Since 2006, Geek Pride Day has been celebrated worldwide. This festival was implemented after an initiative through the Internet developed by Germán Martínez, known on the net as Señor Buebo. Years before, events were held around the world in commemoration of the pride of being a geek. Tim McEachern organized the well-known Geek Pride Festival from 1998 to 2000, and was considered the prelude to Geek Pride. May 25, 2006 was celebrated globally for the first time in history, with a concentration of 300 people in Madrid. In addition, afterwards a manifesto and basic rights of the freak community were made and began to expand around the world.Since that day, numerous festivals have been celebrated around the world that honor freak people and an increasingly widespread culture by the planet.Fiesta del ColachoOur review of some of the strangest and funniest geek festivals in the world begins in the town of Castrillo de Murcia, in Burgos. It is one of the most peculiar festivals that we can find in Spain. The inhabitants of the town pay honor to Colacho, the devil, and jump over newborn babies that year in the town. It has been held since 1621. On-Air Guitar Championship One of the funniest festivals that honors Geek Pride Day. Held every year in Finland and aimed at promoting world peace, each participant makes them play a song without a guitar with their hands in the air. Pure fantasy La Tomatina La Tomatina is one of the most famous festivals in our country. Although it has nothing to do with this day, it is one of the freakiest encounters we can find in the world.It is literally a tomato fight through the streets of Buñol, on the Levantine coast. A whole party that has a worldwide impact. Hortelaria for music geeks. Hortelaria is a festival where the tacky is the protagonist. It is a way of reclaiming a way of life, of dressing and of feeling music. In 2020 it could not be held in Madrid, but in its previous posters artists such as King Africa, Malena Gracia, Paco Pil or Yurena have come together. .Igloofest This is a festival that takes place in Monreal in the middle of February. The average temperature is 23 degrees below zero and most attendees dress like Eskimos. Despite the low temperatures, more than 30,000 people attend each year.
Geek Pride Day: World's Weirdest and Freakiest Festivals
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