In the world of bizarre spring festivals, Frozen Dead Guy Days may win the gold. The annual festival, which takes place in the tiny, Colorado mountain town of Nederland about an hour from Denver, honors former resident Bredo Morstoel. Morstoel was cryogenically frozen, brought to Nederland in 1993 by his grandson, Trygve Bauge, and stored in garden shed that Bauge intended to turn into a cryogenics facility. Morstoel’s unorthodox presence in the town was “grandfathered” in to local ordinances, allowing him to stay after his grandson was deported back to Norway. The ensuing festival has garnered worldwide media coverage.

This year’s dates are March 7–9. Events include the Amazing Live Music Showcase, coffin racing, costume polar plunging, frozen T-shirt contests, ice turkey bowling, brain freeze contests, a parade of hearses, frozen salmon tossing, readings by the Frozen Dead Poet Society and theatrical performances by Wu Shu. Opening night, a Frozen Zombie Procession begins in the center of the tiny town’s single roundabout and heads to the Blue Ball for live music and dancing. Several screenings of two award-winning short films, Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed and Grandpa’s Still in the Tuff Shed, take place throughout the weekend.