http://WestCoastFest.com
festivals, gatherings, & events on the west coast U.S. (and a few beyond)
May 08
2011 Gatherings
2011 West Coast Gatherings
Festivals & Gatherings in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Central America
** means free or low-cost
APRIL 2011
**April 9-10 Green Festival - San Francisco, CA
http://www.greenfestivals.org/
April 14-18 New Culture Spring Retreat - Santa Cruz, CA
http://languageofcompassion.com/events
April 15-17 Bhakti Fest - Joshua Tree, CA
http://www.bhaktifest.com/
April 15-17 Coachella - Indio, CA
http://www.coachella.com
April 23 - Deep Green - Richmond, CA
http://www.deepgreenfest.com/
**April 29 - May 1 New Living Expo - San Francisco, CA
http://newlivingexpo.com
**April 29 - May 1 Two Day Town - Livermore, CA
http://www.twodaytown.com
MAY 2011
May 1 How Weird Street Fair - San Francisco, CA
http://howweird.org/
**May 6-8 Whole Earth Festival - Davis, CA
http://wef.ucdavis.edu
**May 6-8 Stanford Powwow - Stanford, CA
www.stanfordpowwow.org
May 13-15 Joshua Tree Music Festival - Joshua Tree, CA
http://joshuatreemusicfestival.com
May 13-15 Wesak Festival - Mount Shasta, CA
http://wesak.us/index.php?ref=debragiusti
May 13-15 Alchemeyez Visionary Arts Congress - Big Island, HI
http://alchemeyez.com/
**May 14 Rejuvenation Festival - Santa Cruz, CA
http://www.rejuvenationfestival.com/
May 19-22 FireDrums - near Booneville, CA
http://www.firedrums.org
May 19-22 Ancient Wisdon Rising - Port Townsend, WA
http://www.interspiritualconference.com
**May 20-22 Apple Jam - Williams, OR
http://applejam.webs.com/
May 21 Asian Heritage Street Celebration - San Francisco, CA
http://asianfairsf.com/
**May 21-22 Green Festival - Seattle, WA
http://www.greenfestivals.org/
**May 21-22 Maker Faire - San Mateo, CA
http://www.makerfaire.com
May 26-30 Strawberry Spring Music Festival - Yosemite, CA
http://www.strawberrymusic.com
May 26-30 California Contact Improv Jam - Middletown, CA
http://www.harbinjam.org
May 27-30 Unity Festival at the Canyon - Rumsey, CA
http://canyonunityfestival.com/
May 27-30 Lightning In a Bottle - Irvine, CA
http://lightninginabottle.org/
**May 27-30 Northwest Folklife Festival - Seattle, WA
http://www.nwfolklife.org
**May 27-30 1000 Hummingbirds All-Nations Women's Prayer Gathering- Patterson, CA
http://www.1000hummingbirds.concarino.org/
**May 27-June 5 Village Building Convergence - Portland, OR
http://cityrepair.org/vbc/
May 27-30 Sasquatch Music Festival - Quincy, WA
http://www.sasquatchfestival.com
**May 28-29 Carnaval - San Francisco, CA
http://www.carnavalsf.com
May 28-29 Santa Cruz Blues Festival - Santa Cruz, CA
http://santacruzbluesfestival.com/
**May 28-30 Kinetic Grand Championship - Humboldt County, CA
http://www.kineticgrandchampionship.com
May 28-30 Topanga Days - Topanga, CA
http://www.topangadays.com/
JUNE 2011
June 3-6 Movement Play Micro-Festival - Willits, CA
http://www.movementplay.com
June 4 Berkeley World Music Festivall - Berkeley, CA
http://www.berkeleyworldmusic.org/entry.asp?PageID=118
June 4-5 Redwood Mountain Faire - Felton, CA
http://www.redwoodmountainfaire.com/
June 4-5 Mateel Summer Arts & Music Festival - Garberville, CA
http://www.mateel.org/summerarts
**June 4-5 Union Street Festival - San Francisco, CA
http://unionstreetfestival.com/
June 8-12 - Planetary Dance + Workshop - Mt. Tamalpais, Marin County, CA
http://www.planetarydance.org
June 9-26 Pedalpalooza - Portland, OR
http://shift2bikes.org/pedalpalooza/index.shtml
June 10-12 Harmony Festival - Santa Rosa, CA
http://www.harmonyfestival.com
June 11-12 Fairfax Festival & Eco-Fest - Fairfax, CA
http://www.fairfaxfestival.com/
