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Transformational Festivals Of North America

photo Violet Visions, Lucidity Festival

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Welcome to our main Transformational Village Festival Calendar, showing events in the North & Central American region. We’ve had to divide the calendar because the movement is growing so rapidly. See our other calendars for more events – International, Flow Arts, Burning Man Regionals and more.

If you know of fests I am missing – let me know! <3 Saphir

Transformational Village Festival or Visionary Village Festival, refers to temporary collaborative villages devoted to cultural transformation or the re-invention of humanity on earth. These events are not your ordinary music concerts. We are building a culture of caring – for each other, ourselves, our neighbors, our planet. These gatherings are collaborative open-sourced villages, devoted to experimentation and inspired co-creation of the world we want to live in. And we believe that YOU, that everyone, has gifts to bring to the table!

“In order to live in a world that we may make possible, a world that is thriving, balanced, peaceful, and just, we all have to engage in the endeavor to become that possibility. We are reaching out to you, because we recognize you as a Social Architect of the Now, offering a particular gift to the collective feast that is laid before us. As we all bring our individual experiences to the table, we each partake in the nourishment of being the co-authors of the greatest story ever told.”
~ Jamaica Stevens

There is so much to experience in these villages now!
Check out our article 35 Ways Transformational Festivals Are More Fun!

 

The 2019 Transformational Village Fests

photo by Fish Makes Photos, Lucidity Festival

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CANTANDO LA VIDA (Singing Alive)
January 24-27, 2019   Finca Amrta, Costa Rica
A sharing and teaching gathering for ceremonial/devotional singing circles.  We change the world as we transform ourselves with songs of light, love, peace on earth, and goodwill to all beings! Cantando la Vida  is a member of the family of Singing Alive events (also happening in Cascadia, Appalachia and Hawaii) and exists to encourage the remembrance of this deep desire to sing from the heart. It provides resources in the form of 1) songs, 2) the community to sing them, and 3) support for those of us who want to live the teachings, the sadhana, of the songs. We therefore invite all who wish to activate and nurture their spiritual life in this way.
http://singingalive.org/costa-rica/

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TRIBAL GATHERING (aka GEOPARADISE)
February 15 – March 4, 2019  Panama
Tribal Gathering is more than a festival, it is a place for the world to come together, where time is transcended, ancient and modern converge in symbiotic harmony, shaman manifest spirits of plants as musicians call on the ethos of imagination. Interfaith dialogue blends with a rich heritage of esoteric wellness, creativity, alternative cultures, active participation and love. Ultimately it is where we welcome the divine spirt of dance. Tribal Gathering is a meeting point for indigenous communities from all over the world. It is a gathering of tribes, from the past and present, the global transformational tribe and whoever feels the call to join in the celebrations. It takes place every year over the full moon of February on the Caribbean coast of Panama.
https://www.tribalgathering.com/

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ENVISION MUSIC, ART & SACRED MOVEMENT FESTIVAL
Feb. 28 – May 3, 2019  Uvita, Costa Rica

Come to a magical place where time slows down and the outside world drops away….come dance, play, celebrate, love , learn, teach, co-create, co-inspire and transform our consciousness and our world. With the collaboration of myriad talented allies, both local and international, we aim to co-create an event inspired by and inspiring the positive collective consciousness of all who are involved for the betterment of ourselves and of the planet.
http://envisionfestival.com

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WANDERLUST FESTIVAL Hawaii
February 28 – March 3, 2019, Oahu, Hawaii

Unplug from the ordinary, adventure awaits. At Wanderlust, our mission is to help you find your true north. True north is not a final destination: it’s a path, a journey, and a yearning to explore and connect to your life’s purpose. Wanderlust Oahu is a four-day yoga, music and food festival at the picturesque Turtle Bay Resort for yogis looking for a sea-escape from the winter blues with sun salutations, surfing and shoreside meditation.
http://wanderlust.com/festivals/oahu/

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LUCIDITY FESTIVAL
April 12-14, 2019  Live Oak Campground, Santa Ynez, California
Moon’s Eye View – From Moon’s unique vantage point, she sees all that transpires on our pale blue dot — all our joys and all our pain, all of our creating and all of our destruction. She insists that we must be willing to fearlessly journey into the great unknown if we wish to share such an expanded perspective! Join us in our Kindred Quest to build the world we know is possible!
http://lucidityfestival.com/

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OMETEOTL
April 12-14, 2019   Tepoztlan, Morelos. Mexico
These beautiful folks attended our producers alliance in August and produce the first transformational festival we know of in Mexico. They have a beautiful vision of conscious community in collaborative celebration of life, and we encourage your support as they begin the journey of gathering. You will also meet them at Envision and Tribal Alliance; they are family.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2263970880496711/

