The Festival at the End of the World

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Ringmaster, artist, activist and clown Doug Francisco, was one of 300 performers, crew and attendees stranded at The Tribal Gathering Festival on a remote beach in Panama when the world went into lockdown on March 20th 2020. This show explores how it was to be the hostess with the mostess for ‘The festival at the end of the world’. Doug talks to others who shared the experience with him and, more curiously, what happened in the year and a half it took to finally make it home.

Doug Francisco


    • Feb 19, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 7 EPISODES


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    #7 The Great Escape

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 36:43


    Away from the wild frontier and back in civilisation the new normal is getting old and weird fast. There's a restless and uncertain atmosphere closing in, until out of nowhere the winds of change blow in hard off the Caribbean and it's all change, jump and the net will appear ….. right? Edit and sound design by KNEEJERK of Audio Support/Micro-Rave https://micro-rave.org. Audio credits to:DJ Crystl (Futurizm Sample Pack) https://djcrystl.bandcamp.com/album/futurizm-sample-packSenor Bhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oUTuG_j2bkMike Holland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj2bT14g0GcZen Man (Melodic Techno)  https://pixabay.com/users/zen_manEvgeny Bardyuzha (Entropy and Lost Expedition) https://pixabay.com/users/evgeny_bardyuzhaOYStudio (Awaken/Caribbean Dream) https://pixabay.com/users/oystudioJuan Sanchez (Touch and Sound) https://pixabay.com/users/juan_sanchezThe Mountain (Piano Documentary Ambient) https://pixabay.com/users/the_mountainAshot-Danielyan-Composer (Tension + Agressive Trailer) https://pixabay.com/users/ashot-danielyan-composerLexin Music (Inspiring Landscape) https://pixabay.com/users/lexin_musicAhmadmusic (historia de un amor) https://pixabay.com/users/ahmadmusicJuliusH (Waves and Tears) https://pixabay.com/users/juliushMiyagisama (Hibiscus Bloom)  https://pixabay.com/users/miyagisamaSergeQuadrado (Life of a Wandering Wizard) https://pixabay.com/users/sergequadradoCosyVibes (Sentimental) https://pixabay.com/users/cozyvibesNesrality (Trygve Larsen -Sleaze Puppy -Ballroom Music) https://pixabay.com/users/nesralityREDproductions (Fight Rhythmic Hybrid Drumming Stomp Drum Music) https://pixabay.com/users/redproductions86349 (Freccero) https://pixabay.com/users/8634923117649 (Jungle People) https://pixabay.com/users/23117649Freesound users for FX (as per Mulch's downloads) https://freesound.org/people/mulch/downloaded_sounds/

    #6 Leaving paradise behind

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 34:42


    After 105 days and nights out on the wild frontier, the rainy season is coming and it's time to leave the haven of the house on the hill and return to a world changed forever. The snap back to reality is harsh and not an easy transition, it also opens up the bigger question... what's next? The Doug Show is brought to you by storyteller Doug Francisco from the Invisible Circus - http://dougfrancisco.com. Production and editing by Ollie Francis - https://www.olliefrancis.com. Sound design by mr.Mulch of Audio Support/Micro-Rave - https://micro-rave.org. Audio credits to: DJ Crystl (Futurizm Sample Pack) https://djcrystl.bandcamp.com/album/futurizm-sample-pack Senor B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oUTuG_j2bk Mike Holland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj2bT14g0Gc Zen Man (Melodic Techno) https://pixabay.com/users/zen_man Evgeny Bardyuzha (Entropy and Lost Expedition) https://pixabay.com/users/evgeny_bardyuzha OYStudio (Awaken/Caribbean Dream) https://pixabay.com/users/oystudio Juan Sanchez (Touch and Sound) https://pixabay.com/users/juan_sanchez The Mountain (Piano Documentary Ambient) https://pixabay.com/users/the_mountain Ashot-Danielyan-Composer (Tension + Agressive Trailer) https://pixabay.com/users/ashot-danielyan-composer Lexin Music (Inspiring Landscape) https://pixabay.com/users/lexin_music Ahmadmusic (historia de un amor) https://pixabay.com/users/ahmadmusic JuliusH (Waves and Tears) https://pixabay.com/users/juliush Miyagisama (Hibiscus Bloom) https://pixabay.com/users/miyagisama SergeQuadrado (Life of a Wandering Wizard) https://pixabay.com/users/sergequadrado CosyVibes (Sentimental) https://pixabay.com/users/cozyvibes Nesrality (Trygve Larsen -Sleaze Puppy -Ballroom Music) https://pixabay.com/users/nesrality REDproductions (Fight Rhythmic Hybrid Drumming Stomp Drum Music) https://pixabay.com/users/redproductions 86349 (Freccero) https://pixabay.com/users/86349 23117649 (Jungle People) https://pixabay.com/users/23117649 Freesound users for FX (as per Mulch's downloads) https://freesound.org/people/mulch/downloaded_sounds/

