http://www.westcoastfest.com
2010 WEST COAST U.S. FESTIVALS & GATHERINGS
CALIFORNIA / OREGON / WASHINGTON / AND BRITISH COLUMBIA
and a few in other parts of the U.S.
** free or cheap gathering
MAY 2010 *****************************************
May 6-9 FireDrums - near Santa Cruz, CA
http://www.firedrums.org
**May 7-9 Whole Earth Festival - Davis, CA
http://wef.ucdavis.edu
**May 7-9 Stanford Powwow - Stanford, CA
http://powwow.stanford.edu/
**May 9 - How Weird Street Fair - San Francisco, CA
http://howweird.org/
May 13-16 Groovephest - Lake Piru near Ventura, CA
http://www.myspace.com/groovefest2010
May 14-16 Joshua Tree Music Festival - Joshua Tree, CA
http://joshuatreemusicfestival.com
May 21-23 Apple Jam - Williams, OR
http://applejam.webs.com/
May 21-23 Singing Alive - Hood River, OR
http://www.tribesofcreation.com/singing_alive.html
May 22-23 Bay Area Storytelling Festival - El Sobrante, CA
http://bayareastorytelling.org/
**May 22-23 Maker Faire - San Mateo, CA
http://www.makerfaire.com
May 27-31 Strawberry Music Festival - near Yosemite, CA
http://www.strawberrymusic.com
May 28-31 Lightning in a Bottle - near Irvine, CA
http://lightninginabottle.org
**May 28-31 Northwest Folklife Festival - Seattle, WA
http://www.nwfolklife.org
**May 28-31 Utah Phillips Memorial Day Folk Campout - near Santa Cruz, CA
http://sffmc.org/
**May 29-30 Carnaval - San Francisco, CA
http://www.carnavalsf.com
May 29-30 Santa Cruz Blues Festival - Santa Cruz, CA
http://santacruzbluesfestival.com/
May 29-30 Further Festival - Angels Camp, CA
http://www.furthurfestival.com/
**May 29-30 Himalayan Fair - Berkeley, CA
http://himalayanfair.net/
**May 29-31 Kinetic Grand Championship - Humboldt County, CA
http://www.kineticgrandchampionship.com
May 29-31 Sasquatch Music Festival - Quincy, WA
http://www.sasquatchfestival.com
**May 28 - June 6 Village Building Convergence - Portland, OR
http://cityrepair.org/vbc/
JUNE 2010 **************************************
June 4-6 Bobolink Music Festival - east of Chico, CA
http://bobolinkmusicfestival.com/festival/
June 4-6 Raindance Campout - near Santa Cruz, CA
http://raindancecampout2010.eventbrite.com/
June 5 - Redwood Mountain Faire - Felton, CA
http://www.redwoodmountainfaire.com/
**June 5 Berkeley World Music Festival - Berkeley, CA
http://www.berkeleyworldmusic.org/entry.asp?PageID=118
**June 5-6 Mateel Summer Arts & Music Festival - Garberville, CA
http://www.mateel.org/summerarts.php
**June 5-6 Union Street Festival - San Francisco, CA
http://unionstreetfestival.com/
**June 6 - Planetary Dance - Mt. Tamalpais, Marin County
http://www.planetarydance.org/index.html
**June 10-26 Pedalpalooza - Portland, OR
http://shift2bikes.org/cal/viewpp2010.php
June 11-13 Harmony Festival - Santa Rosa, CA
http://www.harmonyfestival.com
June 11-12 Conscious Culture Festival - Tonasket, WA
http://www.consciousculturefestival.com
**June 12-13 San Francisco Free Folk Festival - SF, CA
http://sffolkfest.org/2010/index.html
**June 12-13 Fairfax Festival & Eco-Fest - Fairfax, CA
http://www.fairfaxfestival.com/
**June 13 Haight Ashbury Street Fair - San Francisco, CA
http://www.haightashburystreetfair.org
June 17-20 Father's Day Bluegrass Festival - Grass Valley, CA
http://fathersdayfestival.com/
June 18-20 Sierra Nevada World Music Festival - Boonville, CA
http://snwmf.com/
June 18-20 The Big Bounce - Belden Town, CA
http://www.bigbounceatbelden.com
**June 18-20 Mother Earth Gathering - Silverton, OR
http://earthgatherings.org/
June 18-27 NCDC Summer Dance Camp - near Sequoia Park, CA
http://www.ncdcdances.org
June 19-20 Coyote Music Festival - Paisley, OR
http://www.coyotemusicfestival.com
**June 19 SF Juneteenth Festival - San Francisco, CA
http://www.sfjuneteenth.org/
June 25-27 Monterey Bay Blues Festival - Monterey, CA
http://www.montereyblues.com/