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SERENITY GATHERING 
April 26-28, 2019   Woodward Reservoir, Oakdale, CA
Celebrating the spring equinox as our planet enjoys another bountiful year and we grow stronger and more connected with each cycle completed. Our vision is a shared goal toward a cleaner, healthier, more organic existence. Serenity is a conscious gathering focused on art and music, experience an array of workshops, activities, and art installations. The body germinates, the mind sprouts, the soul nourishes, and the spirit blooms. We encourage sound and theme camps of all different kinds!
https://serenitygathering.net/
https://www.facebook.com/serenitygathering

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DESERT HEARTS
April 26-29, 2019    Los Coyotes Indian Reservation, CA

This isn’t just another meaningless party. This is about finding a new kind of freedom. A point where you reach your mental breaking point and come to your specific realization that is meaningful at exactly the right place, exactly the right time, and exactly the stage of life that you are currently in. Desert Hearts is about coming together in love, collectively, individually, and supernaturally. This is about the healing of land and souls. This is about touching heaven, even if only just for a few days. What we are doing is real. It’s more real and more true than anything we’ve ever been privileged enough to be a part of. It’s time to wake up, into a dream world where real life is mystically blissful–to a place where we won’t ever want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than our wildest dreams. This is what Desert Hearts is all about. We Are All Desert Hearts.
http://www.deserthearts.us/
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LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE

May 8-13, 2019   Buena Vista Lake, Kern County, CA
A celebration of art, music, performance, yoga, sustainability and life, LIB goes beyond any ordinary music festival. LIB is one of the United State’s premier award winning events and has earned national recognition as a pioneer in the West Coast’s conscious festival movement. With its world-class fusion of electronic music, performance art, spiritual lectures and hands-on workshops, the festival’s overarching embodiment of cultural and environmental consciousness creates an atmosphere where attendees from all walks of life can find a way to connect with others as well as themselves.
http://lightninginabottle.org

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LEAF FESTIVAL – Lake Eden Arts Festival
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ay 9-12, 2019    Black Mountain, North Carolina
For 24 years, each May & October an inter-generational family of 12,000 people join together upon the beautiful Lake Eden grounds to experience the power music, art and culture has to transform lives, strengthen community, and foster unity. LEAF Festival takes place on the site of the old Historic Black Mountain College with a stunning array of rolling hills, lakes, streams, and mountain beauty on hundreds of acres of comfortable camping grounds. LEAF scours the globe for artists, musicians, performers and facilitators that are not only masters of their craft, but who also care deeply for the power of arts education and family engagement.
http://www.theleaf.com

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SHAKTI FEST

May 9-13, 2019  Joshua Tree, California
Bhakti Fest is the premier yoga, sacred music, and personal growth festival in the United States. Bhakti Fest celebrates the devotional paths of yoga, Kirtan (sacred music), and meditation. Our festival is drug and alcohol free for the evolution of human consciousness through a heart-centered revolution. Bring your yoga mats to idyllic Joshua Tree, located in the beautiful desert region east of Los Angeles. Practice with the best yoga teachers in the world, dance to sacred music by world-renown Kirtan artists, and take workshops with leaders in the field of personal growth. Camp out beneath the stars or stay at one of our many accommodations on and offsite; enjoy the swimming pool and free filtered drinking water; stop in at The Bhakti Family Village and expose your children to other enlightened youth and families; enjoy the best vegetarian food at any festival. We are building community—please join us!
http://bhaktifest.com

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JOSHUA TREE ROOTS SPRING MUSIC FEST
May 16-19, 2019   Joshua Tree, California
The Joshua Tree Music Festivals are produced by a family of friends and funsters convinced that music is the soul of life, and that art enriches and saves lives.
That experience is enhanced when embraced in the great outdoors amongst fellow music lovers. Better still in an intimate setting, where the distinction between artist and audience is blurred, and a passionate performance can be truly relished in close proximity to the stage. Add FREE water to patrons, no service charges on reasonably priced tickets, and well … let the games begin.
http://www.joshuatreemusicfestival.com/

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SOULPLAY FESTIVAL
June 6-9, 2019  Pinecrest, California
Are you ready to Love? SoulPlay is 4 full days of workshops and activities, including heart-opening connection, invigorating yoga, deep inner reflection and healing, blissful dance, and much more. We will have dozens of workshops to choose from, so you can choose how to explore your edge at your own pace and flavor.
www.SoulPlayFestival.com

