Forest Festival 2026

🌿Forest Gathering for All🌿

Friday 2 October – Monday 5 October 2026
October Long Weekend

📍 The Farm for Wellbeing
Flaxley, Adelaide Hills, South Australia

A family-friendly, off-grid camping gathering in nature.

Join us for a long weekend of music, connection, creativity and wellbeing amongst the trees. Come for a day or stay for the whole weekend.

What to Expect

✨ Live music every day

🎤 Open Mic sessions

🌿 Nature, connection and community

🎨 Creative workshops and pop-up activities

💆 Healing, massage and wellbeing offerings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family friendly atmosphere & activities

🛍 Artisan marketplace

🍴 Food vendors (plus BYO food and drinks welcome)

🔥 Campfires in designated areas

🏕 Bush camping or car/van/campervan camping - indicate your choice in checkout

Camping & Facilities

• Bush camping and car/van/campervan camping available (included in purchase)

• Stay for the whole weekend or attend during the day

• Drinking water available for refilling containers

• Shared food preparation area as well as food vendors

• Gas BBQs available

• Fires only in designated areas managed by the farm crew

• Portable toilets, drop toilets and indoor toilets on site

• Note, there will be no showering facilities

Tickets

Affordable tickets are available for both day visitors and full weekend campers.

Weekend Specials

✨ Family Package
Children under 13 attend free.

✨ Couples Package

✨ 4 Friends for the Price of 3

Share Your Passion

Whether you're an experienced facilitator or simply have something you'd love to share, you're warmly invited to contribute.

Blackboards will be available to book your own pop-up offering, including:

• Music
• Movement
• Art & creativity
• Healing sessions
• Family activities
• Workshops
• Massage
• Meditation
• Anything that brings people together

Bring your own marquee or bell tent if you'd like a dedicated space (please set up before 2:00 pm Friday).

Facilitators may choose to offer sessions free of charge or by donation/payment. Cash is preferred due to limited phone reception.

Massage and bodywork will also be available in the Wellbeing Centre (fees set by individual practitioners).

Come As You Are

Come to relax.

Come to connect.

Come to dance.

Come to create.

Come with your family, your friends, or on your own.

Bring a self-contained camp setup, an open heart, and enjoy a weekend immersed in nature and community.

Acknowledgement of Country

We respectfully acknowledge the Peramangk People as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and honour their enduring connection to Country. We are grateful to gather on this unceded land and commit to caring for it with respect.