Tree of Life Festival

Tree of Life Festival

Tree of Life Festival is a very special festival. It is special mainly because of the people behind it and the people that come to it. The festival is the brainchild of Yaniv Ben-Ari, also known to most of you for his musical project U-Recken. Tree of Life Festival’s first edition took place in 2012 in a beautiful mountainous region on the shores of lake Karagol near Izmir in Turkey. It went on for 3 years and after a year break returns in 2017 in a new location in Greece.

The festival is a perfect way to open the European festival season in June and has a very special underground atmosphere and and a real true psytrance vibe to it.

The festival is a perfect way to open the European festival season in June and has a very special underground atmosphere and and a real true psytrance vibe to it. It’s also cheaper than many others and attracts a very unique crowd of freaks from around the world, including from the psytrance tribes in countries that usually can’t afford to get to the big European festivals.

Trancentral gathered for you some important Tree of Life Festival information, and while you read it, why not listen to the full mix of the Tree of Life Festival 2014 compilation by U-Recken.

Tree of Life Festival Location

After three years in an amazing location in Turkey, Tree of Life Festival moves to Greece and brings a beach festival to Europe. Something we’ve been missing for a while, actually since the legendary Samothraki Festival days. The festival will take place in Asprovalta in North Greece. Asprovalta Camping is the largest and most facilitated site in North of Greece offering 1.5 Km beach line and beautiful psychedelic trees which are a rare combination.
The camping site is in a huge forest with 160 toilets and hot showers spread around.

Tree of Life Festival 2017 location

Who comes to Tree of Life Festival?

As mentioned above Tree of Life Festival attracts a very unique crowd of freaks from around the world, including from the psytrance tribes in countries that usually can’t afford to get to the big European festivals, and so offers a real global atmosphere and a chance to meet like-minded freaks from around the world. This creates a real great atmosphere and vibe in the festival and is really a part of the festival spirit. In our visits to Tree of Life this special spirit was definitely a big hilight in the festival. The photo below explains it better than any words.

Perfect Stranger last set of Tree of Life Festival 2013. Everyone’s dancing on the speakers.

Music & Activities in Tree of Life Festival

Tree of Life Festival prides itself in the diversity of the music giving space to Full on / Progressive / Twilight / Techno & Downtempo psychedelic music. It also gives a chance to newer upcoming talents from around the world and usually offers a change from the usual festival line ups. The festival also offers an array of other activities.

How to get to Tree of Life Festival

For light arrivals the nearest Airport is Thessaloniki International Airport “Makedonia” (SKG).
Asprovalta is located 97KM from the Airport, about an hour drive. There’s also a variety of public transportation available and car rentals are easy to get in Thessaloniki. Shuttle buses will also be made available. You can find more details arrival information the festival’s website.