Nick Shirley set to speak at Douglas County Freedom Fest

Nick Shirley, the independent journalist known for exposing fraud, is slated to keynote the Mountain Majesty Gala at Douglas County’s fairgrounds as Rocky Mountain Voice stages its Freedom Fest 2026 in Castle Rock. The June 26-27 event is being billed as a two-day celebration of America’s 250th anniversary and Colorado’s 150th, with organizers framing the gathering around faith, family, freedom and the future.

The county fairgrounds at 500 Fairgrounds Rd. give the festival room to spread across multiple spaces, and that matters in a county where big public venues are part of the civic infrastructure. Douglas County says the fairgrounds host more than 800 events each year and include the 29,000-square-foot James R. Sullivan Events Center, a footprint large enough to handle the kind of regional draw this festival is trying to attract.

Rocky Mountain Voice calls Freedom Fest its flagship gathering and says it is built around “two days, four venues.” Douglas County’s own event description says the festival will include keynote speakers, educational workshops, live music, rodeo entertainment, family activities, food trucks and evening gala experiences, underscoring that this is being treated as more than a single-stage speaking event.

Festival materials also list Greg Gutfeld, Dr. Robert Malone and Dog the Bounty Hunter among the announced participants. Alongside the speaker lineup, organizers are promoting a rodeo, a Curtis Grimes concert, a Back the Blue Bash, a candidate meet-and-greet, a Family Fun Festival with bounce houses and a petting zoo, and a drone show.

The event is also being pitched as a place for businesses, organizations and community leaders to align with a statewide celebration of freedom, entrepreneurship and civic engagement. In Douglas County, where the estimated population grew from 393,995 in 2024 to 399,396 in 2025, that kind of branded political gathering carries local weight well beyond the fairgrounds gates. It ties one of the county’s most visible public venues to a high-profile conservative event, and it puts Castle Rock at the center of a festival that organizers want to frame as both patriotic showcase and community statement.