Small alternative festivals in North America.
If you know of a great event anywhere in Canada, the US, Mexico or anywhere south of there, let us know!

Festivals in 2023
January

Ocaso Festival
6-9 January 2023 | Tamarindo, Costa Rica
Ocaso Festival is an underground music festival in the heart of Costa Rica. Celebrate the best underground sounds, amazing views and good times at the country’s premier event. The festival organiser ...

Rubber Tramp Rendezvous
14-23 January 2023 | [Online Event] Parker, Arizona, USA
The Rubber Tramp Rendezvous is an annual gathering hosted by the Homes on Wheels Alliance. The event welcomes thousands of homes on wheels owners to a unique camp-out at the La Paz County Fairground i ...

Fairy & Human Relations Congress
20-22 January 2023 | Twisp, Washington, USA
The Fairy & Human Relations Congress is an annual event dedicated to promoting communication and co-creation with nature spirits, devas and the faery realms. The event welcomes around 300 visitors ...

The BPM Festival
25-29 January 2023 | Tamarindo, Costa Rica
The BPM Festival is a world-renowned event, which showcases the biggest and best artists, labels and party brands in the world. Celebrate in paradise with the best in techno and house music. The festi ...

To Be Confirmed: Heart Of Tantra Festival
31-31 January 2023 | Pemberton, Canada
The Heart Of Tantra Festival is an annual conscious gathering focused on the Tantric arts and approach to life. The event features world-class facilitators, sharing a variety of presentations, worksho ...
February

Envision Festival
27 February-6 March 2023 | Dates to be Confirmed - Uvita, Costa Rica
Envision is ‘the original jungle festival’. The annual event welcomes local and international visitors into a week-long celebration of music, art, yoga, workshops and surfing in the Costa Rican ju ...
April

Lucidity Festival
7-10 April 2023 | Santa Barbara, California, USA
Lucidity Festival is an annual transformational music and arts festival in Santa Barbara, California. The event is based around a number of core values; such as participation and immersion in the arti ...

Falling Leaves Rendezvous
17-23 April 2023 | Dates to be Confirmed - Westminster, South Carolina, USA
Falling Leaves Rendezvous is an annual, 7-day immersive, earth-skills camp in South Carolina. The event aims to provide classes based around basic primitive skills. The festival is Earthskills’ annu ...

Rivercane Rendezvous
17-23 April 2023 | Dates to be Confirmed - Westminster, South Carolina, USA
Rivercane Rendezvous is a 7-day immersive, earth-skills camp in Westminster, South Carolina. The event is centred around teaching basic primal survival skills. The event is Earthskills’ annual Sprin ...
May

Tantra Festival Mexico
2-6 May 2023 | Dates to be Confirmed - Tepoztlan, Mexico
Tantra Festival Mexico is the first tantra festival in Latin America. The event celebrates love in a sacred land of ancient traditions with a variety of workshops, meditations, ceremonies, dance, conc ...

Desert Hearts Festival
5-8 May 2023 | Warner Springs, California, USA
Desert Hearts Festival is an annual boutique gathering focused on art, music and community. The event is rooted in house and techno music and celebrates the underground movement in a unique and intima ...

Joshua Tree Music Festival
18-21 May 2023 | Joshua Tree, California, USA
Joshua Tree Music Festival is a biannual music festival that takes place in the Mojave desert in California. The 4-day festival showcases continuous live music, as well as yoga, kids activities, art d ...

Okanogan Family Faire
19-21 May 2023 | Dates to be Confirmed - Tonasket, Washington, USA
The Okanogan Family Faire is an annual event created to connect the community. The event attracts a wide variety of vendors, musicians, artists and crafts from local and surrounding communities. The ...

Lightning In A Bottle
24-29 May 2023 | Dates to be Confirmed - Bakersfield, California, USA
Lightning In A Bottle is an annual camping festival centred around six guiding principles; celebrate life, create community, respect yourself and one another, actively participate, honor the land and ...

Burning Flipside
25-29 May 2023 | Date to be Confirmed - Austin, Texas, USA
Burning Flipside is the official Burning Man inspired festival of Austin, Texas. The annual event welcomes around 3000 people to a unique campout experience, showcasing the creative arts and self expr ...

California Roots Festival
25-28 May 2023 | Monterey, California, USA
California Roots Festival is an annual music and arts festival that takes place in Monterey, California over Memorial Day Weekend. The event showcases everything from reggae to rock, folk, hip hop and ...

Descend On Bend
26-29 May 2023 | Date to be Confirmed - Bend, Oregon, USA
Descend On Bend is an annual van-life gathering that takes place in Bend, Oregon. The event takes place over Labor Day weekend each year and welcomes hundreds of visitors to a unique weekend of outdoo ...

Northwest Folklife
26-29 May 2023 | Seattle, Washington, USA
Northwest Folklife is an annual festival that takes place over Memorial Day Weekend. The event celebrates arts, culture and diversity in the Northwest. The festival organisers say: “Northwest Folkli ...

