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What The !? Festival 2017: A Look Back

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You can’t ask for a better afternoon for a road trip into the woods of the Pacific Northwest. It is a Thursday in the middle of June. The sun is bright and hangs high in the sky. The wind is light and cool. As you make your way to your destination, the brisk air dances along your cheek and awakens each of your senses in a way that releases a pure energy from within. In response, you roll your car window down as far as it goes to hear the strong splashes and surges of the Hood River as it playfully races the stretching road before you. You arrive at the Oregon-Washington border and you take a turn. Your journey continues as you head south… (more…)
Floydfest and Freedom are Here

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High upon an Appalachian mountaintop where it has attracted fans for nearly two decades, is a festival in its final stages of preparation for this year’s July 26^th-30^th reunion. This festival, Floydfest’17, is expected to do what it does best: Bring together eclectic bands from across the world, create spaces where the magic of music takes over, and watch as these talented musicians showcase their skills and connect with their fans unlike anywhere else. (more…)
Take a Look at “What the Festival”

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Flowy. Immersive. Playful. These three words can’t fully define one, on-the-rise festival in the upper Northeast of the United States. To truly know you will have to take the trip yourself.

What The Festival, a transformational and boutique festival, hits its sixth year in stride the weekend of June 16-19th, with four full days of interactive art, speakers, movement classes, 8 unique stages, and more. (more…)
Music. Magic. And A Mission. A Look Back at Floydfest ’16.

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Nestled among the rolling peaks of the Appalachian Mountains sits a plateau speckled with patches of forest and open pasture. And for the 15^th year in a row, this plateau hosted Floydfest, a five-day music and arts festival that brought together the likes of musician and fan, adventurer and dreamer, old and young, and everything in between.

This bubble of fun, connection, and community sits on the Blue Ridge Parkway, about a half hour from (more…)
3 Appalachian Music Festivals That Will Make Your Summer Epic

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Your life is a balance. You can’t have too much of the same thing. You may love pizza, but if you take a job with a pizza company and also pledge to eating pizza-and just pizza-for breakfast, lunch, and dinner you may not be liking pizza a whole lot in a month.

Same goes with you and your life. You need variety. (more…)
Desert Canvas: Every Good Thing You Want to Believe About the World in One Place

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A lot of people have written here how volunteering for or attending a Desert Canvas event or workshop has changed them for the better. I’m not writing about that, because Desert Canvas didn’t change me. It did something better…. (more…)
Munduzer 2016: A New Coachella with a Twist

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While everyone is flocking to the Indio Polo Grounds this April to attend the 17^th Annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, there is another Festival that has hit the scene in California’s neighboring state of Arizona.

From April 8^th thru April 10^th, the Phoenix area was home to a 3-day overnight music and arts event that brought together co-creators, festivalgoers, artists, and adventurers. Its name was Munduzer. And its slogan was, (more…)