With summer time on the horizon and the UK’s pageant season quick approaching, you are in all probability seeking to ditch the glitz and booze this yr and go for a extra relaxed lengthy weekend.
If the times of moist tents and hangovers are behind you, however you are still in search of an outside escape, then a wellness pageant within the attractive British countryside may very well be the reply.
This new era of festivals facilities round rejuvenating thoughts, physique and spirit, together with healthful nice music and scrumptious (and wholesome) meals.
With affords popping up all around the UK, it is unattainable to not discover one thing that can fulfill your zen fantasies.
This is one of the best…
ALSO Competition
July 14-16, Warwickshire
With 300 unimaginable acts and 14 levels set within the gorgeous Warwickshire countryside, this quirky pageant celebrates its tenth anniversary this yr and is bound to be magical. Billed as a pageant of well being and concepts, ALSO brings well being, academic comedy, music and meals into one wonderful weekend.
Workshops embody a sound tub session within the lovely pure amphitheater on the lake stage, yoga and meditation, Tai Chi, inventive writing courses, natural tea ceremonies and extra. This yr’s occasion additionally encompasses a star-studded line-up of audio system together with Labor MP Jess Phillips, creator and activist Nimko Ali, presenter Geoffrey Boakye and comic Sarah Pascoe.
Weekend tickets begin at 130 for adults and 60 for kids; also-festival.com:
Verve
16-17 September, Wiltshire
Positioned in Cranborne Chase, an Space of Excellent Pure Magnificence, Verves’ three focuses are well being, wellbeing and nature (it is one of many UK’s first zero-waste festivals). Company can take part in courses in yoga, meditation, respiration, gong baths, kirtan, health and dance, in addition to hearken to a spread of talks from sober curiosity to discovering your objective.
Feast on the best native foods and drinks, unwind with a facial or rejuvenating therapeutic massage at Woodland Spa, then dance underneath the celebrities with a cocktail in hand as night descends. An ideal weekend for wholesome hedonists.
Weekend tickets begin at 139, day tickets at 69; feeltheverve.com
Paths of affection
July 6-9, Gower Peninsula
The world’s first path operating and music pageant, Love Trails transforms the gorgeous Gower Peninsula right into a pure playground for revelers and health lovers alike.
In the course of the four-day action-packed route, runners can discover the dramatic panorama on non-competitive trails that vary from three to 50km. With eight levels internet hosting inspirational talks, workshops, coaching classes, DJs and reside acts, the social gathering comes alive at night time with open-air acts on the primary stage.
Combining the collective euphoria of watching reside music on an enormous stage, the runners and the liberating freedom of the rugged Welsh shoreline, it is a magical occasion in contrast to some other.
Weekend tickets begin at 149; day tickets begin at 49; lovetrailsfestival.co.uk
Wild nature
August 3-8, Oxfordshire
When you’re not prepared to surrender the glitter and late-night dancing, look no additional than Wilderness Competition. Set within the idyllic woodland and lake of Oxfordshire’s Crownbury Park, the long-lasting four-day pageant combines reside music, artwork, wellbeing and a spread of theatre, craft, late night time events, out of doors actions and culinary experiences.
And the musical composition is at all times sensational. this yr options The Chemical Brothers, Christine and The Queens, Fatboy Slim, Sugababes, Confidence Man and lots of extra.
Weekend tickets begin at 199.80; wildernessfestival.com
The Nice Retreat
1-4 June, Pembrokeshire
From aware motion courses, meditation and yoga to low-waste cooking workshops, gin workshops and menopause talks, The Huge Retreat has one thing for everybody. With over 300 occasions, courses, workshops and talks that enchantment to a spread of age teams (notably Nineteen Nineties health guru Mr Motivator), there’s enjoyable for all of the household.
Later, get pleasure from reside music from headliners together with Scouting for Ladies, Toploader, Gok Wan and extra, plus comedy units with Rosie Jones and Daniel Foxx.
Weekend tickets begin at 220; day tickets begin at 65; thebigretreatfestival.com
Circus of the soul
17-20 August, Cotswolds
The brainchild of free-spirited couple Roman and Ella Wroat, Soul Circus is a well-being pageant the place music, yoga and holistic remedy meet glitzy pageant shenanigans and DJs.
Again at its lovely residence within the Cotswold hills of Elmore, Gloucestershire, festival-goers can bask in dawn yoga classes, hardcore HIIT and afternoon dance events earlier than treating themselves to champagne from the lakeside spa, full with sauna and sizzling tubs. With sizzling yoga, gin-tasting excursions and transformation workshops in the course of the day and Groove Armada till 2am each night time, it is the proper mixture of wellness and excessive power.
Weekend tickets begin at 164; day tickets begin at 82; circus of the soul.yoga
LoveFit:
July 14-16, Kent
Simply 40 minutes from London on the historic St Clere Property in Sevenoakss, LoveFit is a fitness-focused wellness journey for individuals who need to work up a sweat. Aerobics, pole health, HIIT, path operating, rowing, volleyball and dance courses are simply a number of the health choices, together with slower-paced wellness choices comparable to yoga, meditation and massages.
After darkish, the pageant transforms into an evening of dancing underneath the celebrities with a boutique the place visitors can select to social gathering after within the wood-fired sizzling tubs or hearken to the UK’s hottest DJs and dance acts on the primary stage.
Weekend tickets from 159; day tickets from 81; lovefitfestival.com:
Prosperity by the Lakes
September 7-10, Dorset
Set in famend 63-year-old sculptor Simon Gudgeons’ 24-acre sculpture backyard within the River Frome valley, the idyllic Wellbeing By the Lakes returns for its fourth yr.
Its picturesque lakeside setting features a roster of inspirational talks on the Riverside Stage, in addition to yoga, tai chi, health courses, respiration workouts, sound therapeutic, forest bathing, drumming workshops, meditation, Koya (a South American-inspired intuitive dance) and artisan cooking demonstrations;
Remedies on the Therapeutic Arms tents embody aromatherapy, therapeutic massage, reflexology, reiki and extra. Previous audio system have included Liz Earle MBE and Buddhist monk Gelong Thubten.
Weekend tickets from 75; day tickets from 20; wellbeingbythelakes.co.uk
Steadiness
Might 19-21, Shoreditch
Held over three days at London’s iconic Previous Truman Brewery, this well being pageant is an opportunity to coach with world health specialists and gurus, supplying you with perception into the most well liked new exercises and well being meals available on the market.
Along with taking courses from the likes of Barrys and KXU, you too can sit up for a curated startup village that includes the most recent in wellness, in addition to a meditation dome that will help you unwind.
Weekend tickets from 69; day tickets from 17; balance-festival.com
Wellness
June 17, Barn Elms
If you cannot spare a full weekend, this south London day pageant may very well be simply the ticket. There are a selection of various health, dance and yoga courses all through the day, from martial arts, ballet yoga to stretching and suppleness courses, a number of expertise tents and a number of the tastiest road meals distributors.
Music lovers can get pleasure from energetic and energetic music from varied artists and DJs all through the day. The music stage is curated by Gardens Of Babylon and combines one of the best in melodic techno, home and techno with a magical fusion of digital sounds from Parallelle, Patrice Boumel, Francesca Lombardo and Magit Cacoon.
Tickets are 65 for traditional; for 44 college students; 33 for younger adults (13-16) and 22 for youth (9-12); wellness.co.uk