June 10-11 Conscious Culture Festival - Tonasket, WA
http://www.consciousculturefestival.com/fr_intro.cfm
June 12 - Haight Ashbury Street Fair - San Francisco, CA
http://www.haightashburystreetfair.org
June 16-19 Father's Day Bluegrass Festival - Grass Valley, CA
http://fathersdayfestival.com/
June 17-19 Faerieworlds - Eugene, OR
http://www.faerieworlds.com/
June 17-20 The Big Bounce - Beldentown, CA
http://bigbounceatbelden.com/
June 17-26 NCDC Summer Dance Camp - east of Fresno, CA
http://www.ncdcdances.org/summer_camp.php
June 18-19 Marin Art Festival - Mill Valley, CA
http://www.marinartfestival.com
June 23-26 Re:Generation - North Plains, OR
http://www.regenerationfestival.com/
June 24-26 Kate Wolf Memorial Festival - Laytyonville, CA
http://www.cumuluspresents.com/kate/
June 24-26 Fairy and Human Relations Congress - near Methow, WA
http://www.fairycongress.com/
June 24-26 Monterey Bay Blues Festival - Monterey, CA
http://www.montereyblues.com/
**June 24-26 The New World F.E.S.T. - Santa Monica, CA
http://www.thenewworldfest.com
June 24 - July 3 Vancouver International Jazz Festival - Vancouver, BC
http://www.coastaljazz.ca/concert/td_vancouver_international_jazz_festival
June 25-26 San Francisco Free Folk Festival - San Francisco, CA
http://www.sffolkfest.org/2011/index.html
June 25-26 Salem World Beat Festival - Salem, OR
http://www.worldbeatfestival.org/
June 25-26 SF Pride Celebration & Parade - San Francisco, CA
http://www.sfpride.org/
June 30 - July 3 High Sierra Music Festival - Quincy, CA
http://www.highsierramusic.com/
June TBA Coyote Music Festival - Paisley, OR
http://www.coyotemusicfestival.com
JULY 2011
July 1-7 National Rainbow Gathering - somewhere in WA
http://www.welcomehome.org
July 1-4 San Francisco Folk Music Club Campout - Boulder Creek, CA
http://sffmc.org/
July 1-4 Waterfront Blues Festival - Portland, OR
http://waterfrontbluesfest.com/
July 2-3 Fillmore Jazz Festival - San Francisco, CA
http://www.fillmorejazzfestival.com/
July 5-10 West Coast Contact Improv Festival - Berkeley, CA
http://ci-rf.org/events?id=8
July 8-10 Oregon Country Fair - west of Eugene, OR
http://www.oregoncountryfair.org
July 14-17 California Worldfest - Grass Valley, CA
http://www.worldfest.net/
July 15-18 EmergNSee - near Salem, OR
http://emrgnsee.com/splash/
July 15-17 Tayberry Jam - Cottage Grove, OR
http://www.tayberryjam.com
July 15-17 Vancouver Folk Music Festival - Vancouver, BC
http://thefestival.bc.ca/
July 15-17 Emerald Empire Hempfest - Eugene, OR
http://www.emeraldempirehempfest.com/
July 16-17 Reggae on the River - Garberville, CA
http://www.reggaeontheriver.com
July 17-24 Mendocino Sufi Camp - near Mendocino, CA
http://goldengatesufi.org/mendocino/
July 20-25 Mystic Garden Gathering of the Tribes - Selma, OR
http://www.mysticgardengathering.com
July 21-24 Northwest String Summit - North Plains, OR
http://www.stringsummit.com/
July 22-24 Towards Eden - near Hope, BRITISH COLUMBIA
http://www.towardseden.com/
July 28-31 Wanderlust - Lake Tahoe, CA
http://wanderlustfestival.com/
July 29-31 Monterey Bay Reggaefest - Monterey, CA
http://www.mbayreggaefest.net/
July 29 - Aug. 1 Bass Coast - Squamish, BRITISH COLUMBIA
http://www.basscoastproject.com
July TBA - Elysium Festival - east of San Diego, CA
http://elysiumfestival.org/
July TBA Far West Fest - Pt. Reyes, CA
http://kwmr.org/event/list?keyword=event
July TBA Trinity Tribal Stomp - Junction City, CA
http://www.trinitytribalstomp.org/
AUGUST 2011
July 31-Aug 7 Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation - Seattle, CA
http://www.sfadi.org
July 31- Aug. 7 Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival - Port Townsend, WA
