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Join us for three days of transformative music, sacred ceremonies, yoga, profound workshops and conscious community as we welcome 2025 in nature’s embrace. Kicking off with the new moon on December 30th, the festival continues through New Year’s Eve, featuring an incredible lineup of artists including Mose, Curawaka, Uria Tsur, Iyakuh, Franko Heke, Steffen Ki, Darren Austin Hall, Mafé Tula, Drew LaPlante, Bruna Bortolato, Setesh Free and many more! Kids 12 years old and under FREE Entrance! 🌿✨

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Celebrate NYE in the highest vibration...

3-day, 2-night festival & community experience

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Our Story

This event was birthed unexpectedly with a phone call just days before NYE in 2023!
Setesh Free of Reciprocity Music reached out to Drew LaPlante at Awake looking to find a home and a stage for some very special musicians after another event had become untenable.
MOSE, Sam Garrett, Nessi Gomes and other amazing conscious musicians came to Awake and we held a very special concert and created a profound family field and super uplifting vibrations! We bring it back together with the same intentions and so much more beautiful family in 2025!

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The Schedule is Live!

3 incredible days of music, ceremony, workshops and sound journeys.

About the Event

IN ESSENCE will take place in the lush riverside setting of Awake in Uvita, Costa Rica.

It's easily accessible & close to town while being incredibly private.  Artists will be performing on two professional soundstages, in the Surya Shala as well as a brand-new Riverfront Garden Stage with views from multiple terraces including our Sacred Fire Circle.​

Transformational Workshops

Live Performances

Sacred Fire & Ceremony

Organic, Vegan Food

Riverfront Main Stage

Easily Accessible

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Meet The Artists

MOSE & BRUNA

Mose is based in Guatemala where cacao ceremonies and ecstatic dance have had a major influence on his productions and DJ style. It is here that he founded regular cacao dances where members of the community have the opportunity to journey deep into dance while held in a ceremonial container, free of alcohol. 

 

Beyond the multicultural rhythms and the steady hypnotic beat, Mose weaves ephemeral chanting of sacred songs and calls to love, kindness and compassion, often bringing in live musicians to create something improvisational connected with that particular place and time. He creates with the intention to set a foundation for self discovery and the cultivation of a present minded state which offers new insights and deeper clarity in ones purpose.

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CURAWAKA

Curawaka is a contribution to the great shift we are living through in these times. It is our response to the deep calling to share the real and the wild, the true and good and sacred, the light and the hope. We share chants and tunes from all over the world, songs that was crafted from our own heart as well as songs that somehow ended up in our hearts.

 

Our music is an ode to the wild spirit, a tribute to Mother Earth and a loveletter to life itself. We are deeply inspired by native traditions and have been blessed to learn with and from various indigenous peoples around the world. In fact, each member of Curawaka has spent extensive time living and studying with different tribes of in different parts of the world We are in constant tribute to all indigenous peoples everywhere for their ancestral cultures, their traditions and knowledge, and their eternal mission to protect the sacred balance of life.

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Iyakuh

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Iyakuh, rooted in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, is creating a variety of different sonic landscapes from Deep Bass, Organic Downtempo, Ambient, and Textured Beats.

 

Incorporating a collage of nature recordings from around the world, the aim is to share an intimate auditory story reflecting the diversity of our home planet. Inspired by the vast expressions of lineage and cosmovision around the globe, the instruments used in the music weave a multicultural tapestry.

Deeply influenced by the visual realms, Iyakuh also collaborates with various filmmakers, making soundtracks to support the preservation of various ecosystems, plant species, and culture.

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Noelani Love

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As a Native Hawaiian singer and songwriter,

I sing to remember all that is sacred in life. My lyrics are reminders to honor our connection to nature and the beauty of our individual journeys.

 

As a crystal healer, plant medicine guide, water priestess and yoga and mediation teacher, I invite you to connect with the power that lives within you. You are the guide of your spiritual journey, and you always have choices.

 

My work is a reflection of the dance of light and dark on our planet, and a reminder to choose your course with intention.

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Darren Austin Hall

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Darren Austin Hall is a spiritual teacher, sound channeler, mystical musician, author, poet and ecstatic dance DJ/facilitator.

 

He is the creator of the Source Resonance Academy devoted to leading sound healing training retreats, intensives and workshops around the world to initiate others onto the path of using sacred sound as a medicine of the soul. He shares his legendary Sacred Sound Journey Concerts around the world and is a renowned recording artist.​​

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Uria Tsur

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Visionary, Producer, SInger-Songwriter, teacher, brother, father, lover and dreamer.

