Festival Community Fund

In celebration of the Summer Solstice, Soultry Sisters host an
annual Arts + Wellness Festival. Our three-day festival highlights BIPOC, women, and queer artists and wellness practitioners based in San Diego. We collaborate with them to build our festival program that includes creative expression classes (dance, creative writing, visual arts), wellness workshops (yoga, meditation, sound healing), and performances (musicians, singers, DJs, spoken word artists, dancers).

Day 1 of the festival includes a social mixer and an artist & wellness market. Participants meet the festival's featured artists, connect with other attendees, enjoy music and dancing, and support local arts & wellness businesses. Day 2, participants attend movement classes, art classes, and wellness workshops with local artists and wellness practitioners. Day 3, we invite local performing artists to sing, dance, recite poetry, play music, and attendees are invited to share the art they created during the festival as we collectively reflect on what we’ve learned and reconnected to through the holistic practices and experiences over the weekend.

Our festival aims to showcase diverse local creatives and how access to arts & wellness resources contributes to our social, emotional, mental, physical & collective health. By curating a meaningful and intentional festival, we can connect to the local Carlsbad community while centering creative expression, personal development, holistic wellbeing, and communal care.