Lately more and more EDM festivals have been moving their venues to the Oregon woods to bring nature back to humanity, and the Beloved Festival is no different. In SW Oregon territory known as Tidewater, the Beloved Fest is bringing sounds from all around the world, along with art, yoga, workshops, food, drink, and much more to the forest. This three-day music festival will be from August 9th-12th, and will be host to 20+ DJs, dozens of workshops, and a weekend you’ll surely never forget.

Expect everything from Zimbabwean Afropop to Jewish Gospel music, all deep within the Siuslaw National Forest, in a remote part of southwestern Oregon, near Tidewater. Not only can you expect eccentric, internationally eclectic music, but also yoga practices from all over the world, holistic healing workshops, and spiritual seminars representing a vast array of ideas and beliefs.

Acts include:

Oliver Mtukudzi & The Black Spirits

Joshua Nelson & The Kosher Gospel Singers

Opiuo

Xavier Rudd

Gaudi ft Indubious

Garifuna Collective ft Danny Michel

Phutureprimtive

Paula Fuga & Mike Love

Desert Dwellers

NAHKO & Medicine for The People

Rena Jones

Riffat Sultana & Party

Liberation Movement ft Kyrstyn Pyxton & Soriah

Stellamara

M.A.K.U. Sound System

Donna De Lory

Sun:monx ft Opiou & Albino

Fanna Fi Allah Qawwali

Indubious

And many, many more.

“Originally, the festival was supposed to be a dance party that also had traditional music and could introduce more live music to people who were coming to the all-night dance party,” explains festival founder and organizer Elliot Rasenick. “But that wasn’t even half of the audience, in the end. I’m constantly hearing from people who have heard Saharan blues or an Indian sarod for the first time, and that it really changed them. Part of the experience at Beloved is knowing there will be incredible music.”

Featured artists include Zimbabwean Afropop legend Oliver Mtukudzi, the swaying and moving music of Belize’s Garifuna Collective featuring Danny Michel, and Australia’s exploratory one-man-band Xavier Rudd. DJs include the bass-loving atmospheric Kiwi Opiuo, icons of the ethnodub underground Desert Dwellers, and hometown EDM darling Phutureprimative.

This year includes opportunities to learn about the powerful role of fire in ritual from magician Jeff McBride, or to relish the gorgeous devotional singing of Madonna backing vocalist-turned-yogini Donna de Lory. Every facet of the festival is designed to tread lightly on the earth and honor the site (right down to the solar panels, temporary dancefloor, and multi-use tableware), as well as bring people together through the uplifting force of music. The spirit that unites everything from roots music to pounding bass, from bonfire-lit frolics to communal yoga sessions: devotion.

“We frame it as devotion, but that’s a way to encompass all the ways, as a community and as individuals, we can come together and engage the spirit,” Rasenick reflects.

Visit their website for more information and tickets!