QuinkFair 2023
July 20th- 24, 2023, Louisa County VA
What is a Quink?
The spark of positive change
Roughly the opposite of trauma
An acute experience that changes life for the better
An event after which you have lasting positive memories and capacities
We organize the Quink Fair with the intention
to hold space for positive, life-changing experiences.
Every year, we come together at QuinkFair to create space for transformative moments. We share our own quink experiences in their many forms. We work together to create a sharing, inspiring culture using a wide variety of offerings and experiences to stimulate “ah ha” moments, engage your imagination and creativity, and spark self-awareness and healing. We consciously cultivate consent culture and mutual respect.
In the pursuit of self reflection and personal insight, we offer the use of divination tools like Tarot, Runes, I Ching as well as self-exploration systems like Astrology, Human Design, Destiny Cards, and the Enneagram. QuinkFair features diverse workshops to provide options to choose from for fun, connection, and to inspire personal quinks.
We don’t think of ourselves as a music festival, yet we create space for people to play music, present music and song workshops, and create space for drum circles and dance events.
We don’t consider ourselves a spiritual
event, yet we honor the potential of ritual to help
clarify our desires, call in what we want and help
us let go of what no longer serves us. The
opening circle asks us to clarify our intention for
the weekend. The Effigy burn helps us let go of
the old and celebrate new beginnings. The
morning ritual at the river encourages us to grieve
what we intend to let go of and wash ourselves
clean as a way to solidify our intentions.
In the closing ritual we celebrate our new
beginnings and clarify what we want to take back
into our lives with us.
We take inspiration and influence from
larger festivals- from the Rainbow Gathering we
draw sustainability, shared food, and a non-commercial culture, from the Twin Oaks Communities Conference we bring the lessons of living in intentional communities as well as embracing family participation, from the Network for New Culture we bring a strong consent culture, transparency, and non-violence, and from Burning Man we bring an immediate, participatory, radically inclusive culture.
QuinkFair works to make festival attendance accessible to more people by lowering barriers, especially financial and logistical barriers. We keep ticket prices as low as possible, we offer scholarship tickets (some lower cost, some free), we offer lower cost tickets for volunteers. All food is included in the cost of tickets (QF is internally non commercial, we have no vendors on site), and we provide transport from local airports, bus stations, and train stations for folks who are reliant on (or prefer to travel by) mass transit.
A day at QuinkFair includes
Early morning activities - yoga, meditation, martial arts, etc.
Delicious and healthy meals - all meals included when you buy a ticket.
Introduction to some self-exploration systems - such as Human Design, enneagram, astrology, Myers Briggs, and destiny cards….
Practices or processes that support self growth - changing language, personal reflection space, sharing circles, affinity groups, etc.
Healthy ways of relating - authentic Relating, examining inter personal dynamics, play, etc.
Temple of Oracles - seeking guidance using various divination tools and rituals.
Aphrodite’s Temple - creating a consent culture and exploring physical intimacy.
Living life differently- from meeting communities, to energy independence or downsizing, to claiming a new name.
Music! Fire circles! Dance!
River! Mud pit! Burning sculpture!
and of course camping on established campsites in the beautiful forest of Louisa, Virginia.
The festival opens on Thursday morning July 20th at 10am. Plan to come in time to catch
all the events you want to take part in.
Watch this video to learn about the origin of QuinkFair.