June 25-27 Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival - Laytonville, CA
http://www.cumuluspresents.com/kate/
June 25-27 Movement Play Micro-Festival - near Willits, CA
http://www.movementplay.com
June 25-July 4 Vancouver International Jazz Festival - Vancouver, BC
http://www.coastaljazz.ca/td_canada_trust_vancouver_international_jazz_festival
**June 26-27 SF Pride Celebration and Parade - San Francisco, CA
http://www.sfpride.org/
**June 26-27 Salem World Beat Festival - Salem, OR
http://www.worldbeatfestival.org/
**June 27 - July 7 National Rainbow Gathering - EAST COAST TBA
http://www.welcomehome.org
JULY 2010 *********************************************
July 1-6 West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival - Berkeley, CA
http://wccif.org/fest_info
July 1-4 High Sierra Music Festival - Quincy, CA
http://www.highsierramusic.com/
**July 2-5 July 4 Folk Music Campout - near Santa Cruz, CA
http://sffmc.org/
July 2-5 Waterfront Blues Festival - Portland, OR
http://waterfrontbluesfest.com/
**July 3-4 Fillmore Jazz Festival - San Francisco, CA
http://www.fillmorejazzfestival.com/
**July 9-11 Oregon Country Fair - west of Eugene, OR
http://www.oregoncountryfair.org
July 9-16 Green Tortoise Pacific Trek - CA / OR
http://www.greentortoise.com
July 15-18 California World Fest - Grass Valley, CA
http://www.worldfest.net/
July 16-18 Northwest String Summit - North Plains, OR
http://www.stringsummit.com/
July 16-18 Vancouver Folk Music Festival - Vancouver, BC
http://thefestival.bc.ca/
**July 16-18 Emerald Empire Hempfest - Eugene, OR
http://www.emeraldempirehempfest.com/
July 16-18 Elysium Festival - east of LA / San Diego, CA
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=69208517670
July 16-19 EmrgNSee Festival - near Salem, OR
http://www.2009.emrgnsee.com
July 17-18 Reggae on the River - Garberville, CA
http://www.reggaeontheriver.com
July 18-25 Medocino Sufi Camp - near Mendocino, CA
http://suficircle.org
**July 19-28 Autonomous Mutant Festival - Oregon TBA
http://www.mutantfest.org/
July 21-26 Mystic Garden Party - Corning, CA
http://www.mysticgardenparty.com/
July 23-25 Trinity Tribal Stomp - Junction City, CA
http://www.trinitytribalstomp.org/
July 23-25 Tayberry Jam - Cottage Grove, OR
http://www.tayberryjam.com
July TBA Far West Fest - Point Reyes, CA
http://kwmr.org/events.html
July 29-Aug. 1 Wanderlust Festival - North Lake Tahoe, CA
http://www.wanderlustfestival.com/
July 30-Aug. 1 Faerieworlds - Eugene, OR
http://www.faerieworlds.com/
July 30- Aug. 1 Monterey Bay Reggaefest - Monterey, CA
http://www.mbayreggaefest.net/
AUGUST 2010 *****************************************
Aug. 1-8 Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation - Seattle, WA
http://www.sfadi.org
Aug. 1-8 Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival - Port Townsend, WA
http://www.centrum.org/blues/bl-festival.html
Aug. 6-8 Summer Meltdown MDX - Darrington, WA
http://www.summermeltdown.com/index.html
Aug. 6-8 Reggae Rising - Garberville, CA
http://www.reggaerising.com
Aug. 6-8 Pickathon Indie Roots Music Festival - Portland, OR
http://www.pickathon.com
Aug. 6-9 Shambhala Music Festival - Salmo, BRITISH COLUMBIA
http://www.shambhalamusicfestival.com/
Aug. 6-8 Indidjinus - west of Eugene, OR
http://bhumsiva.com/indidjinus-gathering
Aug. 6-15 Network for a New Culture Summer Camp West - near Ashland, OR
http://www.nfnc.org/scwest/
**Aug. 7-8 Aloha Festival - San Francisco, CA
http://www.pica-org.org/AlohaFest
Aug. 9-15 Dancing Wilderness Project - N. Cascade Mountains, WA
http://www.bodyresearch.org/dancingwilderness/index.shtml
Aug. 9-15 Centralia Old-Time Music Campout - Centralia, WA
http://www.centraliacampout.com/
Aug. 12-15 Phoenix Fire - near Santa Cruz, CA
http://www.firefamilygathering.org/
Aug. 12-16 Beloved Festival - Tidewater Falls, OR
http://www.belovedfestival.com