 

Producer of The Sacred Journey festival

Lead singer of Orot band- the singing circle experience

Founder of the School For Singing Circle Leaders.

 

Facilitator of workshops, ceremonies, and retreats  which all touch  the same essence: The opening of the heart, expansion of consciousness and remembering of the global community that we all are. 

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Drew LaPlante

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Intelligent, original beach folk and folktronic music inspired by his his home on the Lake Erie shore in Northern Ohio and life on a mountainside in Costa Rica. The eldest of five, his music reflects an upbringing of happy insanity, the bootstrap struggle to pursue one’s dreams and the energetic incubator of his Costa Rican locale.

 

Clear-eyed and soulful, he writes, programs and performs songs that speak to the human condition, the yearning for sincere freedom and his mission to love.

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Maf É Tulà

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Maf é Tulà is a Costa Rican artist who has been exploring the craft of songwriting since she was very young. Motivated by the ability of sound to move human beings, she proposes themes in her lyrics that lead to deep reflection. Mixing a variety of rhythms and sounds inspired by folklore from different places on the planet, she allows the imagination to draw diverse soundscapes.

 

Combining musical art and sound therapy with instruments such as bowls, gongs and drums, she also incorporates whale songs and the sounds of the jungle of the Osa Peninsula into her music.

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Steffen Ki

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Steffen is a sound alchemist and vibrational magician who loves to create sonic sanctuaries where people can find a deep sense of connection, inner peace and inspiration. His organic shamanic downtempo music and ambient Sound Healing Journeys are  Inspired by the beauty and perfection of nature and Mother Earth.

 

Inspired by  shamanic and spiritual practices and metaphysical perspectives Steffen seeks to harness the power of frequencies & sound to help in the collective
mission to raise the vibration  and elevate the consciousness on the planet.

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Franko Heke

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Franko Heke, of Ngāpuhi Māori and Italian descent, is a musician known for his unique fusion of mantra and reggae ‘Cosmic Kirtan’.​  He transitioned from a rock'n'roll lifestyle to a more mindful approach, embracing meditation, yoga, and breathwork. This change led him to create NZ Spirit & Resolution festivals, alcohol-free, family-oriented events that celebrate community wellness with holistic workshops and music.

Through his music and workshops, Franko seeks to raise consciousness and promote unity, drawing on his Māori heritage and ancient mantras.

 

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Lester Seal

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Lester Seal channels an Ancestral Sound Journey 

Close your eyes and feel the remembrance of the nature that flows through us all. Awaken the senses to your true being and remember that of which you are a part.

Through the tools of looping, flutes, shakers, crystal bowls, chimes, and voice. Lester Seal uses the power of sound to take you on a journey to another realm and into the Alpha and Theta brainwave states.
 

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CocoFandango

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Clémentine's purpose is to support individuals to tap into their inner wisdom and cultivate a nurturing community for personal growth.

 

Her practices have evolved throughout the years, in the last two years she has been hosting mindful living workshops, sharing circles, and taking dancers on a magic carpet ride DJing epic ecstatic dances around Costa Rica from Tribal, Funk, Disco, Deep House to Downtempo and Jazz.

She has a profound and energizing connection with music and all artistic expressions having a singer & dancer background.

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About the Venue

Discover Awake: a haven for personal growth and connection, a conscious life center and a community hub surrounded by the inspiring beauty of Costa Rica's mountains, rivers and ocean.  Experience the magic of this unique landscape while awakening your true potential and authenticity.

Awake is held by a heart-centered team living in community. We are committed to growth and transformation and devoted to sharing practices, workshops, events, festivals and retreats that foster deeper connection and awakening.

Accommodations

3-Night Camping Pass (BYOT)
Only 20 spaces available! Bring your own tent. This is for camping spaces at Awake that will be assigned upon arrival. For the nights of the 30th, 31st, and 1st. There are no other accommodations available to book during the festival. 

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How to get to Awake?

There are multiple ways to get to Awake.

Public Bus

From San José you can take a public bus to Uvita.

Monkey Ride

Shuttle service from San José to Uvita and car rental.

Easy Ride

Shuttle service from San José to Uvita.

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Contact Us

Email: be@awake.cr

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Stay at Awake

Contact our Hospitality Department:
Tel/WA: +506 8815 2552

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General Info

Festival Run

Monday 30th

10:00 am – 11:00 pm

Tuesday 31st

7:30 am –  2 am (1st)

Wednesday 1st

9:00 am – 9:00 pm

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