🌞 SOLARPUNK SOLSTICE - An Un-Masquerade 🌞
Join our evolution revolution as we harness the underground dance music, big art, mesmerizing performances, and community connection that made Steampunk Masquerade (
https://airpusher.org/steampunk-masquerade) so special… and infuse it with a new intention: bringing about a beautiful, verdant, and liberated future for humanity! Solarpunk Solstice is an invitation to be our full authentic selves, dance with joy, create with freedom, connect with life, and collectively imagine a regenerated and reconnected future world for the human family 🌍💖
✨FEATURING✨
🎨 Indoor/Outdoor arts/makerspace with four environments to explore
🎧 Two dance music stages, DJs, performances & bands
🗿 Inspirational BIG Art
🌈 BIPOC and LGBTQ+ artists featured
♻️ A low-waste event
⚡ Renewable-powered stage
💡 Solarpunk inspired workshops & opportunities for connection
🏴☠️ Shippy (come discover her new Solarpunk look!)
✅ A safe space for our community to gather - we practice consent
🌍 Sustainability focused vendors, interactive experiences
🤝🏽 Spotlight on community partners
🌱 A celebration of the Earth and the summer solstice
💡 Invitation for imagination - Co-create a beautiful future world!
💜 A celebration of your true, unique, beautiful human spirit!
🔊 MUSIC 🔊
DJ LINEUP
Flavors include: House / Hypersoul / World Grooves / Progressive
OVEOUS (Hypersoul)
Soundcloud (
https://soundcloud.com/Oveous)
Insta (
https://www.instagram.com/oveous/?hl=en)
An artist in every sense of the word, born and raised in NYC, OVEOUS is igniting international stages with his HYPERSOUL & HYPERANCESTRAL Sounds, where the true essence of house music is merged with afro soul house rythms, tribal sounds, and poetic melodies. Having birthed his artistry in the world of poetry, OVEOUS blends his powerful voice and sound to bring an unforgettable experience of healing on the dancefloor, loved by music lovers everywhere, from NYC, to Mexico, to Brazil, Ibiza, Australia, and Black Rock City.
DJ CECIL & CALI (The People's Party) (
https://www.instagram.com/djcecil/ https://www.instagram.com/calisound/?hl=en)
GOLDEN RATIO (Dulce Vita & Exoendo)
(
https://soundcloud.com/dulcevitadj https://soundcloud.com/exoendo)
BLACK PANDA (Pandamonium, BIPOC Beats Collective)
CPTN JAY (Airpusher, YES! Records)
(
https://soundcloud.com/cptn-jay)
MANILA VANILLA (Heavy Petting Zoo)
(
https://soundcloud.com/manilavanilla)
PRISCILLA (Heavy Petting Zoo)
(
https://soundcloud.com/priscilla-hernandez-895926277)
BANDS & LIVE PERFORMANCE
IИTI MYSTICA ☀️
Inti Mystica’s sound is like the sun breaking through a foggy day: warm, vibrant, and electrifying. Their music blends traditional genres with rock, bomba, cumbia, hip-hop, punk, and “psychedelic vibrations.” It’s a bilingual, bicultural conversation between past and present, tradition and rebellion. Their songs don’t just make you move — they make you feel.
We want to inspire people with raw emotions, make them feel seen and understood,” says lead singer Andreína Limón. “Our music offers healing—a way to reconnect with yourself, your creativity, and your community.
READ: Inti Mystica: A San Francisco band that centers the immigrant experience -
https://eltecolote.org/content/en/sf-inti-mystica-music/
WATCH: Inti Mystica - Cosita de la Mañana (Live @ The Chapel SF) -
EXPLORE: INTI MYSTICA LinkTree
https://linktr.ee/intimysticabookings?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
NALAMORA
Neil Nyberg is a dynamic singer-songwriter and guitarist hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area. As the creative force behind NALAMORA, a versatile, multi-genre music act, Neil, alongside his talented friends, crafts melodies that resonate with a mission to spread good vibes and promote a positive future.
Neil's personal philosophy is encapsulated in his self-description as a "Mascot for a bright future," highlighting his dedication to uplifting and inspiring others through his art. His journey exemplifies the power of music and creativity to unite and elevate, ensuring that every performance is both a celebration and a transformative experience.
