A calendar of alternative (boutique, transformational) small festivals and retreats in Europe and nearby.
I'm Tom Thumb and I'm a festival organiser - I run this site to bring together events and communities that represent the best of alternative culture. I also organise a few events of my own:
I run Sahara retreats in Morocco each winter (28 January -3 February & 18-24 February 2024) with yoga, meditation, dance and contact improv - check out: www.roadjunkyretreat.com to find out what it's like to camp for a week in the sand dunes.

If you love getting together in beautiful places with lovely people you might want to come along to our Festival of Creativity 21-30 July, 2023 in the Czech Republic - check out www.roadjunkyfestival.com to learn more!
The Festival of Sensuality (17-24 August 2024) - a down to earth event in the Czech Republic exploring sexuality, body awareness and communication in relationships.
Festivals in 2023
January

The Magic Word Festival
4-8 January 2023 | Nuremberg, Germany
Come to a festival of narrative arts and engage in stories from different genres, in unusual formats and from unusual perspectives. This festival is organized every two years during epiphany time. Wha ...

Sahara yoga retreat in Morocco with creative voice & movement workshops
15-21 January 2023 | Morocco
We run yoga retreats in the Sahara Desert in Morocco and people come along expecting it to be a holiday in the sand dunes. A few days into the retreat they find their hearts opening, their faces softe ...

Mystic Garden Festival
21-22 January 2023 | Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mystic Garden Festival is an annual music festival in the heart of Amsterdam. The magical paradise boasts a world-class lineup of house and techno artists combined with organic food, a hippie market, ...

Oslo Yoga Festival
27-29 January 2023 | Oslo, Norway
These days everyone is doing yoga, practicing mindfulness, reading Sufi poetry and the shelves are full of self-help books that promise to bring you peace, happiness and fulfillment. But how about hel ...

Floating Castle Festival
30 January-5 February 2023 | Castle Snežnik, Slovenia
For now, we don’t have any information on future editions of this event… Floating Castle Festival has puppet shows, circus performances, street and improvisational theater, poetry readings, film p ...
February

Tantric Joy Festival Winter Edition
2-5 February 2023 | Amsterdam, Holland
The festival organisers say: Join us to explore different types of tantra practices with 25 international facilitators, 35 workshops, 2 Temple Nights, Concerts, Performances & Ecstatic Dance! We w ...

Yoga & Montagne : L'appel de la Montagne
4-8 February 2023 | Megève, France
Yoga & Montagne is a festival offering yoga, fly yoga, spa, and skiing classes. Yoga in the snow – what more could you want? They also have dates for April (15th-18th). What the organizers s ...

The Sahara Meditative Yoga & Joy of Movement Retreat
5-11 February 2023 | the Sahara Desert, Morocco
Once again we’re heading out into the dunes for a week of storytelling, dance, yoga, music and meditation under the desert sky. We’ve been running meditation and yoga retreats in the Sahara Desert ...

International Push Hands Meeting Hannover
22-26 February 2023 | Hannover, Germany
The International Push Hands Meeting Hannover organizers say: “Founded in 2000 as an annual exchange meeting for the scattered push hands practitioners of different schools and styles in Germany ...

International Push Hands Meeting in Prague
22-26 February 2023 | Prague, Czech Republic
The International Push Hands Meeting in Prague organizers say: “All fans of push hands (tui shou) and Tai Chi Chuan, who want to meet in a friendly atmosphere and exchange their experiences, a ...
March

Elevate Festival
1-5 March 2023 | Graz, Austria
Elevate Festival is an annual event for music, arts and political discourse. Hosted in Graz, Austria each year, the festival features an extensive program of workshops, live performances, lectures, di ...

JoogaFestival Helsinki
4-5 March 2023 | Helsinki, Finland
The JoogaFestival Helsinki organizers say: “Yoga Festival Helsinki is a wellbeing event for everyone and an Expo event including about 130 exhibitors, over 100 classes & workshops and 40 lec ...

Rampage Festival
10-11 March 2023 | Belgium
Rampage is the biggest drum and bass and dubstep party in the universe! Experience two days of the best of bass music in the heart of Belgium. The festival organisers say: “More than 30 artists will ...
April

"The Inner Silence" yoga, meditative arts and traditional tantra retreat
4-9 April 2023 | Sierra de Gredos, Spain
In this Easter Week Retreat we will immerse ourselves in the inner gaze through Iyengar Yoga, hatha Yoga, vinyasa krama and meditative arts such as sound healing, dance and voice healing. We will be s ...

Easter Retreat in the Mountains of Spain | Yoga Iyengar, Meditative Arts and Traditional Tantra
4-9 April 2023 | Sierra de Gredos, Spain
In this Easter Retreat you will immerse yourselves in the inner gaze through Iyengar Yoga, hatha Yoga, vinyasa krama and meditative arts such as sound healing and spiritual dances. The yoga retreat or ...

EasterImproFestival
6-10 April 2023 | Schönsee, Bavarian Forest
The Osterimprofestival (how the German language loves to connect words) is the Easter Improvisation festival for all fans of contact improv dance to get together and dance, act, sing, and paint. It lo ...

Spiritual Dance Festival - Conscious Holy Week
6-10 April 2023 | Barcelona, Spain
Yes, going by the video you wouldn’t be judgemental to deduce that they seem to take themselves a little too seriously but if you want to go dancing in the mountains close to Barcelona (we think ...

Dutch Acro-Yoga Festival
28 April-7 May 2023 | Holland
The Dutch Acro-Yoga Festival lets you fly high with other lovers of yoga and acrobatics. The festival organisers say: ‘Jai! We’ve set up a brand new AcroYoga festival: the Dutch AcroYoga Festi ...

Space to Emerge
28 April-1 May 2023 | Lake District, England
Space to Emerge is a weekend retreat full of workshops. In three days, you will be able to engage in one-to-one healing therapies, workshops and dance till morning while meeting like-minded people in ...
May

Schwelle Festival
3-7 May 2023 | Zöbern, Austria
The Schwelle Festival is a great place to explore.. The festival organisers say: ‘Lets come together again to celebrate, explore and learn in the sphere of consciousness, love and healthy sexual ...

