Harvest Festival 2006 In Review

Harvest Festival is consistently one of the finest gatherings of the year. It is not just an excellent electronic music event; the organizers and volunteers go to great lengths to make the experience uncommonly special.

Three distinct stages sprouted from the grounds of Wholearth Farms, just outside of Hastings, Ontario. The striking yellow pyramid–resting on a gentle grassy slope beyond the fire pit, its interior layered with carpets and mattresses, eclectic downbeat emanating from its gaping trapezoidal maw–has become one of several iconic features at Harvest. Across from the bonfire pit lay the techno stage. Down a short trail leading the parking lot, the trance tent. Both were lined by sound-dampening bales of hay, ornamentally adorned with geometric designs and psychedelic artwork, alive with the captivating trajectories of limbs and bodies in motion to the pulsating rhythms.

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