Crops Not Shops Summer Solstice Roots & Culture Gathering - 20th-24th June 2024

Greetings & love.

Here we are again for the second addition of our Sacred Earth Roots & Culture Gathering. YAY!!!

A 4 day celebration of our sacred tribes and some of the greatest inspirational change makers of our times.

WE ARE RISING TO CELEBRATE THE REGENERATION OF MOTHER EARTH;
Coming together as community, remembering our sacred connection to our food, loving the land, celebrating with music, song & ceremony. We will be creating beautiful land art, joining in unity consciousness & enjoying everything lovely in the natural world.

We will have world renowned regenerative agricultural specialists, Earth defenders, tribal leaders, leading activist change-makers and way-showers, the best roots and culture music, practical land-based educational workshops, earth lectures, healers and an OUT OF THIS WORLD CROPS NOT SHOPS CHILDRENS’ AND FAMILY AREA.

Primarily solar powered and spring water fed, we will have sacred fires, ceremonies, stories and a beautiful chance for grass roots networking, sharing and CONNECTING so we can speak our collective truth of embodying the changes needed for the planet and her people.

We are a 100 % alcohol free, zero waste, solar powered event.

WE WILL HAVE WORKSHOPS ON
Permaculture, regenerative agriculture, no dig gardening, planting and chanting, growing your own food, solar power, community building, universal divine law & sovereignty, food forest lectures, foraging herbs for medicine, plant medicines for mental & physical health, shamanic traditions, bee keeping, conscious activism, drum making, bushcraft, survival classes, meditation, breath work, living off the land talks and so much more!

THERE WILL BE
Two incredible music stages, a sacred earth activism elders tent, the Crops Not Shops Cafe, mystic village healing centre , simply rawgeous cafe and sauna, food for freedom cafe, womens tent and bleeding space, mens temple, ethical markets showcasing peoples arts and crafts, breathwork, yoga, capoeira, natural crafts, drumming, singing and so so much more.

WHO ARE WE?
Crops not shops is a radical grassroots freedom movement visioning a better world into action through building land-based community networks, growing and remembering who we are and our place on earth as guardians of this sacred land.

WE ARE EVERYTHING AND WHAT WE DO TO EVERYTHING, WE DO TO OURSELVES...AND WHAT WE FOCUS ON IN THE WORLD IS WHAT WE CREATE!

WHY WE ARE DOING THIS?
The world is changing and it's up to us to change it for the better. We can do this by building resilient communities in both rural and urban areas. We want to open up a space for people to gather and see how easy and beautiful it is when we work together for the common good of all.

This isn't just a festival, It's a SACRED REMEMBERING; an invitation to change the world by getting back in touch with ourselves and the Earth by coming together in the scared dance of life.

We love to bridge the worlds through this transition of great change and hope to advocate the connections needed to regenerate the earth. We want people to reconnect to themselves, each other and to our old ways of living.


FAMILIES ARE CENTRE OF WHAT WE DO AT CROPS NOT SHOPS.

CROPS NOT SHOPS FAMILY & CHILDRENS AREA
Children are the future and we can learn so much from them. We are dedicated to creating spaces for them to flousish and stay free.
We will be running a wide range of children's activities and over 50 family workshops across the whole of the weekend.
There will be:
-THE INNER CHILD TEMPLE SPACE
-THE NEW EARTH FOREST SPACE
-CREATIVE PLAY, EXPRESSION & MOVEMENT SPACE
-AN ARTS AND CRAFTS TENT
-AN ASSAULT COURSE
A Totem pole to decorate, field games, scavenger hunts & SO much more….

DECORATION
Our gathering will be beautifully decorated with living land art which is a key part of keeping our events sustainable and regenerative. We must leave the land better everywhere we go. LEAVE NO TRACE
Art is the communication of the soul, in-line with the ethos of regenerative agriculture, we have invited artists to showcase the ‘positive impact examples’ of art that leaves the land better than before, delighting the senses using materials of the earth to enhance the beauty of the land and the sacred event being held.

CROPS NOT SHOPS CAFE
We will be nourishing your souls and taste buds all weekend, with sacred Cacao, wood fired hemp pizzas, raw medicine foods and hearty warm stews, among many others.
Everything we do considers the people, animals and planet around us. That's why it is so important that we shop local, grow fresh, organic food and support our surrounding communities.
We are FREE from processed sugars, artificial colours & flavourings, modern wheats & grains, man-made preservatives, meat & dairy. The food will be grown on the land as much as possible and the rest will be sourced as locally and sustainably as possible.

