that volume alone doesn’t serve exhibitors. A thousand casual browsers don’t compare to a smaller, highly aligned audience ready to engage and buy. Our promotional strategy prioritizes targeted, high-trust channels. Thrive’s show promoters are deeply embedded in the preparedness community, with direct access to social media groups totaling over 250,000 engaged members. These are not cold impressions—they are trusted communities where recommendations carry weight. Promotion is driven primarily through word-of-mouth advocacy, paid and organic social sharing, direct community outreach, local and regional partnerships, and high-visibility signage, ensuring exhibitor brands are presented to an audience already invested in self-reliance values. We don’t waste exhibitor exposure on uninterested traffic. Every promotional effort is designed to deliver qualified attendees, protect exhibitor ROI, and create an environment where meaningful conversations—and real sales—can happen. Our experience with shows: Prior shows done as Self-Reliance Expo in Colorado and Tennessee Want to be a vendor? Send Us a Message |