Hai in den Mai Festival
4-7 May 2023 | Stemwede, Germany
Magic forest, magic creatures and judging by the photographs always sunny weather – admittedly Hai in den Mai seems like great fun. Also, on an unrelated note – they have the most beautifu ...

Bhumi Fest
5-8 May 2023 | Andalucia, Spain
Bhumi Fest bridges the gap between celebratory festivals and sitting in peaceful silence in a transformational retreat to bring you the experience of a festival! You will be amongst a conscious commun ...

ALLfest
12-14 May 2023 | Litomerice, Czech Republic
The Alchemy Festival (ALLfest) is to be held in the middle of May this year in the town of Litomerice. It’s a cosy festival with the usual workshops, talks and seminars on healthy living and hap ...

Hemp Redemption
12-14 May 2023 | Chilton Polden, United Kingdom
Hemp Redemption Spring Festival is held in a castle 🙂 In hemp we trust, hemp bless you! The festival organizers say: “Hemp Redemption Spring Festival welcomes you to Avalon Priory to enjoy a week ...

Surya Spirits Festival
12-14 May 2023 | The Ardennes, Belgium
Surya Spirits Festival is a trance-fusion of dance and well-being located in the endless woods of The Ardennes. The festival organizers say: “This family-oriented gathering aims to offer a healt ...

Contact in Paradise
17-21 May 2023 | Reichenau/Rax, Austria
Contact in Paradise is a contact improvisation festival where you can immerse yourself in a community of creative, joyful dancers exploring paradise together. The festival boasts a lineup of world-cla ...

Ecstatic Dance Spring Festival
17-21 May 2023 | Bavaria, Germany
The Ecstatic Dance Spring Festival is the reflection of a beautifully grown community. The Nature Community is located in Schönsee, in the Bavarian Forest. In May 2023 its energetic and laughing peop ...

Forgotten Land: Ecstatic Dance Spring Festival
17-21 May 2023 | Germany
Build your emotional awareness and plunge into a joyful celebration of dance at the Forgotten Land Ecstatic Dance Spring Festival. With workshops including Radikal flow, Contact jams, and more, you ar ...

Green Vibrations
18-18 May 2023 | Enschede, Netherlands
The Green Vibrations Festival looks like one wild Saturday with all kinds of music. As the day darkens the after-party kicks off and it doesn’t stop until four in the morning. We’ll let th ...

Nederlands Jongleer Festival (Dutch Juggling Convention)
18-21 May 2023 | Goes, Netherlands
Nederlands Jongleer Festival is a long-running circus arts festival, bringing around 300-500 beginner and professional jugglers from the Netherlands and all over Europe. The discipline that is mainly ...

Roma Tribal Meeting
19-21 May 2023 | Rome, Italy
Roma Tribal Meeting is a 3-day event for the lovers of Tribal Belly Dance. You will get the chance to attend workshops, explore your own creativity, create pieces and exhibit your creations afterward ...

Wood Festival
19-21 May 2023 | Braziers Park, Oxfordshire
A small, welcoming festival that offers music, workshops, food and drink. They are welcoming to children. Great for families. The Wood festival invites us all to gather in a conscious celebration of M ...

Burning Nest
22-29 May 2023 | Exeter, England
The Burning Nest is another gathering inspired by Burning Man, but they go their own way and sell ‘memberships’ rather than tickets to help everyone understand that it’s not about co ...

Austrian International Storytelling Festival
24-29 May 2023 |
Austria opens like a book presenting the best stories of the region and around the world. Come, listen and let your imagination fly. What the organizers say: “For more than 30 years now, our festiva ...

Baltic Tantra Festival
25-28 May 2023 | Ratnieki, Latvia
The Baltic Tantric Festival is now in its 8th year! The festival organisers say: ‘Join the 6th Tantra festival in Latvia! Baltic Tantra Festival in Latvia gathers hundreds of people from all ove ...

Conscious Camp
26-29 May 2023 | North Wales, near Llangollen
The connections, the workshops, the music, the river, and all the other people here make Conscious Camp one of Wales’s favorite small gatherings. The festival organizers say: “Set in the beautif ...

Gaia Tribe Family Summer Camp
26-31 May 2023 | Grosmont, England
Small and cosy, the Gaia Tribe Summer Camp is a family-friendly gathering with care taken of the decoration and mood in the surrounding woodland. The usual workshops, music and fun. The festival organ ...

HowTheLightGetsIn
26-29 May 2023 | Hay-on-Wye, Wales
HowTheLightGetsIn is set in the famous book town of Hay-0n-Wye at the edge of the Black Mountains in Wales. A magical place to share ideas and let your imagination flourish! The organisers say: ‘ ...

Italy Contact Festival
31 May-4 June 2023 | Rivignano (Udine), Italy
Set in a little historical town in the heart of Italy, the Italy Contact Festival is where to go to connect with the Italian contact improvisation scene. There will be teachers from around the world w ...
June

Meadows in the Mountains
1-5 June 2023 | Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria
Meadows in the Mountains looks like a colorful, fun festival. They offer music to dance to, yoga classes to relax your body and mind, and a community of like-minded creative people. The organizers say ...

Psychedelic Experience Festival
1-6 June 2023 | Ruthen, Germany
What to expect from Psychedelic Experience Open Air Festival? The organisers promise severe sleep deprivation due to dance floor activities and 2033 lakes in the area. Considering the season, 2,033,03 ...

Above Below Festival
2-4 June 2023 | England, UK
Above Below Festival is one of those events that started off as friends getting together to have a good time and then realising that others would love to join it and they turned it into a festival. Th ...

Earth Garden
2-4 June 2023 | Attard, Malta
Earth Garden is mainly (but not “only”) a music festival that presents live music shows in many different genres of music. Workshops, unique markets, and food courts will also be there. T ...

Space of Love Festival
2-11 June 2023 | Böda Sand, Öland, Sweden
Space of Love Festival features a whole cast of teachers running workshops from family constellation to yoga to African dance. “There we celebrate and create, meet new and old friends, and try n ...