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HANUMAN FESTIVAL
June 13 – 16, 2019  Boulder, Colorado
Escape your ordinary. Come experience a weekend of deep practice, conscious community, & celebration with your favorite teachers like Yogrishi Vishvketu, Saul David Raye, Sianna Sherman, Laura Plumb and enjoy music by Wah!, Girish, Suzanne Sterling, Jaya Lakshmi and Ananda, and many more presenters to be announced! World class teachers. Inspiring music. Lifelong community. Be a part of a powerful movement as we honor the practice of yoga and celebrate life. Join us at:
www.hanumanfestival.com/

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SONIC BLOOM
June 20-24, 2019  Rye, Colorado
Sonic Bloom is a 4-day camping festival that brings live and electronic music, dance, art and human performance together in an atmosphere that inspires open channels of creativity for everyone involved, especially the audience…Together, we will create a resonant field in which to unify all forms of human creative expression. Come participate in our 10th annual festival with some of the highest quality live electronic artists and most cutting-edge producers to create what is an incredibly intimate boutique festival experience… a unified field.
http://sonicbloomfestival.com/

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PROJECT EARTH
June 20-22, 2019   Geneva, Minnesota
Project Earth has a different mission: To slow it all down and open space for the family to discover more of each other. We have been told by you, that the more intimate setting in the forest is just the right medicine for the Tribal convergence. Its our belief that our community has a lot of powerful connections to make and soul contracts to fulfill. The Planet and all life on her need conscious people now more than ever! We are the ones we have been waiting for… and the time has come for us to rise up. Trust me, no one loves to get their party on more than we do (it’s an Irish thing) however… it’s our hope to be more sober and clear at this crucial family gathering. No doubt we will be celebrating together and more than a few brews will be shared …let’s just ask ourselves to commit to less and trust that it will be so much MORE !!! Respect and Love… see you on the playground soon! xoxo http://www.projectearthfest.com

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UNIFIER FESTIVAL 
June 20-23, 2019   Tolland, Massachusetts
Honoring and bringing together different sub-cultures this gathering is a yoga festival, it is a tribal belly dance festival. It is a world and sacred music festival, and dance party, a live art show, a place for ceremony, for permaculture, for sculptural works and circus arts. It is a place to care for the land and to eat organic food, and to be inspired and inspire our kids and our elders.
http://www.UnifierFestival.com

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FAIRY & HUMAN RELATIONS CONGRESS
June 27 – July 1, 2019  Twisp, Washington
Fairy Congress is devoted to promoting communication and co-creation with nature spirits, devas and the faery realms. Are you one of the enchanted ones who speaks, plays and works with the fairy realm, the fae, nature spirits, angels or even dragons? Or are you simply curious and wanting to learn more? People from all walks of life, who want to learn to, set this June weekend aside as their very favorite. Profound teachings affect deep personal change as we work with friends across the veil, to bring LOVE into the planet, all shared with like minded friends who soon become family.
http://www.fairycongress.com

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MYSTIC RISING
June 28-30, 2019    Ashland, Oregon
By sharing our gifts, supporting one another, and learning with more of the tools that can empower us, we can integrate these new lifestyle choices while enjoying ecstatic music & Edutainment! “It is possible that the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form of a community – a community practicing understanding and loving kindness, a community practicing mindful living. This may be the most important thing we can do for the survival of the earth.”
http://www.mysticrisingfestival.org/index.php

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RAINBOW GATHERING
July 1-7, 2019     Location TBA the week before 

The Rainbow Family gathers every year in the National Forests of North America, always during the week of July 1-7. The peak of the Gathering on July 4 begins with morning silence, broken by a community prayer for world peace and followed by a full day of (acoustic) music, dancing, feasting, and celebration. The event runs on the principle of communal collaboration with everyone bringing and giving what they have. Food is donated to the many kitchens that are responsible for feeding the Gathering, free of charge. The use of money is taboo, and prohibited items include alcohol, firearms, and sound amplifiers.
http://www.welcomehome.org/rainbow/

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BASS COAST MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL
July 12-15, 2019   Merritt, BC, Canada
The rich culture that surrounds our music is a creative community of artists, scientists, designers, yogi’s, environmentalists, freedom fighters, business minds, intellectuals, party-goers, poets and dancers. We believe the Bass Coast community is a supportive environment where we hope to inspire each participant to find deeper layers of themselves.
http://basscoast.ca