http://www.centrum.org/blues/bl-festival.html
Aug. 5-7 The Gaia Festival - Laytonville, CA
http://www.thegaiafestival.com
Aug. 5-7 Reggae Rising - Garberville, CA
http://www.facebook.com/ReggaeRisingFestival
Aug. 5-7 Pickathon - Happy Valley, OR
http://www.pickathon.com
Aug. 5-8 Shambhala Music Festival - Salmo, BRITHISH COLUMBIA
http://www.shambhalamusicfestival.com/
Aug. 11-15 Beloved Festival - Tidewater Falls, OR
http://www.belovedfestival.com
Aug. 12-14 Northwest World Reggae Festival - Marcola, OR
http://www.nwworldreggae.com
**Aug. 12-14 Indijinus - west of Eugene, OR
http://bhumsiva.com/indidjinus-gathering
Aug. 12-14 Summer Meltdown - Darrington, WA
http://www.summermeltdown.com/index.html
Aug. 12-14 San Jose Jazz Festival - San Jose, CA
http://jazzfest.sanjosejazz.org/
Aug. 12-14 Outside Lands - San Francisco, CA
http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/
Aug. 17-21 Sierra Contact Festival - Sierraville, CA
http://www.bodyresearch.org/contactfestival/index.shtml
Aug. 19-21 Northwest Herbal Fair - Mt. Vernon, WA
http://www.nwherbalfair.com/
Aug. 20-21 Art and Soul - Oakland, CA
http://www.artandsouloakland.com/
Aug. 26-28 The Eugene Celebration - Eugene, OR
http://www.eugenecelebration.com
Aug 29- - Sept. 5 Burning Man - Black Rock Desert, NV
http://www.burningman.com
SEPTEMBER 2011
Sept. 2-5 Singing Alive - Cosmopolis, WA
http://www.tribesofcreation.com/events.html
Sept.3-6 Strawberry Fall Music Festival - Yosemite, CA
http://www.strawberrymusic.com
Sept. 3-5 Bumbershoot - Seattle, WA
http://bumbershoot.org/
Sept. 4-5 Scottish Highland Games - Pleasanton, CA
http://www.caledonian.org/games.html
Sept. 8-11 Bhakti Fest - Joshua Tree, CA
http://www.bhaktifest.com/
Sept. 9-11 Newport Music Festival - Newport, WA
http://www.pvbluegrass.com/
Sept. 9-11 Sisters Folk Festival - Sisters, OR
http://www.sistersfolkfestival.org/sff.php
Sept. 16-18 Monterey Jazz Festival - Monterey, CA
http://www.montereyjazzfestival.org
Sept. 23-25 Earthdance - Vallejo, CA
http://earthdancelive.com/
Sept. TBA - Adams Ave. Street Fair - San Diego, CA
http://adamsaveonline.com/StreetFair/
OCTOBER 2011
Oct. 8-9 Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival - Joshua Tree, CA
http://joshuatreemusicfestival.com
Oct. 19-23 Science & Nonduality Conference - San Rafael, CA
http://scienceandnonduality.com/index.shtml
Oct. 29-30 Green Festival - Los Angeles, CA
http://www.greenfestivals.org
NOVEMBER 2011
Nov. 12-13 Green Festival - San Francisco, CA
http://www.greenfestivals.org
DECEMBER 2011
Dec. 30 Sing For Your Life - Oakland, CA
http://www.circlesing.net
FESTIVALS RETURNING IN 2012:
Aloha Festival
Bay Area Storytelling Festival
Bobolink Music Festival
http://bobolinkmusicfestival.com/festival/
JANUARY 2011
Jan. 14-16 Cantando La Vido - San Isidro, Costa Rica
http://www.tribesofcreation.com/singing_alive.html
Jan. 26-31 Mystic Island Festival - Maui, HI
http://mysticislandfestival.com/
FEBRUARY 2011
Feb. 11-15 Bliss Camp Maui - Maui, HI
http://www.rawspirit.com
**Feb. 11-13 Conscious Life Expo - Los Angeles, CA
http://www.consciouslifeexpo.com
Feb. 18-21 Pantheacon - San Jose, CA
http://www.pantheacon.com
Feb. 25- March 1 The Prophet's Conference - Palm Springs, CA
http://www.prophetsconference.com/events/ps2011.html
MARCH 2011
March 3-6 Envision Festival - Dominical, COSTA RICA
http://www.envisionfestival.com
March 11-13 Sonora Celtic Faire - Sonora, CA
http://www.sonoracelticfaire.com
March 12-13 San Diego Indiefest - San Diego, CA
http://sdindiemusicfest.com
March 19-27 Dancing Wilderness - Pt. Reyes, CA
http://www.bodyresearch.org
March 24-28 Fuente Eterno - Baja Mexico
http://www.fuenteeterno.com |