• Summertime Is The Season For Outdoor Hippie Festivalshippie image by Ewe Degiampietro from Fotolia.com
  
  Carrying on in the spirit of the Woodstock Festival of 1969, peaceful outdoor summertime festivals are easy to find. Some are smaller affairs largely attended by locals, others are multi-day music extravaganzas attended by tens of thousands of people. Frequently, these festivals are not only multi-day music fests, but also opportunities to become socially and politically involved with a number of organizations who set up information booths at such festivals.
  
  

Moonlight Body, Mind, Spirit Festival

• The Moonlight Body, Mind, Spirit Festival takes place every October, and while musicians do perform here, this is one festival that isn't organized around a packed roster of headlining acts. The main focus of this festival centers on healing, spirituality, healthy and green living. A number of workshops and informal lectures are offered on topics such as acupuncture, massage, reiki and reflexology.
  
  Author readings, arts and crafts booths and healthy food kiosks are also present at the Moonlight Body, Mind, Spirit Festival.
  
  Moonlight Body, Mind, Spirit Festival
  169 Main Street
  Milton, Vermont 05468
  802-893-9966
  moonlightbodymindspiritfestival.com
  
  

Mountain Jam

• Mountain Jam, held in upstate New York at Hunter Mountain, is an outdoor music festival lasting three days, and beginning on the first weekend after Memorial Day. Past performers have included Levon Helm (of The Band), Derek Trucks, Les Claypool (of Primus) and Toots and the Maytals, all of whom perform on an amphitheatre which provides visual access to all concertgoers.
  
  Camping is allowed on the premises, with certain rules and regulations, and the on-site ski lodge provides accommodations for the thousands of patrons who've managed to get a reservation months in advance.
  
  There are a number of food kiosks which serve vegetarian and meat based foods; arts and crafts booths; and tents dispensing information and literature on environmental, spiritual, health, political and social issues.
  
  Mountain Jam
  Hunter Mountain
  Hunter, New York 12442
  888-512-7469
  mountainjam.com
  
  

Gathering Of The Vibes

• The Gathering of the Vibes four-day festival will be celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, and is a yearly music-centered festival which also celebrates the local arts community. Attendance numbers are often within the 15,000 to 25,000 range.
  
  Past performers include Crosby, Stills, and Nash; The Allman Brothers Band, George Clinton & P-Funk, The Black Crowes and James Brown.
  
  Campers will be helped to their designated area by the festival parking staff, and the organizers request that patrons not bring a bigger tent than they need, due to any possible space limitations.
  
  There is also a Non-Profit Village, offering ways to educate oneself and become involved in various social and political issues. Organizations such as Planned Parenthood, The World Peace Prayer Society, Action Against Hunger and Community Energy, Inc. (a wind energy marketer and developer), are represented at The Gethering Of The Vibes.
  
  Gathering of the Vibes
  PO Box 3377
  Bridgeport, CT 06605
  203-908-3030
  gatheringofthevibes.com/Home