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OREGON COUNTRY FAIR   50TH ANNUAL !!!
July 12-14, 2019  Veneta, Oregon
The Oregon Country Fair has 17 stages featuring hundreds of world class entertainers and performers, hand craft artisans and gourmet food creators lining up to provide, once again, an experience unequaled in the festival world. Dress up and come ready to participate in a time-of-your-life cultural immersion that nourishes the spirit. Explore living artfully and authentically on Earth, and transform culture in magical, joyous and healthy ways. The Oregon Country Fair creates a world unlike any other in a magical wooded setting.
http://www.oregoncountryfair.org

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ELEMENTS GATHERING
July 18-24, 2019    Springville, California
Join Elements third annual tribal consciousness gathering!  If you’ve ever felt that SOMETHING is missing in your life, you could be missing your TRIBE!  Elements brings together top instructors in Ancestral skills to awaken your instincts.  3,000 year-old sequoia trees create a truly magical setting as we come together at a 5,000 year-old traditional gathering place of native peoples.  Make a basket, start a fire by rubbing sticks together, sing and dance, camp and connect with your community.  Live music around the campfire every evening.  Fantastic kids program, too!
http://www.elementsgathering.com

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NORTHERN NIGHTS MUSIC FESTIVAL
July 19-22, 2019    Piercy, CA
Northern Nights is a one-of-a-kind festival located in Cook’s Valley campground in the red woods of Northern California. It is a transformative music festival with yoga, workshops, three stages and a silent disco, art, fashion, hammock lounges, a very special cannabis expo, and so much more!
https://www.northernnights.org/

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photo by Eric Allen

PLANTS EN CHANTS
July 19-22, 2019 Salem Oregon
In devotion to song, ceremony & heart felt communion with the healing plant Kin-dom. This gathering  is intended to develop and strengthen ‘medicine culture’ thru the healing arts of holistic education, song-sharing, life-as-ceremony, and supportive community.   It recognizes ‘medicines’ as the force of nature that cures dis-ease, that takes us from being sick to being free.  This event aligns more with ‘deep herbalism‘, which cultivates a relationship thru plants to the healing presence of Nature, a pro-active approach to health, and less with the ‘shallow herbalism’ of ‘take the tincture and make the symptoms go away’, a greener version of the pharmaceutical model.  It acknowledges plants as elders in the society of nature as it exists on planet earth, and therefore teachers to the adolescent human species. As such, they can keep us aligned with the healthy functioning of the planetary metabolism, mirrored in our own inner and social ecologies.  Plants enChant is intended to honor and give space for their wisdom, to activate our abilities to receive it, and put this guidance into practice.
http://singingalive.org/plants-enchant/

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EVOLVE MUSIC & AWARENESS FESTIVAL
July 19-21, 2019    Moncton, NB
“This festival has decided to say from its inception, ‘How can we get as many people turned on to living in a way that’s connected with the planet, as much as we possibly can?” —Michael Franti
Evolve is an annual 3-day summer celebration of music, culture, and social awareness. From its start in 2000 as a grassroots music and awareness festival featuring local bands, the festival has grown to showcase world-class performers from around the globe. Evolve also plays host to workshops that inform spectators about social issues such as personal wellbeing and environmental awareness.
http://www.evolvefestival.com

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BIG DUB FESTIVAL
July 24-28, 2019  Artemas, Pennsylvania
Big Dub Festival is the crossroads where great music & festivities meets human interaction.  There are multiple stages of music with entertainment throughout each night until 6am, daily workshops, drum circles, bonfires, yoga, and more.
http://www.bigdubfestival.com

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CASCADIA NW Arts and Music Festival
July 23-28, 2019    Granite Falls, Washington State
Extraordinary Possibilities : Explorations in Art, Music & Nature. In true NW style, we create our festival together and are seeking diverse participation from our region and beyond. Three days of camping with music, art, workshops, performances & artisan vending at the beautiful Masonic Family Campgrounds in Granite Falls Washington! One hour NE of Seattle.
http://www.CascadiaNW.com

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ARISE FESTIVAL
August 2-4, 2019  Loveland, Colorado
The multi-genre music festival offers 7 stages of world class performances ranging from funk, reggae, bluegrass, jam, hip-hop, rock, electronic, folk to conscious roots music. Other primary attractions include all day offerings of yoga, workshops, art, film, activism, a renowned Children’s Village, and all the fun and co-creative excitement that can be packed into a 3-day camping festival. All told, ARISE will feature well over 200 scheduled performances and presentations throughout.
http://arisefestival.com

