​MIX Festival is all about spreading good values from the beginning right through to the end, hoping that these values will be absorbed and spread around the globe, like ripples in a pond.

Community

The philosophy behind this Festival is to bring the beautiful, intimate community environment that is experienced at a small scale festival and extend it outwards to the greater public.
To achieve this, the principles of a healthy, happy community are brought forward and co-created by all involved, which includes you...  

​“Without the human community, one
single human being cannot survive.”
- Dalai Lama-

The Core Values

​Respecting

Showing respect towards one another is a significant puzzle piece in forming a stable community.

 To partake in the MIX means to respect, accept and tolerate all living forms, whether wild and barbaric or neat and sophisticated.
Diversity is greatly welcomed, we can all learn from being so uniquely different.

Respect especially reaches out to the earth we party and live on,
for this reason...
leave no trace!
-Take out whatever you bring in- 

To reduce waste during the festival, food stalls will not be giving out any plastic waste i.e. cups, plates, sporks. 
We therefore ask you to please be resourceful and bring your own dishes (coconut shells make fantastic bowls and it's great fun to carve a spoon from driftwood).

“We are sun and moon, dear friend; we are sea and land. It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honour him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement.” 
― Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund

Too Easy!

​Connecting

'Wonderous humans being together'

That is in a snailshell what this festival is all about.
To give enthusiasts of all hues and shades a collective time and space to learn, collaborate and co-create with one another. This allows us to really connect and progress from this experience, as well as having a groovy party baby, yeah!!!

Let 's connect through the fun, diversity and co-creation shared at this event, and come out of it with a new network of creative friends to move further in our endeavours.

The connections we form tend to be more genuine and from the heart when not intoxicated and as genuine connections are the  foundations for a healthy community, we ask it be a non-alcoholic event.

​Sharing

The beauty of festivals is the incredible display of diverse skills and talents being presented and shared amongst one another in a nourishing environment, sparking inspiration within ourselves to evolve and grow in both our own personal legends and the grander collective legend of humankind.

[Some say the word human derives from the word hue, as in colour, literally meaning the colour of man*. Man meaning a being with bipedal posture, abstract reasoning, and imagination**  or simply put: a being on two legs.]
 
Let's celebrate the many colours of man. 
There'll be a huge focus on the sharing of knowledge and skills
throughout the festival, enabling musicians and artists to share their expertise, whether it be with instruments, mixing decks, sound engineering, vocals, sculpting, constructing with renewable materials, knowledge about biodiversity and permaculture, environmental issues, and so much more.

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  *http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=hue
**http://www.thefreedictionary.com/man