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Currently in China eating my soul out and seeing family I haven’t seen in forever — including one relative who helped raise me as a kid and who I hadn’t seen in over 20 years, which was honestly very sweet and nostalgia-inducing.
This week, we’re back with the May Related Festivals Edition: the side quests of the acro world. Circus, flow arts, handstands, conscious gatherings, dance festivals, and the random movement rabbit holes acro people somehow always end up falling into.
So expect in today’s issue:
🗓️ All Events Coming Up Soon (May 20 – June 15)
✈️ Plan Ahead: Related Movement Festivals through July
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🕒 COMING UP SOON: May 19 - June 15, 2026
(For the spontaneous among us — these all start in the next month.)
🌏 ASIA
May 21–23 Acro Family Conference Gan HaShlosha National Park, Israel 🎪
May 23–24 Acro Workshop w/ Matt Berno New Taipei City, Taiwan 🏋️
Jun 21–25 Sri Lanka Acro & Adventure Retreat Sri Lanka 🧘
🌎 NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA
May 15–21 Big Barn Bootcamp Rochester, New York, USA
May 22–25 Big Barn Acro Campout Rochester, New York, USA 🎪
May 22–24 Seyona Acroyoga Retreat Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Canada 🧘
Jun 7–13 PPA Icarian Intensive (Sold Out) Asheville, North Carolina, USA 🏋️
Jun 8–15 VIVAcroyoga Montreal, Canada 🎪
Jun 19–21 Acro de Playa Workshop Weekend Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA 🏋️
Jun 19–21 Midsummer Movement Gathering Happy Valley Mont Elan, Canada 🎪
Jun 20–27 All-Levels AcroYoga Retreat Montezuma, Costa Rica 🧘
Jun 26–28 Acrolandia Portland, Oregon, USA 🎪
🌎 SOUTH AMERICA
May 23–24 Acrolandia Peru Cusco, Peru 🎪
May 23–24 Intensive Workshop – Hand-to-Hand & Banquine São Paulo, Brazil 🏋️
Jun 8–20 Acroyoga Montreal TT Brazil São Paulo, Brazil
Jun 27 Acro Vibes Brasilia, Brazil 🏋️
🌍 EUROPE
May 15–24 AcroOnyx Festival Gut Steimke, Germany 🎪
May 20–22 AcroYoga Sur Pre-Festival Intensive Granada, Spain
May 22–24 AcroYoga Sur Festival Granada, Andalusia, Spain 🎪
May 22–29 Allgäu Body & Soul Festival Waltenhofen, Germany 🎪
May 22–25 Dutch Acrobatic Convention Amsterdam, Netherlands 🎪
May 22–25 Le Lyon Reçoit Lyon, France 💫
May 23–29 Spring Upside Down Retreat Pula, Croatia 🧘
May 27–31 Turkiye AcroYoga Festival Şirince, Turkey 🎪
May 27–31 AcroYoga Retreat at Burdąg Masuria, Poland 🧘
May 29 – Jun 2 Irish Acro Fest Limerick, Ireland 🎪
May 29–31 Manchester Aerial & Acrobatics Festival Manchester, England 🎪
May 29–31 Sud Est Acro Fest Galatina, Italy 🎪
May 29–31 AYVIE Festival Flow Edition Vienna, Austria
May 30–31 Brussels Inversions Workshops Brussel, Belgium 🏋️
May 30 A Day of Hand to Hand – Cologne Cologne, Germany 🏋️
May 30 – Jun 2 Maia AcroCamping Abruzzo, Italy 🧘
May 30–31 Lille Reçoit Lille, France 💫
May 31 A Day of Hand to Hand – Thalexweiler Thalexweiler, Germany 🏋️
Jun 1–7 Double Up Acro Cyprus Intensive Limassol, Cyprus 🏋️
Jun 3–7 Acrophilia Hettstedt, Germany 🎪
Jun 3–7 Granada Acrobatics Convention Granada, Spain 🎪 🎟️
Jun 4–7 Allgäu Acro Workshop Oberstaufen, Germany 🏋️
Jun 5–7 Bordeaux Reçoit Bordeaux, France 💫
