Caving Events

USA 2021

• May 8, 2021 - "The Secrets of Caves, Critters, and Rocks!" - ON-LINE to celebrate the IYCK.
  The Virginia Cave Board and the Virginia Region of the National Speleological Society (NSS) will host a virtual event to celebrate the International Year of Caves and Karst. They will join in this effort with a day-long virtual program on Saturday, May 8th. See https://www.vacaveweek.com/iyck for more information.
  
• May 28 - 31, 2021 - Speleofest 2021 - at Hart County, Kentucky.
  The Louisville Grotto will be hosting Speleofest 2021, Memorial Day Weekend, at The Lone Star Preserve in Hart County Kentucky. Early arrival on Wednesday and Thursday available, and you can stay until Monday. Howdy Party on Friday night. Cave Central opens on Friday night with cave trip sign ups for the weekend. A Banquet on Saturday night with guest speaker and door prizes. Plenty of camping spots, port o potty's, and hot showers. Gear Vendors will be onsite. Vendors and Inquires, Contact David McClintock, @ 502-643-4590, or dmcauto@hotmail.com. Visit our website for more info and preregistration links at Speleofest.com.
  
• June 28 - July 2, 2021 - 2021 NSS Convention - at Weed, California.   [NOTE: The In-person Convention has now been canceled. A possible on-line substitute event is being studied.]
  Details will be forthcoming on the convention website at http://nss2021.caves.org/.
  
• August 6 - 8, 2021 - Indiana Cave Capers 2021 Edition - at Marengo, Indiana.
  Come to the 68th Annual Indiana Cave Capers 2021 Edition! This year we are back at Crawford County 4H Fairgrounds near Marengo, Indiana, home of the 2007 NSS National Convention. This will be another great Capers hosted by the Central Indiana Grotto. Enjoy camping, live music, banquet, speaker, local cave information, volunteer-led trips and more. Watch for pre-registration discounts and more info coming soon. For more information, go to: www.cigcaves.com.
  
• August 13 - 15, 2021 - Karst-O-Rama - at Great Saltpetre Cave Preserve, Mt. Vernon, Kentucky.
  [NOTE: The above date is now fixed.]
  We're bringing Karst-O-Rama back from the dead! Great Cave Trips and Camping, vendors, and a live band with a costume party pair well with our sauna, hot tub, creek splashing, and, of course, feeding your thirst at the Guano Grill for three days of downright speleo-fun! This year's theme has yet to be decided. KOR is hosted by the Greater Cincinnati Grotto with pre-registration discounts and info available soon! For more information, see our website at: karstorama.com.
  
• November 1 - 5, 2021 - 2021 National Cave and Karst Management Symposium (NCKMS 2021) - at San Marcos, Texas.
  Texas cavers are pleased to announce that the NCKMS 2021 will be held in San Marcos, TX, part of the beautiful Texas Hill Country. Online pre-registration is open, and, now available, make your reservation for reduced rates in an arranged block of rooms at two hotels in San Marcos. Featuring Dale Pate, NPS National Cave and Karst Program Coordinator from 2007 to 2017 and Cave Specialist for Carlsbad Caverns National Park from 1991 to 2002, as speaker at the banquet. Learn about "Endangered Species, Endangered Caves, Endangered Aquifers." Special events include the Monday Social and glass-bottom boat tour of Spring Lake, where karst waters well up from San Marcos Springs to form the head of the San Marcos River, a special access tour of nearby Natural Bridge Caverns, site of the Tuesday Howdy Party, and field trips all day on Wednesday. Also, don't miss out on the NCKMS 2021 T-shirt! NCKMS 2021 call for papers on cave & karst management's deadline for abstract submission is September 15th. More details at symposium2021.nckms.org.
  

USA 2022

INTERNATIONAL

• July 23-29, 2021 - 18th International Congress of Speleology - at Lyon, France.
  See the website at https://uis2021.speleos.fr/ for more information.