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Third Annual Festival · August 8–10 · “Wisdom, Medicine, and Awakening Vision”

The third Woodstock Community Festival of Awakening carried intact the spirit and rhythm of the 2023 and 2024 Festivals—three days and two nights of ceremonies, performances, workshops, talks, readings and more occurring throughout the town of Woodstock and beyond. Read the Festival story →

Full 2025 Lineup

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Friday, August 8

Opening: Ceremony, Song & Dance

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6:00 – 7:00 PM (doors 5:30)
Community Opening in Ceremony, Song & Dance
Woodstock Community Center · by donation
Opening with the Medicine Wheel & blessing of Festival; “Song for Jogger John” led by Tad Wise; consecration of the communal Festival altar; a session of contemplation guided by Guy Beider’s Reverberations.
7:00 – 9:00 PM
BreakBread Potluck and Conversation
Woodstock Community Center
BreakBread is a unique way of gathering that invites people into connection and recognition. After gathering in a large group we disperse to tables of 5–6 for compelling conversation.
9:00 – 11:00 PM
Ecstatic Dance with Avinash Barnes
Woodstock Community Center · by donation
9:00 – 10:15 PM
Kundalini Cosmic Gong Bath & Light Immersion
Mountainview Studio · by suggested donation
Jenn Drue leads an immersive gong bath meditation to awaken Kundalini energy and restore balance to mind, body and soul through sound and light.

Saturday, August 9

Bearsville Day of Awakening · Music Walk · Night Ceremonies

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6:32 AM
Sunrise Chanting & Singing within Sacred Sound Chamber
Lenny’s Bee Happy Farm, 395 Wittenberg Road · by donation
Chanting and drumming to welcome the sun as we mark the midsummer on our living Earth Mother.
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Mothership Happenings
The Mothership Gallery · by donation
  • 9:30 AM — Sharing Stillness with Elliott Landy: Renowned Woodstock photographer transmits a spiritual energy that enables one to quickly go into deep quiet
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM — “What is Awakening?” with Paul McMahon, Sparrow & Fanny Perez
12:00 – 6:00 PM
Sacred Chant / Kirtan Festival with Avinash
Bearsville Park
  • 12:00 PM — Arundhati and Band
  • 1:00 PM — Mirabai Moon and Band
  • 1:30 PM — Lee Mirabai Harrington and Band
  • 2:00 PM — Ishwari, Avinash and Band
  • 3:00 PM — Spirit Brothers (Ned Leavitt, Joseph Jastrab, Steve Gorn, Robert Bard, Avinash)
  • 4:00 – 6:00 PM — Br. Ramanandamrita and Band — Kirtan musician of Amma and Director of M.A. Center DC
12:00 – 6:00 PM
Awakening Talks, curated by Sam Truitt & Kimber Truitt
Tibet Phu Terrace, Bearsville
  • 12:00 PM — Matthew Morse: on the nature of awakening from the perspective of a practitioner grounded in psychotherapy and the Dzogchen teachings
  • 1:00 PM — Robert Thurman & Nena von Schlebrügge Thurman: Buddhist scholar and Menla co-founder with Nena Thurman in a unique discourse
  • 2:30 PM — Suzan Saxman: “The Reluctant Psychic” on the nature of awakening from her extraordinary vantage in the spirit realm
  • 3:45 PM — HeatherAsh Amara: on spiritual smugness, a chief impediment to realization. Author of Warrior Goddess Training
  • 5:15 – 6:30 PM — Ira Schepetin (Atma Chaitanya): on the non-dual nature of the Self. 50+ years of Advaita Vedanta study
12:00 – 6:00 PM
Movement by the Stream, curated by Michael Raphael
Bearsville Park
  • Noon — Shakti Yoga: Rebecca Raphael
  • 1:00 PM — Euphoria Yoga: a Sophia Bruun Sound Journey
  • 2:00 PM — Spiritual Warrior workshop with Jamie Logan
  • 3:00 PM — Euphoria Yoga: Brigit Moynihan
  • 4:00 PM — Dance and movement with Andrea Ward
  • 5:00 PM — Qigong with Corinne Mol
12:00 – 6:00 PM
Children’s Awakening Activities, curated by Emma Leigh
Bearsville Park
Organized by community educators in a dedicated area of the lawn.
  • 1:00 PM — Children’s guided arts and crafts
  • 2:00 PM — All Ages Yoga with Devin Schepetin
  • 3:30 PM — Yogi Story Hour with Emma Leigh
  • 5:00 PM — Krystal Kids with Nidhi Adhiya-Huba
12:00 – 6:30 PM
Healing Garden Market, curated by Jenny Mulak
Bearsville Park
Tents, tables & sundry booths of people & groups at the forefront of wellness, healing & spiritual & community inquiry. Vendors include Cosmic Mother, TONIC, ChakraTalk, Young Living Essential Oils, Lorry Salluzzi Sensei, Crackalackerman Shop, Grateful Gem Head, Sustainable Sorcerers, Miss Gypsy Janet, JEMs Fashion, Michele Therese Designs, Jadara Lemonade, Beatriz Coria Annapurna, Shri Alchemy, Bhakta Bandhav ServeLove, Asrama, Earth Embodied Healing, SelfLove with Nicola, The Natural Singer, Dharmaware Inc., Kathenna, Faerie Fyne Henna Design, Fantastica Face Paint, Medicine Gardens, ELECTRIC LIVING & more.
1:00, 3:00 & 5:00 PM
Awakening Walks on Bearsville Trail
Bearsville Park
Hosted by the Catskill Mountain Sangha Group. Walking Meditations in the tradition of Buddhist Master Thích Nhât Hành.
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Woodstock Music Walk
From Mill Hill Road to Alba’s Kitchen on Tinker Street · by donation
From the bottom to the top of the town into the ether! A mile and a half lined with dozens of musicians playing live into the night air. Organized by Paul McMahon.
  • Billy Riker at Woodstock Chamber of Commerce
  • Ever Peacock at High Love Woodstock
  • Bruce Balmer at Mirabai Books
  • Isaac Berk at Tiny’s Porch
  • Robin the Hammer
  • Jimmy Eppard at Strawberry Fields
  • Bryan Dunn & Aaron Dugan at Woodstock Blues
  • Anna Womack at 120 Tinker Street
  • Shamsi Ruhe at Small Talk
  • Mister Ed at Bread Alone
  • Caswyn Moon & Faith Kelly at Station Bar
  • Sal Cataldi at Mothership Porch
  • Sasha Grin at Candlestick
  • The New Zeitgeist at Happylife Porch
  • Benji Kaplan at Alba’s Kitchen
  • & many more
6:30 – 9:00 PM
Full Moon Ecstatic Dance
White Feather Farm, 1389 NY-212, Saugerties · sliding scale
Opening circle with cacao, Sofiya + Zuma on the decks with global beats, live vocals from Deoné including Navajo medicine songs, closing sound bath with handpan.
9:30 PM – 12:00 AM
Cannabis, Cacao & Kirtan Ceremony
ESKFF The Nest · sliding scale
Featuring medicine music and Kirtan led by Mirabai Moon, alongside Stefanie Frank. Talking circle and a respectful cannabis experience honoring the plant’s historical significance at Woodstock.
9:00 PM
Rituals for the New Earth
The Mothership Gallery · by donation
A ceremonial gathering to align, remember, and create. Live performance by clau.zerez, fannnsystem and parenthesisme, Co-created Poetry and Spell-making Ritual led by Sal.chen.