Punk Rock Bowling
26-29 May 2023 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Punk Rock Bowling is an annual celebration of punk rock music. Originating as a small Vegas getaway, Punk Rock Bowling has grown into the biggest and best punk rock and bowling party on the planet. Th ...
June

FireDrums
1-4 June 2023 | Date to be Confirmed - Calaveras County, California, USA
FireDrums is an annual event that brings together the fire and flow community. The gathering features 4 days and 3 nights of world-class workshops, music, shows, performances and more. The festival or ...

Flatland Juggling Festival
2-4 June 2023 | Date to be Confirmed - Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
The Flatland Juggling Festival is an annual weekend long juggling party. The event features three days of juggling, hooping, spinning, yo-yos and more. The festival organisers say: “The Flatland Jug ...

Bonnaroo
15-18 June 2023 | Manchester, Tennessee, USA
Bonnaroo is an annual music and arts festival that takes place in Manchester, Tennessee. Dubbed ‘the most positive place on the planet’, the camping event welcomes thousands of local and internati ...

Sonic Bloom
15-18 June 2023 | Colorado, USA
Sonic Bloom is an annual 4-day camping festival at Hummingbird Ranch, Colorado. The festival features electronic music, art, dance, human performances and more for an interactive weekend for all. The ...

Bhakti Fest
18-24 June 2023 | Dates to be Confirmed - Joshua Tree, California, USA
Bhakti Fest is an annual 4-day music festival in California. The event celebrates devotion through chanting, yoga, meditation and more. The festival organisers say: “Bhakti Fest celebrates the devot ...

Romp Fest
21-24 June 2023 | Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Romp Fest is an annual, 4-day festival featuring live music, camping, arts and kids activities. The event celebrates the roots and branches of Bluegrass. The festival organisers say: “A full line-up ...

Electric Forest
22-25 June 2023 | Dates to be Confirmed - Rothbury, Michigan, USA
Electric Forest is an annual 4-day music festival that takes place in Sherwood Forest in Rothbury Michigan. Selling out each year, the festival is one of the most popular electronic music events in th ...

Telluride Yoga Festival
22-25 June 2023 | Telluride, Colorado, USA
The Telluride Yoga Festival is an annual event featuring yoga, meditation, music, hiking and more. The event welcomes world-renowned teachers and unique, intimate workshops across the 4-day event. The ...

Laketown Shakedown
30 June-2 July 2023 | Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
Laketown Shakedown is an annual music festival that takes place across the Canada Day Long Weekend. The three-day, multi-genre event features a wide variety of musical talent and offers a unique campi ...

To be confirmed: Solstice Gathering
30-30 June 2023 | Date to be Confirmed - Ontario, Canada
Solstice Gathering is an annual, membership-based gathering that welcomes thousands of members to a unique camping event in the forest of southern Ontario. Members of the Solstice Collective celebrate ...
July

Bass Coast Festival
7-10 July 2023 | Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
Bass Coast Festival is an annual electronic music and arts festival in British Columbia. The event has been crowned the Best Boutique Festival in North America and prides itself in being a unique and ...

Oregon Country Fair
7-9 July 2023 | Dates to be Confirmed - Veneta, Oregon, USA
The Oregon Country Fair is an experience unlike any other. The annual event creates a unique experience that nourishes the spirit and allows you to explore art and culture in a magical way. The festiv ...

Hanuman Festival
13-16 July 2023 | Boulder, Colorado, USA
Hanuman Festival is an annual celebration of yoga and music in Boulder, Colorado. The event features world-class yoga instructors, mind-blowing music, inspirational experiences and more. The festival ...

Rock Fest
13-15 July 2023 | Cadott, Wisconsin, United States
Rock Fest is the ultimate rock experience you can’t miss. The annual all-ages event welcomes the best active and classic rock names and has grown to become one of the biggest rock festivals in the c ...

Contact Improvisation Festival
14-23 July 2023 | Dates to be Confirmed - British Columbia, Canada
Contact Improvisation Festival is an annual gathering and dance festival on Salt Spring Island, Canada. The 10-day event features a wide variety of dance and performance classes, shows and workshops. ...

Northern Nights Music Festival
14-16 July 2023 | Piercy, California, USA
Northern Nights Music Festival is an annual celebration of music and arts in the Mendocino/Humboldt County in California. The three-day event features a collection of local and global arts and crafts, ...

Shambhala
21-24 July 2023 | Salmo, Canada
Shambhala is Canada’s premier electronic music festival. The annual event celebrates music, art and life in one of the most beautiful festival destinations in the world. The festival organisers say: ...

Big Dub Festival
25-30 July 2023 | Artemas, Pennsylvania, USA
Big Dub Festival is an annual music and arts festival at Four Quarters Farm in Pennsylvania. The four-day camping event features multiple stages of music, as well as daily activities, yoga, meditation ...

