Mantra of Bliss with Goa Gil and Arianne

It's getting to be that time of year when festivals are in their final planning stages. Lots of these Asheville area festivals are held at Deerfield's. Below is one that must not be missed from Those People Productions:



We welcome Goa Gil back to the southeastern United States. Join us in a regional gathering of the tribes as we celebrate Goa Gil's sonic transmission of cutting-edge psychedelic trance integrating in a galactic wonderworld near you! The space is once again the amazing Deerfields, with its lush green valleys and orchards to camp in and fresh water ponds for swimming after a long hot dance!

Goa Gil & Arianne (The Nommos, Avatar Records)

Friday May 16- Sunday the 18, 2008
All ages (under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian)

Gate opens at 4pm, Friday, May 17, 2008

Drum Circle Friday Night !

NO RE-ENTRY - Bring everything you will need for survival
Primitive campsites are available in designated areas
No renegade sound systems
Carpool and leave no trace
Absolutely no dogs allowed
Buses and Rv's welcomed and offered discounts for more than 5 passengers (please email in advance).Pre-registered tickets $45.00 US until May 10th

$50.00 US at The Gate

Deco by Pyite and The Community
Sound by DS Audio
Flyer Design by ..iikah..
Visuals by Psyonic
More info and directions at:

www.goagil.com Goa Gil is one of the founders of the goa trance and psytrance movement in electronic dance music.

www.deerfields.com Deerfields is located 20 minutes south of Asheville, North Carolina in the Mills River Community (directions). The private retreat is a 940-acre family-owned tract of unspoiled wilderness offering camping, swimming, and hiking. Cascading through the Queens Creek Mountains of the Appalachia, the land is surrounded by ponds, apple orchards, and rhododendrons.

x-posted to Around Asheville

T R A N S F O R M U S
July 20-22 2007
The 4th Southeast Regional Burn is coming soon to Deerfields near Asheville, NC. Tickets may already be sold out, but you might check first on Tribe.net. Transformus promises "one long, crazy weekend of imagination and buffoonery … a music jam, a costume party, a reunion," and the burning of "The Bamboozler," a 25 ft tall human effigy.

Know Your Burns - They are all LNT (leave no trace) events and are organized in the spirit of Burning Man, conforming to the 10 Principles made famous by that big daddy of events.

#1 - Burning Man
GA - Alchemy
NC - Transformus
DE - Playa del Fuego
SC - eleMent
TX - Flipside
TX - ntxb
VT - Firefly
AZ - Toast-Town
CN - Ontario Burn

from di.onys.us
2007 North American Summer Psy Festival Guide

CICADA FESTIVAL
May 25-28, 2007
Deerfields
Asheville, NC

OUR MISSION
There exists an interconnectivity in todays world which is unprecidented. We belive that Now is the time to embrace such ideals as: Clarity, Balance, Acceptance, and unfettered interchange of thought. Come join us in celebrating life.

PERFORMERS
MOONTRIBE, Los Angeles - moontribe.org
ORACLE GATHERINGS, Seattle - oraclegatherings.com
EVOKE COMMUNITY, Asheville - evokecommunity.com
TOUCH SAMADHI, Asheville - touchsamadhi.com
DANIEL PINCHBECK, Author - breakingopenthehead.com

...and much, much more

Link

Goa Gil - May 19, 2007 - Deerfields (Asheville, NC)

Atlanta Psytrance and Those People Productions welcome Goa Gil back to the Southeastern US, on his second rite of passage as your shamanic guide, for an extended journey into the heart of Primordial Bliss.

Join us in a regional gathering of the tribes as we celebrate as one primal force Goa Gil's sonic transmission of cutting-edge psychedelic trance across Deerfields, a 940-acre private retreat in the sacred Appalachian Mountains. Beneath the skies, on earthen soil where nature abounds, we will dance by ritual fire as the ancients once did -- guided by Goa Gil in Redefining the Ancient Tribal Ritual for the 21st Century through the Trance Dance Experience!

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Neptunalia, the T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi Summer Festival is on July 23-25, 2004, and is held at Deerfields, the amazing local 800+ private acres playground. It's an experience in itself. It's billed as an Outdoor Camping and Psychedelic Trance experience. Take a look at the pictures of the grounds. Link
And the Neptunalia flyers are made from a Naoto Hattori design. Remember that outstanding artwork we've enjoyed before?

And then the following weekend is TransformUs, the South East Regional Burn. So, Psytrance or a Burn? I've never been to a Burn before, and PsyTrance is all around here, but not in this type of arena. What to do? We'll probably go to TransformUs. I am too old for two back to back, kick-out-the-jams weekends. Knowhatimean?

Weirdpixie found another good music site with indie mp3's and other new releases called InSound. She and Charles both have a knack for finding good music online.

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TRANSFORMUS - The Southeast Regional Burn. July 30 - Aug 1, Deerfields, NC. Be There. Great. Something else I'll have to check out. Southeast's version of Burning Man.

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