Sunday, August 10

Native Wisdom · Poetry · Closing Ceremony

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10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Mothership Happenings
The Mothership Gallery · by donation
  • 10:00 AM — CHURCH & MEDITATION with Rev. Paul McMahon
  • 10:30 – 11:30 AM — Lingdro Dechen Rolmo: Tibetan “dance for peace”
  • 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM — MA: A Chant to the Mother, with Linda Mary Montano & Paul McMahon
12:00 PM
Soundbath with Lea Garnier and Emma Leigh
Sage Academy of Sound, 6 Deming Street · by donation
SoundHealing journey with gongs, crystal & Himalayan bowls, crystal pyramids, and voice, integrating indigenous elements.
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Resounding Devotion with Tara Samadhi
Mountainview Studio · by suggested donation
Integrating mystical elements from Bhakti, Tantra, Tibetan Buddhism, and Hindu traditions.
12:00 – 6:00 PM
A Day of Native American Culture with Local Elders
ESKFF The NEST · sliding scale
With Dennis Yerry, Even Pritchard, Shelli Lipton, Nathan Koenig of the Woodstock Museum and The Red Feather Drummers & Educators. Screening of “Iroquois Power for the 21st Century,” plus contemplation, prayer and nature walks.
1:00 – 2:30 PM
Spiritual Response to a Political Crisis: A Forum
Christian Science Church, 85 Tinker Street · by donation
Presentations from Rabbi Karen Levine (Woodstock Jewish Congregation), Rev. Matthew Wright (St. Gregory’s), Swami Jnaneswariananda (Sivananda Ashram), Khenpo Karma Tenkyong (KTD Monastery), and Violet Snow (First Church of Christ, Scientist).
2:30 – 4:00 PM
Restorative Yoga Workshop with Lavinia Nannini
Euphoria Yoga, 99 Tinker Street · sliding scale
1:00 – 4:00 PM
Shivastan Poetry Ashram
6 Sgt Richard Quinn Drive
  • 1:00 – 3:00 PM — Garden Party & Performances with Shiv Mirabito: Mikhail Horowitz, Giles Malkine, Sylvia Bullet, Celeste Graves, Matt Harrison, Sparrow, Joan Goodman, Laura Wood, Jaguar Mary X, Phillip Levine, Tad Wise, Bruce Milner, Clementine Morse, Marian Tortorella, Luke Simon, Michael Platsky & more. All attendees invited to perform.
  • 3:00 – 4:00 PM — Festival Closing Ceremony: Empower wishes at the communal Festival altar to song and fire. Musical procession to the Village Green for the Drum Circle.
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