Heartbeat Festival Women
7-11 June 2023 | Allgäu, Germany
Heartbeat Festival Women is for women to come together, explore and celebrate in an environment full of art and creation. It is a good way to spend a couple of days with like-minded women and get in ...

The Intimate Revolution
7-11 June 2023 | Berlin
The Intimate Revolution is a sex-positive festival focused on consent, empathy and connection. They declare their is ‘to end loneliness and bad sex.’ Much like the Festival of Sensuality ...

The Land of Thousand Contacts: Finnish CI Festival
7-11 June 2023 | Hub Feenix, Karjaa, Finland
Connect and recharge at The Land of Thousand Contacts summer festival. Immerse yourself in the contact improvisation community and nature while learning contemporary and theoretical skills with experi ...

Waking Life
7-12 June 2023 | Crato, Portugal
Waking Life is a not-for-profit participatory community festival promoting cultural, counter-cultural and agricultural initiatives in Portugal. Discover techno, experimental and electronic music in th ...

8th International Taiji-Push Hands-Meeting
8-11 June 2023 | Hassfurt am Main, Germany
The 8th International Taiji-Push Hands-Meeting organizers say: “This meeting provides TAIJI – practitioners of all styles (Yang, Chen, Wu, Fu …) in a friendly and harmonious atmosphe ...

MYAU Circus Festival
8-11 June 2023 | Albendiego, Spain
MYAU is back in 2023 with new galas, exhibitions, concerts, and special performances planned to thrill and engage you in the circus community! Organisers have plenty of surprises in store along with t ...

Wurzel Festival
8-11 June 2023 | Niedergörsdorf, Germany
Wurzel Festival offers workshops, art events, and open airs. There will also be a marketplace for you to enjoy. Since free open airs are a tradition of the festival, you’ll surely enjoy your ti ...

Terraforma
9-11 June 2023 | Villa Arconati, Milan, Italy
Terraforma is a sustainability focused festival in the woods near Milan, Italy. Experience the sounds of experimental artists alongside installations, gatherings and workshops. The organisers say: ...

World Club Dome Festival
9-11 June 2023 | Frankfurt, Germany
World Club Dome is the biggest club in the world! Returning to the heart of Frankfurt, Germany each summer, the three-day electronic music festival will have something for everyone! The festival organ ...

Italy Contact Fest
12-18 June 2023 | Gaia Terra, Northern Italy
Join the 10th-year celebration of Italy Contact Fest in Gaia, Italy. An experienced lineup of contact teachers will take you on a transformative journey of intensive dance workshops, jams, and classes ...

Hedoné Festival
14 June-19 January 2023 | Paris, France
Hedoné is like a wild party for your body, mind, and soul. An Art Movement about Ethical Hedonism, which basically means that true personal growth and societal change can only come from actively part ...

OceanFest
16-18 June 2023 | Croyde, North Devon, England
We know, England might not be top of your list when thinking about a festival by the beach but as little nature, as there is to find in the British isles, Devon has some of the best coastline and Ocea ...

Soul Tribe Solstice Festival
16-20 June 2023 | Wales, UK
Disconnect from the digital world for 5 days of dancing, gathering, and feasting at Soul Tribe Solstice Festival. Immerse yourself in nature and find your tribe as you explore enchanting waterfalls an ...

Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival
18-25 June 2023 | Fontainebleau, France
How many musicians have a festival named after them? Django Reinhardt is held in a special kind of awe not only for being such a great guitarist despite missing a few fingers but because he made music ...

Stonehenge Summer Solstice Gathering
18-21 June 2023 | Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
There used to be a Stonehenge Free Festival until the famous clash with the police that resulted in the Battle of the Beanfield. Hippies, pagans, free-spirited people against the British police in rio ...

The Juneteenth Festival of Sovereignty
18-22 June 2023 | Online
A day to remember, honour and celebrate! The festival organisers say: “We have done tremendous work in regaining and maintaining our sovereignty. It’s time to celebrate! Join this powerful lin ...

BŪTĪBA | Solstice Dance and Music Festival
22-25 June 2023 | Latvia
True Celebration is born out of joy which is born deep within and then becomes a song, dance, laughter….and some tears of Gratitude. To be true, alive, shining in joy and love. WHERE ARE ...

The Sheep Festival
22-26 June 2023 | landgoed Zeewolde, Netherlands
The Sheep is a Burning Man event. The participants make the event what it is. That means YOU are in charge of your own experience! It is an opportunity for everyone to be the most amazing and unexpect ...

Sacred Gathering
23-28 June 2023 | Czech Republic
If you are yearning for a meaningful, peaceful experience, join your fellow open-hearted beings at Sacred Gathering. 30 artists and guides, 30 concerts, and 250 participants come together to build a t ...

Wald Healing Festival
23-25 June 2023 | Wehdem, Germany
The Wald Healing organizers say (according to google translate): “After the last ‘Forest Healing – Growing Together’ was another special experience, it is now the seventh tim ...

XI International Festival of Tantra, Consciousness, Shamanism and Relationship For Singles and Couples
23 June-2 July 2023 | Nowe Kawkowo, Poland
Tantra festivals are on the rise in Europe and the XI International Festival of Tantra, Consciousness, Shamanism and Relationship for Singles and Couples at the “Here and Now Center” in Po ...

Lithica Gathering
24-30 June 2023 | Norway
Here’s something unique: rewilding humans 🙂 The organisers say: “Who among us has not thought from time to time how much more fulfilling and fun it would be to live as a clan where we s ...

Hungarian Contact Improvisation Festival
27 June-15 July 2023 | Három Kincs Völgye, Hungary
A cosy contact improvisation festival in Hungary for just 60 dancers. The organisers say: “We will celebrate Contact Improvisation and deepen together into our practise during 6 days surrounded ...

Emerging Hearts Contact Improvisation Dance Camp UK
28 June-3 July 2023 | Wiltshire, UK
Where Community Matters as much as the Dance Contact Improvisation inspired gathering All sorts of amazing dance workshops (not just contact) Variety of creative, somatic and sound-based experiences S ...

Giocosamente Playfulness Festival
28 June-2 July 2023 | Italy
A festival of playfulness! The festival organisers say: “Find your playfulness at Giocosamente Playfulness Festival, taking place from 28 June to 2 July 2023 in the picturesque Sabina area in It ...

Kolorádó
28 June-1 July 2023 | Budapest, Hungary
Kolorádó is a unique festival – a no signal place in nature! Switch off and enjoy. The organisers say: ‘A beautiful, green and free festival at the border between Budapest and nature, in ...

Palmesus Festival
30 June-1 July 2023 | Norway
Palmesus is Scandanavia’s biggest beach party! The annual summer beach festival attracts thousands of locals and visitors to the unique Norwegian town of Kristiansand. The festival organisers say: ...

To Be Confirmed Seedcamp Festival
30-30 June 2023 | Kautzen, Austria
Seedcamp Festival’s 2021 theme will be: “Odyssey” The organizers’ say: “The coming theme of the ‘Odyssey’ brings with it some turbulent and fundamental expans ...

To Be Confirmed: UFO Bufo Festival
30-30 June 2023 | Hadinka, Vítkov-Klokočov, Czech Republic
UFO Bufo encourages good old-fashioned face-to-face communication as their festival location provides a natural digital detox (in two words – no coverage). So why not challenge oneself? We also ...
July

Masters Of Puppets Open Air Festival
3-9 July 2023 | Dolní Dvořiště, Czech Republic
Despite the sinister sci-fi sounding name, the Masters Of Puppets Open Air Festival seems to be rather benevolent creatures who go in for sustainability, charity and musical vibrations. The team behi ...

Nowhere Festival
3-9 July 2023 | Castejón de Monegros, Spain
A Burning Man event. What happens at Nowhere? A lot of things! Basically, what happens and what is there is what you bring with YOU, what YOU want to share. And, what the other participants want to sh ...

Electric Love Festival
6-8 July 2023 | Austria
Electric Love Festival is Austria’s premier electronic music festival. Drawing in more than 190 massive acts over three days, this festival is one of the biggest electronic music events in the world ...

Exit Festival
6-9 July 2023 | Serbia
Exit Festival is Serbia’s biggest and best event. Twice voted as ‘Best Major European Festival’, what started as a student fight for democracy and freedom has now evolved into an epic summer mus ...

Natural High Healing Festival
6-9 July 2023 | Narvilinna, Uusikaupunki, Finland
The Natural High Healing Festival will be held in Narvilinna, Finland. As you can guess from the name, alcohol and drugs aren’t welcome; instead, you’re invited to fly high with the power ...

Noisily Festival
6-9 July 2023 | Leicestershire, England
We’ve come a long way from the big raves of the early 90’s. The music has evolved, the decor is mindblowing and there are festivals like Noisily where you can dance to electronic music wit ...

Warsaw Flow Contact Improv Festival
6-12 July 2023 | Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw Flow is Poland’s main contact improvisation festival and is one of the most dynamic CI events in Europe. The Warsaw Flow organizers say : “In our festival we want to: – use ...

Festival Interculturel du Conte de Chiny
7-9 July 2023 | Chiny, Belgium
The craziest tellers, as well as young talents come to put their stool in Chiny to the delight of greedy ears. Visit Chiny, which is called The City of Tales for a very good reason! What the organizer ...

Timber Festival
7-9 July 2023 | Feanedock, UK
Legend says there is a time in July when the trees gather in their own festival and we are all invited! Come and enjoy 3 wonderful days of magic, art, performance, and wellbeing. The organizers say: & ...

Ultra Europe Festival
7-9 July 2023 | Split, Croatia
Ultra Europe is Europe’s premier destination music festival. Escape to the stunning Croatian waterfront for one of the largest electronic music festivals in the world. The festival organisers say: ...

Osho Festival of Music and Meditation
9 July-14 January 2023 | Portugal
The Osho Festival of Music and Meditation is an event for every age group. Participants can immerse themselves in an enchanted world of sounds and stillness that is filled with joy and laughter. You w ...

Embodied Intimacy Summer Camp
10-23 July 2023 | Sweden
Come and join us for two delicious weeks deep in the incredible Swedish countryside between July 10th – 23rd experiencing embodiment practices, relational exploration, expanded openness and cons ...

Netherlands Contact Improvisation Festival
11-16 July 2023 | Overveen, Netherlands
The festival organizers say: “A yearly festival where people and dancers from all over the Netherlands and abroad are coming together to create a dancing community that explores and play with th ...

Slot Art Festival
11-15 July 2023 | Lubiąż, Poland
The Slot Art Festival is held inside the compound of an old monastery giving a surreal, timeless backdrop to all the great art installations and music held over the 5 days. There are elements of punk ...

Airbeat One Festival
12-16 July 2023 | Italy
Transport yourself across the world at Airbeat One Festival. North Germany’s largest electronic music festival welcomes all of you and all your favorite DJs on a magical journey, bringing a taste of ...

Buddhafield Festival
12-16 July 2023 | Taunton, Somerset, England
With 4000 people, Buddhafield hits a sweet spot between a small, cosy festival and an event big enough to have a lot going on. Infused with the philosophy of Buddhism, this is a very conscious festiva ...

Dour Festival
12-16 July 2023 | Belgium
Dour Festival offers five days of love and alternative music in the heart of Belgium. The multi genre festival welcomes visitors from all over the globe to one of the country’s top summer events. Th ...

Beat-Herder Festival
13-16 July 2023 | Dockber Farm, United Kingdom
Beat-Herder is an annual summer festival, which has been running since 2006. The festival covers several musical genres including breakbeat, dub, reggae, dubstep, techno, house, drum and bass, folk, d ...

Feel Festival
13-17 July 2023 | Bergheider See, Germany
Feel Festival is a music-focused festival but many other activities like yoga, guided meditations, and art workshops are being offered. They even have a half-pipe for skateboarding! The festival area ...

Yaga Gathering
13-17 July 2023 | Varėna, Lithuania
The Yaga Gathering is a psychedelic open-air gathering held in Lithuania each year. The festival first started in 2003 and has slowly grown since then. It’s the usual New Age and pagan themes wi ...

Dominator Festival
14-15 July 2023 | Eersel, Netherlands
Dominator is the world’s biggest outdoor hardcore festival. Lace up your Air Maxes and brace yourself for the best hardcore party of the year! The festival organisers say: “Dominator Festival is t ...

Jupiter Rising
14-16 July 2023 | Wilkieston, West Lothian, Scotland
Jupiter Rising is an independent art and music festival in Scotland. Explore, discover and celebrate in nature. The organisers say: ‘Expect an inventive and experimental programme of live music, ...

Masters of Calm Festival
14-23 July 2023 | Dubingiai, Lithuania
Masters of Calm is a festival held in the middle of the forest in Lithuania with a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere. The festival organisers say (according to Google Translate): “Holidays, afte ...

Tai Chi Caledonia
14-21 July 2023 | Stirling, Scotland
The Tai Chi Caledonia organizers say : “Thank you for visiting our website where you will find details of our latest event, Tai Chi Caledonia 2020, our 25th year offering high quality teaching o ...

Festival de Danse Contact Improvisation
15-21 July 2023 | Rustrel, France
Enjoy 7 days in one of the most beautiful villages in France, participating in intimate workshops, jams, and live performances at Festival Contact Improvisation. Delicious vegetarian delights will be ...

Yoga Mela
15-22 July 2023 | South of Sweden
Yoga Mela is a festival that celebrates the spirit of Yoga and Sacred Music. It offers a unique experience with over 200 programs, including Satsang, authentic yoga, sacred music, thought-provoking wo ...

Yoga Mela Festival
15-22 July 2023 | Sweden
Rejoice in togetherness! Welcome to join for this 8-day celebration in the spirit of yoga and sacred music. Singing the glory of life and sharing a magical togetherness – full of authentic joy, devo ...

Alchemy of Love Festival
16-20 July 2023 | UK
Alchemy of Love Festival is a juicy event for anyone looking to go a bit deeper! The festival organisers say: “Birthed out of the pillars of intimacy, authenticity, connection, and community. Al ...

Electric Castle Festival
19-23 July 2023 | Romania
Electric Castle is a five-day electronic music festival that takes place in the Transylvanian domain of Banffy Castle. Explore the unique Romanian sights by day and catch major electronic acts by nigh ...

Boom Festival
20-27 July 2023 | Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
The Boom Festival is a legend on the alternative festival circuit. It’s held every two years by a lake in Portugal and mixes up visual arts, street theater, psychedelic performances, fire dances ...

Sacred Earth Festival
20-23 July 2023 | Fagervik, Finland
We’re big fans of events that keep it small and beautiful, and Sacred Earth Festival does just that. The festival organisers say: “From the start in 2018 our vision has been to create a fe ...

Secret Garden Party Festival
20-23 July 2023 | UK
Good luck getting a ticket. The Secret Garden Party is a legendary annual arts and music festival that was supposed to have ended forever in 2017 but here it is back again. Tickets normally sell out w ...

Burning Woman Festival
21-23 July 2023 | Belvoir Castle, United Kingdom
Burning Woman Festival is a festival run by women and for women. It is a beautiful heart space for women to relax, rejuvenate, celebrate, connect, flourish, transform, and take time for themselves. An ...

Festival at the Edge
21-23 July 2023 | Kidderminster, England
Festival at the Edge is the oldest storytelling festival in England. There’s plenty to get involved with – workshops and informal music sessions, as well as all the fantastic storytelling ...

Just Love Festival
21-30 July 2023 | Germany
Just Love Festival is a 10-day event that offers everything from music, yoga, meditation, holi, dance, inspiring talks and so much more. The festival is purely vegan, alcohol-free, drug-free, and ch ...

Kosmos Festival
21-23 July 2023 | Ristiina, Finland
The organizers say: “We are all about welcoming new artists into Kosmos Festival! If you already have some gigs or shows under your belt and feel like your sounds or arts would fit into our prog ...

Nation of Gondwana-Pyonen
21-23 July 2023 | Grünefeld, Germany
Nation of Gondwana is an outdoor electronic music festival. They have some amazing light installations and a long line-up. A “must” if you’re into electronic music and psytrance. C ...

Parookaville Festival
21-23 July 2023 | Airport Weeze, Germany
Parookaville is Germany’s most popular dance music event. The three-day festival welcomes more than 200,000 visitors and is one of the largest festivals in Europe! The festival organisers say: “Pa ...

Stainsby Festival
21-23 July 2023 | Stainsby, Derbyshire, England
Stainsby Festival has been going strong for 50 years! This is a live music festival that offers music, crafts stalls, entertainment for children, workshops, storytelling, theatre, film, philosophy, a ...

Tomorrowland Festival
21-30 July 2023 | Belgium
Tomorrowland is the largest and most sought out electronic music festival in the world. Spread out across two weekends each summer, the three-day event is truly an experience unlike any other. Tickets ...

Solstice Dance and Music Festival
22 July-25 June 2023 | Latvia
The Solstice Dance and Music Festival is a celebration of Life, Joy, Healing, and Self inquiry occurring during four days of Summer Solstice. Get ready for a wild time in the forests of Latvia, by the ...

Art of Touch Festival France
23-30 July 2023 | France
We want to boost you, in the most efficient way: massage! HEALING TOUCH How can we best contribute to your well-being, during this time of new challenges? Holding this wish in our minds, the Sadhaka ...

Greek Tantra Holidays
23-29 July 2023 | Lesvos
SEVEN DAYS OF MEDITATION, DANCE AND CELEBRATION! Tantra Greece holidays is a beautiful and harmonious combination of Tantra practice with a holiday on one of the most beautiful beaches in Greec ...

Angsbacka Tantra Festival
25-25 July 2023 | Molkom, Sweden
Angsbacka is a centre for spiritual festivals and events in Sweden and it’s been running since 1996. It hosts the Sexsibility Festival and also this tantra festival. Nice work if you can get it. ...

Biodanza Tribal Gathering
26-30 July 2023 | Winterswijk, Netherlands
For those passionate about biodanza the Biodanza Tribal Gathering has to be on your calendar. Biodanzers (?) are often effusive in their love for the dance as can be seen in the description below R ...

Outlook Origins
27 July-1 August 2023 | Pirovac, Croatia
Outlook Origins will be a festival you will enjoy if you like sun and music. It is basically a big beach party with good music. There will be many live sets. The organizers say: “Now situated ju ...

Polifonic
27-30 July 2023 | Valle D'Itria, Puglia, Italy
Polifonic offers the best in electronic music whilst promoting diversity, internationality and positive communities in Italy. The organisers say: ‘..the place where sounds come to life blending ...

Wild Love Festival
27-30 July 2023 | Iceland
In the pure wilds of the north, close to the arctic circle WILD LOVE emerges! Iceland welcomes you to join a growing heart centred family, in the 4th year of its vibrant Festival birthing, We celeb ...

Les Rencontres Jasnières
28-30 July 2023 | Marçon, France
The Les Rencontres Jasnières organizers say (according to Google Translate): “You will have the opportunity to practice the forms of taiji quan, tuishou, weapons in various internal styles and ...

Milkshake Festival
29-30 July 2023 | Amsterdam, Netherlands
Milkshake Festival is a colourful, open-minded, safe space festival for all! The organisers say: ‘This annual weekender has one basic tenant: accept everyone and have fun doing it… a love- ...

SUMMER MOVES – Conscious Dance Festival France
30 July-5 August 2023 | France
SUMMER MOVES welcomes you to this joyful, nourishing and uplifting festival, to celebrate life in all its forms, with all its challenges. A wild, tender, yummy mix of dance, movement and voice worksho ...

Ozora Psychedelic Festival
31 July-6 August 2023 | Dádpuszta,Hungary
Ok, Ozora is a big festival and mostly we’re about small events and gatherings on this site but as long as you don’t think psytrance music should have remained in the 20th century and woul ...

To Be Confirmed: Brainchild Festival
31-31 July 2023 | East Sussex, England
Brainchild Festival is an independent festival that doesn’t focus on any particular genre but is instead a big splash of creativity. It really looks like a lot of fun. The organizers say: “ ...

To Be Confirmed: SUN Festival
31-31 July 2023 | Csobánkapuszta, Hungary
S.U.N stands for Solar Unite Natives: a project growing out of the Hungarian Goa trance scene and it uses the profits from the S.U.N Festival to invest in a sustainable community. The organizers say: ...

To Be Confirmed: Wasteland Summerfest
31-31 July 2023 | Amsterdam, Netherlands (dates to be confirmed)
Wasteland Summerfest is a very unusual festival – Post-Apocalyptic dress code mandatory! The organisers say: ‘Dive into the festival’s Post-Apocalyptic theme and dance like there is no t ...
August

August Summer Retreats in the Mountains of Spain| Iyengar Yoga, Meditative Arts and Traditional Tantra
1-20 August 2023 | Sierra de Gredos, Spain
The yoga retreat organisers say: ‘During the month of August we will be staying at Casa Rural el Pagano, one of the best retreat centres in Spain, located in between the regions of Sierra de Gre ...

The Karlsoy Festival
1-6 August 2023 | Norway
The Karlsoy Festival is held on an island in Norway and celebrates art, dance and alternative culture. Karlsøya – Land of the free from digitalaksjon on Vimeo. The festival organisers say: R ...

All About Love Festival
2-8 August 2023 | Huntington, United Kingdom
All About Love sees itself more as a movement than a festival. Who says you can’t have fun while saving the world? The festival organizers say: “Personal relationships and connectivity, servic ...

To Be Confirmed: Hieros Gamos Festival
2-6 August 2023 | Dronten, Netherlands
Hieros Gamos Festival is not just a festival. It is more like a weekend long experience in which you will become vulnerable and open to yourself and others. You will get the chance to open up and face ...

Blue Monkey Festival
3-7 August 2023 | Leuenberg, Höhenland, Germany
Blue Monkey Festival has the usual mix of dance and yoga, healing and fun. If you’ve been to this festival let us know what it’s like 🙂 The festival organizers say: “What happens if a ...

Castlefest
3-6 August 2023 | Lisse, Netherlands
Castlefest is the Fantasy festival of the Netherlands. Enter a different world at this unique festival! The organisers say: ‘A fest for young and old, where, as soon as you enter the gates, you ...

Rumble Festival
3-14 August 2023 | Chesham, England
It’s great to see more festivals going alcohol-free. It makes such a difference to the overall feeling. A dance festival with contact improv, 5 rhythms, forró , acro-yoga and more. Rumble seems ...

The Green Gathering
3-6 August 2023 | Piercefield Park, Chepstow, UK
The Green Gathering is an alternative festival par excellance powered by alternative energy (wind and sun) and featuring a plethora of alternative culture with acoustic music, workshops, skill sharin ...

Untold Festival
3-6 August 2023 | Cluj-Napoca, Romania
There’s never been a more magical land than Transylvania and the heart of Romania opens up its gates to the world each summer for Untold Festival. Enjoy everything from the biggest headlining acts t ...

Wilderness Festival
3-6 August 2023 | Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, England
Don’t let the name fool you, as from what we can tell this festival is set on making sure you’re entertained by far more than just falling pine cones and chattering squirrels. This seems t ...

World Yoga Festival
3-6 August 2023 | Beale Park, Berks, UK
The World Yoga Festival organizers say: “Four rejuvenating days incorporating yoga asana from many different lineages, pranayama, meditation, non-duality, Ayurveda, chanting, kirtan, wisdom tal ...

The Spirit Of Awen
4-13 August 2023 | Arlingham, Gloucestershire, England
The Spirit Of Awen is a druid and pagan gathering. This gathering will give you the chance to indulge yourself with workshops by the fire, get inspired and dance. The organizers say : “This year ...

Modem Festival (Momento Demento)
7-13 August 2023 | Primislje, Croatia
Modem Festival has been going strong for years, and still on its way towards creating an unforgettable psychedelic experience. The organizers say: “A positive, festive and persevering spirit was ...

