Celebration Day - Charity Day Festival - the Glade

“Celebration Day, Come on!” 
 
Come celebrate local independent Totnes music, arts & crafts at the first Celebration Day festival on the 11th of October at The Glade in Dartington!

Celebration Day is a Totnes community run charity day festival with amazing local live music, smokey hot saunas, blissful meditation, energising yoga, warm fire, tastiest food & delicious drinks underneath the beautiful woodlands of Dartington!

With the times we are in, we believe it’s more important now than ever to share our joy, show appreciation for one another and help heal this planet together!

This October, Celebration Day are supporting The Friends of The Dart Charity!
A portion of every sale on site & every donation for the workshops will go towards supporting a cleaner and healthier river dart! *Read below for more details. 

For this first event, we will have the pleasure of introducing 4 local music groups from the Totnes community! 

-MUSIC-

WOWJOYWOW - 12pm
A fusion of Funk, Cuban, Brazilian, Mali, & Moroccan music: WOWJOYWOW takes you on a journey of original compositions “from heartbeat to heartbeat” celebrating the joy of life with trance-inducing kora & guitar melodies, four-part vocal harmonies, solid bass-lines and irresistible rhythms.

JAKE HAIKUS - 2pm
Music of the many seas. One travellers perspective of an experience exploring the world, new cultures and navigating the human experience.

TAMARA - 4pm
Tamara Kazziha is a violinist, singer and producer whose music moves between folk, alternative and cinematic sound worlds. Shaped by the places she has lived and travelled, particularly India, she draws on both her Egyptian and Celtic heritage to explore new musical landscapes. Layered voices, strings and rhythm sit at the heart of her work, weaving together tradition, experimentation and a sense of the ancient meeting the contemporary.

DRAGOSTINA - 6pm
Local Balkan Band Dragostina play High-Energy Folk Dances and Traditional Songs from across Eastern Europe.
Ancient Melodies, Exotic Rhythms and Improvisational Magic. Time to Dance!

- WORKSHOPS -
Reserve a workshop entry ticket on donation, every donation will go towards The Friends Of The Dart Charity.

Meditation workshop with Clive (1pm)

Join Clive for an hours guided group meditation, together witnessing the space between each  breath. All ages welcome!

Yoga with Ellie (3pm)

Rooted Hatha Yoga Workshop

Join me for teachings and insights gathered from my time practicing in India. While I regularly teach classes at Birdwood House, this workshop is a space to drop into a deep and expansive yoga practice.

Hatha yoga is more than physical movement; it is a tool for purifying and connecting with our highest self and the divine.

Translating to both “force” and the balance of sun (Ha) and moon (Tha), Hatha offers a way to balance opposing energies to experience a deeper awareness.

Drawing on traditional roots, we practice mantra, pranayama (breathwork), and restorative yoga nidra. Together, we’ll move beyond the physical to explore yoga as a deep, spiritual practice to honour its ancient origins and tap into its transformative power right here.

All levels are welcome!

Instagram: @ellieyogini

Circle Song workshop with Kai (5pm)

Welcome to Circle Music Medicine,

A state of play, an art form, an invitation to get in touch with "the wisdom of the body" to come together, breathe together and sound together as a collective.
From this place of vocal somatics and body percussion we improvise, lead and follow, co-creating many voices as one. Supporting each-other in our exploration.
Circle Music can teach us to harness the magic of music and rhythm collectively and provides a unique foundation for our own expression.
It is ancestral, timeless & part of our fundamental nature.
Whether you are a beginner of musical expression or a well adept expressionista all states of being are welcome, we’ll listen and evolve to each moment with loving awareness and explore the music that we are.

Here is one beautiful example of what we'll be exploring:
https://youtu.be/9HFSS3amsvQ

https://www.instagram.com/circlemusicmedicine/

Inviting all as they are, no need to be performative, all abilities of singing and sounding welcome, everyone brings their unique magic!

-SAUNA- (1h session £15, full day access £20)

The Pacha Mama Sauna is a unique experience of its own. Handmade by Asterix, every detail has been delicately crafted locally. This attention to detail is felt within, keeping the warmth dry, reliable & strong. 
There are two option available during the sauna session:
Pacha Mama Sauna is offering 1x HOUR SAUNA PASS £15  &  FULL DAY SAUNA PASS £20.
Please bring your own sauna appropriate clothing and towel.
Your Sauna Pass is not included with your Festival Day Ticket and must be purchased separately.  
Please pre-book your Sauna Pass online. 
 

-CRAFTS- 

The Craft spaces are yet to be released. Stay tuned for more information soon.

-THE HEART-FIRE-
Bringing the community spirit of the weekly Totnes Heartfire gathering at pondfields, the fire space will be the  heart of the festival, a place to connect, keep warm and share songs acoustically. An shared place for people who feel called to share poems, songs, & games.


- FOOD AND DRINK -
The Taste Of Nutmeg Stall will offer real special Veggie and Vegan food options as well as an assortment of delicious Tea, Coffee & Radek’s chocolate cacao.
Stay tuned for more information coming soon!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

This is a child friendly sober event. 
The event is from 12-8pm. 
Please respect opening and closing times as we will need time & space for pack up and be packing down before and after. 
There will be recycling bins on site. Please respect the beautiful woodland by ensuring to take with you any waste that isn’t recycle.
To ensure we don’t disturb the wildlife on site, no dogs or pets allowed at the premises. 
Please bring plenty of water to drink and prepare for the chance of rain. 

HOW DOES MY CHARITY DONATION WORK?

We believe it is important to be transparent about everything about this event, especially how your donations towards our charity are being calculated!

Every Workshop Entry Ticket (Including Circle song, Meditation, Yoga) is paid on donation, 100% of every donation will go towards The Friends Of The Dart Charity.

For every Meal and Drink you purchase 20% goes towards The Friends Of The Dart Charity.

Every Donation given towards the MAGIC HAT in the HEART-FIRE space on site goes directly towards The Friends Of The Dart Charity.

Every “Additional Donation” given on the Dandelion Website goes directly towards The Friends Of The Dart Charity.

The earnings from the Single Entry Ticket are distributed in the following way:

40% goes towards paying the musicians on site
30% goes towards paying for the venue hire, sound and employees.
30% goes back into The Celebration Day pot to help pay for the expenses of the next event.

In this way, every gets paid a fair share and we can ensure that the event is financially sustainable to keep going!  

Single Entry Ticket is £25.

All children under 5 come free.

Child ticket (5-12 y/o): £15


On Donation to Friends of the River Dart: 
1) Circle Song workshop with Kai (20 tickets max)
2) Meditation workshop with Clive (20 tickets max)
3) Yoga with Ellie (20 tickets max)