You're not paying $100 to attend a conventional birthday party. You're helping us create an entire environment designed around play, human connection, movement, presence, and rejuvenation. Your ticket covers a full day of facilitated experiences, the mansion, amenities, dinner, and everything we need to create the Playground. Our multi-day Joymaker Camp is a much deeper training experience. Joy Playground was created as a dramatically more accessible way to experience the play, connection, and aliveness without committing to a full camp. Come tired. Leave ridiculously alive.

Because ridiculous mansions in Vancouver are hard to come by. Being outside the city also helps this feel like an actual escape from normal life rather than another event squeezed between errands. And you don't need your own car.

We're creating a ride-sharing group for everyone coming from Vancouver. Drivers can offer their extra seats and people who need rides can join them. We'll coordinate everything before the event so transportation doesn't have to stop you from coming. Think of the carpool as the beginning of the Playground.

Absolutely. You don't need to know anyone. The experience is intentionally designed so you don't spend the entire day inside the little group of people you arrived with. The activities progressively help everyone meet, play, and connect. You'll probably know a lot more people by dinner.

You do not need to arrive energetic, extroverted, confident, or "good at playing." That's kind of the point. We'll start gently and progressively build the energy throughout the day. You can arrive exactly as you are.

No. Everyone needs to be present for our opening ceremony. That's when we establish the agreements, consent practices, and psychological safety that allow us to spend the rest of the day being playful and open together. Someone arriving halfway through hasn't gone through that process with the group. Please only purchase a ticket if you can be there from the beginning.

Yes. 📵 Phones will be surrendered at the beginning of the experience and safely stored. This isn't punishment. It's one of the main ingredients. We're experimenting with what happens when a group of adults spends an entire day giving one another their undivided attention. If there's an emergency, we'll have a way for you to be reached.

No. We want you participating, experimenting, and occasionally stretching your comfort zone. But consent always wins. You can opt out of an activity. Physical touch always requires consent. A clear "no" is something we respect rather than try to overcome. Participation is invited, not forced.

Not exactly. Authentic relating will be one ingredient. So will play. So will movement. So will silliness. So will doing absolutely nothing in a hot tub with your friends. This isn't eight hours of staring intensely into another person's eyes and discussing your childhood. We're trying to create aliveness, not heaviness.

Expect to move your body. There will be physical games and movement activities throughout the day, but this is not an athletic competition or fitness retreat. Most activities can be adapted. You are always responsible for listening to your body.

No. Some activities may offer opportunities for touch, but touch always requires consent. We'll establish our consent agreements together at the beginning of the day. A brave no is always welcome.

We'll make and eat dinner together as a community. We'll collect dietary restrictions before the event so we can plan accordingly. Cooking together is part of the experience rather than something happening invisibly behind the scenes.

No. Joy Playground is sober. Part of the experiment is discovering just how much fun and connection a group of humans can generate without needing substances—or screens—to create it.

We'll explain exactly what is being captured before anything is filmed. You can opt out of being photographed or recorded. Presence first. Content second.

Kind of. I'm using my birthday as an excuse to create the day I actually want to have: A house full of people I love playing, connecting, moving, eating together, and being completely present. You're not coming to stand around holding a drink and sing Happy Birthday to me. You're coming to play.