Aug. 13-15 NW World Reggae Festival - near Eugene, OR
http://www.nwworldreggae.com
**Aug. 13-15 San Jose Jazz Festival - San Jose, CA
http://www.sanjosejazz.org/en/about-the-festival.html
Aug. 14-15 Outside Lands - San Francisco, CA
http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/
Aug. 20-25 Sierra Contact Dance Festival - Sierra Hot Springs, CA
http://www.bodyresearch.org
**Aug. 21-22 Art & Soul - Oakland, CA
http://www.artandsouloakland.com/
Aug. TBA Humboldt County Music & Arts Summit - Willow Creek, CA
http://humboldtcountylove.com/
Aug. 30 - Sept. 6 Burning Man - Black Rock Desert, NEVADA
http://www.burningman.com
SEPTEMBER 2010 **************************************
Sept. 2-6 Strawberry Fall Music Festival - near Yosemite, CA
http://www.strawberrymusic.com/home.asp
Sept. 3-6 Singing Alive - Cosmopolis, WA
http://www.tribesofcreation.com/singing_alive.html
**Sept. 3-5 The Eugene Celebration - Eugene, OR
http://www.eugenecelebration.com
Sept. 4-6 Bumbershoot - Seattle, WA
http://www.bumbershoot.com
Sept. 9-12 Bhakti Fest - Joshua Tree, CA
http://www.westcoastkirtanyogafestival.com/
Sept. 10-12 Sisters Folk Festival - Sisters, OR
http://www.sistersfolkfestival.org/sff.php
**Sept. 10-12 Newport Music Festival - Newport, WA
http://www.pvbluegrass.com/
**Sept. 10-12 Muddy Boot Organic Festival - Portland, OR
http://www.muddyboot.org/index.php
**Sept. 11-12 Hempstalk - Portland, OR
http://www.hempstalk.org/
Sept. 16-20 (tentative) Symbiosis Gathering - Yosemite, CA
http://www.symbiosisgathering.com
Sept. 16-19 Lotus World Music and Arts Fest - Bloomington, INDIANA
http://www.lotusfest.org
Sept. 17-19 Earthdance - Laytonville, CA
http://www.earthdance.org/sf
Sept. 17-19 Monterey Jazz Festival - Monterey, CA
http://www.montereyjazzfestival.com
**Sept. 18-19 North Country Fair - Arcata, CA
http://www.sameoldpeople.org/Index1.htm
**Sept. 17-19 (tentative) Hope Mountain Barter Faire - Cave Junction, OR
http://www.hopemountainbarterfaire.org/
Sept. 23-26 Decibel Festival - Seattle, WA
http://www.dbfestival.com
**Sept. 23-26 Bend Roots Revival - Bend, OR
http://www.kpov.org/content/view/60/50/
Sept. 24-26 Raw Spirit Festival - near Prescott, ARIZONA
http://www.rawspirit.com
Sept. 24-26 Sebastopol Celtic World Music Festival - Sebastopol, CA
http://www.cumuluspresents.com/celtic/
**Sept. TBA Power to the Peaceful - San Francisco, CA
http://www.powertothepeaceful.org/index.php
OCTOBER 2010 *****************************************
**Oct. 1-3 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass - San Francisco, CA
http://www.strictlybluegrass.com
**Oct. 2 Hoes Down Harvest Festival - Full Belly Farm near Guinda, CA
http://www.hoesdown.org/index.html
**Oct. 2 - LovEvolution - San Francisco, CA
http://www.sflovevolution.org/
Oct. 9-10 Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival - Joshua Tree, CA
http://joshuatreemusicfestival.com
Oct. 13-18 Y2K-X 10th Int'l Live Looping Festival - Santa Cruz, CA
http://www.y2kloopfest.com
Oct. 14-17 LEAF - Lake Eden Arts Festival - Asheville, NORTH CAROLINA
http://www.theleaf.com/
Oct. 15-17 Bioneers Conference - San Rafael, CA
http://www.bioneers.org
Oct. TBA Tour de Fat - Los Angeles, CA
http://www.newbelgium.com/tour-de-fat
Oct. TBA Water Woman Festival - Joshua Tree, CA
http://waterwomanproject.org
**Oct. TBA Okanogan Family Faire - near Spokane, WA
http://www.okanoganfamilyfaire.net/index.htm
NOVEMBER 2010 ****************************************
**Nov. 5-7 Green Festival - San Fransisco, CA
http://www.greenfestivals.org/san-francisco-fall/
Nov. TBA International Body Music Festival - Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
http://www.crosspulse.com/html/index-eng.html
DECEMBER 2010 ****************************************
**Dec. 30 Sing for Your Life - Oakland, CA
http://www.circlesing.net
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