BRING YOUR FRIENDS
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**Please inform everyone that the only way to purchase tickets is through the Dragonfly Fest website. There will be no cash or box office ticket sales at the gate. This is an 18+ sober event. There will also be no day or weekend passes. Anyone who shows up without a ticket will need to go to the website to purchase a ticket before coming back to the ticket gate, and the cell phone signal may be spotty there.**
GETTING TO RIVER FOREST HAVEN
The address is 1300 Man O War Drive, Del Valle, TX, 78617. This is about half way between Austin and Bastrop on TX-71.
Look for the black Dragonfly Fest banners at the entrance where a check-in attendant will greet you. Please have your parking and ticket QR codes ready.
PARKING PASSES AND TICKET CHECK-IN
**The main gate will open on Wednesday, April 16 at 2:00 PM for attendees. All parking and camping are first come, first served, so arrive early on Wednesday.**
Every vehicle entering the festival grounds must have a parking pass. These are purchased separately from your Dragonfly Fest ticket. If you have not purchased a parking pass yet, please click here to purchase. We encourage carpooling to minimize environmental impact. You will receive a QR code via email, which you will show at the check-in booth near the front gate.
Please note that your festival ticket is also a similar QR code, so please have both pulled up to be scanned.
The options are as follows:
- General Parking ($55.55) – Park at the front of the property and walk less than 5 minutes to the camping area.
- RV/Van Parking ($111.11) – Limited spots for dry camping of RVs and vans. No hookups.
- VIP Parking and Camping ($111.11) – Park and camp near the lower field by the Mindfulness Meadow, showers, and restrooms.
The front gate will be open during the following hours. Once you’re checked in, you can come and go as you please.
- Wednesday, April 16- 2:00 PM – 1:00 AM
- Thursday, April 17 – 7:00 AM – 4:30 AM
- Friday, April 18 – 7:00 AM – 4:30 AM
- Saturday, April 19 – 7:00 AM – 4:30 AM
- Sunday, April 20 – 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM
All individuals entering past the check-in booth must have a festival ticket. Please have your QR code in your email ready to be scanned the first time you arrive at the gate.
You will have a cloth festival wristband placed on your wrist, which you must show at the ticket gate each time you re-enter. The gate will be closed between 4:30 AM and 7 AM on the main three nights, so please plan your arrival and departure accordingly.
**Anyone on the festival grounds past the check-in gate on the map without a festival wristband will be asked to go to the ticket gate to determine their status, so please keep your wristband on at all times.**
WHAT TO BRING
- Cash – for vendor or food purchases (just in case reception is spotty)
- Cart or dolly to transport gear (you will be close to your camping area but bring one if you have a lot of gear)
- Clothing
- Warm weather clothes
- Jacket (might get chilly at night)
- Swimsuit – for river
- Costumes and dance outfits – colorful under black light and LED lights are encouraged, but come as you want to be in your fullest expression
- Headlamp for walking around at night
- Earplugs – the main stage will have music until 2:00 AM
- Toiletries
- Hand soap
- Towel
- Camping gear (see below)
- Flow Arts Props – bring all your favorite toys, especially for the flow arts workshops on the schedule (see below)
- Drums or other musical instruments
- Lighting – become a part of the magical at night by wearing colorful LED lighting and/or environmentally responsible glowing items
- Yoga mat
- Water bottle
- Sunscreen
- Ice (no on-site ice vendor)
- Food (see below)
- Journal and writing utensils
- Toilet paper – porta potties will have toilet paper, but just in case
- Hammock – to hang in Hammock Valley near the river
- Open heart
- Open mind
- Workshops (some workshops recommend bringing these items)
- Magazines (Oracle Cards for Intuitive Divination)
CAMPING
Great news! All parking is right next to your camping area, nestled in the woods and along the river.
To preserve the ambiance and look and feel of Dragonfly Fest, camping and parking will be in the marked areas on the map above. There will be no camping or parking anywhere else besides the designated area. All tents set up outside of the designated areas will be asked to move, and if not moved, volunteers will remove them. If you’re unsure, please ask a volunteer at the information booth.
All parking and camping is first come, first served, so arrive as early as 2:00 PM on Wednesday, April 16.
Camping and parking will be in the shaded pink areas on the map. There will be absolutely no vehicles allowed in the activity areas. It’s a 5-minute walk from the parking area to the camping area.
