An eclectic and growing selection of small, alternative festivals (including a couple we organise: the Festival of Creativity in the Czech Republic 21 June – 1 July, 2019 and the Sahara yoga, meditation & dance retreats in Morocco 12-18 January & 2-8 February, 2020)
January
- The Road Junky Sahara Retreat 20-26 January, Morocco
February
- Winter Warmer Festival 1-3 February, Emerson College, Forest Row, England
- Skiing on Skin 10-16 February, Kisakeskus, Finland
- Road Junky Sahara Meditation and Contact Improvisation Retreat 17-23 February, Morocco
March
- Fuerteventura Contact Festival 2-8 March, Lajares, Canary Islands, Spain
April
- OsterImproFestival 18-22 April, Göttingen, Germany
- Valencia Contact Impro Festival 18-22 April , Valencia, Spain
- Spiritual Dance Festival – Conscious Easter 18-22 April, Barcelona, Spain
- Ibiza Spirit Festival 28 April, Ibiza, Spain
May
- Space to Emerge 3-6 May, Lake District, England
- Beltane Fire Festival 3-6 May, East Sussex, England
- Deep Water Dance Festival 15-19 May, Padova, Italy
- AllFestival 17-19 May, Litomerice, Czech Republic
- Burning Nest 20-27 May, Exeter, England
- Heartbeat Women 20 May-2 June, Bad Kohlgrub, Germany
- Gaia Family Tribe Summer Camp 24-29 May, Grosmont, England
- Green Vibrations 30-31 May, Enschede, Netherlands
- Something to Smile About 31 May-2 June, Hatfield, South Yorkshire, England
- Scottish Radical Herbalism Gathering TBA, Perthshire, Scotland (2019 dates to be confirmed)
June
- Space of Love 31 May-9 June, Böda Sand, Öland, Sweden
- MidBurn 4 – 9 June, Negev Desert, Israel
- Italy Festival of Contact Improvisation 2-8 June, Umbria, Italy
- Seedcamp Festival 7-9 June, Kautzen, Austria
- Tantra Spirit Festival 10-15 June, by the Adriatic Sea, Croatia
- Rumble Festival 14-16 June, Chesham, England
- High On Life Ecstatic Dance Festival 14-17 June, Alentejo, Portugal
- Earthsong Camps 14 June – 28 July, County Clare, Ireland
- Stonehenge Summer Solstice Gathering 18-21 June, Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
- Art-Labyrinth Festival 18-23 June, Moldova
- The Road Junky Festival of Creativity 21 June-1 July, in the hills of the Czech Republic 100 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
- Oceanfest 21-23 June, Devon, England
- Agni Yoga Festival 21-24 June, Baldellou, Spain
- Irish Aerial Dance Fest 22 June-7 July, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland
- Own Spirit Festival 24-29 June, Baldellou, Spain
- Sexsibility Festival 25-30 June, Ängsbacka Kursgård, Sweden
- Drienok Festival 27-30 June, Mošovce, Slovakia
- VII International Festival of Tantra Consciousness 28 June – 7 July, Here and Now Centre, Poland
- Nomads Festival 29 June, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Warsaw Flow Contact Improvisation Festival, 30 June-7 July, Poland
A week of contact improvisation in one of Europe’s leading CI festivals. - Meander Festival TBA, Valeč, Czech Republic (2019 dates to be confirmed)
- Small is Beautiful Sustainability Festival TBA, England (2019 dates to be confirmed)
- Irish Decompression (Burning Man) TBA, Stradbally, Waterford, Ireland (2019 dates to be confirmed)
- Ekodrom Festival TBA, Bukovica Utinjska, Croatia – Friendly workshop and music festival with a relaxed vibe in the Croatian countryside where you can dance your socks off! Read more.. (2019 dates to be confirmed)
July
- Wake Up! Experiment 2-7 July, Bulgaria
- Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival 4-7 July, Fontainebleau, France
- Natural High Healing Festival 4-7 July, Narvilinna, Uusikaupunki, Finland
- The International Forest Festival 5-7 July, Feanedock, the National Forest, Moira, England
- The Thousand and One 8-14 July, Grenoble area, France
- Slot Art Festival 9-13 July, Lubiąż, Poland
- Nowhere Festival 9-14 July, in Castejón de Monegros, Spain
- Funny Moon Festival 10-14 July, Valeč, Czech Republic
- G! Festival 11-13 July, Gøta, Faroe Islands
- Bodypainting Festival 11-13 July, Klagenfurt, Austria
- Noisily Festival 11-15 July, Leicestershire, England
- Festival Harmonic 12-14 July, Trigance, France
- Brainchild Festival 12-14 July, East Sussex, England
- Buddhafield Festival 17-21 July, Taunton, Somerset, England
- Pachamama Festival 17-21 July, Switzerland
- Shrewsbury International Comedy Festival 18-21 July, Shrewsbury, England
- Stainsby Festival 19-21 July, Stainsby, Derbyshire, England