International Juggler’s Association Festival
31-31 July 2023 | El Paso, Texas, USA
The International Juggler’s Association Festival (IJA Festival) is an annual event that features a week of juggling workshops, shows, competitions and more. After more than half a century of events, ...

To Be Confirmed: Autonomous Mutant Festival
31-31 July 2023 | Dates to be Confirmed - Washington / Oregon / California, USA
The Autonomous Mutant Festival is an annual gathering showcasing art, culture, DIY technologies and more. The event aims to promote a harmonious relationship with the earth and takes place in a new de ...
August

Osheaga
4-6 August 2023 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Osheaga is an annual music and arts festival in Montreal, Canada. The three-day event showcases a wide variety of local and international musical talent and features art installations and a large sele ...

National Hobo Convention
10-13 August 2023 | Date to be Confirmed - Britt, Iowa, USA
The National Hobo Convention is an annual event hosted by the Britt Hobo Days Association in Britt, Iowa. The century old tradition celebrates hobo culture with a family friendly event filled with ent ...

Outside Lands
11-13 August 2023 | San Francisco, California, USA
Outside Lands is an annual music and arts festival that takes place in San Francisco, California. The three-day event features a wide variety of artists and attractions, and has grown to become one of ...

Burning Man
27 August-4 September 2023 | Date to be Confirmed - Black Rock City, Nevada, USA
Burning Man is an annual event that takes place in Black Rock City each year. The nine-day event creates a temporary self-sustaining and self-reliant city in the Black Rock Desert. Thousands of visito ...

To be confirmed: Reggae On The River
31-31 August 2023 | Dates to be Confirmed - Garberville, California, USA
Reggae On The River is ‘the best reggae festival in the world’. The annual event takes place on the first weekend of August and showcases the best of reggae, dub, ska, rock and dancehall. The fe ...
September

Dancefestopia
4-10 September 2023 | Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Dancefestopia is an electronic music festival in the heart of Kansas City. Surrounded by rolling hills and magical forests, the four-day event features more than 200 local and international artists, a ...

Imagine Music & Arts Festival
8-10 September 2023 | Dates to be Confirmed - Orcas Island, Washington, USA
Imagine Music & Arts Festival is an annual visionary music and arts festival on Orcas Island, Washington. The event features world-class musicians and artists and one-of-a-kind workshops in a stun ...

Imagine Music Festival
15-17 September 2023 | Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Imagine Music Festival is an annual electronic music and arts festival in Atlanta, Georgia. The multi-day event transports visitors into a unique, aquatic fairytale, hosting the world’s best electro ...

Shakti Fest
15-17 September 2023 | Dates to be Confirmed - Palm Springs, California, USA
Shakti Fest is a 5-day conscious yoga and music retreat in Palm Springs, California. The event combines everything you know and love about festivals into a unique and intimate retreat in the desert. T ...

Mothman Festival
16-17 September 2023 | Point Pleasant, West Virginia, USA
Mothman Festival is a unique, annual gathering that commemorates the visit of ‘The Mothman’, a mysterious entity. The event features a variety of activities including cosplay, guest speakers, live ...

Life Is Beautiful
22-24 September 2023 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Life Is Beautiful is an annual music and arts festival held in downtown Las Vegas. The three-day event showcases the best music acts, artists, culinary art and more and is a symbol of connection, joy ...

Wasteland Weekend
27 September-1 October 2023 | Edwards, California, USA
Wasteland Weekend is the world’s largest post-apocalyptic festival. The annual 5-day, Mad Max style event features a week of live bands, combat performers, fire dancers, themed games, merchants and ...

To be confirmed: California Tantra Festival
30-30 September 2023 | Dates to be Confirmed - Tulare County, California, USA
California Tantra Festival is the largest tantra festival in the USA. The 4-day gathering features 5 rhythms, Kundalini yoga, Biodanza, morning meditation, live music and more. The festival organise ...

To be confirmed: Sat Nam Fest
30-30 September 2023 | Date to be Confirmed - Malibu Canyon, California, USA
Sat Nam Fest is the world’s premier Kundalini Yoga and Sacred Chant Music Festival. The annual event welcomes visitors to immerse themselves in the joy, transformation and rejuvenation of yoga. The ...

To be confirmed: Unifier Festival
30-30 September 2023 | Dates to be Confirmed - Tolland, Massachusetts, USA
Unifier Festival is a transformational healing and expressive arts festival in Massachusetts. The annual event features a range of live DJs, Yoga, Belly Dancing, Live painting, Circus Arts, Organic Fo ...
October

Tribal Gathering
10-16 October 2023 | Colon, Panama
Tribal Gathering is an epic 16-day experience of a lifetime on the breathtaking cost of Panama. The festival features more than 300 international music acts, cabaret and circus shows, workshops and mo ...
November

Zen Awakening Festival
16-19 November 2023 | Inglis, Florida, USA
Zen Awakening Festival is a life changing transformational, music and arts festival. The annual event features a range of celebrity DJs, jam bands, yoga, meditation, spiritual teachers, cirque perform ...