An eclectic and growing selection of small, alternative festivals (including a couple we organise: the Festival of Creativity in the Czech Republic 26 June – 6 July, 2020, and the Sahara yoga, meditation & dance retreats in Morocco 12-18 January & 2-8 February, 2020)
January
- The Road Junky Sahara Retreat 12-18 January, Morocco – a week in the sand dunes of the Sahara with 20 other interesting travellers as we dance and sing under the full moon…
February
- Road Junky Sahara Meditation and Contact Improvisation Retreat 2-8 February, Morocco – couldn’t make it in January? Join us a heart-opening week in the Sahara Desert with meditation in the mornings and contact improvisation dance in the afternoons.
March
- Fuerteventura Contact Festival 7-13 March, Lajares, Canary Islands, Spain
April
- OsterImproFestival 9-13 April, Göttingen, Germany
- Spiritual Dance Festival – Conscious Holy Week 9-13 April, Barcelona, Spain
- Ibiza Spirit Festival 26 April, Ibiza, Spain
- Valencia Contact Impro Festival Valencia, Spain (2020 dates to be confirmed)
May
- Space to Emerge 1-4 May, Lake District, England
- Transition Festival 5-12 May, Doñana, Spain
- Beltane Fire Festival 8-10 May, East Sussex, England
- Earthsong Camps 8 May – 26 July, County Clare, Ireland
- Tribal Talisman Festival 8-10 May, Budapest, Hungary
- Wood Festival 15-17 May, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire, UK
- AllFestival 15-17 May, Litomerice, Czech Republic
- Kokopelli World Festival 16-17 May, Gullegem, Belgium
- Green Vibrations 21-22 May, Enschede, Netherlands
- Gaia Family Tribe Summer Camp 22-27 May, Grosmont, England
- Burning Nest 25-31 May, Exeter, England
- Something to Smile About 29 – 31 May, Lincolnshire, England
- Roma Tribal Meeting 29-31 May, Rome, Italy
- Deep Water Dance Festival Padova, Italy (2020 dates to be confirmed)
June
- Space of Love 29 May-7 June, Böda Sand, Öland, Sweden
- Vurige Tongen 31 May – 1 June, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Italy Contact Festival 1-7 June, Umbria, Italy
- Earth Garden 4 – 7 June, Attard, Malta
- Meadows in the Mountains 4-7 June, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria
- Wurzel Festival 11-14 June, Niedergörsdorf, Germany
- Rumble Festival 12-15 June, Chesham, England
- Heartbeat Women 18-21 June, Bad Kohlgrub, Germany
- Stonehenge Summer Solstice Gathering 18-22 June, Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
- Oceanfest 19-21 June, Devon, England
- Agni Spirit Festival 19-23 June, Catalonia, Spain
- Sexsibility Festival 23-28 June, Ängsbacka Kursgård, Sweden
- VIII International Festival of Tantra Consciousness 26 June – 5 July, Nowe Kawkowo, Poland
- Irish Aerial Dance Fest 27 June-12 July, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland
- High On Life Ecstatic Dance Festival 30 June-5 July, Spain
- The Road Junky Festival of Creativity 26 June-6 July, in the hills of the Czech Republic 125 people gathering for a week of creative workshops and music around the fire in a forest setting. A gathering free from alcohol and electricity, and we take care of all the food, tea and coffee, as we eat together in a circle every day. Read more
- MidBurn Negev Desert, Israel (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Seedcamp Festival Kautzen, Austria (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Art-Labyrinth Festival Romania (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Nomads Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands (2020 dates to be confirmed)
July
- Hieros Gamos Festival 1-5 July, Zeewolde, Netherlands
- Drienok Festival 2-5 July, Mošovce, Slovakia
- Mandala Festival 2-5 July, Wanroij, Netherlands
- Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival 2-5 July, Fontainebleau, France
- Natural High Healing Festival 2-5 July, Narvilinna, Uusikaupunki, Finland
- Timber Festival 3-5 July, Feanedock, UK
- Mantra Sommer Festival 5 – 10 July, Oberlahr, Germany
- Slot Art Festival 7-11 July, Lubiąż, Poland
- Wake Up! Experiment 7-12 July, Bulgaria
- Nowhere Festival 7-12 July, Castejón de Monegros, Spain
- Funny Moon Festival 8-13 July, Valeč, Czech Republic
- Bodypainting Festival 9-11 July, Klagenfurt, Austria
- Noisily Festival 9-12 July, Leicestershire, England
- Feel Festival 9-13 July, Bergheider See, Germany
- European Juggling Convention 11-19 July, Hanko, Finland
- The Living Village Festival 15-19 July, Dalfsen, Netherlands
- Buddhafield Festival 15-19 July, Taunton, Somerset, England
- G! Festival 16-18 July, Gøta, Faroe Islands
- Shrewsbury International Comedy Festival 16-19 July, Shrewsbury, England
- Yiddish Summer Weimar 16 July – 22 August, Weimar, Germany
- Harmonic Festival 17-19 July, Trigance, France
- Stainsby Festival 17-19 July, Stainsby, Derbyshire, England
- Valley of the Arts(Művészetek Völgye) 17-26 July, Kapolcs, Hungary
- Borderland 19-26 July, Hedehusene, Denmark
- Ozora 20-26 July, Dádpuszta, Hungary
- Own Spirit Festival 21-26 July, Baldellou, Spain