Punk Rock Holiday
8-11 August 2023 | Tolmin, Slovenia
You might have noticed now this site has a bias towards hippie festivals and gatherings. So we thought we’d include at least one loud festival! Punk Rock Holiday had a pretty good lineup for 202 ...

Boomtown Fair
9-13 August 2023 | Winchester, Hampshire, England
Boomtown is an English festival with an anarchic creative spirit and its own mythology surrounding each year’s edition. Conceptualised as a city with its own politics and cultural evolution, tho ...

Impulse Festival
9-13 August 2023 | Bruailles, France
The Impulse Festival is a gathering created with love, with talented and dedicated artists and facilitator. A really unique and avant-gardist International festival dedicated to the 18-35 generation. ...

Tantris Festival
9-13 August 2023 | Germany
The Tantris Festival offers a rich program, amazing people, and an abundance of creative energy! The festival takes place in a beautiful house surrounded by nature and greenery, designed for immersing ...

Ancient Trance Festival
10-13 August 2023 | Taucha, Germany
To be honest, we know nothing about Ancient Trance Festival except that many people seem to love it. They offer music, workshops and a family environment. The organisers say (from last year): “W ...

Finkenbach Festival
11-12 August 2023 | Rothenburg, Germany
This festival looks very German and so incredibly stocked with bluesy music we can’t help but think magic mushrooms and/or acid will be available on demand. Here’s a video from 2018 to giv ...

The Qontinent Festival
11-13 August 2023 | Belgium
Belgium and Holland’s biggest event companies join forces once again to present The Qontinent. The festival is ‘Breaking Boundaries’ this summer with three-days of hard dance action in the heart ...

Acronia / Acronyx
12-21 August 2023 | Thuringia, Germany
The Acronyx festival, now called ACRONIA, will take place in a mystical grove this summer. It promises to be 10 days of excitement and beauty! While this year the organizers aim to have a larger team, ...

New Healing Festival
14-20 August 2023 | Prignitz, Germany
New Healing Festival is a family-friendly festival. They seem to have a relaxing environment and a variety of activities to enjoy. The organizers say: “The magic continues… At the New Healing ...

Overjam
16-20 August 2023 | Tolmin, Slovenia
Overjam is in its 10th year of this reggae festival in Slovenia. The organisers say: ‘More than a reggae festival!’ Learn more about Overjam!

Green Man Festival
17-20 August 2023 | Brecon Beacons, Wales, UK
Green Man is an alternative music festival set in Wales ‘where mystical ley lines meet amid ancient Welsh oak trees’. It’s primarily a place to catch great concerts and recent years ...

Medicine Festival
17-20 August 2023 | Berkshire, England
In August 2023 the Medicine Festival will be a healing gathering. All profits will go in favor of the indigenous people. The vision of the Medicine Community is to preserve their land, traditions and ...

Just So Festival
18-20 August 2023 | Cheshire, United Kingdom
Just So Festival looks pretty cool. Creative, innovative, open-hearted, subversive – just the kind of festival we like! The festival organizers say: “Step into Just So Festival for an unforget ...

North Sea Tai Chi Festival
18-20 August 2023 | Zeewolde, Netherlands
For now, we don’t have any information on future editions of this event… The North Sea Tai Chi Festival organizers say: “The North Sea Tai Chi Festival is a 3-day outdoor festival where, in ...

Spiritual Realms Festival
19-20 August 2023 | United Kingdom
Spiritual Realms Festival sounds a bit holier-than-thou but hey, even awakened spirits need to gather together.. The festival organizers say: “We felt we needed to offer an opportunity where people ...

Creamfields Festival
24-27 August 2023 | United Kingdom
Creamfields is one of the largest dance music festivals in the world. Selling out each year, the event draws in the world’s biggest electronic artists for an unforgettable weekend in Northern En ...

Lost Village
24-27 August 2023 | Lincolnshire, England
Lost Village is an intimate festival which takes place in an abandoned forest – let your curiosity run free! The organisers say: ‘As you navigate through a network of winding pathways; der ...

Shambala Festival
24-27 August 2023 | Northamptonshire, England
The Shambala Festival looks determined to be the Midlands of England’s most diverse gathering. People of all ages are welcome, families are encouraged, and young children are promised an experie ...

Maui Waui Festival
25-27 August 2023 | England, UK
Maui Waui is a 3 day and 4 night international festival of music, performance and arts. The festival organisers say: ‘Maui Waui focuses on an all welcoming family feel with lots to do for kids a ...

Muzika Organika – Cacao Dance Festival
25-27 August 2023 | Slovenia
Muzika Organika – Cacao Dance Festival take cacao ceremonies to the next level – now you can dance while drinking hot chocolate! The festival organizers say: “The festival is so much more th ...

Mysteryland Festival
25-27 August 2023 | Netherlands
Come and embark on the journey of a lifetime at Mysteryland. This festival is one of the oldest electronic music festivals in the world and they organisers definitely know a thing or two about putting ...

Reading Festival
25-27 August 2023 | Richfield Avenue, United Kingdom
Reading Festival is an annual alternative music festival that takes place each Bank Holiday Weekend in Reading, England. Sharing the same bill with Leeds Festival in the south, the pair are some of th ...

Yoga & Arts Festival
26-28 August 2023 | Schwante Castle, Berlin
The Yoga & Arts Festival is a three-day event dedicated to yoga, art, and nature. The beautiful setting of the Schwante Castle Estate provides a chance to deepen yoga and meditation techniques, as ...

To be confirmed: Forest Soul Gathering
31-31 August 2023 | Portugal
For those who were born too late to enjoy Goa Trance parties in the 90’s there are festivals like Forest Soul Gathering in Portugal. The festival organisers say: ‘Forest Soul is a bi-a ...
September

Space Safari
1-4 September 2023 | Belgian Ardennes
Space Safari almost certainly involves exploring your inner space with the help of some friendly chemicals. The festival organisers say: ‘Dance through dimensions & explore the magic of mind ...

The Island Festival
3-8 September 2023 | Sibenik, Croatia
The Island Festival is a festival and a holiday mixing music, nature, wellness and culture. Celebrate electronic music with a maximum of 700 like-minded people on this unique island! The organisers sa ...