Jun 6–7 Intensive Workshop with MisarisAcro Rennes, France 🏋️
Jun 8–14 ACrawATIA - Acro Boot Camp Mrežnica, Croatia 🏋️
Jun 9–14 Flight Lab Hettstedt, Germany 🏋️
Jun 12–16 Sicily Acro Convention Sicily, Italy 🎪
Jun 12–14 Annecy Reçoit Annecy, France 💫
Jun 13–14 Intensive w/ Jacob Brown Hamburg, Germany 🏋️
Jun 13–14 Balea Intensive Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain 🏋️
Jun 13–14 Double Up Acro Intensive Budapest, Hungary 🏋️
Jun 13–14 Misaris Acro Weekend Rennes, France 🏋️
Jun 13–14 Icarian & Whips Intensive w/ Duo Furia Zurich, Switzerland 🏋️
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✈️ PLAN AHEAD: Related Movement Fests/Events Through June
🤸 Handstands Training & Yoga
May 22–25 — The Big Retreat Festival | Pembrokeshire, UK
June 9–15 — Thai Massage Sangha Festival | Granada, Spain
June 11–14 — Bend Yoga Festival | Bend, OR, USA
June 26–July 5 — Masters of Calm Festival | Lithuania
June 28–July 3 — Colibri Spirit Festival | Corfu, Greece
July 11–18 — Yoga Mela | Divinya, Sweden
July 15–19 — Handstand Intensive Slovenia | Škofja Loka, Slovenia
July 16–19 — Handstand Revolution Summer Intensive | Brunnenhaus, Germany
July 18–19 — Handstand Mini Fiesta Valencia | Valencia, Spain
🎪 Aerial / Circus & Flow Arts
May 22–25 — WildFire Retreat | Ashford, NC, USA
May 28–31 — PoleCon | Washington D.C., USA
June 4–7 — FireDrums Festival | Wilseyville, CA, USA
June 12–14 — Flow Fest Seattle | Seattle, WA, USA
June 17–21 — PlayThink Festival | Edmonton, Canada
June 26–28 — Boulder Juggling Festival | Boulder, CO, USA
July 1–5 — Pole & Aerial Sports European Championship | Budapest, Hungary
July 3–6 — Any Patch Of Grass | Darrington, WA, USA
July 7–12 — Firefly Gathering | Green Mountain, NC, USA
July 27–Aug 2 — IJA Festival | Fort Wayne, IN, USA
🎶 Music & Conscious Gatherings
May 20–24 — Lightning in a Bottle | Buena Vista Lake, CA, USA
June 4–7 — Cosmic Kinection | Astral Valley Art Park, MO, USA
June 4–7 — SoulPlay | Cobb, CA, USA
June 5–7 — Oneness Fest | Ottawa, Canada
June 5–7 — We Love Green Festival | Paris, France
June 17–22 — Waking Life | Crato, Portugal
June 24–28 — Fusion Festival | Germany
July 1–31 — Secret Dreams Festival | Thornville, OH, USA
July 2–6 — Desert Hearts Festival | Playa Ponderosa, AZ, USA
July 2–5 — High Sierra Music Festival | Quincy, CA, USA
July 10–12 — Awakenings Festival | Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands
July 10–13 — Bass Coast | Merritt, Canada
July 10–12 — Oregon Country Fair | Veneta, OR, USA
July 14–20 — Starwood Festival | Pomeroy, OH, USA
July 17–19 — Northern Nights | Cooks Valley Campground, CA, USA
July 21–26 — Big Dub Festival | Artemas, PA, USA
July 24–Aug 4 — Ozora Festival | Dádpuszta, Hungary
July 24–27 — Shambhala Music Festival | Salmo, Canada
July 30–Aug 2 — Green Gathering | Piercefield Park, UK
July 30–Aug 2 — Wilderness Festival | Cornbury Park, UK
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Next week: The full global map on everything happening across the acro world the next couple months.
Until then, warm up before you try the weird stuff!
— Cat Xu
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