Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the change of venue for the sixth annual Peace Fest taking place this weekend. Due to the expected inclement weather, the festival has been moved to The Atrium at the Belle of Baton Rouge.
Whether you’re there for the food, the music or just the hula hooping, there’s something new for you to try at Peace Fest, where wellness, modality and bodily health are the focus.
As Best of 225 This Week reports, the free festival returns for a sixth year this weekend after being canceled last October due to the August flood. Set to take place rain or shine from 3 to 10 p.m. in The Atrium at the Belle of Baton Rouge, the festival is put on by the Red Stick Peacemakers.
Attendees can try different types of yoga, meditation and belly dancing in the Mindful Movement space, or go to the Susan Fabre Healing Sanctuary for energy healing, psychic readings and chair massages. There will also be an ongoing labyrinth walk and children’s area.
The music lineup for the festival features rock group Pacifico, gospel brass band Fufu All-Stars, experimental four-piece Neon Mountain and New Orleans-based hip-hop and EDM artist AF the Naysayer. More than 30 local art vendors will have booths as well.
This year’s fest will also feature a Connect Space, where participants will be able to interact and connect with others through art and dialogue at four different stations.
“We want to invite people who are strangers to connect with one another,” Red Stick Peacemakers president Beth Zagurski says.
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