Coalessence Festival is just around the corner!
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Higher Consciousness Festival Coming to Ozarks
(EUREKA SPRINGS, AR) –This tiny resort community in the Ozark Mountains originally founded because of its healing springs, returns to its roots this October. The 1,600-acre Lake Leatherwood Park will be the site of the Coalessence Festival, described by its organizers as “uplifting the vibration of the planet with 3 days of music, health and consciousness.”
The event begins at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, and concludes at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct 5. Two stages will give attendees nearly constant access to speakers, music, yogis, writers, dancers and more.
Speakers include the noted philosopher and visionary artist Alex Grey, www.alexgrey.com, who will create one of his unusual paintings as the audience watches. Grey’s paintings, according to the New York Times, with their “tantric symbolism, and medical-illustration finesse, might be described as psychedelic realism, a kind of clinical approach to cosmic consciousness.”
Fred Alan Wolf, famous for the metaphysical movie What The Bleep Do We Know, will discuss quantum physics. Internationally acclaimed herbalist Dennis McKenna will present Herbology & Psychology of Enthogens. Daniel Pinchbeck, www.realitysandwich.com, will speak on Contemporary Shamanism and 2012. Attendees may also see and hear 2012 Cosmology by John Major Jenkins, and presentations by Craig Sommers, Jamie Janover, Uma Rao, Deerwomon, Alice, Lia Danks, Christines Joy and others.
The speakers’ messages will carry over into the music, says event organizer Corey Call. “The message is peace, love, unity and respect.”
The music will be varied, to say the least. Reggae, folk, blues, electronic, trance, tribal psychedelic rock, IDM, psy-jazz, Indian, and experimental jam bands will perform. The acts include offspring of two legendary reggae musicians, Bob Marley’s son, Kymani, and Peter Tosh’s son, Tosh 1. Also playing will be Rabbit in the Moon, BT, Kan’nal, DJ Spooky, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Pnuma Trio, BreakBeatBuddha, Govinda, Alfred Howard & the K23 Orchestra, Jamie Janover, BLVD and MC Souleye, DJ ESP, and Jah Roots. Local favorites Ozakwaba and Opal Fly will also perform as well as Artificial Life Preserver, Damn Bullets, Jah Kings, Grant Hicks, Init String, Gift Culture, Tom Foolery, Free Verse, Seed Love, DJ Spiff, DJ Produce, Doohickey, and Vaxanation.
In a separate “Healing Area,” yoga, meditation & Qigong classes will be offered in the mornings and early afternoons Saturday and Sunday. Reiki, massage, and other healing arts will also be available.
The festival is presented by Actions of Awareness, Bouncingb.com and Skinagain.com. According to Call, “This will be a coming together of great minds. We will be uplifting the vibration of the people through different energy healing.” He continued, “What we’re going for is a life-changing experience! Come hear and see the incredible music and dance, share thoughts with great minds, and eat the fantastic food.”
“It’ll be during harvest season,” Call added, “So we’ll feast on the outrageously healthy food grown by local organic farmers.” The North Star Café, an organic restaurant in Eureka Springs, will create the menu. Vegetarian and vegan food will be emphasized. Vending and concession facilities will also be provided. Recycling will be available and encouraged.
Lake Leatherwood Park is located west of Eureka Springs on U.S. Hwy. 62. The park’s 15 miles of hiking trails as well as its athletic fields, swimming and shower facilities will be open to festival-goers. Camping and cabin rentals will be available but space is limited and must be booked through the Coalessence Festival.
Prices range from $21.44 to $101.66 depending on number of days attended and camping/non-camping selection. Children under 8 will be admitted free; 8-12 year old admission is half-price. Tickets and further information are available online at www.coalessencefest.com and http://www.myspace.com/COALESSENCEFEST.
Sponsors include Skin Again, Bouncing Bear Botanicals, Reality Sandwich, Sambazon, Cell-Nique, Lara bar, Natural Awakenings Magazine, ET Arkansas, Raw Revolution, North Star, and the Arkansas Free Press.
Links to speakers, artists, musicians, presenters, sponsors:
Speakers, Presenters :
Alex Grey www.alexgrey.com
Speaking & Doing a Live Painting – Visionary Artist
Daniel Pinchbeck www.realitysandwich.com
Speaking on Contemporary Shamanism, 2012
Fred Alan Wolf www.fredalanwolf.com
Speaking on Quantum Physics, What the Bleep Do we know
Dennis McKenna
Speaking on Herbology & Psychology of Enthogens
John Major Jenkins
Speaking on Mayan 2012 Cosmology www.2012alignment.com
Craig Sommers, Jamie Janover, Uma Rao, Deerwomon, Alice, Lia Danks,
Christines Joy, Meg, Jack
Music Acts :
Kymani Marley
Reggae – www.kymanimarley.com
Rabbit in the Moon
Tribal Electronic Performance – www.rabbitinthemoon.com
BT
Electronic, Trance, IDM – www.btmusic.com
Kan’nal
Tribal psychedelic rock – www.kannal.org
DJ Spooky
IDM, Subliminal Dub, Nu-Jazz- www.djspooky.com
Tosh 1
(Son of Peter Tosh), Reggae www.myspace.com/tosh1
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Psy-Jazz, Electronic, Jam Band www.jfjo.com
Pnuma Trio
Live Electronic, Experimental Jam www.pnumatrio.com
Govinda
Downtempo, IDM, Indian www.govindamusic.com
BreakBeatBuddha
Breakbeat, IDM www.myspace.com/breakbeatbuddha
Alfred Howard & the K23 Orchestra
Jam Band, Poetry, Funk – www.myspace.com/thek23orchestra
Jamie Janover
World – www.jamiejanover.com
BLVD and MC Souleye
Live Electronic & Lyricist – www.blvdmusic.com
DJ ESP
Minimal Techno & Ambient – www.myspace.com/woodymcbride
Jah Roots
Reggae – www.myspace.com/jahroots
Ozakwaba, Artificial Life Preserver, Opal Fly and Thy Faery Pranksters, Damn Bullets, Jah Kings, Grant Hicks, Init String, Gift Culture, Tom Foolery, Free Verse, Seed Love, DJ Spiff, DJ Produce, Doohickey, Vaxanation & more….
Health Food :.
The North Star Café in Eureka Springs will be creating the menu, an all
Organic Restaurant. www.northstarjuicebar.com
It will be during harvest season and we will use local organic farmers food.
All products will be of the utmost quality & mostly vegetarian/vegan backed by www.oldsoulorganics.com
Sponsors –
Skin Again – www.skinagain.com
Bouncing Bear Botanicals www.boucingbearbotanicals.com
Reality Sandwich www.realitysandwich.com
Sambazon – www.sambazon.com
Cell-Nique www.cell-nique.com
Lara bar – www.larabar.com
Natural Awakenings Magazine www.naturalawakeningsmag.com
ET Arkansas www.etarkansas.com
Raw Revolution www.rawindulgence.com
North Star www.northstarjuicebar.com
Arkansas Free Press
