Frequently Asked Questions

1. Which psy festivals are within a one-day drive of Chicago?
   
2. Where is the old Chilluminati North American events calendar?
   

Which psy festivals are within a one-day drive of Chicago?

The focus here is on psytrance and EDM-with-trance festivals and recurring all-night events, that are no more than one hard day's drive from Chicago. Please send your listing to thefixer(AT) chilluminati (DOT) org.

I use strikethrough to indicate festivals which as of last update (September 2005) seem to be either one-offs or have been cancelled permanently.

Less than 8 hour drive from Chicago

• Butterfly Dance Ritual April, Cleveland, OH Psychedelic Trance, one night indoor party
• Interfuse May, Ozark Avalon near Boonville MO, 6 hours away, a regional Burn with strong psytrance aspects, weekend camping outdoor festival
• Secret Fire, June, Chicago metro, psytrance, 1 day 1 night outdoor festival, Chicago metro area
• Aestival, July, central Illinois, EDM multi-genre, weekend camping outdoor festival, 2 hour drive
• Caveman Experience, July, southern Illinois, EDM multi-genre, weekend camping outdoor festival
• Dreamfields, August, Beloit Wisconsin, psytrance, weekend camping outdoor festival, 3 hour drive
• Blueshift, August, north-central Wisconsin, EDM multi-genre, weekend camping outdoor festival
• Mataa Mandara, September, Moundsville WV (at New Vrindaban Community), psytrance, weekend camping outdoor festival
• Together, September, northeastern Iowa, EDM multi-genre, weekend camping outdoor festival
  
• Midwest Annual Goa Experience (MAGE), October, Ames Iowa, psytrance, one night indoor party, 6 hour drive
  

9-12 hour drive from Chicago

• GAIAN MIND SUMMER FESTIVAL, June, Artemas Pennsylvania, 10 hour drive, psytrance, 3 day camping outdoor festival
  
• Om festival, June, near Bancroft (Toronto area) Ontario, 11 hour drive, psytrance, weekend camping outdoor festival. CANCELLED IN 2005. MAY NOT BE RESURRECTED
  
• Omnidance, June, Afton New York, 12 hour drive, psytrance, weekend camping outdoor festival
  [Mailing list] for Omnitribe, the organizers of Omnidance
  
• Blacklight Activists (BLA)/ELOKO Morningstar festival, july, Toronto area Ontario, 11 hour drive, psytrance, weekend camping outdoor festival
  phone: (888) 770-0856 email morningstarfestival@inorbit.com
  
• Transformus, July, Asheville NC Deerfields Retreat, 10 hour drive, weekend camping regional burn with psytrance stages
  
• Neptunalia, July, Asheville NC, 10 hour drive, psytrance, weekend camping outdoor festival, won't happen in 2005.
  
• Harvest Festival, September, Cobourg, Ontario, 9 hour drive, psytrance, weekend camping outdoor festival
  
• POWWOW, September, Asheville NC Deerfields Retreat, 10 hour drive, psytrance, first time in 2005
  
• Spectra Inertia, October, Hog Ridge Hollow near Fayetteville Arkansas, 10 hour drive, psytrance, weekend camping outdoor festival
  

14 hour drive from Chicago
Samadhi Festival, July, Quebec, 14 hour drive, psytrance, weekend camping outdoor festival
Eclipse Open Air Festival, July, Montreal Quebec, 14 hour drive, psytrance, weekend camping outdoor festival

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Where is the old Chilluminati North American events calendar?

We now use the Chilluminati Forum calendar for event listings. The old 2005 calendar can still be viewed at http://server.com/WebApps/calendar-read.cgi?cal=105692

Last updated 2006.11.24

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