READ:
https://nalamora.com/
WATCH: NALAMORA - “SolarPunk Opus” -
EXPLORE: NALAMORA LinkTree -
https://linktr.ee/nalamora
👐🏽 PARTICIPATE 👐🏽
🎨 Artist Interest Form:
https://forms.gle/mjchAGWmyMSSUU8X7
🙋🏻♀️Volunteer Interest Form:
https://forms.gle/K7NJtrs6kpw3F8m18
🎟️ TICKETS & INFO 🎟️
TIX:
https://solarpunk-solstice.secretparty.io
LOCATION: Seaport Studios Arts & Makerspace, Richmond CA
TIME: 1pm - 9pm
☀️ WHAT IS SOLARPUNK? ☀️
WATCH: "What is Solarpunk?"
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"What is the song of a community that seeks to live within its means and in harmony with nature? What is the highest vision we are capable of bringing forth? What is the most beautiful story we could write about humanity?"
"Envision a world where we live in service to the planet and the well-being of our communities. Every person has a unique role. Each being has a gift and offering to the world that sustains and nourishes them with energy and resources to accomplish their mission.
Imagine a world in which humans and nature are flourishing and thriving. In this vision, we live in a symbiotic alliance that honors and respects our relationship with nature and each other."
- Day Sanchez
Solarpunk gives us hope. It invites each and every one of us to dream of a better future where all humanity, especially those historically marginalized, and the Earth thrive in harmony and where we respect and give thanks to the planet that has so generously given us a home — instead of plundering its natural resources in the pursuit of profits.
Solarpunk is a heartfelt art movement that acknowledges that our society is on a destructive path. It resists the powerful corporations and politicians quickly depleting our planet's natural resources and their use of capitalism, consumerism, and racism/sexism to distract us from what's going on. Solarpunk provides a vision for an equitable future where no humans are subjugated because of their origins, beliefs, sexual preferences, etc.
Most importantly, this is a vision of the future that we can start building TODAY! Let’s manifest the future world we want through our actions and intentions in this present moment!
☀️ SOLARPUNK SOLISTICE STYLE ☀️
What does a beautiful, vibrant, and liberated future for humanity LOOK LIKE to you? Maybe Afrofuturism meets Futuristic Flower Power? Nature inspired and spirit infused? Fractals forward?
Check out this Solarpunk Solstice Style Board on Pinterest to get some ideas (
https://www.pinterest.com/gregory4818/solarpunk-solstice-style/). REMEMBER we can’t get to a positive vision of our future if we can’t imagine it! We are all artist in the world, we can't wait to see what you create.
☀️ SOLARPUNK WORKSHOPS ☀️
We will have a workshop space for hands-on building experiences as well as interactive discussions.
Working Backwards From Visions of a Solarpunk Future
Hosted by: Bobby Fishkin
Gathering systems change visionaries, burners, artists, and solarpunks to weave together a vibrant conversation of protopian ideals and better futures.
Mushroom Cultivation Workshop
Hosted by: Patrick Cavanaugh
Hands-on workshop introducing growing mushrooms at home. Materials provided. Make and take your own spawn inoculated substrate. Our goal with this workshop is to myceliate the masses, introducing more communities into the wide world of fungi while also sharing the many co-benefits of this fascinating, wonderful organism.
DIY Solar+Battery Systems 101
Hosted by: Matt Kroll - GRID Alternatives
Learn the basics of solar+battery systems in this fun hands-on workshop (
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KT0ULBIPFZjq8AJb686Pu_R-P5Q3hhs_/view?usp=sharing) ! Workshop participants will understand how to create a small-scale solar photovoltaic + battery in order to replicate scaled-up projects on their own, share the knowledge and make clean renewable energy technology even more accessible.
☀️ OUR PARTNERS ☀️
Helping us in our transition to Solarpunk are the amazing crowddoing/solarpunkification groups. Check them out here to get everything from the big Solarpunk vision down the practical resources on how to bring more Solarpunk into your life as we all manifest the world we want to be:
☀️ Video playlist from Solarpunkification: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA1524DqsFLlrlLPoZL1ToE5No1CSyKQd
☀️ Solarpunk Course:
https://www.udemy.com/course/backcasting-via-regenerative-ai/?couponCode=SOLARPUNKIFLOW
☀️ Solarpunk GPT:
https://chatgpt.com/g/g-ncEqRoN2a-trillion-times-brighter-future-gpt
🍹🍍 REJUVENATING FOOD & DRINKS 🍍🍹
🍹 DRINKS - Airpusher’s Solarpunk Solstice Bar
At the core of Solarpunk we embrace living joyously, celebrating wholeheartedly, all while honoring our deep connection with life. For our bar menu on this Solstice, this has inspired us to create new drink experiences outside of the traditional, alcohol-centric festival options. We're talking about healthful and uplifting drinks, drinks that will enliven your body and awaken your soul! Original drinks crafted from fresh ingredients that promote regenerative agriculture, organic farming, bio-dynamic farming, carbon sequestration, and soil health.
