An Essential Instruction Manual for Entering Okeechobee’s Portal

With only 11 days until the heavenly Okeechobee Music & Art Festival at Sunshine Grove in Florida, we have created an instruction manual for you all to read before you enter the portal. First and foremost, nothing gets you more prepared than watching last year’s recap video, full of those festy feels.

Explore the Be, Here, Now, Beach & Jungle stages as you start to truly envision yourself in the portal.

The daily schedule is out and with a lineup like Soundslinger pulled for this year, you should start planning your days around your must see sets. We don’t want to hear people crying because they missed Big Wild‘s sunset set, or what have you.

photo credit Brian Hensley for Okeechobee
photo credit Don Idio for Festival Squad

Some highlights include a Full Moon Party with Thriftworks b2b Opiuo b2b Bassnectar and much much more.

For instance, make sure to be prepared for The Big Quiet on Sunday, the largest sound meditation ever at a music festival mainstage – featuring collaborative performances by Arcade Fire‘s Sarah Neufeld, Local Natives‘ Taylor Rice and Kelcey Ayer, SOFI TUKKER‘s Sophie Hawley-Weld and over 20 students from the Frost School of Music Choir.

Lose yourself nestled in the heart of a subtropical forest, at the root of the portal’s spiral spin, where frequencies and sounds erupt from the earth.

At Jungle51 you will be whisked away by an eclectic blend of house and techno that will pulse through the air as laser beams shape shift through the night sky. Check out who is set to perform at the Jungle 51 stage below.

Listen to Honey Dijon‘s Essential Mix below:

Don’t miss out on visiting the ChobeeWobee Village, the land of lands, curated to feed the soul; inspire creativity, community, and connectedness; and awaken the festival goers’ inner weird…

photo credit Okeechobee

Also, you must find time to experience, Yogachobee, an integral part of Okeechobee.

[Yogachobee] is the portal-within-the-portal to the internal world of the Self. It is where we connect with our bodies, the stillness in our hearts and minds, and the pure electric bloom of our Souls. Yogachobee exists as a home, a place of returning, of integrating, restoring, inspiring, and aligning amidst the storm of magic all around. It is a space where you can always find peace. So bring your mat, bring your drum, bring your open heart and mind and come learn, play, and embody the joy of being free and alive right now on this wild and beautiful planet, together. -Okeechobee Team

For those of us who like to burn both ends of the candle, you will be pleased to hear that Incendia will be present. The kind-hearted, fire-worshipers will be hosting a stage and entertaining Space Cadets with intense flames and hardy jokes on the beach late night. Make sure to stop by to say what’s up to Cory Gleen. Along with Incendia, there will be a ton of other art installations to experience.

:: Incendia Installation :: Photos from experienceincendia.com ::
photo credit Okeechobee 

While you are exploring each stage and area you all will be stoked to know there will be sound improvements across the whole festival.

The Beach Stage & The Now Stage are the two stages that will experience the biggest sound improvements. For all you sound nerds, the upgrades will include: reorienting the stages within the Grove, upgrading the PA systems on both the NOW and HERE stages (to d&b) and PAs in Aquachobee, and playing the PAs on towers at Aquachobee. 

Now for the final instructions before entering the portal.

Download the Okeechobee App, so you can be reminded of all your plans and stay in tune with any surprise announcements… Also, register your wristband before you show up to the festival grounds, Wifi may be slim with all the people in the area. Finally, check out our article to learn more about the lineup and listen to our custom playlist based around our must see sets.

Purchase your ticket if you haven’t already… Stay in the loop with other last minute announcements through Okeechobee’s social media handles linked below. Oh, we cannot wait to see your beautiful faces there.

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