    #5 The Road to Red Rebellion

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 29:24


    This episode Doug travels back in time to explore the origins of the Red Rebel Brigade, a performance protest born from experiencing first hand the gravity of the climate crisis by discovering the remote sea plastic strewn shores of Panama. We'll hear from other Red rebels and their experiences of the phenomenon as it spread around the world faster and further than he ever imagined. The Doug Show is brought to you by storyteller Doug Francisco from the Invisible Circus - http://dougfrancisco.com. Production and editing by Ollie Francis - https://www.olliefrancis.com. Sound design by mr.Mulch of Audio Support/Micro-Rave - https://micro-rave.org. Audio credits to: DJ Crystl (Futurizm Sample Pack) https://djcrystl.bandcamp.com/album/futurizm-sample-pack Senor B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oUTuG_j2bk Mike Holland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj2bT14g0Gc Zen Man (Melodic Techno) https://pixabay.com/users/zen_man Evgeny Bardyuzha (Entropy and Lost Expedition) https://pixabay.com/users/evgeny_bardyuzha OYStudio (Awaken/Caribbean Dream) https://pixabay.com/users/oystudio Juan Sanchez (Touch and Sound) https://pixabay.com/users/juan_sanchez The Mountain (Piano Documentary Ambient) https://pixabay.com/users/the_mountain Ashot-Danielyan-Composer (Tension + Agressive Trailer) https://pixabay.com/users/ashot-danielyan-composer Lexin Music (Inspiring Landscape) https://pixabay.com/users/lexin_music Ahmadmusic (historia de un amor) https://pixabay.com/users/ahmadmusic JuliusH (Waves and Tears) https://pixabay.com/users/juliush Miyagisama (Hibiscus Bloom) https://pixabay.com/users/miyagisama SergeQuadrado (Life of a Wandering Wizard) https://pixabay.com/users/sergequadrado CosyVibes (Sentimental) https://pixabay.com/users/cozyvibes Nesrality (Trygve Larsen -Sleaze Puppy -Ballroom Music) https://pixabay.com/users/nesrality REDproductions (Fight Rhythmic Hybrid Drumming Stomp Drum Music) https://pixabay.com/users/redproductions 86349 (Freccero) https://pixabay.com/users/86349 23117649 (Jungle People) https://pixabay.com/users/23117649 Freesound users for FX (as per Mulch's downloads) https://freesound.org/people/mulch/downloaded_sounds/

    #4 Where it all began

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2023 23:00


    This episode delves into the origins of my involvement with Tribal Gathering. How did I end up on that far distant shore? When did I first go there? And why did I go back for more? I explore the treasure I discovered there and how would it change everything that came afterwards.

    #3 Lost in paradise

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 39:13


    Welcome back to episode 3, broadcasting live from the edge of the world. We return to that lost horizon, that distant shore, as the party is finally over and yet weirdly... somehow only just begun. Should I stay or should I go now is the theme tune of the day and planes are fading from the skies overhead. Hear about those who made a break for it, those who wished they'd stayed, some who were trapped by circumstance and the ones that got away. The Doug Show is brought to you by storyteller Doug Francisco from the Invisible Circus - http://dougfrancisco.com. Production and editing by Ollie Francis - https://www.olliefrancis.com. Sound design by mr.Mulch of Audio Support/Micro-Rave - https://micro-rave.org. For full show note credits, see previous episodes.