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SHAMBALA MUSIC FESTIVAL
August 9-12, 2019  Salmo, BC, Canada
Shambhala Music Festival was born from a vision as grassroots as it gets. On a sunny Labour Day weekend back 1998, some 500 people gathered at the Salmo River Ranch for a party that showcased local art and music. Since those early, heady days, Shambhala grew with enthusiasm by word of mouth, quickly becoming a staple event for the West Coast underground electronic music scene. Today it attracts world renowned DJs and artists and some of the most eclectic, energetic fans in the universe. Shambhala is built on Shambhalove which shines bright to this day.
http://www.shambhalamusicfestival.com

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Beloved Festival by Melissa Robin


BELOVED SACRED ART & MUSIC FESTIVAL 

August 9-12, 2019  Tidewater, Oregon
Beloved is a model for a culture that understands the depth of our connection with each other, to the planet, and to our souls. Beloved is all of the names and forms of the Divine, affirming their Unity.

We respectfully present sacred music from diverse global traditions; and see conscious dance music as fitting into the broader context of sacred and healing music. We also host interactive art installations, live painting, local organic cuisine, and workshops on yoga, healing, relationships, social and environmental justice, and the music and wisdom of ancient cultures. Our goal is to dissolve the boundaries that isolate us through music, dance, and play. We demand of ourselves that we deepen our own connection to, and respect for, the earth and that we educate and inspire participants to do the same.
http://www.belovedfestival.com

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SYMBIOSIS OREGON ECLIPSE  NEXT in Dec 2020 Patagonia!
Dates and Location TBA
Symbiosis Gathering: Family Tree will not only be a time for celebrating the reunion of families and memories from past years, but will serve as a precursor for what may be the burgeoning brand’s most important event to date: Symbiosis Gathering Oregon Eclipse 2017.  On August 21st, 2017, a total solar eclipse will be visible over a small strip of land in the United States. Having secured a beautiful site situated in the direct path of the eclipse, Symbiosis will partner with revered international festival organizers to co-create an event unlike any in the world.
http://oregoneclipse2017.com/

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FAERIEWORLDS
August 23-25, 2019   Hornings Hideout, North Plains, Oregon
We believe that the revitalizing, healing and transforming spirit of faerie is alive and moving actively in our lives: faerie inspires and provokes, heals and reveals, illuminates and transcends. At Faerieworlds, we invite you to enter the Realm as your magical self and release the beautiful, magical faerie spirit that’s inside you! Array yourself in your best faerie finery! Join us and find new friends and discover wonderful enchantments of art, music and dance. Surrender to the glamour of faerie and let your heart and spirit soar in the woodland and under the stars!
http://www.faerieworlds.com

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BURNING MAN
August 25-Sept 2, 2019  Black Rock City, Nevada
Once a year, tens of thousands of participants gather to create Black Rock City in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance. They depart one week later, having created unbelievable artistic experiences, and having left no trace whatsoever.

Our intention is to generate society that connects each individual to his or her creative powers, to participation in community, to the larger realm of civic life, and to the even greater world of nature that exists beyond society. We believe that the experience of Burning Man can produce positive spiritual change in the world. The touchstone of value in our culture will always be immediacy: experience before theory, moral relationships before politics, survival before services, roles before jobs, embodied ritual before symbolism, work before vested interest, participant support before sponsorship. And we will always burn the Man.
http://www.burningman.com

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BHAKTI FEST WEST
September 11-16, 2019   Joshua Tree, California
Bhakti Fest is a four day music festival celebrating devotion through chanting, yoga, meditation and community. The Center for Spiritual Studies Inc, Bhakti and Shaktifest’s Non-Profit Organization is a social enterprise dedicated to supporting collective evolution, and has raised funds for several causes and charities over the past 44 years. All of our presenters embody the spirit of Bhakti – deep devotion. We gather on 450 acres of inspiring desert land to express our love and devotion as one community through an enchanting array of activities.
http://bhaktifest.com

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IMAGINE MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL
September 12-15, 2019   Orcas Island, Washington
In this age of immense change our entire culture is being reevaluated. In this unprecedented time of intellectual and spiritual freedom we have the opportunity to create a brand new way of thinking and feeling. One day at a time we are discovering a new language for interacting. One moment at a time we are inventing new ways to celebrate.

