Great question! The Yoga + Hike + Brew session at Smith Rock has a $29 add-on ticket required to cover the costs of permitting, beverages, and to ensure the highly-trained guides are tipped appropriately. This session, booked outside the festival, is $110; we’re deeply grateful to our friends Khrya and Cody at Wildland Guiding for agreeing to share this offering at the fest. The fee honors the time, energy and love they put into this offering. And the same is true of Lori Skiles at Paddle Board Oregon, and Cog Wild for mountain biking. They’ve kindly offered their tours and classes far below their list price, despite their considerable overhead (custom-made paddle boards, mountain bikes, helmets, expert guides trained in wilderness medicine with thousands of hours of experience as professional guides… again… we promise it’s worth it. : )

So much! New main venue, which allows large professional tents, many new presenters, we’re building in more social time so we can more fully enjoy each other’s company and create new friendships. We’ve got plans in the works for a fun fest fam event in the evening on Friday, and on Sunday the last day of the fest, we’ll open the new Conscious Living Marketplace with a fest party — think DJ, food trucks, bevvies, awesome vendors, slacklining, and more. We’ll also be creating a moderated Facebook group so our passholder can connect, plan meet-ups, and maybe share rides. We’ve also expanded adventure offerings.

Sorry, no. We found that attending the festival for a single day doesn’t give enough of a chance to experience the festival as an intensive, transformative weekend. The 3 or 4-Day passes are worth it, we promise! And we’ll be selling 2-day Saturday & Sunday only passes as well, if space is available.

Passes are non-refundable; however, refunds will be considered on a case-by-case basis if purchased before the end of 2022. After that time, no refunds will be considered for any reason whatsoever. This is because, even if ticket holders don’t attend, the presenters, venue, and subcontractors all still have to be paid. A tremendous amount of planning is done, and most payments are made to vendors, more than six months before the festival.

However, you can sell or transfer your ticket if you’re not able to use it — just shoot us an email at hello@bendyogafestival.com to let us know. And you can always apply the face-value of your pass to next year’s festival if you’re not able to attend.

Sorry, no.

Like all mountain towns, weather can change rapidly in Bend and you should come prepared with layers for all events. All events are rain or shine!

This is even more important given how unpredictable the weather’s become due to climate change. For 2023 and beyond, we’re working hard to find venues that have a combination of lovely outdoor spaces large enough for the entire fest fam to be together, but that also have sufficient indoor spaces to provide climate-controlled comfort. Regardless, it will always be a good idea to have layers and a full range of sun protection with you. That’s just good packing!

In a word, yes! Dispersed camping on BLM land on the westside of Bend is readily accessible and near services. Google “dispersed camping in Bend Oregon” for some helpful YouTube videos and links.

There is no camping, however, at the venue itself.

We love kids, too, and are eager to support family time at the fest. Special programming for kids is under development, so your littles can have a fest experience that benefits them.

Children between the ages of 8-17 have specially discounted passes available to access programming. All sessions are family-friendly.

At the moment, however, we aren’t able to support programming for children under 8.

Email us at hello@bendyogafestival.com, and we will get back to you super quick!