- Valley of the Arts 19-28 July, Kapolcs, Hungary
- Partycipation Festival 21-28 July, Austria
- Borderland 22-28 July, Boesdal Kalkbrud, Denmark
- Biodanza Tribal Gathering, 24-28 July, Winterswijk, Netherlands
- Gaia Gathering 25-28 July, Dzūkija, Lithuania
- Camp Bestival 25-28 July, Lulworth Estate, Dorset, England
- Zelenkovac Jazz Festival 25-28 July, Podrašnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Fanø Free Folk Festival 26-28 July, Fanø, Denmark
- Faces Festival 26-28 July, Karis, Finland
- Yiddish Summer Weimar 27 July – 3 August, Weimar, Germany
- Contact Meets Contemporary 29 July-4 August, Göttingen, Germany
- Ozora 29 July – 4 August, Dádpuszta, Hungary
- Tantra Festival 30 July – 4 August, Ängsbacka, Sweden
- The Spirit of Awen 31 July – 4 August, Arlingham, Gloucestershire, England
- Transylvaliens Festival TBA, Sibiu, Romania (2019 dates to be confirmed)
- Festival 23 TBA, Sheffield, England (2019 dates to be confirmed)
- Goadupa Festival TBA, Baligród, Poland (2019 dates to be confirmed)
- Festival 8 TBA, Lincolnshire, England (2019 dates to be confirmed)
- Dance Camp East TBA, Suffolk, England (2019 dates to be confirmed)
- Ripollesdansa Dance Festival TBA, Ripoll, Spain (2019 dates to be confirmed)
August
- Wilderness Festival 1-4 August, Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, England
- The Green Gathering 1-4 August, Piercefield Park, Chepstow, UK
- Samsara Festival 3-11 August, Siófok, Hungary
- European Juggling Convention 3-11 August, Nottingham, England
- Andancas Dance Festival 4-10 August, Castelo de Vide, Portugal
- Spiritual Dance Festival 5-13 August, Clariana de Cardener, Spain
- Punk Rock Holiday 6-9 August, Tolmin, Slovenia
- Boomtown 7-11 August, Winchester, Hampshire, England
- Ancient Trance Festival 8-11 August, Taucha, Germany
- Guca Trumpet Festival 8-11 August, Guča, Serbia
- Freiburg Contact Festival 8-14 August, Freiburg, Germany
- Finki Krautrock Festival 9-10 August, Hessen, Germany
- Heart Culture Festival 15-18 August, Austria
- Green Man 15-18 August, Wales, UK
- Yaga Open-Air Gathering 15-19 August, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Wild Heart Gathering 17-21 August, Sussex, England
- ZNA Gathering 19-26 August, Montargil Lake, Portugal
- Heartbeat Festival 21-25 August, Osthessen, Germany
- Sexolution – the Sex-Positive Festival, near Vienna, Austria
- Slovenian Hula Hoop Convention 22-25 August, Dvor, Žužemberk, Slovenia
- Shambala Festival 22-25 August, Northamptonshire, England
- Roztoc Circus Festival 22-25 August, Prague, Czech Republic
- Small World Summer Festival 22-26 August, Headcorn, Kent, England
- Into The Wild 23-26 August, West Hoathly, Sussex, England
- Tantra 4 Gay Men – Tantra Love Festival 24-28 August, Glastonbury, England
- Psy-Fi Festival 28 August – 1 September, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
- Floating Castle Festival TBA, Snežnik, Slovenia (2019 dates to be confirmed)
- All Ireland Permaculture Gathering TBA, Ballintra, Co. Donegal, Ireland (2019 dates to be confirmed)
- Aespia (formerly known as Lost Festival) London, England (2019 dates to be confirmed)
- Bosnian Acrobatics Convention TBA, Krupa na Vrbasu, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2019 dates to be confirmed)
September
- Outlook Festival 4-9 September, Pula, Croatia
- Spiral Knights Eco-Fest 6-15 September, Evia Island, Greece
- Sound and Silence Festival 8-15 August, Portimão, Portugal
- The Old Saw Mill Garden Party 13-16 September, Northallerton, England
- Connection Festival 17-24 September, La Codosera, Spain
- J-Fest Juggling Convention 23-29 September, Antalya, Turkey
- Bubble Festival TBA , Malta (2019 dates to be confirmed)
- In The Woods Festival TBA, England (2019 dates to be confirmed)
October
- Scottish Storytelling Festival 18-31 October, Edinburgh, Scotland
- European Biodanza Congress TBA, Punta Umbría, Huelva, Spain (2019 dates to be confirmed)
- Seekult Festival TBA, Friedrichshafen, Germany (2019 dates to be confirmed)
- Contact Festival Austria TBA, Austria (2019 dates to be confirmed)
November
December
- Israeli Contact Festival TBA, Galilee and Tel Aviv, Israel (2019 dates to be confirmed)
January 2020
- Road Junky Yoga and Creative Voice Sahara Retreat 12-18 January, Morocco
February
- Road Junky Sahara Meditation & Contact Improv Retreat 2-8 February,, Morocco
