Communikey

After the festival, the next step for the organizers is to establish Communikey's 501(c)3 nonprofit status, promoting some smaller shows, setting up its own venue in Denver and, of course, planning for next year.

"We weren't planning on making the festival happen next year," notes Thomas Kamholz, another of the organization's founders and creative directors, "which is kind of ironic, because we are trying to tackle this idea of sustainability in digital culture. And it's like, 'How can you even call it a festival if it's only going to happen once?' We may have unleashed something that we can't stop...it feels that way already. It's probably going to happen next year."