Free Earth Festival 2024
Free Earth Festival 2024
We hooked up with Mike Akida, the organizer of Free Earth Festival. Mike is there since the beginning of Greek festivals, he was organizing Sola Luna Festival – the first Samothraki Festival – one of the most important events in Psytrance history.
Tell us about the first Psytrance festival in Greece you have organized.
The first festival I ever organized in Greece was Sola Luna Festival 2001, later known as Samothraki dance festival, on the Greek island with the same name. It was the beginning of open air psytrance festivals worldwide and it was an incredible experience. As it was first of its kind Sola Luna festival marked the psychedelic trance culture as one of the best festivals ever. The international festival gathered more than 6500 people at its first edition and end up with over 35.000 people attending all 3 editions of its existance. Tristan always called Sola Luna Festival the Daddy of all trance festivals and Simon Posford, for years had that gig mentioned to his official website, as his best experience ever.
Sola Luna Festival 2001 in Greece
How Greek Psytrance scene evolved since then?
Greek scene was def one of the first in the world, starting in 1994 and until today has a good position due to the efforts of specific promoters in Greece. Urban parties tend to attract approx. 500 to 1000 people and Free Earth Festival , is the only psytrance festival, and with European standards.
Tell us more about the location of the festival. Why did you choose Asprovalta?
If u could ever imagine a festival, not survival mode but a luxury retreat… with full privacy at your tent, inside nature, build in and hotel class facilities and world class Greek food and all this on an amazing beach… then u dream right…welcome to Free Earth Festival!
Free Earth Festival 2024 – what is going to be special about the upcoming edition?
Our beach location as always, our enormous musical line up and our superb yoga retreat , part of the festival program with 60 teachers – our OM Stage.
What is going to be new in the lineup this year?
We have doubled our headliners from last year and we have included some of the most heavy names of the psytrance, psytechno and dub scenes. Just come over and u wont regret it!
Which set do you anticipate the most?
Tristan, Koxbox, Giuseppe, Infected Mushroom, Man with No Name, Dekel, Psy Maiia.
Is there going to be a pre-festival party, and maybe an after-party as well?
This year we don’t have welcome or after parties BUT we have extended both music stages for 1 extra day, and u never know , always some surprises come up at the end 😉
Future plans?
Yes, at the moment, we are planning the return of Sola Luna Festival, in Thailand!
30 DEC 2024 – 03 JAN 2025 and the new sola luna festival is organized by the leading thai psytrance Festival, ligor spirit festival in association with Free Earth festival and Janux Ra Music
Sola luna is the quintessential New Year’s Beach celebration held on the pristine shores of Nakom si tamarrat, Thailand. This 5-day festival sets the stage for one month of exhilarating afterparties in Koh Phangan! with the biggest psytrance line up in Asia ever, just dont miss it!
Tickets & Info to Free Earth Festival 2024: https://freeearth-festival.com/