18–20 September 2026 · Kromrivier Farm · Western Cape
earthdance cape town
A local gathering in a global movement for peace, music, connection and collective celebration.
Three days of dancefloors, workshops, ceremonies and camping under the mountains — built around the worldwide Prayer for Peace linkup at 01:00 SAST on Saturday 19 September.
More than a festival weekend
Earthdance is a gathering shaped by music, movement, creativity, participation and a shared moment of global connection. Each year, Earthdance communities around the world come together for the Prayer for Peace: a synchronised linkup that reminds us we are part of something bigger than one dancefloor, one city or one scene.
Cape Town is one expression of that global movement. Ours is a spring gathering rooted in people, place and the simple power of coming together well.
Built around a single shared moment
At the centre of Earthdance is the Prayer for Peace linkup at 01:00 SAST on Saturday 19 September 2026: a worldwide moment shared across gatherings around the planet — the same words, at the same time, on every Earthdance dancefloor on Earth.
Everything around it supports that moment: the music, the dancefloor, the gathering spaces, the market, the people who build it. That is what makes Earthdance different. You do not attend it so much as take part in it.
Earthdance Cape Town 2025 · photos by Alison Swan Photography · see the gallery
Three days, many worlds
The dancefloor is the heartbeat, but the weekend is bigger than the music.
Music & dance
Full-spectrum across the weekend: psytrance, techno, drum & bass and acoustic sessions.
Workshops & experiences
Movement, skill-shares, talks and practices offered by the community, for the community.
Art & creativity
Stage art, installations, decor and the made-by-hand texture that gives the farm its glow.
Ceremonies
Openings, closings, the sacred fire at the Mellow Meadow — moments held with intention.
Community gathering
Shared meals, slow mornings, chance meetings. A camping village that becomes a town for three days.
The land itself
Open farmland between the mountains, a river to swim in, and a night sky you forgot existed.
The market village
Food, craft, clothing and wellness — built by vendors who fit the spirit.
The global linkup
The Prayer for Peace at 01:00 SAST on Saturday 19 September — the reason all of this exists.
"Earthdance begins before September. The festival is the meeting point, not the whole story."
This year's theme: Heart and Beat of Humanity
The theme is the shape of the road. We are building toward Earthdance through a series of warm-up gatherings, each with its own energy, each one chapter closer to the farm.
01 · Heart
Opened the journey through connection, community and place — a winter day at Love in a Bowl, Hout Bay.
Read the story →02 · Beat
Raised the pulse: rhythm, movement and night energy at Leopard's Rest Hall, Hout Bay.
Read what Beat was →03 · Humanity
The last warm-up: psy-tech, psytrance and techno at Biblio in the city, Friday 21 August, R150.
Get Humanity tickets →04 · Earthdance
The convergence: three days at Kromrivier Farm, with the global Prayer for Peace at the centre.
Buy tickets →Heart at Love in a Bowl
The first chapter of this journey began at Love in a Bowl in Hout Bay — a community farm that grows organic vegetables to help feed its town.
Heart was more than a warm-up event. It was a real meeting point between communities, and a reminder that Earthdance grows through relationship, not only promotion. That mattered to us, and it shaped the tone of the whole year.
Two worlds inside the weekend
Earthdance moves across two stages — and one of them changes character completely after dark. The first wave of artists is confirmed for 2026, with more live and acoustic names still to come.
Mellow Meadow
Ritual, workshops and the central sacred fire through the daylight hours — the heart of the gathering, not its quiet edge.
Then the light goes and the meadow is handed over: a techno takeover, then drum & bass until the early hours.
See who's playing →Sonic Horizon
Kinetic, rhythmic and immersive: the stronger dancefloor pulse of the weekend, carrying psytrance from the first sets through to sunrise.
It is also where the Prayer for Peace lands at 01:00 on Saturday.
See who's playing →Earthdance is built by people
Buying a ticket is one way in. If you want to help make the gathering — with your food, your craft, your hands or your practice — these doors are open now.
Vendors
Bring good food, useful goods, beautiful craft or wellness offerings into the market village. Packages from R800.
Vendor info & packages →
Volunteers
Help build, hold and pack down the gathering — from decor and gates to guest support.
Volunteer info →
Collaborators
Lead a workshop, talk, movement session or practice as part of the festival programme.
Collaborator info →The essentials
What it actually looks like
From Earthdance 2025, by the photographers who were there · open the gallery
Be part of the heartbeat
Tickets are available now through Quicket, with a payment plan option over three months.