Vesuvius Contact Festival
4-10 September 2023 | (Pompeii) Naples, Italy
Jam every night at Vesuvius Contact Festival! You will cultivate a greater connection to your body with workshops teaching floorwork, communication, transition, and falling, amongst other contemporary ...

Own Spirit Festival
6-11 September 2023 | Baldellou, Spain
Back when we were young and frying our brains on liquid LSD, trance music was all about the inner journey, turning the dance floor into one big shamanic space and seeing just how far you could push yo ...

LoveJam Campout
7-11 September 2023 | Eridge Park, Tunbridge Wells
The LoveJam Campout community describes themselves as a nationwide family on a mission to inspire creativity, sobriety & positive transformation for people, community & planet. This festival i ...

Microburn
14-18 September 2023 | Powys, Wales
The MicroBurn is a not-for-profit community that is inspired by Burning Man principles. The festival organisers say: “We MicroBurners like to enjoy ourselves. We cannot deny that we have loads o ...

Georgian Contact Improvisation Festival
18-24 September 2023 | Tbilsi, Georgia
In case you needed an excuse to travel to Georgia… The CI festival organisers say: ‘This is a festival of Contact Improvisation that brings together people from all over the world and unit ...

J-Fest - Turkish Juggling Convention
25 September-1 October 2023 | Turkey
Share your juggling skills or learn from the best at the 16th J-Fest in Turkey. You are in for tons of circus arts and alternative workshops teaching you juggling skills, acrobatics, and much more. If ...

World Bodypainting Festival
26-30 September 2023 | Klagenfurt, Austria
*Main days 22-24 July. Rest includes side events.* Claiming to be the most ‘colourful festival in the world’, the World Bodypainting Festival is set by a fabulous lake in Austria and is wi ...

World Bodypainting Festival 2017
26-30 September 2023 | Austria
Whatever else the modern world may be, it’s certainly an interesting place for the artist who no longer has to limit their creativity to the canvas but can even take their brush to the human bod ...

Taste of Love Festival
28 September-2 October 2023 | Byron Bay, Australia
The Taste of Love Festival organizers say: “Taste of Love Festival is back with inspiring presenters on the topics of awakening, love and consciousness and is scheduled for its 6th debut in Ball ...

To Be Confirmed: Anthropos Festival
30-30 September 2023 | Near London, UK
Billing themselves as ‘a new kind of festival’, Anthropos looks stylising, interesting and diverse. The festival organisers say: ‘With stunning visual art, diverse electronic beats a ...
October

Ecstatic Dance Festival
1-6 October 2023 | Corfu. Greece
You, too, can dance your way to ecstasy without any chemical enhancement … The festival organisers say: “Welcome to 5 days and 6 nights of Ecstatic Bliss on the greenest island of Greece! ...

Harmonia Ecstatic Dance Festival
4-8 October 2023 | Lesvos Island, Greece
Harmonia Ecstatic Dance Festival is an amazing way to prolong your summer on one of Greece’s most beautiful islands. The ecstatic dance festival organisers say: ‘We dreamed of a gathering ...

SWhoop
5-9 October 2023 | Bristol, UK
SWhoop organizers say: “SWhoop is the South West Hoop Conference brought to you by Hooping Mad (aka Emma Kenna). Held in a converted church in the heart of Bristol in the UK, SWhoop is a hi ...

Om Yoga Show - Manchester
13-15 October 2023 | Manchester, England
The Om Yoga Show organizers say : “For over a decade the OM Yoga Show has grown ever more popular, becoming the biggest yoga gathering in Europe, and one of the largest events of its kind in th ...

Defqon.1 Festival
25-29 October 2023 | Netherlands
Defqon.1 is the world’s premier hard dance festival. Uniting thousands of ‘weekend warriors’ each year, the festival is the home of the harder styles and the Mecca for all hard dance lovers. The ...
November

To be confirmed: The Amsterdam Storytelling Festival
30-30 November 2023 | Amsterdam, Netherlands
An interesting festival that presents the best of the growing storytelling scene in the Netherlands and that has carefully curated the best performances of the year around the world. What the organize ...
Festivals in 2024
February

Intimacy Winter Camp
5-18 February 2024 | Florida, USA
After many sold out Summer Camp’s, we’re thrilled to announce in 2024 we are expanding to include our inaugural WINTER CAMP in the USA – in the warm, tropical paradise of Florida! What wou ...
June

The Festival of Musicality
8 June-15 November 2024 | Czech Republic
Would you like to play more music? Would you like to learn more about how music works, what makes a good song, to discover new rhythms and harmonies? Would you like to learn from a community of amateu ...

Tantric Joy Festival
12-16 June 2024 | Amsterdam, Holland
After three joyful festivals in the city of Amsterdam we were flirting with nature… feeling the grass at our feet, waking up with the tribe, jumping in the lake, taking an ice bath, lying at the bea ...
July

Intimacy Summer Camp
8-21 July 2024 | Sweden
💖 Welcome to Intimacy Summer Camp 2024…💖 A relational playground dedicated to the exploration of Intimacy, Embodiment, and Community! What would be possible if you had 2 weeks to fu ...

The Road Junky Festival of Creativity
19-28 July 2024 | in the hills of Czech Republic
The Festival of Creativity is a different kind of festival. There are just 125 places available and all the food is included over the week of camping in the forested hills of the Czech Republic. All d ...

Caia Tribe Gathering
25-28 July 2024 | Germany
The CAIA academy invites up to 300 people to celebrate life, nature, and the joy of being together with people at the Lebensgarten Steyerberg, one of the oldest eco-villages in Germany. The ‚CAIA Tr ...
August

The Festival of Sensuality
17-24 August 2024 | Czech Republic
Have you ever thought about going to a tantra festival but it seemed a bit too mystical? Have you ever thought about going to a sex-positive festival but it seemed a bit too kinky? Would you like to g ...
September

at.tension
5-8 September 2024 | Lärz, Germany
at.tension is an interdisciplinary theatre festival set across 100 hectares in Lärz, Germany. The organisers say: ‘..a unique location and extraordinary stage for a theatre festival, wit ...