2013 West Coast Festival Schedule
Panorama of the Woogie stage at LIB 2012 by Andrew Jorgensen
Welcome to Sunset Labs annual West Coast Festival Schedule! Festivals play a central role in our music & arts culture, providing a magical container within which artistic creation is birthed, invited, expressed, shared, and celebrated! If you are reading this – you likely have been to a few of the events we have listed below. And I expect some will be on your ‘hit list’, or perhaps new to you altogether! Here we’ve brought together a list of gatherings ranging from southern California to Vancouver Island and everything in between. Even a few that aren’t so ‘west coast’, but share that same flavour and we just couldn’t leave them out!
We hope you will explore these amazing gatherings, and where possible, attend – contribute – share! And if we are missing something that should be on this list – do please let us know the when / where / what of it – along with some links – and we’ll be sure to add it to the calendar. Here’s to another epic year of co-creation & celebration!
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Lucidity FestivalApril 12-14 | Santa Barbara, CA |
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CoachellaApril 12-21 | Indio, CA |
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AwakenMay 16-19 | Navarro, CA |
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EmissionsMay 17-19 | Belden Town, CA |
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FireDrumsMay30 – Jun2 | Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA |
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Ignite Fire & Flow ConferenceJune 6-9 | Joshua Tree, CA |
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Impulse Music & Arts FestivalJune 6-9 | Union Point, GA |
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Sonic BloomJune 13-16 | Georgetown, CO |
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InshalaJune 14-17 | Fort Macleod, AB |
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Bounce FestivalJune 20-22 | Twain, CA |
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BushwackedJune 21-23 | Beaverdell, BC |
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Electric ForestJune 27-30 | Rothbury, Michigan |
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Firefly GatheringJun27 – Jul1 | Northern Arizona |
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Tall Tree Music FestivalJune 28-30 | Port Renfrew, BC |
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Human NatureJun28 – Jul1 | Tidewater, OR |
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Summer IntentionJun28 – Jul1 | Sunshine Coast |
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OtherworldJun28 – Jul1 | Shawnigan Lake, BC |
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Enchanted ForestJun28 – Jul1 | Mendocino, CA |
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Wanderlust ColoradoJuly 4-7 | Copper Mountain, CO |
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Astral HarvestJuly 4-7 | Edmonton, AB |
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Groove Music FestivalJuly 4-8 | Midway, BC |
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Victoria Ska FestJuly 9-13 | Victoria, BC |
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Burn In The ForestJuly 11-14 | Squamish Valley, BC |
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Believe Freedom FestivalJuly 11-15 | Whistler, BC |
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Lightning In A BottleJuly 11-15 | Temecula, ca |
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LuminosityJuly 12-14 | Southern Vancouver Island, BC |
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Wanderlust FestivalJuly 18-21 | Squaw Valley, CA |
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Photosynthesis 6.0July 19-21 | Neah Bay, WA |
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Bass CampJuly 19-21 | Shawnigan Lake, BC |
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FestivusJuly 19-21 | Osoyoos, BC |
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FaerieworldsJuly 26-28 | Eugene OR |
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Motion Notion FestivalJuly 25-29 | Golden, BC |
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Resonance FestivalJuly 26-28 | Shawnigan Lake, BC |
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Rock of the Woods Music FestivalJuly 26-28 | Cowichan Valley, BC |
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What the FestivalJuly 26-28 | White River Canyon, OR |
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Wanderlust FestivalAugust 1-4 | Whistler, BC |
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IlluminationAugust 1-4 | Tidewater, OR |
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Bass CoastAugust 2-5 | Merritt, BC |
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Shambhala Music FestivalAugust 7-12 | Salmo, BC |
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Beloved Arts & Music FestivalAugust 9-12 | Tidewater, OR |
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RootwireAugust 15-18 | Logan, OH |
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KarmaAugust 16-18 | Pemberton, BC |
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Burning Man 2013Aug26 – Sept2 | Black Rock, NV |
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BumbershootAug31 – Sept2 | Seattle, WA |
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Bhakti FestSeptember 5-8 | Joshua Tree, CA |
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The Next Big FestivalSeptember 6-8 | Sierra Nevada, CA |
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Bass Mtn FestSept13-16 | Truckee, CA |
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RifflandiaSeptember 12-15 | Victoria, BC |
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FameSeptember 13-16 | Okanagan, BC |
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Symbiosis GatheringSeptember 19-23 | Oakdale, CA |
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PranafestSeptember 19-22 | Ashland, OR |
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EarthdanceSeptember 21 | Everywhere! |
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Decibel FestivalSeptember 25-29 | Seattle, WA |
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There is also BassMtn http://www.bassmtnfest.com/ it’s int Truckee, CA
You are missing a really amazing festival!
Firefly Gathering 2013!
How can we be listed on your site?
We are listed in the Bloom’s International Map of Transformational Festivals.
‘Firefly is an intentional gathering focused on manifesting our vision of a co-creative, nurturing and loving community that fosters a healing, healthy lifestyle partnered with conscious celebration and a spiritual peak experience. When we come together to celebrate our ONE-ness, we all experience transformation through inspiration resulting in personal and planetary evolution.’
Firefly Gathering is a Gem of a Festival with four days of over 80 sets of stellar music on three stages, inspiring performance art and circus entertainment, interactive installation art, breathtaking live and gallery art, uplifting workshops, yoga and presenters, moving ceremonies, fee-free healing, conscious kids activities, delicious eats, epic shopping and SO MUCH MORE!! At $122.21, it’s a truly awesome value for this PRICELESS Transformational experience. Firefly Gathering was listed in the Bloom Series international Map of Transformational Festivals and brings so much love to the Southwest! Also, Firefly is right smack in the middle of Sonic Bloom and LIB so plan for an incrdible visit to the beautiful forest of Flagstaff between the two!
This is not a year to miss…. Firefly is spreading it’s wings!
“Firefly brings an opportunity for each of us to participate in the “Tribal Village” that we each lack in today’s global society. By practicing life within a conscious, creativity-based culture, even if for only a weekend, we awaken an important part of ourselves that needs nurturing for the changes that are to come. Experiencing how our world could be in a creative, co-operative society can be a transformative experience for anyone!”
“In my humbly biased opinion, this is one of THE BEST FESTIVALS EVER (yet) … ~ I will be leading heart opening ceremonies and facilitating a hugging workshop, so come get some super blessed love with our tribe. It’s gonna be a real good one. ♥ Bless it ♥” – Chris “Blessit” Bonzani
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