So we invite you dear friends to join us in a grand celebration. Draw upon ancient wisdom, set some deep intention and with a bit of tech wizardry we hope to offer a heart opening experience to all. By sharing in the art and music of our community we strive to create pockets of peace emanating deep vibrations of love to the rest of the planet. May we be part of a peaceful revolution.
http://imagineorcasisland.com

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photo by Heidi Kaden, Lucidity Festival

EARTHDANCE FLORIDA    
September  20-22, 2019   Lake Wales, Florida
2016 is a landmark year for deep peace-making and true environmental stewardship: a Global Shift is underway. Our international, cross-generational tribe of evolutionaries transcends national borders and divisions through the universal language of music, as we empower people and catalyze institutions. Together we are building a peaceful and sustainable world. Come Celebrate Earthdance Global’s 20th Year Anniversary of Giving Peace a Dance.
http://earthdanceflorida.org

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LEAF FESTIVAL  
October  17-20, 2019  Black Mountain, North Carolina 
LEAF Festival celebrates 20 years of connecting cultures and creating community through music and arts. This kid-friendly setting (with childcare available) is perfect for family and friends to be a part of something greater, as the twice-year festival funds arts education programs for youth locally in Asheville, NC and globally in 10 countries. Enjoy a dynamic array of arts across 5 stages and 7 interactive villages that includes music, dance, healing art, visionary art, folk art, handcrafts, fire-spinning, poetry, puppetry and so much more. Let the energy flow as you align your body, mind and spirit with more than 50 healing arts workshops, hiking, biking, swimming and canoeing. The powerful setting of this intimate festival is the original site of Black Mountain College, where the first geodesic dome was constructed. Feel the connectivity at this family-friendly lake setting, nestled against the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains with plenty of room to explore your surroundings…or yourself.
http://www.theleaf.org

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STILL TO COME! NEW YEAR IN GUATEMALA!

COSMIC CONVERGENCE
New Years Eve Dec 30, 2019 – Jan 2, 2020  Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

Ready for an amazing adventure? Spend New Year’s in Guatemala, gather on the shores of Lake Atitlan, under the watchful protection of a living volcano, dance to your favorite beats, study permaculture, make new friends with indigenous locals, and take home memories to last a lifetime. A convergence of past, present, and future, the objective is to expose the attendees to ancestral and post-industrial ways of living to provoke a shift in consciousness to rethink what lifestyles are possible in post-2012 reality. Including Psy Family Guatemala, with the primordial objective of the expansion of our consciousness until we reach levels of cosmic meditation in movement, influenced by the most high rhythm frequencies of primitive sounds, ultrasonic and psychedelic. The gathering forms part of an ongoing international tribal revival.
http://www.cosmicconvergencefestival.org/

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OM REUNION presents SOLSTICE GATHERING
June TBA 2019   Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Solstice is a week-long intentional gathering in the forest of Southern Ontario. Drawn by the summer sun, we camp, laugh, eat and dance at our temporary home in the woods. Sweetly anticipated by its community for the opportunity to gather, journey, love, stargaze, sunbathe, and more. https://solsticegathering.ca/

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DIVERSITY FESTIVAL
July  2019 TBA   Texada Island, BC, Canada
Drawn from both inside and outside the community, artists, composers, bands, performers and participants from across the continent and beyond will converge for a weekend celebration of creative culture. The name says it all. A place where you can be you. Diversity Festival.
http://www.diversityfestival.ca/

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MOTION NOTION FESTIVAL
August 2019 TBA  Golden, BC, Canada
Come be part of an exploration of electronic music, art, nature, and the infinite in the heart of Rocky Mountains near Golden BC, Canada. Motion Notion has always been something off the beaten path and a thing of discovery and amazement for all. Welcome to freedom and growth!
http://www.motionnotion.com

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THE ASTRAL LIGHTS
September TBA  Astral Lights, Missouri
A Music and Art Experience featuring performances from some of the most cutting edge musicians and visual artists leading the way in their respective fields. Hoodie Salinas will share his true genius creating land art sculpture and stage design. Apex Collective will be painting all weekend, displaying their work, and also providing the backdrop for several art projection mapping concepts in conjunction with our VJ’s. Datagrama’s team will also once again projection map the main stage field trees each evening after closing. With Sunrise Sets, the late night Stargaze Stage situated in the Stargaze Field camping zone, and the very beautiful and rustic venue that is Astral Valley to explore each day with its caves, natural spring fed watering holes and showers, this experience and location promises to become a new favorite on the festival calendar.
https://www.theastrallights.com/

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EARTH HARMONY FESTIVAL
October TBA   Tumacácori, AZ
Experience the progressive and innovative lifestyle of a fully functioning EcoVillage – tours, live Global Change Music, food, art, kid’s village, pony rides, and speakers on sustainability.
Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage.
http://earthharmonyfestival.org

