ARISE Music Festival | 08.08 – 10.2014 | Sunrise Ranch | Loveland, CO
Preview By: Jessica Shagalski
Loveland, Colorado’s Sunrise Ranch will host ARISE Music Festival for a second year, beginning on August 8th and finishing out on August 10th, 2014. This festival isn’t only about the music – but a movement to Activate, Reconnect, Interact, Synchronize, and Empower those who are involved. This diverse event creates a beautiful balance filled with a lineup that adheres to every music lovers varying taste, along with workshops, presenters, yoga, belly dancing, visual performers and a remarkable focus on wellness and leaving no trace.
This year, four stages will explode with musical talent that will keep festival goers dancing from sunrise to sunset. Headlining acts such as Beats Antique, The Infamous Stringdusters, The Polish Ambassador, Galactic, Nahko and Medicine for the People, as well as Keller Williams will take to the stage and truly make this a memorable experience. One act that has been taking Colorado by storm, which has quickly become a local favorite, the Magic Beans, will be joining this eclectic lineup sure to make your body groove!
The festival also will be teaming up with Conscious Alliance for an Art that Feeds food drive as well as offering a healers tent, a children’s village and family camp, theme camps and even theme days that are currently being voted upon on the festivals Facebook page. Don’t forget to grab some specialty coffee, kombucha, and some of Colorado’s own craft beer!
The festival’s website sums it up perfectly, “ARISE Music Festival’s intention is to create a community experience, the kind of transformational camping festival experience that is uniquely possible when we are all in it together from beginning to end. We hope you choose to join us. It’s going to be magical.â€
Whether you are en experienced festival goer or first timer, ARISE is truly something you aren’t going to want to miss. Get involved! Try something new! Make new friends! And dance your heart out. Tickets are on sale now!