Gatherings

Heart

Heart opened the journey through warmth, community, conversation and place.

The first gathering took place at Love in a Bowl in Hout Bay: a living community space rooted in food, care, learning and local connection. It was a family-friendly day that brought people together gently, and a reminder that the relationships built along the way are what make the final weekend mean anything.

Heart gave the year its emotional grounding. It was a real meeting point between communities — and it set the tone for everything that follows: Earthdance grows through relationship, not only promotion.

Beat

If Heart grounded the journey, Beat raised the pulse.

Beat was the night chapter: rhythm, movement, dancefloor energy and Sonic Horizon spirit. It carried the music more directly and brought a stronger sense of momentum as the season deepened — a dancefloor-focused gathering rooted in trance, psytrance, rhythm, movement and connection.

Beat was never separate from Earthdance. It was one of the ways the journey gathered force on the way to September.

• When Sat 18 July 2026, 20:00–02:00
• Where Leopard's Rest Hall, 31 Harbour Rd, Hout Bay
• Age no under-18s

Humanity

Humanity gathers the threads.

After Heart and Beat, this chapter brings the journey back into a wider sense of togetherness, expression and shared humanity. It is the point where the emotional, musical and communal parts of the path converge — Heart and Beat meeting each other, in line with the global Earthdance theme for 2026.

Psy-tech, psytrance and a sprinkling of techno carry a Friday night in the city: the last warm-up before we leave town for the farm. Come for the music, and for the people you will be glad to see again when Earthdance lands the following month.

• When Fri 21 August 2026, 18:00 until 04:00
• Where Biblio, 50 Hout St, Cape Town City Centre
• Tickets R150 general admission, booked through Decibel
• Age no under-18s

Set times

• 18:00–20:00Mikey Dredd
• 20:00–21:00Mr Shakahuchi
• 20:00–21:30Thomas
• 21:00–22:00Amoraim
• 21:30–23:00Skam
• 23:00–00:30TeHsynes
• 23:30–01:00Midiclorian
• 00:30–02:00Big E b2b Sledge
• 01:00–02:30Verax
• 02:00–04:00Ty Teknition
• 02:30–04:00Skitzo

Rooms run in parallel, so some sets overlap.

Earthdance

From 18–20 September 2026, the journey arrives at Kromrivier Farm.

This is the main gathering: a multi-day camping festival shaped by music, participation, gathering spaces, market life and the shared rhythm of community in spring.

At its centre is the Prayer for Peace at 01:00 SAST on Saturday 19 September, when Earthdance communities around the world link up in a synchronised global moment.

That is the heartbeat at the centre of everything.

• When 18–20 September 2026, gates 12:00 Friday
• Where Kromrivier Farm, between Greyton and Riviersonderend
• Linkup Prayer for Peace, 01:00 SAST on Saturday 19 September
• Age no under-18s