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![Destress, Bliss out at Telluride Yoga Festival 2017 [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20504267_10211839417954759_1060355859_n.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
(photo via Camel’s Garden) Telluride is the place you can expect to be offered a bed to stay in if you mention you’re camping during a thunderstorm. It is also the place you may be offered a hot shower in a stranger’s house after camping three nights in said thunderstorm. And, while I didn’t expect […]
![Reuniting with the wolfpack: What the Festival 2017 brings more goodness than ever before [Festival Recap Video]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/wtf1.png?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
This June, revelers of all ages returned for the 4th year of What The Festival at Wolf Run Ranch in the mountains of Northern Oregon. If you’ve yet to be in the know, What the Festival is a fantastic spectacle that welcomes people from all walks of life and encourages all to be themselves. What the Festival […]
![Sonic Bloom: Feel free to take off your space suits! + A Transformative Tale [Festival Review + Personal Piece] | Sonic Bloom 2017](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sonicbloom2.png?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Article by Brandon Lopez and John Miller Sonic Bloom is a festival we plan on going back to year after year, regardless of the lineup. We were thrilled to see that it featured a taste of many artists both familiar and new. However, this festival is much more than the music. What really sets it […]
![BangOn!’s Elements Lakewood is the summer camp of dreams [Festival Review + Photo Gallery]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_0795.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
Review by Jackson Rogow, pictures by Kyle Miller at The Saucy Monster Living up to their reputation and beyond, Bangon! NYC threw one of our all time favorite festivals over memorial day weekend. For details on the sonic wonderland we bathed in all weekend check out our music review. In this article we will get […]
![A Decade of Del: 10th Annual DelFest is the best yet! | May 25th – 28th, 2017 [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/delfest-1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
“Bluegrass gives young people the courage to grow old and old people the courage to act young” – Joe Craven Well the 10th annual DelFest has come and gone. Co-produced by the McCoury family and High Sierra Music Productions, you’d be hard pressed to find a more classy, well organized, family friendly, fun festival. […]
![Emissions Festival is the West Coasts best kept secret | Belden Town, California [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/emissions.png?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
There are a lot of things to say about the special gathering known as Emissions West Coast Bass Culture, and that’s the reason it’s taken me nearly a month to gather my thoughts and reflect on the sweetness of that weekend. I went to Emissions kind of on a whim – I already had plans […]
![Musical Highlights from Scoremore’s JMBLYA in Austin, TX | May 6th, 2017 [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/jmblya.png?resize=600%2C315&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
JMBLYA is an event that I look forward to every year, as the youthful staff at ScoreMore consistently puts together an impressive lineup of some of the hottest names in hip-hop and EDM. This year, the event sold out with an astonishing 25,000 tickets in advance, making it the third largest concert of 2017. The […]
![Old Settlers Music Festival Celebrates 30 Years In Grand Style [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cover-photo-pretty-good-shot-1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
Old Settlers Music Festival celebrated 30 years of good times with a weekend unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. Old Settlers offers a gourmet samplings of the best singer songwriters, jam bands, bluegrass and Americana you can find – bringing in Grammy winning Los Lobos from LA to headline along with locally grown Austin heroes like […]
![Not for the faint of (Desert) Heart(s) | March 31st – April 3, 2017 [Photo Gallery + Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/DSC03041-1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
As the sun went down on Friday, my crew and I approached Los Coyotes Indian Reservation and the night started to show its cold, brisk smile. Traffic had been hellish getting out of San Diego and LA—which is where our two cars had respectively left from—but by the time we reached the gate, the […]
![Abduction by bass and beats: Phoenix Lights 2017 was out of this world | April 8 + 9th, 2017 [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/phx.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Article by Brandon Lopez and John Miller Phoenix Lights was a gathering that could not be missed by earthlings and aliens alike. With a bass filled sound system and floodlights shooting towards the heavens, it is nearly certain that interstellar beings intercepted our communications. While I can’t say I saw any abductions or probings happening, there […]