Our menu will include three hand crafted drink specials you won't find anywhere else, inducing "Calm Mojito", "Electric Ginseng Paloma", and "Pear Pu-erh Kombucha". We'll have some life-affirming alcoholic options as well, including bio-dynamic wine and solar-powered beer!
🍍 FOOD - All Pau Berkeley
We’re thrilled to welcome All Pau Berkeley! Ono inspired by Ohana🍍🥭🌶️🌺🍙We are a food pop up created from love of Hawaii and the spirit of Ohana. We cook pan-Asian flavors that remind us of home. Chef Lily Rockholt will be serving some seasonal sensations from skewers, to onigiri, to some light sweet treats all made fresh and primarily from local sources.
https://www.instagram.com/allpauberkeley/
🥤 BRING YOUR OWN CUP!
Remember, we're doing our very best to make this LOW WASTE event, so we will not be providing disposable cups. Bring a cup! We'll also have super cool Solarpunk Solstice commemorative cups for purchase.
💜 COME TOGETHER IN JOY 💜
There are some heartbreaking things going on in our country and around the world right now (like the dismantlement of DEI initiatives). We're coping the best way we know how:
💜 By leaning into our community for support
💜 By leaning into our joy (joy can be an act of resistance!)
💜 By celebrating the tremendous bounty the Earth provides so generously (perfect for the summer solstice!)
💜 And by inviting us all to imagine a positive vision of a future world! We can build it if we can’t imagine it.
The solstice is a time to celebrate the sun, sunlight, warmth, and heat. We celebrate the longest day of the year. We celebrate the origin of life, we honor photosynthesis and the solar biosphere, the cyclical nature of our earth, and we dance to a circadian rhythm.
💫 RAISING FUNDS FOR AIRPUSHER 💫
💫 We are 501c3 non profit arts group and this is our biggest fundraising event of the year!
💫 All proceeds will go to creating more Solarpunk art for both on and off the Playa, art designed to inspire a beautiful, regenerated, and liberated future.
💫 Your donation is tax deductible. Please reach out if you would like explore this option:
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⛑️AIRPUSHER CONSENT & SAFE SPACES POLICIES & VALUES⛑️
We strive for Airpusher events to inspire open hearted joy, radical self expression, and deep community connection. To manifest this intention we are committed to ensuring that every one of our guests feels safe and empowered to be their authentic selves, and are free from any kind of harassment, abuse, or discrimination of any type. This is especially true for non-consentual interactions, including sexual harassment.
⛑️ We Practice Consent - Practice clear communication and ask for consent to understand another's desires and boundaries. This means:
👉🏽 Clearly and politely ask another before engaging with them
👉🏽 Wait for an enthusiastic verbalized “YES”! If this is not received, then the answer is “No”.
👉🏽 Make space to hear any kind of “No” and receive it with gratitude. Do not ask again.
⛑️ No Sexual Harassment - We have zero tolerance for sexual harassment* of any type. This means:
👉🏽 No unwanted touching or invading personal space
👉🏽 No unwanted staring or sexually objectifying acts
👉🏽 No unwanted conversations
* We have zero tolerance for other types of harassment and discrimination as well, including, but not limited to: racism, ageism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, and prejudice based on ethnicity, nationality, class, gender, gender presentation, language ability, body type, asylum status, spiritual practices, or religious affiliation.
⛑️ Reporting Incidents - We encourage our guests to report any incident of harassment. We take reporting incidents seriously.
👉🏽 All venue staff, event staff, and/or members of the Airpusher Safety Team (in white vests) are ready help with any incident report
👉🏽 We take the reports seriously of those who have been harmed and will prioritize their safety and care
👉🏽 The perpetrators of any kind of harassment will be asked to leave immediately. If they would like to dispute the claim, we will take their information for a follow-up at a later date.
⛑️ Harm Reduction & Physical Safety - Verbal abuse and physical violence are not tolerated at Airpusher events. We center the process around the protection and care for those who have been harmed.
👉🏽 We have a Safe Space zone at all of our events that is open to anyone in need, any incidents can be reported there.
👉🏽 Attendees are encouraged to reach out to AP safety lead if there are any threats of violence or erratic behavior from other attendees.
👉🏽 Report any concerns of safety having to do with the venue site - building codes, etc.
👉🏽 Attendees can seek out the AP safety team at the Safe Space or elsewhere for any minor injuries or if anyone is having a health event.
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