DC Boulderfest

🎉 BOULDERFEST IS BACK 🎉

Join us for an electric, all-day community celebration featuring an all-levels climbing competition, entertainment, music, food, raffles, open finals, and community connection. It’s open to everyone, and the competition is perfect for all climbers—from beginners to experts. Every participant receives a t-shirt and swag from our sponsors as part of your ticket!

PRICING:

Community/Open

• Early-Bird: $65 - ENDS 9/8 ‼️+ includes a guaranteed shirt size. For registrations after 9/8, we will do our best to accommodate your preferred size.
• Regular: $75
• Day Of: $85

Questions? Reach out to: dc.info@boulderingproject.com

  ✨ BOULDERFEST CATEGORIES & HIGHLIGHTS ✨

1️⃣ COMMUNITY COMP 🧗

Boulderfest is an all-levels climbing competition. Whether you’ve been climbing for years or it’s your first ever comp, you’ll find something fun and challenging for you to climb! The routes are the absolute best of what Bouldering Project and our setting team have to offer. It’s an incredible experience to climb and to watch others climb!

Register to compete with a Saturday Session ticket.

2️⃣ PRIZES 🎁

Everyone who competes has a chance to win awesome prizes! Each boulder topped = one raffle ticket entry. We have incredible prizes from our sponsors and local brands, and the raffle is always a blast!

3️⃣ OPEN FINALS 🏆

The entire day culminates in an electric Open Finals competition. Top climbers compete to claim the title of Boulderfest ’25 champion! The winners take home the cash purse and bragging rights.

Open category options include: Non-Binary, Women, & Men. Each division must have a minimum of 8 participants by EOD Tuesday, Sept. 30. Register to compete with a Friday Open Qualifiers ticket.

Prizes per division:

• 1st Place: $1,000
• 2nd Place: $500
• 3rd Place:  $250

4️⃣ ALL DAY PARTY 🎉

The day kicks off with our community competition and is followed by a whole day of activities. Our vendor market, DJs, Open Finals, and after-party make the day one giant party you won’t want to miss!

5️⃣ VENDOR VILLAGE 🛍️

When you’re not climbing, hang out in our Vendor Village! We shut down Quincy Ln between Eckington Pl NE and Harry Thomas Way NE, turning the entire block into a market full of food, art, music, and so much more. Interested in joining us as a vendor? Fill out this form!

6️⃣ AFTER PARTY 🍻

The party isn’t over when the comp ends—stick around for an awesome after-party at Lost Generation Brewing!

7️⃣ VOLUNTEERS 🙌

We would love for you to be involved! Sign up to volunteer and get fully immersed in the energy, fun, and community. Stay tuned for more information on sign-ups.

 ‼️ HOW TO SELECT YOUR CATEGORY ‼️

Each category will have specific circuits eligible for points

• Recreational: Yellow, Red, Green Circuits
• Intermediate: Purple, Orange, Black Circuits
• Advanced: Black, Blue, Pink Circuits
• Open: Blue, Pink, White Circuits

Competitors will self-select into their respective categories during the registration process. The idea is to challenge yourself!

When trying your absolute hardest, if you are able to top 10 boulders in the highest color available in that category in one climbing session, you should compete at the next level up.

See the example below:

Example: “I generally climb purples/oranges/blacks. I can flash most oranges.” > We recommend the Intermediate Category.

When trying your hardest, are you able to complete 10 black boulders in one climbing session? > We recommend the Advanced Category.

When trying your hardest, is the Black category overall still challenging, meaning you can’t send 10 black boulders in one climbing session? > We recommend the Intermediate Category.

Open round competitors should be climbing predominantly blues, whites, and pinks. If a climber is able to climb white boulders, they more than likely should register for the Open category.

Not familiar with our circuit colors? Here's a quick guide:

• Recreational (yellow, red, green; V0-V2)
• Intermediate (purple, orange, black; V3-V5)
• Advanced (black, blue, pink; V6-V8)
• Open (blue, pink, white; V7+)