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
- Tribal Talisman Festival 10-12 May, Budapest, Hungary
- Transition Festival 14-21 May, Donana, Spain
- Deep Water Dance Festival 15-19 May, Padova, Italy
- AllFestival 17-19 May, Litomerice, Czech Republic
- AlgoMech Festival 17-19 May, Sheffield, England
- Kokopelli World Festival 18-19 May, Gullegem, Belgium
- 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
- Roma Tribal Meeting 24-26 May, Rome, Italy
- Green Vibrations 30-31 May, Enschede, Netherlands
- Earth Garden 30 May-2 June, Attard, Malta
- Something to Smile About 31 May-2 June, Hatfield, South Yorkshire, England
June
- Space of Love 31 May-9 June, Böda Sand, Öland, Sweden
- Italy Festival of Contact Improvisation 2-8 June, Umbria, Italy
- Portugal Tantra Festival 3-8 June, South Portugal
- MidBurn 4 – 9 June, Negev Desert, Israel
- Meadows in the Mountains 6-9 June, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria
- Wurzel Festival 6-9 June, Niedergörsdorf, Germany
- Seedcamp Festival 7-9 June, Kautzen, Austria
- Vurige Tongen 9-10 June, Ruigoord, Netherlands
- 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
- Sacred Dance Gathering 19-23 June, Czech Republic
- The Living Village Festival 19-23 June, Dalfsen, Netherlands
- 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
- Mandala Festival 27-30 June, Wanroij, Netherlands
- 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.
July
- Mystic Mountain Festival 1- 7 July, Velebit Nature Park, Croatia
- Wake Up! Experiment 2-7 July, Bulgaria
- Hieros Gamos Festival 3-7 July, Zeewolde, Netherlands
- 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
- Mantra Sommer Festival 7 – 12 July, Oberlahr, Germany
- 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
- Feel Festival 11-15 July, Bergheider See, Germany
- Waha Festival 11-15 July, Bățanii Mari, Romania
- Festival Harmonic 12-14 July, Trigance, France
- Brainchild Festival 12-14 July, East Sussex, England
- Harmonic Festival 12-14 July, Trigance, France
- Sommerlejr 15-21 July, Thylejren, Denmark
- Buddhafield Festival 17-21 July, Taunton, Somerset, England
- Pachamama Festival 17-21 July, Switzerland
- Awake Dance Celebration 18-21 July, Portimão, Portugal
- Shrewsbury International Comedy Festival 18-21 July, Shrewsbury, England
- Stainsby Festival 19-21 July, Stainsby, Derbyshire, England
- Nation of Gondwana-Pyonen 19-21 July, Brandenburg, Germany
- Valley of the Arts 19-28 July, Kapolcs, Hungary
- Partycipation Festival 21-28 July, Austria
- Ripollesdansa Dance Festival 22-27 July, Ripoll, Spain
- 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
- Sadhaka Yoga Festival 27 July – 3 August, Orsennes, France
- Yiddish Summer Weimar 27 July – 3 August, Weimar, Germany
- Dance Camp East 27 July – 4 August, Suffolk, England
- 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
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
- Sadhaka Tantra Festival 11-18 August, Orsennes, France
- New Healing Festival 12-19 August, Prignitz, Germany
- Beglika Festival 14-18 August, Golyam Beglik, Bulgaria
- Heart Culture Festival 15-18 August, Austria
- Green Man 15-18 August, Wales, UK
- Yaga Open-Air Gathering 15-19 August, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Ecstatic Dance Fest 15-22 August, Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine
- Ezera Skanas 17 August, Kāla Ezers, Latvia
- Northern Permaculture Gathering 17-18 August, Oxford Island, Northern Ireland
- 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
- Floating Castle Festival 26 August – 1 September, Istria, Koper & Castle Snežnik, Slovenia
- Psy-Fi Festival 28 August-1 September, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
- Phoenix Fire Convention 29 August-1 September, Hildburghausen, Germany
- 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
- Become Love Festival 13-15 September, Pommritz, Germany
- The Old Saw Mill Garden Party 13-16 September, Northallerton, England
- Bubble Festival 16-22 September, Malta
- Connection Festival 17-24 September, La Codosera, Spain
- J-Fest Juggling Convention 23-29 September, Antalya, Turkey
- In The Woods Festival TBA, England (2019 dates to be confirmed)
October
- Seekult Festival 11-12 October, Friedrichshafen, Germany
- Scottish Storytelling Festival 18-31 October, Edinburgh, Scotland
- European Biodanza Congress TBA, Punta Umbría, Huelva, Spain (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