Camping rules
- No open ground fires – to preserve the sacred space, all fires must be in controlled cooking devices on tables or in the provided fire rings (car wheels); we must get permission to create one or two shared fires from the land owners; there will be a big fire at the Rhythmic Flame (RF on map) each night to call in fire energy.
- Tents will be close together, so make friends
- Please be mindful of sound in the camping area
- No glass bottles on premises, please
What to bring
- Cart or dolly to transport gear (helpful if you have a lot of equipment)
- Tent
- Sleeping pad or air mattress
- Sleeping bag or bedding (might get cold at night)
- Pillow
- Camp light
- Food and drinks (see below)
FOOD
There are two food options for the festival. The first option is to bring and cook all of your own food. If you do this, you must bring your kitchen gear and cooking devices, such as propane burners or portable charcoal grills.
The second option is our food vendor, Leo Moon. They will have a full menu for you with plant-based and gluten-free options.
Leo Moon will serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner and offers a full meal plan to purchase ahead of time to save time on on-site transactions and get in a shorter line for ordering meals. The price is $198, which includes taxes and fees, and you will get a wristband when you check in for a full 11 meals from Wednesday dinner to Sunday breakfast. Click here for a sample menu and to make a purchase. Please take your QR code to the Leo Moon booth in the Vendor Village (VF on the map) for your meal plan wristband. They will also have coffee, tea, and juices at an additional cost.
Drinking water will also be provided by The Awakkening in the center of the Vendor Village, so bring a water bottle to carry around to minimize waste.
VENDOR VILLAGE
There will be tons of conscious products and services in the vendor village. Please bring cash for vendors since the cell phone signal might be spotty.
For a list of Vendors and Artist Alley, please visit the main page and scroll down to the experiences section.
COMMUNICATION
To receive updates, schedule changes, or emergency announcements during the festival, please join our Dragonfly Fest Community. You can see the various festival and community channels there.
The following types of posts will be approved:
- Carpooling offers and requests
- Ticket sales – all tickets will be verified before approving posts
- Shared equipment and gear posts
- What to wear and outfit posts
- Questions about the programming or individual instructors
- Questions about the festival not covered in the Frequently Asked Questions on the website
- Festival pictures and videos (please also use the official #DragonflyFest hashtag)
The following types of posts will NOT be approved:
- Posts about other or irrelevant events. Post your mindful events in the relevant city channels please.
- Hate speech
- Bullying
- Posts that berate the festival – if you have festival concerns, please address them by emailing or messaging us
- Please use the official #DragonflyFest hashtag in all your social media posts and also tag @DragonflyFestTX on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram.
- Please note that official photographers and videographers will be walking around and capturing all aspects of the festival. Festivals are public places, so you may be in a picture or video that ends up on social media or in official Dragonfly Fest marketing materials. This is also in our agreements when you purchase a ticket.
- There will be optional nudity in parts of this event. No photos or videos of nudity will be posted on any official Dragonfly Fest social media, but note that we cannot prevent all others from taking pictures or videos.
- There are a few workshops that do not allow photography or videography. These will be announced and designated.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- All of the frequently asked questions thus far are included in the Dragonlfy Fest FAQ page. Below are some of the most common questions not already answered in this email:
- Sober Event – We highly encourage you to let the dance and movement be your drug
- Children – This is an 18 and up event.
- Pets – We highly encourage leaving your pets at home for this event, both for your own enjoyment and the enjoyment of others. For those who insist, pets must always remain on a leash with their owners, and all pet waste must be bagged and removed. Repeat offenders will be removed without a refund.
- Day Passes – If anyone asks, no one-, two-, or weekend passes will be offered for this event. We are building a culture, and we want those who come to stay long enough to be transformed and to help transform others.
- Photography and videography – By attending this event, you agree that you may be photographed or recorded and that these photos or videos may be used in marketing and promotions by Unique Mindful Events, LLC with implicit consent.
PROGRAMMING
You will heal yourself through movement and enlightenment from 8:00 AM to 2:00 AM each day. The program is subject to change, so please visit the schedule and workshop details page for the most up-to-date schedule. The page also has an hour-by-hour schedule with detailed descriptions of the workshops and presenters.
- 30+ Workshops – 8 AM, 10 AM, 1 PM, 3 PM, and 5 PM each day
- 7 Ecstatic Dance DJs
- 3 Soulset Hours
- Experience Areas
- Dragonfly Den
- Grandmother Tree
- Rhythmic Flame
SOCIAL MEDIA/PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEOGRAPHY