You’ve seen musician interviews. But you’ve probably never seen a musician interviewed by a host of this caliber. Please welcome special guest reporter, on location, Wimber the Puppet as he interviews Wild Goose performer, Menomena. WATCH IT HERE. (Special thanks to imaginator and puppet confidante Todd Fadel for arranging the session.) Read more

Wild Goose Releases Schedule for West Coast Festival on Labor Day Weekend Today, Wild Goose released the programming order for the first west coast festival, which will debut at the Benton County Fairgrounds in Corvallis, Oregon from August 31st-September 2nd. SEE THE SCHEDULE SUMMARY HERE. Or check out the hour-by-hour schedules for each day: FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Program highlights include presentations from notable speakers like Father Richard Rohr, Rachel Held Evans, Brian McLaren, Dr. Richard Twiss, Alexia Salvatierra, Bruce Reyes... Read more

Upcoming Wild Goose West Festival Appears In the Willamette Week Yesterday, the Wild Goose Festival was featured in Oregon paper, the Willamette Week. Click here to see the article which includes an interview with Wild Goose bard and imaginator, Todd Fadel .   Read more

If you can’t come for the whole weekend, come for a day! Unable to clear your whole weekend and camp with us at the festival grounds? We welcome you to get a sampling of the Goose by driving out for any day or night of festivities. (The festival schedule will be posted at wildgoosefestival.org and on this blog later today.) Single Day & Evening Wristbands admit you to all programming–including multiple concerts and presentations–between 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. for... Read more

Note from editor: Frank Schaeffer is a dear friend of the festival. He offers both intellect and spirit from which many of us learn. Attender Brandan Robertson shares his learnings after interacting with Frank at Wild Goose East. I was convinced that he was our brother in Christ and I wanted to hear his story. At the end of June while I was at the Wild Goose Festival in North Carolina, I had the honor of sitting down with a... Read more

What Are You Doing Labor Day Weekend? In just three weeks, families and friends will gather for the standard Labor Day humdrum around cookouts, picnics and street-side parades. But a few will experience something entirely different than any other Labor Day celebration they’ve experienced before. Wild Goose West. The west coast version of the Wild Goose Festival, a 3-day celebration of justice, spirituality, music and art, is making it’s debut at the Benton County Fairgrounds in Corvallis, Oregon this year... Read more

Wild Goose revived hope in me for the body of Christ in our world today. The 2012 Wild Goose Festival East wrapped up just under a week ago and I am still trying to process my experience there. As I tweeted as I drove away from the fest, I left feeling exhausted, hopeful, and blessed – that strange combination that reflected the emotional impact of my time there. And it was a truly blessed time. I was honored with the... Read more

Singing Louder Than Those Who Believe Cooperation Is Impossible Living in Chicago, I’m lucky when I’m able to see the stars. Usually they’re masked by the collective glow of what seems like an infinite number of street lights and apartment buildings. The last weekend in June, I traveled to Shakori Hills, North Carolina for the second annual Wild Goose Festival, a four-day outdoor festival that celebrates Christianity and its intersection with justice, spirituality, and art. There were no street lights... Read more

Guest Post by Randy Woodley Although there is not much in general these days that one can say about the church, perhaps the clearest sign we have of change is the ever-widening gap between what I will dub the still too common, “Sunday morning church-building crowd” and all the new faith movements including, for example, Emergents, Neo-monastics, Evangelicals 4 Justice, NAIITS (North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies) and Jesus Radicals,* (with homage to this faith lineage including organizations like,... Read more

As we count down the days to the upcoming debut of Wild Goose West, we’ve come up with a few simple ways to share your Labor Day Weekend plans with your friends (and maybe invite them along). 1. Invite Your Facebook Friends to the Festival 2. Volunteer 3. Add a Badge to Your Facebook or Twitter Profile Pic 4. Donate 1 Tweet per Week (Automatically) 5. Share a Photo, Logo or Sidebar on Your Page or Blog Read more