Small, alternative festivals in Europe, 2018
A few festivals and interesting events to consider this year!
February
- Skiing on Skin 11-17 February, Kisakeskus, Finland
- Winter Warmer Festival 16-18 February (the place will be announced in January)
- Travel Storytelling Getaway Belgium (2018 dates to be confirmed)
March
- Fuerteventura Contact Festival Festival: 3-9 March, and Contact Camp: 24 February-13 March, Fuerteventura, Spain
- Heartbeat Festival Women 22-25 March, Coburg, Germany
- Easter Contact Improvisation Festival Pre-Workshops: 27-29 March, Festival: 29 March – 4 April, 2018, Göttingen, Germany
- Spiritual Dance Festival – Conscious Easter 29 March-2 April, Barcelona, Spain
April
- Freekuency Festival 6-8 April, Portugal
- Valencia Contact Impro Festival Valencia, Spain (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Ibiza Spirit Festival 29 April, Ibiza, Spain
May
- Space to Emerge Gathering 4-7 May, Lake District, UK
- Beltane Fire Festival 4-7 May, Edenbridge, Kent, UK
- Space to Emerge 4-7 May, Lake District, UK
- Green Vibrations 10 May, Enschede, Netherland
- Scottish Radical Herbalism Gathering 11-13 May, Perthshire, Scotland
- Manna Gathering Jordan (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- MidBurn 14-19 May, Negev Desert, Israel
- Deep Water Dance Festival 16-20 May, Padova, Italy
- AllFestival 18-19 May, Litomerice, Czech Republic
- Cappadox Jazz Festival Cappadocia, Turkey (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Gaia Family Tribe Summer Camp UK (2018 dates to be confirmed)
June
- Something to Smile About 1-3 June, Hatfield, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK
- Laughter Festival 1-3 June, Shrewsbury, England
- Space of Love 1-10 June, Böda Sand, Öland, Sweden
- Seed Camp Festival Austria (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Agni Yoga Festival Catalunya, Spain (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Italy Festival of Contact Improvisation 2-9 June, Umbria, Italy
- Burning Nest 4-10 June, Wales, UK
- Small is Beautiful Sustainability Festival England (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Irish Decompression (Burning Man) 9-11 June, Stradbally, Waterford, Ireland
- Beyond the Border Storytelling Festival 9-10 June, St Donats, UK
- Oceanfest 15-17 June, Devon, England
- Ekodrom Festival Croatia (2018 dates to be confirmed) Friendly workshop and music festival with a relaxed vibe in the Croatian countryside where you can dance your socks off! Read more..
- Stonehenge Summer Solstice Gathering 18-21 June, Amesbury, Salisbury, UK
- Own Spirit Festival 22-27 June,Aragon, Spain
- The Road Junky Festival of Creativity 22 June-2 July, in the hills of the Czech Republic 100 people gathering for a week of creative workshops and music around the fire in a forest setting. A gathering free from alcohol and electricity, and we take care of all the food, tea and coffee, as we eat together in a circle every day. Read more
- Irish Aerial Dance Fest 23 June – 9 July, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
- Sexsibility Festival 26 June – 1 July, Ängsbacka Kursgård, Sweden
- Drienok Festival Slovakia (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Meander Festival 29 June – 1 July, Valeč, Czech Republic
- Nomads Festival 30 June, Amsterdam, Holland
July
- Nowhere Festival 3-8 July, in northern Spain, between Zaragoza and Lleida
- Wake Up! Experiment 4-8 July, Bulgaria
- Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival 5-8 July, Fontainebleau, France
- Noisily Festival 5-8 July, Leicestershire, England
- Natural High Healing Festival 5-8 July, Narvilinna, Uusikaupunki, Finland
- Festival 23 6-8 July, Sheffield, England
- The International Forest Festival 6-8 July, Feanedock, the National Forest, Moira, England
- Brainchild Festival East Sussex, England (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Summer of Eros Spain (2018 dates to be confirmed) 2 months of workshops and circles exploring sacred sexuality, tantra and polyamory in a magical valley in Andalucia with tree houses, mud baths and water pools in the mountains! Read more..
