Update 10/1: Preregistration is now closed. Selected attendees should have received payment instructions by email, with payment due 10/6. For those not preregistered seeking to join the waitlist, go
here.
For those selected to attend camp, your $225/person payment is due this Sunday, October 6th. You should have received an email with payment instructions. if not, please email us at
CampMustacheMW@gmail.com.
What is Camp Mustache Midwest?Camp Mustache Midwest (or CM*MW) is three days of fun, friends, and finances, held outside Cincinnati, OH, from April 25th-27th, 2025! All meals, presentations, and activities plus two nights’ accommodations are included in the $225 registration fee!
Pre-registration is now open.
Camp Mustache events are community-run, not-for-profit, not-for-prophet, inclusive, and nature-conscious. CM attendees come from across the globe and from every corner of the FIRE internet. All attendees including the organizing committee and speakers pay the same price and participate as equals in the discussion.
What will we do all day? Will Mr. Money Mustache speak at CM*MW?Camp Mustache starts the morning of Friday, April 25th and goes through lunchtime on Sunday, April 27th, with optional outings before and after occurring away from the venue. All attendees need to plan their travel such that they can arrive during registration on the morning of the 25th.
There will be both financial and non-financial sessions for all experience levels. All presentations and sessions are led by community members - including you, dear reader. The CM*MW organizing committee is currently planning the sessions and would love to have you on the agenda! Please reach out if you would like to lead a session.
The purpose of Camp Mustache events is to interact with the Mustachian community, not Mr. Money Mustache. Mr. Money Mustache is busy doing squats, carpentering, and living a brilliant retired life thousands of miles away in the West.
Why come to CM*MW?Don’t know a Roth from a wrench? Come to camp and learn how to put the building blocks of FIRE in place in your life from other people who are making it happen today.
Are your friends really tired of hearing you rant about buy-it-for-life? Come to camp and make new friends who understand the FIRE way of life.
Have you walked many miles down the FIRE path? Come to camp and share your knowledge with your fellow FIRE folk, and deepen your connection to the FI community.
Where is CM*MW held?Camp Mustache Midwest is held in a rustic outdoor camp setting. For security reasons, the venue name and address will be released only to ticket holders.
Camp Mustache Midwest is physically located in southwest Ohio, outside Cincinnati. You can drive there with your car, or if you’re flying in from further away the camp is 50 minutes from DAY, 60 minutes from CVG, and 105 minutes from CMH.
Please carpool if you are able! Confirmed attendees organize carpools from nearby cities and airports in a dedicated app, on Facebook and in the private subforum.
What will staying at CM*MW be like?Our venue provides rustic cabins and common buildings surrounded by sports fields, a scenic river, woods, and hiking trails. The venue will feed and house us, and will also provide us with opportunities for badass fitness and naturey enrichment like high ropes, archery, gaga, foraging, and an always-popular nightly campfire.
Each rustic cabin sports a front room, two large bunkrooms, and two shared bathrooms. Cabins are climate-controlled. As part of registration you can indicate friends (of any gender) you would like to room with, and/or let us know you would like to be assigned to a single-gender cabin. You can also let us know any dietary needs that our venue will need to accommodate.
You are also welcome to make your own arrangements to stay offsite, such as at a nearby hotel or campground. Offsite or ‘day ticket’ registrations are still full price, as the cost to the camp is unchanged.
Can I bring my family?Yes! We encourage you to bring your partner if you are both interested in learning more about the FIRE world!
We are also happy to again host children of all ages at camp! Children 5 and younger can attend camp for free, while older children require a paid registration. However, no child-specific programming is planned at this time.
Just
make sure to complete the pre-registration once for each attendee (see below for more).
How does registration work?We are targeting ~75 attendees for CMMW 2025. Please note that Camp Mustache events generally fill soon after registration opens. When you pre-register, you will indicate food and cabin preferences, as well as whether you would like to lead a session.
We contacted selected attendees on October 1st. These provisional attendees have until October 6th to pay their $225 per person registration fee to claim their spots at camp. We prefer payment in USD via Paypal but can likely accommodate other services and currencies on a case-by-case basis. Provisional attendees who do not pay by October 6th will have their spots offered to someone else.
Preregistration is now closed. For those who did not preregister but would like to join the waitlist, please fill out the form
here. If you found out about camp too late or otherwise don’t get on the list in time, we will do our best to accommodate you by matching you up with a registered attendee who needs to cancel. Conversely, we are unable to offer refunds if the camp goes forward, so if a conflict comes up, the best route forward is to sell your ticket at face value to an interested camper. We will lock down attendance about one month before camp; after that time, secondhand sales may not be possible or may be subject to restrictions.
What is the refund policy?If we are
unable to hold Camp Mustache, we will communicate options to our registered attendees. If we are
able to hold Camp Mustache, we will be unable to offer refunds for any reason. If you are unable or unwilling to come to camp, we suggest you contact us and we can attempt to place your ticket with a prospective attendee on our waitlist.
What should I bring? Can I bring food, alcohol, and my dog?We will provide confirmed attendees with a complete packing list.
Outside food is allowed. However, please be very careful to ensure any outside food you bring is
nut-free so that our venue can offer a safe experience to children with nut allergies after we are gone.
Alcohol is not allowed at our venue. Alcohol has been permitted by other Camp Mustache events but our venue is unable to accommodate this. Do not bring or consume any alcoholic beverages at CM*MW.
Pets are not allowed.
Save the date for CMMW 2026!Camp Mustache Midwest 2026 will be May 15th-17th, 2026!
TLDR for veterans of CM*MW or other CM eventsThe structure of CM*MW 2025 is quite similar to CM*MW 2024, with another round of tweaks in response to camper feedback - for example, we have moved the camp by a week to avoid Cincinnati Marathon/Kentucky Derby weekend to help control attendee travel costs. We hope this and our other tweaks can build on an already great time and give everyone an even more inspiring weekend.
If you’ve been to another Camp Mustache or Camp FI event, you probably have a good sense for the crowd, schedule, and ambitions of our weekend at CM*MW. CM*MW is a rustic outdoor camp setting (think a church or YMCA campground), rather than a dorm or retreat center. We are very focused on managing costs to offer an affordable and inclusive experience. Unlike other CM events, our venue is not able to accommodate alcohol or pets, or to offer extra nights at the venue rather than offsite. On the other hand, we are able to accommodate attendees wishing to stay offsite and welcome outside food.
Can I help organize camp? Can I speak? Can I host out-of-towners for a night?Yes, we would love your help! Send us an email at
CampMustacheMW@gmail.com!
More questions? Ask away!You can contact us at
CampMustacheMW@gmail.com or leave a comment right here in this thread!