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ONE LOVE EXPERIENCE  
November TBA  Ojai, Calif.
The One Love Experience is a three-day music festival that takes place at the idyllic Lake Casitas Recreation Area in Ojai, California on Oct. 7-9. The transformational festival blends a sensational array of musical talent with leading spiritual gurus and speakers of the modern day consciousness movement. Musical acts such as Matisyahu, Trevor Hall Band, and David Starfire take to the stage while thought leaders like  David Wilcock, Yogi Cameron, and Gay and Katie Hendricks enlighten attendees through their workshops. The intention of One Love Experience is the celebrate life and humanity, together we can achieve a high vibrating state of love that create waves of positivity in the world.
 http://www.onelovefest.com

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DESERT HEARTS
October TBA   Los Coyotes, CA

This isn’t just another meaningless party. This is about finding a new kind of freedom. A point where you reach your mental breaking point and come to your specific realization that is meaningful at exactly the right place, exactly the right time, and exactly the stage of life that you are currently in. Desert Hearts is about coming together in love, collectively, individually, and supernaturally. This is about the healing of land and souls. This is about touching heaven, even if only just for a few days. What we are doing is real. It’s more real and more true than anything we’ve ever been privileged enough to be a part of. It’s time to wake up, into a dream world where real life is mystically blissful–to a place where we won’t ever want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than our wildest dreams. This is what Desert Hearts is all about. We Are All Desert Hearts.
https://festival.deserthearts.us/

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ZEN AWAKENING
November TBA  Orlando, Florida

Zen Awakening is a transformational, music and arts festival. Featuring Celebrity DJ’s, Bands, Yoga, Meditation, Spiritual Teachers, Holistic Teachers, Cirque Performers, Flow Dancers, Drum Circle, Group Chants, Fire Performers, Central Fire, Healing Sanctuary, Workshops, Theme Campsites, Permaculture, Kirtan, Camping, Organic Food Vendors and Art Installations.
http://www.zenawakeningfestival.com/

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FOREST DANCE
???   Lanas de Puriscal, Costa Rica
Forest Dance is a Healing and Expressive Art Ceremonial Fire Circle Gathering. Come join our family as we share in deep and profound celebration of our lives together on sacred land, in the hills of Costa Rica. Where the scent of the wild flowers and the sound the Cicada, remind us just how alive we can be together. Our facilitators and teachers will guide the circle on a profound journey helping us to access and reclaim our own core, our inspiration, and our connection to nature. Forestdance is a ceremonial gathering, a rite of passage. This gathering is so profound, so beautiful, that it has shaped a community. It has reignited passions for so many talented people, reclaiming inspiration, and has shown an alternative way to co-exist that many of us have stopped dreaming about long ago.
http://www.heartbeatcollective.org/forestdance/costa
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KINNECTION CAMPOUT 
May 17-20. 2018    Spirit Crossing, TN
Kinnections are intimate gatherings designed to inspire and connect people through the synthesis of ancient tribal traditions and modern visionary culture. The Kinnection intention is to cocreate a tight, intimate container where people can come learn, grow, and celebrate all in the same space. The focus of these events is personal growth as well as collective evolution. We seek to create more than just a party. Kinnections bring the yummiest vibes and create a real sense of community where people are free to relax and be themselves. Come to a Kinnection to truly connect with yourself and others. The goal is to leave knowing everyone’s name and to feel inspired and equipped to take the next step in your life. http://www.kinnectioncampout.org/

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EMERGENCE EXPERIENCE  HIATUS 2018??
May 26-28,2017
  Bloomingdale, Michigan
Three Days of Light presents:
The Spring Emergence Experience is a small, intimate gathering, with only 500 tickets being made available. Part Festival/Part Retreat/Party Summer Camp, 100% INSPIRATION! ACTIVATION! CELEBRATION! Laugh, dance, sing, play. Learn, teach, grow expand! The Emergence Experience is a SAFE, WHOLESOME space for our ENTIRE family to open up and embrace our highest conscious self!
http://www.3DLgathering.com

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INLAKESH Sacred Ceremony, Music, Art & Dance Gathering
June  ??      Jackson Wellsprings, Ashland, Oregon
Get ready to shift into a more exalted and expanded state at the second annual  Inlakesh Sacred Ceremony, Music, Art and Dance gathering. Come join us at the sacred meadow and Casbah stage on the grounds of Jackson Wellsprings healing hot springs spa. Included in the sacred ceremonies from around the world at Inlakesh will be Sufi Zikr, Tea Ceremony, Pagan Goddess rituals, Healing Circles, Cacao Ceremony, Living Tarot, Sweat Lodge, and an Aloha camp sacred fire music circle. Sacred dance will include Sufi dancing, Ecstatic dance, African dance, as well as your own unique dance to the sounds of our amazing musicians. We will also feature some epic visionary artists, soothing sound healers, and uplifting workshops. Enjoy the hot soaking pool, sauna, and steam bath late into the night and some of the finest vegetarian and super foods on the planet. We look forward to rising up together to create a communal prayer to heal ourselves and radiate this energy to the whole world!
http://www.inlakeshfest.com

