Summer 2023 Events
The Sanctuary has a full season of events planned for this summer. We hope you’ll join us out in the meadow for some amazing musical performances, and the peaceful beauty of the Sanctuary’s 40 acre land trust, free-ranging animals and humans, and opportunities for communion. All events are family-friendly, all-inclusive, open-aired gatherings. See you in the forest.
Upcoming Events
Blue Earth Day
Saturday, April 22nd
Blue Earth Day is an Earth Day celebration and Fund-raiser for Olivia Blue. Drum circle, yoga and ecstatic dance, sound healing, face painting, vendors, raffle for amazing drums, and musical performances by Cosmic Hue, The Grays and Hannah’s Field.
Hiroya Tsukamoto
Saturday, May 13th
Hiroya Tsukamoto is an innovative guitarist and composer who fuses folk, jazz, and world music. Born and raised in Japan, in 2000, he received a scholarship to Berklee College of music and came to the U.S. Tsukamoto’s instrumental abilities are indeed breathtaking and astounding, but his performances are so much more than that.
Stephane Wrembel
Friday, June 2nd
His fourth time back at the Sanctuary, the amazing guitarist and composer Stephane Wrembel and his quartet brings a global guitar wizardry, super swinging band and the Spirit of Django Reinhardt out into the moonlit meadow for a gypsy lost night of musical dreaming.
Dan Bern
Saturday, June 10th
If you must put him in a box, make sure it’s a big box! Undefinable by genre, crossing over and through folk, rock, singer-songwriter, and kids music, Dan Bern is a captivating live performer with a loyal, multi-generational following.
Baklava Express
Sunday, July 23rd
Baklava Express is an super hip NYC-based Middle Eastern fusion project led by Oud player Josh Kaye. The band mostly performs original music influenced by the traditions of the Arab world, Turkey, and Greece, as well as Jazz, Flamenco, Rock, and Eastern European Folk music. The eclectic influences and vast differences in the musical backgrounds of its members have created a group whose style is distinct yet genre defiant.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Kirtan with Shakti Ma and the Rainbow Serpent
Sat. July 29th
Shakti Ma has been described as the Janis Joplin of kirtan. A powerful wallah and long-time devotee of Bhakti yoga, Shakti Ma has led many kirtans and healing retreats with her soulful operatic voice. Shakti Ma shares her profound wisdom gained through her inspiring healing story and faith.
Farm Dinner with The Grays and Friends
Saturday, August 19th
This farm-style dinner will feature fresh food prepared by Carlos Luis Suarez, a Colombian-born sommelier, chef and spiritual healer, sourced using all local, organic food. The Grays will perform original jazz compositions and will be accompanied by some special friends from the Sanctuary’s beautiful musical tribe.
The Meditation Miracles Sangha
Sundays 3 to 5 PM
The Sanctuary’s meditation group meets most Sundays in the yurt or outside in the Sanctuary meadow to practice mindfulness meditation and to study A Course in Miracles. The group recently completed a 5 year study of the text and will begin reading the Circle of Atonement edition of the text this summer. This group is open to all, no prior experience necessary. There may be goats involved. For more information email Justin at Justin@oursanctuary.org.
“Death will not be overcome until the meaning of Love is understood.”
- A Course in Miracles