SACRED EARTH MUSIC & DANCE 🎶
Music and dance are the universal languages for all.
We have the most amazing line up with diversity of genres from roots reggae, folk, tribal beats, classic drum and bass, world music, soul, gypsy jazz, Conscious love full hip hop, acoustic country, and everything in between. The wonderful artists joining us:
MOBIUS LOOP - ZION TRAIN - DRAGONSFLY - ALEX AKAL & THE WOLVES - UK PLAYERS BAND - ONE DUB 12v - IMAN ISSACHAR - KYA ORI - THE LOVING COLLABORATIVE - DJ FLYING TREE - CHEETAH RAM - NORTHERN POET - BROTHER RASH - SYNAGISED- WILD HEART ROSE PROJECT - WOODLAND STUDIOS - LEVENT & TAYLOR - TORBZ - XI FRACTAL  - OMNI VIBES - BERFY - 2WAL - SPIRAL SCOUTS - MASTA SHEN - AVALON HEART KIRTAN COLLECTIVE - Many more to come.


SACRED EARTH WORKSHOP SPACE
Joining us we have:
CHARLES DOWDING - JACKS PATCH - DR LIAM KING - IAN REDMOND - EARTHED.CO - SKOOLBEANZ - ROOTSMAN RAKESH - ROOTS N PERMACULTURE - CAM FIVE ROD FARM - WILDMINDS HOMESTEAD - NOURISH COMMUNITY - ROOTS ALLOTMENTS - EARTH REPAIRS - WORTHY EARTH - FOOD FOR FREEDOM - WOODLAND WOOM - FREE CANNABIS - TRUTH SKOOL with TORBZ and many more

ELDERS AND HEALERS
Respect for our elders and the wisdom of our ancestors is crucial to learning in this time. It is an integral thread to the healing needed for us all to grow and flourish. We have some amazing teachers and wisdom keepers that have come forward to offer what they have to share with the world:
CRISTA MACKONNIN - URTEMA DOLFIN - DRAUPADI - SUE MOON DRAGON - FAIRFIELD HOUSE - IMAN ISSACHAR - MATIGA BIRTH KEEPER - KOISAN TRIBE - KHRISNA ELDERS - STEPH MAJENTA - JOTE PRAKESH SINGH - IONA JONES - many more to add

SACRED EARTH ACTIVIST TENT,
Sacred Earth Activism will hold a sacred activism space, inviting different speakers from the change-movement to offer Earth talks, offer ceremonies and facilitate workshops.

THE MYSTIC VILLAGE HEALING SANCTUARY
The Mystic Village is a Sacred Healing space rooted in authenticity and depth. It is a space for our inner children and teenagers to play and be seen. It is a space to dance with our shadows and see them for what they truly are. It is a space for creativity, life force and flow to be liberated and unleashed. You can arrive here to rest and rejuvenate your entire system. Slow down and let yourself be held. Come and remember who you are when all the masks fall away. All parts of you are truly welcome.
We love the way of the peaceful warriors and know that when we dwell in perfect unity, love for all life and all our relations through faith and pro-action, we can literally move mountains.


ENTRY PRICES
100 x Early bird Adult (18 or over) - £100
Adult Full Price - £130
Older Children (10-17yrs) - £22
Children (under 10yrs) - free
CARPARK & LIVE IN VEHICLES- £5 (due to us having to hire another field)
Tickets include all camping and workshops.

Crops Not Shops Picadae Peak Farm Ashcott Glastonbury TA79FA

www.cropsnotshops.co.uk

Event entrance on Stagman Lane.
Do not enter Bradley Stream Road unless instructed to do so.

Entrance - Google pin drop: www.tinyurl.com/glastocns2...

WHO WE ARE - LOVE!
CELEBRATING WHERE WE CAME FROM - LOVE!
GETTING BACK TO OUR ROOTS AND BEING IN LOVE FOR LIFE.

LETS put our hands in the soil. Thats where the real healing starts….

-The first spiritual connection is learning how to plant something.

-The second connection is remembering that all life comes from the female.

-The third connection is knowing that we must preserve and protect all life for 7 generations.