BaliSpirit Festival officially opens its gates on 7th May 2025. The opening party is set for Wednesday evening, and lovers of art, culture, movement, dance, wellness, and yoga will gather at Ubud’s The Yoga Barn to celebrate the 16th edition of this world-renowned festival.
The theme for the 16th edition of the BaliSpirit Festival is “Follow Your Spirit.” Over five nights and four days from 7th to 11th May 2025, the festival will bring together people from all over the world for sessions that focus on body movement, music, and self-awareness.
Throughout the festival, over 250 artists, facilitators, and creatives will present 150 workshops and 50 performances. The festival will take place, as has become a tradition, at the world-famous The Yoga Barn in the heart of Ubud.
During the day, festival attendees can take part in a staggering array of workshops focusing on everything from yoga to meditation, dance, music, and healing, all facilitated by some of the world’s finest practitioners of their crafts.
In the evening, BaliSpirit Festival transforms into a celebration of world music and togetherness, with live musical performances from local and international artists.
Workshop highlights include Ketut Arsana from Indonesia, who will be running a Kundalini Tantra Yoga session; Alfred Kendrick from the USA, who will bring his Body Mobility masterclass to the festival; and the unmissable Dhwani Dinakara Bahar, whose Cuban Salsa Dance workshop brings nothing but joy, smiles, and swinging hips to even the most reserved of dancers.
Incredible music performances over at The Grove Stage include Raio & Holloway, Amaru Tribe, and Hanuman Project. The ecstatic dance party with The Buzzy Kiwi & Leah Luna is a chance for attendees to go wild with this pair of viral DJs known for their mind-blowing drops and unforgettable musical journeys.
The Dharma Fair Market is not to be missed. It features treasures, trinkets, jewelry, clothing, and handmade products from fifty small businesses. At the Healing and Wellness Center, attendees can have their every ail tended to by therapists offering everything from traditional Balinese massage to reiki, Javanese mediation, Balinese energy healing, and past-life regression.
There are a range of ticket options available, so whether attendees want to soak up every last minute of the festival, or just drop in for a few hours, everything is possible.
Full 4-day BaliSpirit Festival passes, with access to 5 nights and 4 days of festival events, including access to all workshops, all live music events and Wednesday night’s opening part is IDR 10,400,000.
Tiered-level ticketing options are available down to single evening-only music event passes, starting at IDR 800,000. Tickets are available directly through the BaliSpirit Festival website.
BaliSpirit Festival is more than what attendees see over the 7-11 May, the event’s outreach programs operate throughout the year and have long been a platform to connect artists, facilitators, and creatives with local Balinese communities, academics, NGOs, and more. For more than 16 years, the BaliSpirit Festival has been a meeting place for people from all over the world to share experiences, culture, and a more conscious and healthy lifestyle. Every year in the week before the festival the team hosts the Bali Spirit Festival Conference in Denpasar.
The meeting of minds is held with the spirit of collaboration and contributing art to the community. Focusing on educating young people, the Bali Conference aims to share art knowledge through creative methods This year conference attendees discussed the festival theme “Follow Your Spirit” and invited artists to embrace the beauty of spontaneity and exploration in their artistic journeys, encouraging individuals to step out of their comfort zones and let their instincts and passions guide them in unexpected directions, celebrating that art is not just about the destination.
The theme, for both conference and festival attendees, is also a call to find joy in the fun journeys while following what lights us up, emphasizing the importance of play and curiosity in the creative process, encouraging participants to experiment with new techniques, media, and ideas without fear of making mistakes.
The long-term impact of the Bali Conference and BaliSpirit Festival is expected to raise awareness, revive and inspire a generation of young artists to preserve the musical traditions and cultural heritage of ancient civilizations, recognize and appreciate the diversity and importance of cultural expressions, and preserve them for future generations.
BaliSpirit Festival helps fun Let’s Go, a forum for reproductive health education for teenagers in Bali and Indonesia with a focus on HIV & AIDS support, and the incredible Bali ReGreen Project which is a bamboo planting program that reintroduces trees and plants to non-productive land in Bali.
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