- Biodanza Tribal Gathering, 22-26 July, Winterswijk, Netherlands
- Fanø Free Folk Festival 23-25 July, Fanø, Denmark
- Nation of Gondwana-Pyonen 24-26 July, Brandenburg, Germany
- Dance Camp East 25 July-2 August, Suffolk, England
- Samsara Festival 26 July-2 August, Töreki, Hungary
- Tantra Festival 28 July-2 August, Ängsbacka, Sweden
- Boom Festival 28 July-4 August Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
- Wilderness Festival 30 July-2 August, Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, England
- The Green Gathering 30 July-2 August, Piercefield Park, Chepstow, UK
- Camp Bestival 30 July-3 August, Lulworth Estate, Dorset, England
- Outlook Origins 30 July-4 August, Tisno, Croatia
- Faces Festival 31 July-2 August, Karjaalla, Finland
- Floating Castle Festival 31 July-2 August, Castle Snežnik, Slovenia
- The Thousand and One Grenoble area, France (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Waha Festival Bățanii Mari, Romania (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Brainchild Festival East Sussex, England (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Sadhaka Yoga Festival Orsennes, France (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Sommerlejr Thylejren, Denmark (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Partycipation Festival Austria (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Ripollesdansa Dance Festival Ripoll, Spain (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Zelenkovac Jazz Festival Podrašnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2020 dates to be confirmed)
August
- Contact Meets Contemporary 2-8 August, Göttingen, Germany
- Spiritual Dance Festival – Días de Luz 3-11 August, Clariana de Cardener, Spain
- Impulse Festival 5-9 August, Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé, France
- Ancient Trance Festival 6-9 August, Taucha, Germany
- Yaga Gathering 6-10 August, Varėna, Lithuania
- The Spirit of Awen 7-16 August, Arlingham, Gloucestershire, England
- Punk Rock Holiday 11-14 August, Tolmin, Slovenia
- Boomtown 12-16 August, Winchester, Hampshire, England
- Freiburg Contact Festival 13-19 August, Freiburg, Germany
- New Healing Festival 17-23 August, Prignitz, Germany
- Beglika Festival 19-23 August, Golyam Beglik, Bulgaria
- Psy-Fi Festival 19-23 August, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
- Green Man 20-23 August, Brecon Beacons, Wales, UK
- Roztoc Circus Festival 20-23 August, Prague, Czech Republic
- Slovenian Hula Hoop Convention 20-23 August, Dvor, Žužemberk, Slovenia
- Shambala Festival 27-30 August, Northamptonshire, England
- Phoenix Fire Convention 27-30 August, Hildburghausen, Germany
- Into The Wild 28-31 August, East Grinstead, UK
- Tantra 4 Gay Men – Tantra Love Festival 29 August-2 September, Glastonbury, UK
- Andancas Dance Festival Castelo de Vide, Portugal (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Guca Trumpet Festival Guča, Serbia (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Finki Krautrock Festival Hessen, Germany (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Heart Culture Festival Grosssteinbach, Austria (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Ezera Skanas Kāla Ezers, Latvia (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Northern Permaculture Gathering Oxford Island, Northern Ireland (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Wild Heart Gathering Sussex, England (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- ZNA Gathering Montargil Lake, Portugal (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Heartbeat Festival Osthessen, Germany (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Small World Summer Festival Headcorn, Kent, England (2020 dates to be confirmed)
September
- Spiral Knights Eco-Fest 4-13 September, Mount Telethrion, Greece
- Sound and Silence Festival Portimão, Portugal (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Become Love Festival Pommritz, Germany (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- The Old Saw Mill Garden Party Northallerton, England (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Bubble Festival Malta (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- Connection Festival La Codosera, Spain (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- J-Fest Juggling Convention Antalya, Turkey (2020 dates to be confirmed)
October
- Scottish Storytelling Festival 16-31 October, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Seekult Festival Friedrichshafen, Germany (2020 dates to be confirmed)
- European Biodanza Congress Punta Umbría, Huelva, Spain (2020 dates to be confirmed)
November
- AlgoMech Festival 13-15 November, Sheffield, England
- Tantra Festival Mexico Riviera Maya, Mexico — Not in Europe but for anyone who wants to escape Europe’s winter (2020 dates to be confirmed)
December
- Israeli Contact Festival 24-29 December 2019, Galilee and Tel Aviv, Israel
