Grandoozy Announces The Backyard, A Celebration Of The Great Outdoors

Grandoozy, Denver's first ever, three-day, multi-format festival from Superfly, the co-creators of Bonnaroo and Outside Lands, debuts, announces The Backyard, an experience celebrating Colorado's heritage of outdoor sports and lifestyle. A destination within the festival, The Backyard will offer fans adventurous activities, engaging panels and immersive brand showcases. Grandoozy created this unique and personal experience to present attendees with the opportunity to engage with industry leaders and passionate athletes through real in-depth conversations. The Backyard introduces eight groundbreaking lifestyle brands for both adventure travelers and outdoor enthusiasts. To wrap it all up, The Backyard includes yoga sessions to engage in an intense and mindful form of fitness to start out your mornings prior to or in between catching musical performances. Grandoozy will take place in Denver's Overland Park September 14-16, 2018. https://www.grandoozy.com.

Backyard Chats

This exciting speaker series moderated by Huckberry will feature three separate panels taking place daily at 2:30pm in Grandoozy's 80's Ski Lodge.

Friday's panel will focus on authentic conversations surrounding conservation, activism and passion for the great outdoors, to discussing climate change, the current positions on environmental policy and how national parks and lands are undeniably in danger. Join panelists and conservation experts Amy Roberts, Mario Molina, and Jon Miller to converse the challenges, implications and opportunities our country faces ensuring conservation.

The Saturday panel features business as activism and how the outdoor industry is becoming a political force. Activists Alexander Boian, Annelise Lovelie and Christian Knapp, are taking charge and making a difference to increase outdoor participation, focusing on sustainable business innovation, and connecting with nature and oneself.

Concluding the weekend series, Sunday's panel explores immersing yourself in the rawness of outdoor living. Well known athletes discuss how being outside impacted their lives, including health benefits that improve their well-being. From Olympic to professional athletes, join Bobby Brown, Gretchen Bleiler and more to hear about their love for the great outdoors.

Following the panels on each day, the 80's Ski Lodge will showcase a schedule of fun themed music acts (see lineup below).

The Backyard Marketplace

Experience your favorite outdoor lifestyle brands with Grandoozy's one-of-a-kind curated marketplace. Check out some innovative companies that are reducing our environmental footprint by creating products that are eco-friendly and supporting organizations that continue to protect our earth; all the while, providing its customers with high-quality merchandise. Curated by Sam Warren, founder and creator of Icelantic's Winter on the Rocks, fans can check out Eno, an ingeniously crafted parachute hammock designed to be the most comfortable in the world, Zeal Optics, a company using plant-based materials in all their sunglass frames, and Klean Kanteen, the maker of revolutionary stainless-steel BPA reusable products, plus several more. The Backyard will feature limited-edition items from all of these unique brands which are committed to making a global impact and serving the public at the same time.

Yoga

Begin your day rejuvenated with an intense workout rooted in the mindfulness of yoga. With encouraging certified instructors, you will push physical boundaries with an open mind and a beating heart. Discover your most powerful self every day at 2:15pm at The Break Room within Grandoozy. Catch a class with the likes of Sunny Trails Presents on Friday, September 14th and Corepower Yoga on Saturday, September 15th and Sunday, September 16th to start your day of dancing, dining and drinking with a yoga flow.

The 2018 Grandoozy lineup for The Backyard is as follows
(lineup is subject to change):

BACKYARD CHATS
A panel series moderated by Huckberry
daily at 2:30pm in the 80s Ski Lodge

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH
CONSERVATION CONVERSATIONS: HOLDING ON TO OUR PUBLIC
PLACES

Panelists:
Amy Roberts, Executive Director of Outdoor Industry Association (OIA)
Mario Molina, Executive Director of Protect Our Winters (POW)
Jon Miller, Founder and CEO of Backcountry United

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH
BUSINESS AS ACTIVISM: HOW THE OUTDOOR INDUSTRY IS
BECOMING A POLITICAL FORCE

Panelists:
Alexander Boian, Outdoor Industry Association
Annelise Loevlie, CEO of Icelantic
Christian Knapp, Chief Marketing Officer of Aspen Skiing Company

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH
OFF-SEASON: TALKING TO GREAT ATHLETES ABOUT THEIR LOVE
OF THE OUTDOORS

Panelists:
Bobby Brown, Pro Skier, Director and Influencer
Gretchen Bleiler, Olympic Snowboarder, Entrepreneur
Jeremy Bloom, CEO, Athlete
Julian Carr, Pro Skier, CEO Discrete Clothing

THE BACKYARD MARKETPLACE
Experience your favorite outdoor lifestyle brands in a whole new way at this
one-of-a-kind curated marketplace, featuring limited-edition
Grandoozy collab items and more.

ENO
GRASSROOTS
ICELANTIC
KLEAN KANTEEN
NEVER SUMMER
RUMPL
TOPO DESIGNS
ZEAL OPTICS

YOGA
Start your day of dancing, dining and 'doozing with a stretch.
Yoga offered daily at 2:15pm at The Break Room.

FRIDAY
DEAD SET YOGA WITH SUNNY TRAILS

SATURDAY + SUNDAY
YOGA WITH COREPOWER YOGA

80's SKI LODGE
Relive the iconic ski aesthetic of the 80's with rockin' themed music.

Music Performances
(lineup is subject to change)

FRIDAY
Golden Girls with DJ Erin Stereo
Trap'd in the 80's with Milky.wav
Goth Night with DJ Slave1

SATURDAY
Whip It! with DJ Jason Heller
80's Italian Disco with Weird Touch
Shout at the Devil with Mr. Steak

SUNDAY
Big Styles Presents the Royal Rumble: Prince vs MJ
Truffle Shuffle for the Goonies
Back in the Day with Maseo

Learn more at Grandoozy.com, on Twitter @grandoozy, Facebook at facebook.com/grandoozy and on Instagram @grandoozy.

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