How Shrekfest keeps the 20-year legacy of ‘Shrek’ alive

OSTN Staff

How Shrekfest keeps the 20-year legacy of 'Shrek' alive

In 2014, Grant Duffrin and his friends saw a Facebook event for Shrekfest: a five-day celebration of all things Shrek. It promised an onion eating competition, a roaring contest, and Smash Mouth cover bands. Duffrin was excited to attend, as were the thousands of other people who responded to the event.

As Shrekfest drew nearer, Duffrin realized that the event was fake. But now that the idea was in his head, and clearly of interest to a wide range of people, he took matters into his own hands to make it a reality. He planned to incorporate everything advertised on the fake event page into real-life Shrekfest and hold it in Madison, Wisconsin, where fake Shrekfest had been suppose to occur. Read more…

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