Austin Boulderfest
BOULDERFEST IS BACK
The biggest community climbing competition comes to Austin on Sept 20th!
Boulderfest is an electric, all-day community celebration featuring a youth and adult climbing competition, entertainment, music, food trucks, raffles, open finals, and community connection. It’s open to everyone, and the competition is geared for all climbers—from beginners to experts.
01 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!
Categories: Recreational, Intermediate, Advanced, Open
The climbing at Boulderfest is the absolute best of what Bouldering Project and our setting team has to offer.
02 OPEN FINALS
The entire day culminates in an electric Open Finals competition.
Divisions: Men, Women, Non-binary
Pro climbers, local crushers, and incredible athletes compete to claim the title of Boulderfest ’24 champion! The winners take home the cash purse and bragging rights.
03 YOUTH & FAMILY COMPETITION
A morning of family fun! Compete in Youth & Family session for the chance to win awesome prizes.
Youth can compete individually or families can compete together as a team!
04 PRIZES
For Recreational, Intermediate, and Advanced: Everyone who competes has a chance to win awesome prizes! Each boulder topped = one raffle ticket entry. We have incredible raffle prizes from Yeti, Friction Labs, La Sportiva, Arc’teryx, Organic, and more!
For Open: Everyone who competes has the chance to win a cash prize!
Top 3 in all of our categories (men, women, & non-binary) will win a portion of the cash purse!
05 VENDORS
When you’re not climbing, check out some of the local artists and makers, sponsor booths, food and beverage, games, and more!
Event schedule
Open Category Schedule
Friday | Qualifiers
- Check-in: 5:00 PM
- Rules Meeting: 5:45 PM
- Qualifiers Climbing: 6 PM – 8 PM
Saturday, | Finals
- Check-in: 6:30 PM
- Rules Meeting: 7:00 PM
- Finals Climbing: 7:30 – 9:30 PM
Community Schedule
Saturday
Youth & Family Session
- Check-in: 7:30 AM
- Rules Meeting: 7:45 AM
- Climbing: 8 AM – 11 AM
Community Session (Morning)
- Check-in: 10:30 AM
- Rules Meeting: 11:15 AM
- Climbing: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Community Session (Afternoon)
- Check-in: 1:00 PM
- Rules Meeting: 1:45 PM
- Climbing: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Boulderfestivities
After the community competition wraps, join us for fun, food, and finals!
Community Competition Raffle Prizes Announced | 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
- Find out if you’ve got the lucky numbers on your raffle tickets
- Hang out while the setters put up finals boulders, enjoy music from our local DJ, and grab a bite from a local food truck.
Open Finals Watch Party | 7:30 – 9:30 PM
- Watch the Open finalists compete in an epic show of strength and determination
Photo gallery
Livestream
Open Category Schedule
Friday | Qualifiers
- Check-in: 5:00 PM
- Rules Meeting: 5:45 PM
- Qualifiers Climbing: 6 PM – 8 PM
Saturday, | Finals
- Check-in: 6:30 PM
- Rules Meeting: 7:00 PM
- Finals Climbing: 7:30 – 9:30 PM
Community Schedule
Saturday
Youth & Family Session
- Check-in: 7:30 AM
- Rules Meeting: 7:45 AM
- Climbing: 8 AM – 11 AM
Community Session (Morning)
- Check-in: 10:30 AM
- Rules Meeting: 11:15 AM
- Climbing: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Community Session (Afternoon)
- Check-in: 1:00 PM
- Rules Meeting: 1:45 PM
- Climbing: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Boulderfestivities
After the community competition wraps, join us for fun, food, and finals!
Community Competition Raffle Prizes Announced | 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
- Find out if you’ve got the lucky numbers on your raffle tickets
- Hang out while the setters put up finals boulders, enjoy music from our local DJ, and grab a bite from a local food truck.
Open Finals Watch Party | 7:30 – 9:30 PM
- Watch the Open finalists compete in an epic show of strength and determination