- Bodypainting Festival 8-14 July, Klagenfurt, Austria
- Slot Art Festival, 10-14 July, Lubiąż, Poland
- The Thousand and One Grenoble area, France (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Funny Moon Festival 11-15 July, Valeč, Czech Republic
- Yiddish Summer Weimar Germany (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Partycipation Festival Austria (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Buddhafield Festival 18-22 July, Taunton, Somerset, UK
- Pachamama Festival 18-22 July, Switzerland
- Goadupa Festival 19-22 July, Baligród, Poland
- Festival Harmonic south of France (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Secret Garden Party Cambridge, England (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Fanø Free Folk Festival 20-22 July, Fanø, Denmark
- Valley of the Arts 20-29 July, Kapolcs, Hungary
- Stainsby Festival 20-22 July, Stainsby, Derbyshire, England
- Festival 8 20-22 July, Lincolnshire, England
- Boom Festival 22-29 July, Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
- Borderland Denmark (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Ripollesdansa Dance Festival Ripoll, Spain (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Biodanza Tribal Gathering, 25-29 July, Winterswijk, Netherlands
- Zelenkovac Jazz Festival 26-29 July, Podrašnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Transylvaliens Festival Sibiu, Romania (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Thy Lejren Festival Denmark (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- European Juggling Convention 28 July-5 August, Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal
- Contact Meets Contemporary 30 July-5 August, Göttingen, Germany
- Ozora 30 July – 5 August, Dádpuszta, Hungary
- Tantra Festival 31 July – 5 August, Ängsbacka, Sweden
August
- The Spirit of Awen 1-5 August, Arlingham, Gloucestershire, England
- Wilderness Festival 2-5 August, Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, UK
- Bestival 2-5 August, Lulworth Estate, Dorset, UK
- The Green Gathering 2-6 August, Piercefield Park, Chepstow, UK
- Floating Castle Festival 3-5 August, Snežnik, Slovenia
- Yaga Open-Air Gathering, Lithuania (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Faces Festival Finland (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Samsara 6-12 August, Siófok, Hungary
- Punk Rock Holiday 7-10 August, Tolmin, Slovenia
- Andancas Dance Festival Portugal (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Boomtown 9-12 August, Winchester, Hampshire, England
- Guca Trumpet Festival Serbia (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Freiburg Contact Festival 9-15 August, Freiburg, Germany
- Finki Krautrock Festival 10-11 August, Heidelberg area, Germany
- Free Tree Open Air Festival 10-13 August, Oberösterreich, Austria
- All Ireland Permaculture Gathering 11-13 August, Ballintra, Co. Donegal, Ireland
- Spiritual Dance Festival 13-22 August, Spain
- Psy-Fi Festival 15-19 August, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
- Green Man 16-19 August, Wales, UK
- Wild Heart Gathering 18-22 August, Sussex, UK
- Roztoc Circus Festival Prague, Czech Republic (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Aespia (formerly known as Lost Festival) London, England (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- ZNA Gathering Portugal (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Heartbeat Festival Germany (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Shambala Festival 23-26 August, Northamptonshire, England
- Into The Wild 24-27 August, Edenbridge, England
- Small World Summer Festival England (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Tantra 4 Gay Men Festival 25-29 August, Glastonbury, England
- Raw Fruit Festival Andalusia, Spain (2018 dates to be confirmed)
September
- In The Woods Festival England (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Sound and Silence Festival Corfu, Greece (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Connection Festival 4-10 September, La Codosera, Spain
- Spiral Knights Eco-Fest 5-10 September, Evia Island, Greece
- Outlook Festival 5-9 September, Pula, Croatia
- Old Saw Mill Garden Party UK (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Bubble Festival Malta (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- J-Fest Juggling Convention 24-30 September, Antalya, Turkey
October
- European Biodanza Congress 11-14 October, Punta Umbría, Huelva, Spain
- Seekult Festival Germany (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Scottish Storytelling Festival Scotland (2018 dates to be confirmed)
- Contact Festival Austria Austria (2018 dates to be confirmed)
November
December
- Israeli Contact Festival (2018 dates to be confirmed) Galilee and Tel Aviv, Israel