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INSHALA FESTIVAL  Hiatus 2018?
June    Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada

Join us for this transformational festival, as we step into a new cycle of Creation & Celebration. Experience an extensive lineage of inspired Conference workshops; Connect and dance with a variety of local and international music performers. Enjoy the family friendly activities for all ages and interests. Inshala 8 – “Rebirth”
http://www.inshala.ca

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OPEN MIND FESTIVAL
July   La Patrie, Quebec, Canada
OpenMind is a Transformational eco-gathering that celebrates life through ecstatic celebration and intentional well-being. It’s an invitation and reunification to harmonious communities from all corners of the globe, to share these inspiring celebrations of life in a wondrous natural paradise!
http://www.OpenmindFestival.com

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LUMINOSITY GATHERING  Hiatus 2018?
July 14-17, 2017   Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada
Deep within the enchanted temperate rainforest of the Sunshine Coast, a luminescent seed has been resown. Join us in cultivating our third annual gathering in a fertile new environment. We bring to the BC west coast a carefully selected collection of cutting edge musicians, artists, teachers, and visionaries from around the globe. We offer you the chance to experience a taste of the next level  paradigm in a synesthesiac environment of future psy frequencies, visionary aesthetics, conscious learning, community connection, and much more! Together we will co-create an intimate west coast experience like no other!
http://www.luminositygathering.com

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GRATITUDE MIGRATION >  FOLDED
July 14-16, 2017    Keansburg, New Jersey
You’re invited to enter a world where life becomes art and dreams become reality, set on an idyllic, undiscovered beach remarkably close to New York City. A seaside oasis where dreams turn into reality, with others who share the same vision of creativity, culture and connection. A gathering of open-minded spirits communing in music, dance, art, performance, technology, environmentalism, yoga, spirituality, family, and… connection.
http://www.migratewith.us/

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PORTAL MUSIC FESTIVAL  
July      Lolo Hot Springs, Montana
PORTAL Music Festival is a Transformational Festival, offering three days to live, play and co-create with powerful healing workshops and all night music. PORTAL is a journey of intentional activation, joining the ‘sacred’ and ‘creative’. PORTAL is a participatory all arts festival, a chance to to immerse ourselves in a magically creative world.
http://portalmusicfestival.com

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ATMOSPHERE GATHERING  No 2018 Dates
August 18-20, 2017  Cumberland, BC
Nestled in the “legendary” mountain town of Cumberland, a growing village of independent entrepreneurs, herbalists, mountain bikers, young families… and good ol’ boys, the community is a huge part of the festival, providing a wonderful backdrop to Atmosphere Gathering’s collection of live and electronic elements. Enjoy inspiring sounds from across the musical spectrum, artistic wonders, contemporary dance performances and stimulating workshops.
http://atmospheregathering.com/

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PEACE  VILLAGE  FESTIVAL   No 2018 Dates
August 19-21, 2017  Jackson WellSprings,  Ashland, Oregon
The 9th annual Peace Village Festival takes place August 14th-16th, 2014, at Jackson WellSprings Hot Mineral Springs Resort, just north of Ashland, Oregon. This is Southern Oregon’s Premier Peace, Music, and Arts Festival! The two stages feature an eclectic mix of music, including world beat, reggae, rock, folk, americana, kirtan, electronic, and more. With workshops, speakers, yoga & movement classes, an artisans’ village, ecstatic dance, gourmet vegetarian food, a kid village, and a healing sanctuary, there is truly something for everyone. In addition there are altars and ceremonies, and a goddess temple. The venue’s hot soaking pool, extra large warm swimming pool, sauna, and steam bath are open late during the event. With it close proximity to Interstate 5, Peace Village Festival is easy to access from all over the Western United States. This is an alcohol and drug free event that is fun for the whole family.
http://www.peacevillagefestival.org

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GREAT NORTH FESTIVAL   Hiatus??? Defunct?
Sept. 8-10, 2017   Norridgewock, Maine
Featuring a wide range of national and regional music acts , along with some of the most renowned visionary artists in the world, including our main featured artist Alex Grey! This is our second year, being held September 19th through the 21st of 2014 at the BEAUTIFUL Last Breath Farm in Norridgewock, Maine. Please join us!
http://www.greatnorth.us/

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