Year-by-Year AmFest Timeline
Every AmericaFest and TPUSA summit date the investigation file touches, in chronological order. Dated items are drawn from the master file, the site's video index, and event coverage; interpretive items are marked as claims.
2023 — AmericaFest 2023
- December 2023 — AmericaFest 2023. The event itself is not a focus of the case, but the "AmericaFest 2023" set banner appears in the studio dressing behind Charlie Kirk in a widely circulated clip of The Charlie Kirk Show in which he addresses political donors directly. The banner is what dates that clip; the clip is held in the video archive as a "Charlie's own words" record of a position he took publicly.
- 2023 onward — Bannon as a fixture. Steve Bannon spoke at AmericaFest events across 2023–2025, closing the 2024 event with a "Victory or Death!" call to action.
2024 — AmericaFest 2024 (December 19–24, 2024)
- December 19–24, 2024 — AmericaFest 2024. A six-day program. Speakers included Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump, Ben Shapiro, Glenn Beck, Patrick Bet-David, Donald Trump Jr., Dr. Ben Carson, Steve Bannon, and Rob Schneider, among others. TPUSA published the sessions as YouTube playlists, which is why this lineup is documentable rather than recalled.
- December 19, 2024 (first night, closing speaker) — Carlson on Epstein. Carlson reportedly discussed Jeffrey Epstein's alleged involvement in a blackmail operation potentially conducted on behalf of foreign intelligence services. Detail: AmFest 2024: Tucker on Epstein.
- December 8–14, 2024 — an adjacent anomaly. In the same month, Google Trends screenshots circulated by researchers show a one-week spike in searches for Kathryn Nester — later Tyler Robinson's court-appointed defense attorney — attributed to an Israeli IP. This has nothing directly to do with the conference; it is listed because commentators place both items in the same December 2024 window. Trends data does not establish who searched or why.
2025 — the year of the booking fight
- July 11–13, 2025 — TPUSA Student Action Summit, Tampa, Florida. Megyn Kelly appeared with Kirk. On July 13, Dave Smith debated Josh Hammer on the United States, Israel, Epstein, and Mossad — the public face of the intra-coalition fight. Detail: July 2025 Summit.
- July 14, 2025 — Carlson speaks at the same event and, in circulated accounts, is encouraged to "go all the way." Much of the commentary that calls this "AMFEST in Florida" is referring to this summer summit, not the December Phoenix event.
- July 16, 2025 — A podcast episode titled Inside the Turning Point USA Fallout is published, documenting that the summit produced visible internal fallout.
- July 20, 2025 — the anchor week. Commentators date a cluster of Google Trends spikes to the same week Kirk platformed Carlson, and separately allege a military/intelligence meeting on this date. Detail: The July 20, 2025 AmFest Week.
- August 4–6, 2025 — the Hamptons donor weekend. Per Grayzone-attributed reporting amplified by Candace Owens, one anonymous source says Kirk was pressed to rescind Carlson's AmFest invitation. Bill Ackman has said Kirk was at no time threatened. Detail: The Fight Over Tucker's Invitation; full dispute at Hamptons Intervention Meeting.
- August 25, 2025 — the AmFest December 2025 flyer drops. Master-file commentary reads Carlson's prominent placement beside Kirk as deliberate. Detail: The August 25, 2025 Flyer.
- September 9, 2025 — the Candace text. Kirk reportedly texts that he will invite Owens to speak at AmFest. Detail: September 9: The Candace Invitation.
- September 10, 2025 — Kirk is killed at Utah Valley University.
- September 21, 2025 — the stadium memorial, produced by the same vendor that produces AmericaFest. See Funeral and Memorial Timeline.
- December 2025 — AmericaFest 2025, Phoenix. The first without Kirk. Carlson's AIPAC remarks, Shapiro's "cowardice" criticism, Bannon's "we are at war," the tent replica, roughly 30,000-plus attendance. Detail: AmericaFest December 2025.
2026 — the disputes that trail the stage
- Spring 2026 — authentication arguments. Citizen accounts argued that TPUSA's public use of AI voice cloning, including Dream City Church / AmFest-style "Charlie from beyond the grave" content, makes unverified audio harder to accept at face value. Detail: AI Voice and Memorial Tech. These are arguments about authentication standards, not findings that anyone faked anything.
- June–July 2026 — the Israel-motive claim restated. Carlson said publicly, "All of us who knew Charlie Kirk believe he was murdered because his views on Israel were changing." Attributed to Carlson; not a finding.
Reading note
Two naming problems recur across every source on this subject. First, the summer Student Action Summit is frequently called "AmFest," which shifts events by five months. Second, "AmFest 2025" can mean either the December 2025 event or the summer 2025 summit depending on the writer. Where the master file is ambiguous, this section says so rather than guessing.
Interesting In This Area
- December 2024 ran six days; the July 2025 summit ran three.
- The August 25 flyer landed sixteen days before September 10.
- One text on September 9 is the shortest entry in the whole file.
- Bannon spoke across 2023 to 2025, so his December booking was not new.
Interesting In Other Areas
- The Israel pressure timeline grades each entry confirmed, evidenced, disputed or unverified.
- July 20 is the densest pre-assassination search cluster, roughly seven weeks out.
- An Egyptian Falcon reportedly sat near Provo from September 4 until September 10.
- Reported warnings carry permanent claim numbers so one quote is not double-counted.
Other Pages In This Section
The August 25, 2025 AmFest Flyer
TPUSA released the December AmFest flyer on August 25, 2025 — sixteen days before Kirk was killed, three weeks after the donor weekend where he was allegedly told to drop Tucker Carlson. Carlson is on it, prominently. The date is documentary; the placement reading is commentary.
Read thisDave Smith: Stage Booking and Donor Ire
Kirk put Dave Smith on a TPUSA main stage opposite Josh Hammer on July 13, 2025, on the U.S., Israel, Epstein and Mossad. Both lanes claimed victory; donors were reportedly furious. The booking Kirk controlled is the fact — the rest is discourse.
Read thisMTG, AIPAC, and the AmFest Invite Claim
Viral September 2025 posts claimed Kirk had invited Marjorie Taylor Greene to debate AIPAC at AmFest after she called for AIPAC to register under FARA. No primary invite, email or Greene transcript is in the file — which is why the page grades it weaker than the flyer.
Read thisShapiro Names Carlson and Kelly
At AmFest 2025 Ben Shapiro reportedly named Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly for not denouncing Candace Owens's theories, calling the silence cowardice. Media-industry combat on Kirk's stage — and evidence the discipline function stayed live after he died.
Read thisElsewhere In The Investigation
Israel-Related Events & Pressure Timeline 2025
July through September 10, 2025, with every entry labelled confirmed, evidenced, disputed or unverified. The grading is the point — it is what stops the summer from collapsing into one undifferentiated claim.
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The densest pre-assassination search cluster, roughly seven weeks out. The reasoning that makes it hard to wave off: a six-character Egyptian tail number has essentially no organic search demand anywhere. Trends shows interest, never identity.
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An Egyptian-registered Falcon 7X reportedly parked near Provo from September 4 until the morning of September 10, leaving the country in the hours around the killing. Candace Owens's "yellow plane."
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A dense cluster of alleged statements about danger, donor pressure and breaking with pro-Israel politics, organised by source tier and given permanent KM claim numbers. Same ID, same link, everywhere on the site.
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Interesting
- At the first AmFest without Kirk, Bannon reportedly declared "We are at war".
- An Army surveillance jet reportedly drew an Israel-attributed search spike 32 days before.
- The man who asked Kirk's last question was reportedly searched from Israel in August.