Sacred Harvest Festival

Sacred Harvest Festival is Harmony Tribe’s main annual celebration, having evolved into one of the largest and cherished festival in the upper Midwest. Taking place in early August each year, we are delighted to return to Harmony Park, a private venue set beneath majestic oak trees and managed with eco-friendly principles. Nestled between Lake Geneva on one side and expansive farmland on the other, this tranquil 40-acre site in Southern Minnesota is conveniently located just 90 minutes south of the Twin Cities and 3.5 hours south of Duluth. Accessing Harmony Park is straightforward via Interstate 35 and county roads. Sacred Harvest Festival has gained national acclaim as a fun, family-friendly event, fostering a sense of belonging among participants, affectionately known as the Tribe. Each year, the festival unites the Tribe to honor the harvest and celebrate our diverse spiritualities.

Sacred Harvest Festival, a festival community

Other characteristics that makes SHF unique:

  • A festival theme that is supported by guests and workshops
  • Theme based rituals that develop an experience over the week
  • A large percentage of children and teens!
  • A central hearth fire, the Heart Chakra/Sacred Circle.
  • A spirit of co-creation, many rituals and events are drawn from the talents and experience of our festivants
  • A home for individual Rites of Passage, community recognition for the life changes of our festivants
  • A vibrant community of families, youth, and elders

Explore Sacred Harvest Festival by year using the Navigation links above!

History of Sacred Harvest Festival

SHF began when a small group who had traveled to regional Pagan festivals decided a family friendly local festival was needed. Starting with the vision of a co-created event organized by those dedicated to work together each year, it has flourished. In 2004 Harmony Tribe took a big risk and allotted 25% of its funds to start festival production to securing national guests to enhance our yearly festival theme. The decision paid off with soaring attendance. Our hospitality toward out guests has helped spread the unique nature of SHF nationally, and many who travel to national festivals still count SHF as their tribal community home.

You will find you get to know nearly all of the festivants. By our Closing ritual, you have become part of the tribe through fellowship, ritual, education, and living within our sacred community.

From our 2001 village guide: Magic All around you …

This week we will be connecting with the energies of nature, the Sun and Moon, the wind and trees, the rhythm of the earth and fire. As we walk through festival, we are constantly co-creating sacred space with our breath, our movement, our words and our deeds. Remember this. Be quiet in quiet spaces, join in with dance, sing the songs, laugh, play and encourage one another. Sacred Harvest Festival is a place to build and strengthen community. Whether this is your first festival or one of many, we believe you will experience the “magic” that happens when those who honor the Earth and her creatures, gather and walk together on the land in love, trust and with respect.