The Compass Music, Learning and Culture has been announced by Do LaB, the founders and creators of North America’s premiere multi-faceted boutique festival Lightning in a Bottle. During the Memorial Day weekend festival this May 25-30, LIB’s Compass offers attendees the chance to learn life-changing lessons from world-renowned visionaries, experts, and thought-leaders through a series of talks, workshops, and performances from world-renowned visionaries, experts, and thought-leaders.
The program.
The Compass environments at Lightning in a Bottle host a variety of learning and culture programming that aligns with the festival’s core principles of creating space for connection, expression, and community. Highlighted talks and discussions among this year’s programming include Regenerating Soil with Microbes, Cryptocurrency: The Ownership Economy, Queering the Liminal, Technology of Prayer, Fire Adapted Communities: Building A Wildfire Resilient Future, Transforming Fulfilling Prophecies into Love, Resilience of Chamorro Food and more.
The lineup.
Compass has assembled a top-tier lineup of thought leaders and experts to take festivalgoers on a thought-provoking journey during their stay. The Tejon Indian Tribe Dance Troupe, Billy Carson, 2x best-selling author and founder/CEO of 4BiddenKnowledge, holistic wellness expert Queen Afua of the Sacred Woman Rites of Passage program, and Racing Extinction collaborators and digital artists Louie Psihoyos & Travis Threlkel are among those featured.
Art of Benevolent Leadership in Ritual Community, Psychedelic JEDI Training, Hope in the Anthropocene, Ceremonial Chants & Medicine Music, Remote Viewing for Psychic Development, and No Means No – How to (Not) Talk to Cops are among the key innovative workshops.
Culinary hub: learning Kitchen.
Learning Kitchen returns to the festival as LIB’s culinary hub, empowering attendees through demonstrations and tastings. Among the Learning Kitchen programming is Regenerative Soil Practices & Juice with Vive Organic, Praise Cheezus: Elevated Nut Cheese with Chef Perla & Elevation Eating, Slow Food & Sourdough Pizza with Zach + Kayla of Beloved’s Bread, Green Keto: Bye Bye Sugar Cravings with Katelyn Louise of Pure Joy Planet, and Curry Deconstructed: Ayurveda & Spices with Cristina Urioste & Rasa Foods.
Lightning in a Bottle has also partnered with organizations that promote the concept of global connection and well-being. Buckminster Fuller Institute, Academy of Oracle Arts, Ecological Renewal Alliance, Fungi Foundation, Ritual Community, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), and Life-Force Academy are among the organizations that have joined the project. Throughout the year, festivalgoers can get involved with these partners, who take direct action in support of the ethos that Lightning in a Bottle was founded on.
A DJ set by electronic crossover favorite SG Lewis, Danish electronic trio and internationally acclaimed live act WhoMadeWho, German DJ and producer Parra For Cuva, emotive and melancholic techno producer Christian Löffler, forward-thinking multi-genre producer Full Crate, Andre Power and Sasha Marie of Soulection, ethereal electronic musician Ayla Nereo, 29 Palms from Ooah, and Boreta of The Glitch Mob are among
Lightning in a Bottle defies the stereotype of a music festival by emphasizing participation. It’s a place where lifelong friendships, relationships, and memories are formed, a temporary home where excitement, fun, and surprises await. LIB is truly unlike any other experience because of the immersive and interactive educational and cause-driven programming that helps to foster a sense of community.
Lightning in a Bottle’s tickets are on sale now via libfestival.org.
