Are you looking for a festival that offers more than just music and entertainment? Do you want to experience a transformational festival that will inspire you to live more mindfully and joyfully? Do you want to express your true self and transform? Do you want to go beyond the festival and be part of a community that will help you integrate your transformation into your everyday life? If so, check out Dragonfly Fest 2024, a five-day festival celebrating healing through ecstatic dance, flow, and play.
The dragonfly is a spirit animal that symbolizes transformation, adaptability, and joy. It teaches you to embrace change, explore emotions, and see beyond illusions. The dragonfly also connects you to the natural world and the realm of fairies. It invites you to lighten up and enjoy the present moment.
Dragonfly Fest is one of North America’s only multi-day ecstatic dance transformational festivals. It is organized by Unique Mindful Events, a company with a vision of bringing together mindful communities. They aim to create events that foster personal growth, community building, and social impact. They believe festivals can be more than just a party and a platform for positive change.
Dragonfly Fest 2024 will be held from April 17 to April 21 at the Temple of the Lord’s Light, a spiritual retreat center in Lockhart, Texas. The festival will feature 75-minute workshops on various topics such as partner dances, cultural dances, acro yoga, tantra, kink, BDSM, meditation, flow arts, healing, and creativity, as well as five hours of ecstatic dance music every night by some of the best artists in the genre. The festival aims to create a community of like-minded people who want to heal, camp, and connect in a beautiful natural setting.
Some of the highlights of Dragonfly Fest 2024 are:
- Ecstatic Dance – Ecstatic dance is a free-form movement that allows you to express yourself without judgment or inhibition. It is a way of connecting with your body, your emotions, and your spirit. At Dragonfly Fest, you will have the opportunity to dance to the beats of DJs and live musicians who will play a variety of genres, from ambient to techno, from tribal to trance. You can also participate in dance rituals, such as opening and closing circles, to help create a sacred space and a sense of belonging. You are highly encouraged to be sober for this experience and let the dance be your medicine.
- Danceshops – Get your groove back by experiencing a partner or solo dance experience such as formal dances, cultural dances, contact improv, and more.
- Playshops – Dragonfly Fest welcomes you to play again! Learn some acro yoga, get on a slackline, do some martial arts, or get out of your comfort zone with some adult play like naked yoga, tantra, BDSM, and kink.
- Flowshops – Flow arts are forms of movement that involve manipulating objects, such as hoops, poi, staffs, and fans. They can help you develop your coordination, agility, and creativity and enter a state of flow, which is optimal focus and enjoyment. With skilled and friendly instructors at Dragonfly Fest, you can learn and practice different flow arts, such as hooping, poi spinning, staff twirling, and fan dancing.
- Thinkshops – Learn about new topics such as herbalism, spirituality, past life regression, astrology, and more.
- Createshops – Creativity is a quality that allows you to generate new and original ideas, solutions, and expressions. It can help you unleash your potential, overcome challenges, and enrich your life. At Dragonfly Fest, you can tap into your creativity through various activities, such as painting, writing, singing, and drumming, with talented and supportive facilitators.
- Zenshops – Meditation is a practice that involves focusing your attention on a single object, such as your breath, a mantra, or a sound. It can help you calm your mind, increase your concentration, and cultivate mindfulness. At Dragonfly Fest, you will be able to learn different techniques of meditation, such as sound bowl, guided, silent, and walking, with knowledgeable and compassionate teachers.
- Yoga – Yoga is a practice that combines physical poses, breathing techniques, and mental focus. It can help you improve your flexibility, strength, balance, and posture, reduce stress, enhance relaxation, and increase awareness. At Dragonfly Fest, you will be able to practice different styles of yoga, such as hatha, vinyasa, yin, and kundalini, with experienced and certified instructors.
- Camping – Dragonfly Fest will provide a camping area to pitch your tent and enjoy the outdoors. You can sleep under the stars, wake up to the sounds of nature, and bond with your fellow festival-goers. You will also have access to showers, toilets, and drinking water. You can also book a cabin or hotel nearby if you prefer more comfort.
- Experience Areas – Relax in one of our lounges, find your rhythm in the drum circle by the fire, or play in the Playground to explore your time between workshops and ecstatic dance.
- Community – Dragonfly Fest will create a community of people who share a common vision of living more mindfully and joyfully. You will be able to meet and interact with people from different backgrounds, cultures, and walks of life who have a passion for dance, music, art, and wellness. You can also participate in community activities that will help you make new friends and have fun.
Dragonfly Fest 2024 is a festival that promises to be a memorable and transformative experience for anyone who loves dance and movement. The tickets for Dragonfly Fest 2024 have yet to be made available, but you can enter a contest to win a free ticket by filling out a form on their website. You can also apply as a vendor, volunteer, or presenter at the festival. If you want to attend Dragonfly Fest 2024, you can join their Discord community for updates and announcements.
Dragonfly Fest 2024 is more than just a festival. It is a journey of self-discovery, a celebration of life, and a catalyst for change. Are you ready to fly the path of the dragonfly?
For more information about Dragonfly Fest, to enter to win a ticket, to get involved, or for media inquiries, please visit DragonflyFest.com.