Entranced

Finally a reminder: The 13th annual Earthdance Festival starts Friday and runs through Sunday at Black Oak Ranch north of Laytonville. The line-up is über-eclectic with electro-jams by STS9 and BLVD,Galactic‘s N’arlins grooves, neo-soul by India.Arie, poz-hip hop by Lyrics Born, reggae’s “Riddim Twins” Sly and Robbie,the rockin’ stringband, The Devil Makes Three,Afrofunkby Albino!,Portland’s wild and crazy March Fourth Marching Band, DJs galore and on and on through dozens of acts spread through five stages and domes. Culmination is a 4 p.m. Saturday “Prayer for Peace” with the Mendo event coordinating with simultaneous Earthdances around the globe.

Earthdance brings together music lovers, ravers, hippies, jamband fans, spiritual seekers and more for a weekend dedicated to the notion, “Give peace a dance,” and what could be better, except maybe adding that simple hippie credo: peace and love.

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