The place, Laytonville, CA. The date Sept. 25-27th. The event…oh baby, it’s Earthdance time! “Where’s Laytonville, CA?” you might ask. Well kids, it’s just 30 minutes up the 101 from Willits of course. Along the famed section of California Highway 101 known as “Avenue Of Giants,” this little nugget of Humbolt County is something you must see to believe. It’s not easy to get there but brotha is it worth it. Giant Redwood trees line the winding section of two lane road as you cruise through towns you’d run away to to escape, say, prosecution. Places that I would imagine a wrong turn could kill you.
Now that you’ve got the setting in your mind, prepare to get phreaky. I’ve wanted to go to Earthdance numerous times but failed to find the time to go before. If I had the time, I would do it. The line-up is acts like STS9, Galactic, Devil Makes Three and a myriad of others that will truly bring the freak out in you…all for world peace. How cool is THAT!
Their website describes the festival as:
“The Earthdance event in Laytonville is one of over 300 global events celebrating peace on September 26th, 2009.
Earthdance, the Global Dance Festival for Peace has grown to become the world’s largest simultaneous music and dance event. Founded in 1997, with 22 cities and 18 countries participating, Earthdance events have occurred in over 350 cities in over 50 countries. , with locations ranging from the club-lands of New York to the rainforests of Brazil. Every year, in alignment with the International Day of Peace, over 200,000 people unite in dance with hundreds of thousands more joining online in support of global peace and humanitarian aims.
The defining moment of each Earthdance event is a synchronized link-up, (4pm Pacific Standard Time) when every event around the world plays a specially produced song called “The Prayer for Peace” at exactly the same time.
Earthdance has been described by the music industry as the “Dance Aid” for the new millennium. The aim of the event is to bring together global communities to create a synchronized global festival and dance event to help fund humanitarian causes and develop an environment of peace throughout the global community.
Please visit the Earthdance International Website at: http://www.earthdance.org to see what cities are participating in 2008, to find out which charities are being supported, and to find out more about the Global Webcast.”
So bust out your day glow fuzzy hats, sparkly, shiny, hippie, trippy and otherwise out of this world gear and truck on up to Earthdance. It’s $170 for three days and that includes camping. Sounds like a good excuse as any to come together for world peace.
