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2012 Festivals & Gatherings
West Coast U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Central America
**means free or low cost

MAY 2012

May 4-6 Wesak Festival - Mount Shasta, CA

**May 11-13 - Whole Earth Festival - Davis, CA

 **May 11-13 Stanford Powwow - Stanford, CA

May 11-13 Emmisions Festival - Angels Camp, CA

May 11-13 Shakti Fest - Joshua Tree, CA

May 13 How Wierd Street Fair - San Francisco, CA

May 17-22 Symbiosis Gathering - Pyramid Lake, NV

May 18-20 Joshua Tree Music Festival - Joshua Tree, CA

**May 18-20 Apple Jam - Williams, OR

**May 19 Asian Heritage Street Celebration - San Francisco, CA

**May 19-20 Maker Faire - San Mateo, CA

**May 19-20 Rejuvenation Festival - Santa Cruz, CA

May 19-20 Doheny Blues Festival - Dana Beach, CA

JUNE 2012

June 1-4 Raindance Campout - Saratoga, CA

**June 2-3 Summer Arts & Music Festival - Benbow, CA

**June 2 Berkeley World Music Festival - Berkeley, CA

**June 2-3 Redwood Mountain Faire - Felton, CA

**June 2-3 Union Street Festival - San Francisco, CA

**June 3 Planetary Dance - Mt. Tamalpais, CA

**June 7-30 Pedalpalooza - Portland, OR

June 8-9 Conscious Culture Festival - Tonasket, WA

June 9 Higher Vision - Santa Rosa, CA

**June 9-10 San Francisco Free Folk Festival - SF, CA

**June 9-10 Fairfax Festival - Fairfax, CA

**June 10 - Haight-Ashbury Street Fair - San Francisco, CA

June 14-17 Father's Day Bluegrass Festival - Grass Valley, CA

June 15-17 The Bounce Festival - Belden, CA

June 15-17 Live Oak Festival - Santa Ynez, CA

June 15-17 Coyote Music Festival - Paisley, OR

June 15-24 NCDC Summer Dance Camp - near Fresno, CA

June 21-24 Re:Generation - North Plains, OR

June 21-24 Elysium Midsummer Festival - Temecula, CA

June 21-25 Red Marines Music Festival - Indian Valley Reservoir, CA

June 22-24 Hope Mountain Barter Faire - Cave Junction, OR

June 22-24 Journey Home Festival - Middletown, CA

June 22-24 Sierra Nevada World Music Festival - Boonville, CA

June 22-24 4 Peaks Music Festival - Bend, OR

June 22-24 Fairy & Human Relations Congress - Twisp, WA

June 22-24 Monterey Bay Blues Festival - Monterey, CA

June 22-25, 2012 Movement Play Micro-Festival - Willits,CA

June 22 - July 1 Vancouver International Jazz Festival - Vancouver, BC

**June 23-24 SF Pride - San Francisco, CA

June 29 - July 1 Kate Wolf Memorial Festival - Laytonville, CA

June 29 - July 1 Spirit Dance Village Weekend - Arroyo Grande, CA

June 29 - July 2 Enchanted Forest - Navarro, CA

June 29 - July 1 Singing Alive - the Okanogan - Tonasket, WA

June 29 - July 1 Human Nature - Tidewater, OR

June 29 - July 2 Priceless - Belden, CA

June 30 - July 1 Salem World Beat Festival - Salem, OR

June 30 - July 3 West Coast Contact Improvisation Jam - Berkeley, CA

JULY 2012

July 4-8 Waterfront Blues Festival - Portland, OR

July 5-8 High Sierra Music Festival - Quincy, CA

July 7-8 Fillmore Jazz Festival - San Francisco, CA

July 12 - 15 California Worldfest - Grass Valley, CA

July 13 - 15 Oregon Country Fair - near Eugene, OR

July 13 - 15 Vancouver Folk Music Festival - Vancouver, BC

July 15-22 Mendocino Sufi Camp - Mendocino, CA

July 18-23 Mystic Garden Gathering - Lake Selmac, OR

July 20-22 Emerald Empire Hempfest - Eugene, OR

July 20-22 Capitol Hill Block Party - Seattle, WA

July 21 - Far West Fest - Point Reyes, CA

July 21-22 Trinity Tribal Stomp - Hayfork, CA

July 21 - 22 Reggae on the River - Garberville, CA

July 23 - Aug. 2 Autonomous Mutant Fest - TBA in OR

July 26-29 Wanderlust - N. Lake Tahoe, CA

July 27-29 Faerieworlds - Eugene, OR

July 27-29 What The Festival - White River Canyon, OR

July 27-29 Monterey Bay Reggaefest - Monterey, CA

July 27-29 Black Sheep Family Reunion - Tidewater Falls, OR

July 29 - Aug. 5 Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival - Port Townsend, WA

July 29 - Aug. 5 Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation - Seattle, WA

AUGUST 2012

Aug. 2-5 Zimbabwean Music Festival - Moscow, IDAHO
Aug. 3-5 The GAIA Festival - Laytonville, CA
Aug. 3-5 Pickathon - Happy Valley, OR

