Failure is data Bring your worst Sept 2 2026 Columbia, SC A celebration of screwing up Failure is data Bring your worst Sept 2 2026 Columbia, SC A celebration of screwing up
Failure is data Bring your worst Sept 2 2026 Columbia, SC A celebration of screwing up Failure is data Bring your worst Sept 2 2026 Columbia, SC A celebration of screwing up
Vol. 01 — Live & in person

A celebration of success failure and everything it quietly taught us. yes, on purpose.

Presented by Inspire Columbia — the team behind TEDxCongaree Vista.

When
Sept 2Wednesday · 2026 · doors 7:30 pm
Where
TLC Sports BarColumbia, South Carolina
Tickets
$15limited spots · dignity not included
The premise

Every win is built on a
landfill of failures.

ScrewUp Nights is a live storytelling show where real people take the mic and walk us through their most spectacular flops: the launches that tanked, the relationships that imploded, the decisions that looked great until they very much didn’t.

It’s part stand-up, part post-mortem. Speakers get the stage to be honest, funny, and a little vulnerable about the times things went sideways and what they’d actually do differently.

Because failure isn’t the opposite of learning. It’s actually the best kind of learning. We just don’t usually talk about it out loud.

01

Real stories

No sanitized LinkedIn versions. The actual, embarrassing, instructive truth.

02

Actual laughs

Our speakers had to learn to laugh at themselves as they overcame their fails. Now you can laugh at them too.

03

Useful lessons

Every story lands on something you can steal for your own next screwup.

04

Good company

A room full of people who’ve also blown it. Wildly underrated medicine.

Save your seat

Come fail
in public.

$15 a seat · spots are limited →
  • One unforgettable evening of glorious mistakes
  • Snacks included and drinks available
draftI have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
— Thomas Edison