    #2 Who the f*@k is Doug?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2023 34:34


    The Doug Show presents episode 2 of 'The Festival at the End of the World', taking us back to where it all began. From our protagonist's humble beginnings on the Isle of Man, to his first spiritual awakenings at Stonehenge Free Festival, from whence he returned only to be thrown in jail. We'll hear about his daring escape to the seedy underbelly of the London squat scene on the Portobello Road and find ourselves teetering on the brink of revolution at Castlemorten, the largest free party gathering in UK history. The Doug Show is brought to you by storyteller Doug Francisco from the Invisible Circus - http://dougfrancisco.com. Production and editing by Ollie Francis - https://www.olliefrancis.com. Sound design by mr.Mulch of Audio Support/Micro-Rave - https://micro-rave.org. Audio credits to: DJ Crystl (Futurizm Sample Pack) https://djcrystl.bandcamp.com/album/futurizm-sample-pack Senor B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oUTuG_j2bk Mike Holland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj2bT14g0Gc Zen Man (Melodic Techno) https://pixabay.com/users/zen_man Evgeny Bardyuzha (Entropy and Lost Expedition) https://pixabay.com/users/evgeny_bardyuzha OYStudio (Awaken/Caribbean Dream) https://pixabay.com/users/oystudio Juan Sanchez (Touch and Sound) https://pixabay.com/users/juan_sanchez The Mountain (Piano Documentary Ambient) https://pixabay.com/users/the_mountain Ashot-Danielyan-Composer (Tension + Agressive Trailer) https://pixabay.com/users/ashot-danielyan-composer Lexin Music (Inspiring Landscape) https://pixabay.com/users/lexin_music Ahmadmusic (historia de un amor) https://pixabay.com/users/ahmadmusic JuliusH (Waves and Tears) https://pixabay.com/users/juliush Miyagisama (Hibiscus Bloom) https://pixabay.com/users/miyagisama SergeQuadrado (Life of a Wandering Wizard) https://pixabay.com/users/sergequadrado CosyVibes (Sentimental) https://pixabay.com/users/cozyvibes Nesrality (Trygve Larsen -Sleaze Puppy -Ballroom Music) https://pixabay.com/users/nesrality REDproductions (Fight Rhythmic Hybrid Drumming Stomp Drum Music) https://pixabay.com/users/redproductions 86349 (Freccero) https://pixabay.com/users/86349 23117649 (Jungle People) https://pixabay.com/users/23117649 Freesound users for FX (as per Mulch's downloads) https://freesound.org/people/mulch/downloaded_sounds/

    #1 The police are at the gates

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 25:50


    The Doug Show kicks off its first season with ‘The Festival at the End of the World ‘ a covid war story of one clowns unraveling journey from the last party on earth, in a remote jungle beach in Panama to the green fields of home a year and a half later, via the deserted beaches of Mexico and wildfires of California. This episode includes special guests Maitane Berrozpe, Grace billings, Ellis Grover, Alex Pinkerton, Barry ‘Baz' Rees and Flufeee. The Doug Show is brought to you by story teller Doug Francisco from the Invisible Circus - http://dougfrancisco.com. Production and editing by Ollie Francis - https://www.olliefrancis.com. Sound design by mr.Mulch of Audio Support/Micro-Rave - https://micro-rave.org. Audio credits to: DJ Crystl (Futurizm Sample Pack) https://djcrystl.bandcamp.com/album/futurizm-sample-pack Senor B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oUTuG_j2bk Mike Holland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj2bT14g0Gc Zen Man (Melodic Techno) https://pixabay.com/users/zen_man Evgeny Bardyuzha (Entropy and Lost Expedition) https://pixabay.com/users/evgeny_bardyuzha OYStudio (Awaken/Caribbean Dream) https://pixabay.com/users/oystudio Juan Sanchez (Touch and Sound) https://pixabay.com/users/juan_sanchez The Mountain (Piano Documentary Ambient) https://pixabay.com/users/the_mountain Ashot-Danielyan-Composer (Tension + Agressive Trailer) https://pixabay.com/users/ashot-danielyan-composer Lexin Music (Inspiring Landscape) https://pixabay.com/users/lexin_music Ahmadmusic (historia de un amor) https://pixabay.com/users/ahmadmusic JuliusH (Waves and Tears) https://pixabay.com/users/juliush Miyagisama (Hibiscus Bloom) https://pixabay.com/users/miyagisama SergeQuadrado (Life of a Wandering Wizard) https://pixabay.com/users/sergequadrado CosyVibes (Sentimental) https://pixabay.com/users/cozyvibes Nesrality (Trygve Larsen -Sleaze Puppy -Ballroom Music) https://pixabay.com/users/nesrality REDproductions (Fight Rhythmic Hybrid Drumming Stomp Drum Music) https://pixabay.com/users/redproductions 86349 (Freccero) https://pixabay.com/users/86349 23117649 (Jungle People) https://pixabay.com/users/23117649 Freesound users for FX (as per Mulch's downloads) https://freesound.org/people/mulch/downloaded_sounds/

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