Aug. 3-6 Bass Coast - Squamish, BC

Aug. 3-12 Network for a New Culture Summer Camp - near Ashland, OR

Aug. 4 Petaluma Music Festival - Petaluma, CA

Aug. 4-5 Aloha Festival - San Mateo, CA

Aug. 4-5 Art & Soul - Oakland, CA

Aug. 8-13 Shambhala Music Festival - Salmo, BC

Aug. 9-12 Doe Bay Festival - Orcas Island, WA

Aug. 9-12 Northwest String Summit - North Plains, OR

Aug. 10-12 Northwest World Reggae Festival - Marcola, OR

Aug. 10-12 Indidjinus - near Corvallis, OR

Aug. 10-12 Outside Lands - San Francisco, CA

Aug. 10-12 Summer Meltdown - Darrington, WA

Aug. 10-13 Beloved Festival - Tidewater Falls, OR

Aug. 10-12  San Jose Jazz Summer Fest - San Jose, CA

Aug. 11 Moondance - Hopland, CA

Aug. 12-19 Centralia Old-Time Music Campout - Centralia, WA

Aug. 16-18 Sunset Strip Music Festival - Los Angeles, CA

Aug. 17-20 Portland Folk Festival - Portland, OR

Aug. 17-19 Willamette Country Music Festival - Brownsville, OR

Aug. 18 Long Beach Funk Fest - Long Beach, CA

Aug. 24-26 Eugene Celebration - Eugene, OR

Aug. 27 - Sept. 3 Burning Man - Gerlach, NV

Aug. 30 - Sept. 3 Strawberry Music Festival - Camp Mather, CA

Aug. 31 - Sept. 3 Singing Alive - Tidewater, OR

Aug. 31 - Sept. 3 Northern California Women's Herbal Symposium - Laytonville, CA

SEPTEMBER 2012

Sept. 1-3 Bumbershoot - Seattle, WA

Sept. 1-2 Scottish Highland Games - Pleasanton, CA

Sept. 1  FYF Fest - Los Angeles, CA

Sept. 5-9 MusicFest Northwest - Portland, OR

Sept. 6-9 Bhakti Fest - Joshua Tree, CA

Sept. 7-9 Sisters Folk Festival - Sisters, OR

Sept. 7-9 Newport Music Festival - Newport, WA

Sept. 8 Power to the Peaceful - San Francisco, CA

Sept. 8-9 Hempstalk - Portland, OR

Sept. 8-9 Doheny Days Music Festival - Dana Beach, CA

Sept. 15-16 North Country Fair - Arcata, CA

Sept. 18-23 Somatic Movement Arts Festival - Los Angeles, CA

Sept. 21-23 Art of Community - Occidental, CA

Sept. 21-23 Earthdance - Vallejo, CA

Sept. 21-23 Monterey Jazz Festival - Monterey, CA

Sept. 23 Art in Nature:  The Nature of Art Festival - Oakland, CA

Sept. 27-30 Bend Roots Revival - Bend, OR

Sept. 29-30 KVMR Celtic Festival - Grass Valley, CA

Sept. 29-30 Adams Avenue Street Fair - San Diego, CA

Sept. ?? Chico World Music Festival - Chico, CA

Sept. ?? Muddy Boot Festival - Portland, OR

Sept. ?? Lovevolution - Oakland, CA


OCTOBER 2012

Oct. 5-7 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass - San Francisco, CA
Oct. 6-7 Hoes Down Harvest Festival - Guinda, CA
Oct. 12-14 Okanogan Family Faire - Tonasket, WA
Oct. 12-14 Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival - Joshua Tree, CA
Oct. 13-14 Treasure Island Music Festival - San Francisco, CA
Oct. 19-21 Bioneers Conference - San Rafael, CA
Oct. 19-21 Forest Storytelling Festival - Port Angeles, WA
Oct. 19-21 Y2K International Live Looping Festival - Santa Cruz, CA
Oct. 24-29 Science & Nonduality Conference - San Rafael, CA
Oct. ?? The New World F.E.S.T. - Santa Monica, CA

NOVEMBER 2012
**Nov. 10-11 Green Festival - San Francisco, CA

**Nov. 17-18 Green Festival - Los Angeles, CA


DECEMBER 2012

Dec. 27-29 SnowGlobe - South Lake Tahoe, CA

**Dec. 30 Sing For Your Life - Oakland, CA

FESTIVALS RETURNING IN 2013??:

May - Alchemeyez Visionary Arts Congress - Hawaii
http://alchemeyez.com/

June -  Bobolink Music Festival
http://bobolinkmusicfestival.com/festival/ 

July - Emrg+N+See - Portland, OR
http://emrgnsee.com/splash/

July - Tayberry Jam - Cottage Grove, OR
http://www.tayberryjam.com

July - Towards Eden - Hope, BC
http://www.towardseden.com/

Aug. - Northwest Herbal Fair - Mt. Vernon, WA
http://www.nwherbalfair.com/

 

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PAST FESTIVALS IN 2012

JANUARY 2012

Jan. 26-30 Mystic Island Festival - Maui, Hawaii
http://mysticislandfestival.com/

Jan. 26-30 Tribal Convergence - San Diego, CA
http://tribalconvergence.com/

FEBRUARY 2012

**Feb. 10-13 Conscious Life Expo - Los Angeles, CA
www.consciouslifeexpo.com

Feb. 10-12 Entheogens Film Festival & Seminar - Petaluma, CA
http://www.hopedance.org/events/icalrepeat.detail/2012/02/10/5536

**Feb. 17-20 Pantheacon - San Jose, CA
http://pantheacon.com/wordpress/

Feb. 17-19 Cantando La Vida - Costa Rica
http://singingalive.org/cantando-la-vida

MARCH 2012