North American Festival Guide: 2009 Edition
Journal | February 19, 2009 | Updated: October 28, 2009 | Posted by Basilisk
Welcome to another edition of Ektoplazm’s North American Festival Guide, a resource for discovering outdoor gatherings loosely associated with the psytrance movement in Canada and the United States.
The following festivals have already taken place:
Stimula :: March 20/21/22 (San Luis Rey River, California)
Rastaliens/Braincell, Digital Talk, Naked TouristTemple of Radiance :: March 20/21/22 (B.C.)
Sacred Seed :: April 10/11/12 (LaFayette, Georgia)
KiriyamaVortex :: May 1/2/3 (Ovett, Mississippi)
Iguana/Naked Tourist, Mubali, Monks Of MadnessMantra of Bliss :: May 15/16/17 (Deerfields, North Carolina)
Goa GilJunction 604 :: May 22/23/24 (Canton, Ohio)
Shapestatic, KiloWatts, Primordial OozeSacred Earth :: May 29/30/31 (Black River Falls, Wisconsin)
Mubali, Primordial Ooze, Ekoplex, DJ BasiliskGO4 P4RTY 4 :: June 5/6/7 (Pacific Northwest)
Gemini :: June 12/13/14 (Belden, California)
Onkel Dunkel, Mubali, Primordial Ooze, EkoplexGaian Mind :: June 11/12/13/14 (Maryland)
Vibrasphere, Haltya, Headroom, Flip-Flop, Hemi-Sync, Distant SystemRe:Leaf :: June 15/16/17/18/19/20/21 (Southern Ontario)
Brainfest :: June 19/20/21 (Manitoba)
Entheos :: June 19/20/21/22 (B.C.)
Saint Jean Basstiste :: June 19/20/21 (Quebec)
Shaman Tales :: July 3/4/5 (Ontario)Freedom :: July 4/5 (California)
Orb :: July 9/10/11/12 (Echo Lake, New York)
Space Gathering :: July 10/11/12/13 (Quebec)
Space Tribe, Nystagmus/AnahataMotion Notion :: July 16/17/18/19 (Drayton Valley, Alberta)
Andromeda, Amon Tobin, John ’00′ Fleming, Nystagmus/AnahataBoreal Canoe Trip :: July 17/18/19 (Ontario)
Field Trip :: July 17/18/19 (Minnesota)
Psykovsky, Fria, Mubali, Primordial OozeBetween Worlds :: July 24/25/26 (B.C.)
Eclipse :: July 24/25/26/27 (Ste-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau, Quebec)
Deedrah, Zen Mechanics, Earthling, Species, Khainz, MOS, DJ Pena, Gaudi, Third EarNo Name :: July 24/25/26 (Oregon)
PsykovskyOracle :: July 31/August 1/2 (Oregon)
Pitch Black, Bluetech, Androcell
Godizus :: August 1/2/3 (B.C.)
Mubali, Virtual LightDesiderata :: August 6/7/8/9 (Echo Lake, New York)
Cosmosis, Space Tribe, Yab Yum/Ajja, Transdriver, G.O.W., JellyHeadz, Onkel Dunkel, MelorixShambhala :: August 7/8/9/10 (Salmo, B.C.)
Pitch Black, Adham Shaikh, Anahata, EkoplexWorld Bridge :: August 7/8/9 (Deerfields, North Carolina)
Catatonic Despair, Dragon, Secret Society, Freaks Of NatureAll Stars :: August 21/22/23 (Southeastern Ontario)
Back Field To The Future :: August 21/22 (Upstate New York)
Karma :: August 21/22/23 (B.C.)
Space TribeSynergy :: August 21/22/23 (Montana)
Anishnabe :: August 28/29/30 (Quebec?)
Astral Harvest :: August 28/29/30 (Alberta)
Commercial HippiesBurning Man :: August 31 to September 7 (The Playa)
El Hal :: September 4/5/6/7 (Quebec)
Equinox :: September 18/19/20 (Deerfields, North Carolina)
Electrypnose, Mubali, Aerosis, Primordial OozeSymbiosis :: September 18/19/20/21 (California)
Hallucinogen, Atmos, Extrawelt, Perfect Stranger, Koxbox, Penta, Yotopia, BluetechEarthdance :: September 25/26/27 (The Midwest)
Electrypnose, Jellyheadz, Unwashed TomatoHarvest :: September 25/26/27 (Ontario)
Another World :: October 3/4 (Minnesota)
Crystal Sky :: October 9/10/11 (Black River Falls, Wisconsin)
Venus :: October 9/10/11 (North Carolina)
Festivals in bold featured Ektoplazm live acts and DJs. Festivals with a strike were cancelled.
Other news: Natura isn’t hosting another festival until 2010 and AUM has been cancelled for this year.
Also worth checking: PsyNY’s 2009 festival guide.
For reference, this is the FINAL version 2.12 of the guide, updated October 28th, 2009. See you next year!
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thank you so much for this…
you forgot Gaian Mind in central PA and Playa del Fuego in delaware
Nice List. Is that Wisconsin Party where they used to have “rave em and bail e” parties back in the day?
A couple good parties you could add would be soundwave on Vancouver Island the 10th -12th of July, Connect Festival in Saskatchewan the Aug 1st -3rd, and the Apex Project may or may not be going on in Chilliwack British Columbia. Not too sure anymore.
Om sucks. It is so messed up that the party got broken somehow all those years ago now. Pathetic on the Toronto’s Part. Shame.
keep the vibe psy in north american psy freaks…. pure and clean!!!!
boom from goa!!!!
Hey,
I am heading to America in November and am a big fan of the dance music/trance scene down here in Australia and just wanted to know if anyone knew of any festivals of this kind on in the last few weeks of November, preferably around the California area. If you can email me at spanconda@yahoo.com.au that would be most appreciated!!!
Thanks so much!!
Big gratitude for this list. Let’s hope that America comes out of the digital dark ages soon with psytrance like South Africa has!
selam herkeze neden turkıyede festıval yapılmıyor merak edyorum_?
An Utopia is the truth of tomorrow
Utopia is a premature truth
And our truth is that we
are going to change our world
Truth = Love
Woman and Man of the earth:
Another world is possible, A different world, fair and without fear in the people.
Utopia is something that does not exist today but may exist tomorrow,
let´s be consistent: asking the impossible: our world can be changed.
Another world is possible
We have no doubt that in these times of uncertainty and environmental crisis, people are rethinking their place in the world, and seeking to recover the fundamental and ancestral connections with their planet and culture. In this search for utopia for another is possible world, utopia should be our compass and guide, leading us to stop madness of the system, which is the only way to guarantee a future for our children, the utopia is not static is something that moves and mutates as it passes.
We know that making a festival is not going to change the world but you may hear in this place the sound that makes this utopia when it grows.
We waited for the weekend of October 12 to live the utopia of spending 4 days of celebration outdoors in the earth together as brothers danced for us for land for the love and utopia of a different possible world.
i agree that Ontario is lacking in psy parties and raves, come on people – there are psy lovers here!!!
Hello i would like you the trance comunnity to get to know about a” taste of nature” the party in the center of portugal near lisbon that is going to happen in the date 11 and 12 of setembre 2009.
For our amusement we will count with names like Freaked Freaquency, Myrah, Orianis, Triambaka, Juggler, M-Dust and many many more its going to be a 2 days party=)
For more information please check out my myspace- (www.myspace.com/djkochirakoso) or check it out at goabase.de
All the best
Omneziah
im luvin this!
bom shiva freak yo from greece