Cedar Rapids, IA

Harmony Festival

Dates TBAExpected July
$20 to $100 ppYoga FestivalSound HealingMeditation MindfulnessWellness MarketLive MusicCommunity Festival
Dates
Expected July
Status
Dates tba
Venue
Multiple venues across the Czech Village and New Bohemia neighborhoods
Price
$20 to $100
Camping
None on site
Last checked
Sep 3, 2026

Harmony Festival comes to Cedar Rapids, IA, Expected July. Froligo tracks current ticket prices, attendee feedback and travel details.

What it stands for

The festival describes itself as a community centered music, sound healing and yoga festival, and says its goal is to bring community members together in a nurturing environment to heal. The 2026 theme was Solidarity. It bills itself as intentionally inclusive and dynamically curated, features local mental health resources including The Olsen Clinic, Foundation 2 and The Exhale Project alongside local teachers, therapists, artists and musicians, and programmes explicitly for specific communities with a class for people of color and a queer yoga club. Its stated position is that when we heal ourselves, we heal our community and our world

The experience

What's special

A three day festival that spreads out across the Czech Village and New Bohemia neighborhoods of Cedar Rapids rather than filling one field, so a weekend means walking between a museum hall, two yoga studios, the public library, a public market and a small hill. The 2026 programme mixed yoga with a heavy sound healing strand, Qi Gong, somatic movement, hoop flow and a creativity workshop run by a working band, and a large share of it was free and open to the public. Yoga runs on all three days, from a loud rock soundtrack class on Friday night to partner yoga on Saturday and Hatha and Queer Yoga on Sunday morning, though sound work is at least as prominent as asana across the weekend

A distant figure standing in tree pose at the end of a wooden lake jetty, with mountains and still water behind.
Library image, not a photo of this festival. Photo: GlacierNPS. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The practice

Who it's for

Who it's for. No overall fitness scale is published. Individual descriptions run from a slow prop-supported flow and a gentle hatha flow with modifications, through Qi Gong described as accessible to all experience levels, to a loud rock soundtrack yoga class and a partner yoga workshop that ends with more challenging shapes. The Queer Yoga Club states that no yoga experience or equipment is needed and that the host venue, Breathing Room, provides equipment free of charge

Hatha Yoga

Slower, foundational postures held breath by breath. The classic starting point.

gentle hatha flow

Slower, foundational postures held breath by breath. The classic starting point.

Partner Yoga
Badass Yoga
Queer Yoga
slow, prop-supported flow

Beyond the mat

  • sound meditation
  • sound bath
  • sound healing
  • sound ceremony
  • guided meditation
  • breathwork
  • Qi Gong
  • somatic movement
  • ecstatic movement and dance
  • mantra
  • heart-based meditation
  • altar creation
  • flower mandala
  • hula hooping
  • community song circle
  • intention setting ritual
  • journaling
  • herbal tea ritual
  • essential oils

Styles named as the festival itself describes them.

Programme

Programme from the July 2026 edition, which has now passed. It is recorded here because it is the only programme the festival has published and no 2027 programme exists yet

23 sessions across the weekend. Open any strand.

Immersions & intensivesopen
  • The Shedding: A Sound & Shapeshifting Ceremonysacred sound, ceremony and movement · Natalie Brown and Erica Miller
  • Deep Body Connection + Soundguided body and breath awareness followed by a restorative sound bath · Tony Hernandez
  • Goddess Lakshmi: Abundance, Beauty & Prosperitymantra, heart-based meditation, altar creation and flower mandala · Jeet Saini
Concerts, kirtan & musicopen
  • Lunch & Live Music with the Nightlightslive music · The Nightlights
  • Sound Bath Collaborationcollaborative sound bath · Natalie Brown, Jeet Saini, Tony Hernandez and April Pope
Special events & ceremoniesopen
  • Sound Meditationimmersive soundscape of gongs, drums and singing bowls · Sarah Van Cleve and Kimberly Jaeger-Arjes
  • Invocationgentle sound, grounding movement and breath · Natalie Brown, Sarah Driscoll and Emily Qual
  • Morning Echoes of the Highlands: A Celtic-Inspired Sound Journeysound healing journey with Celtic undertones · April Pope
  • Project Create Peacecommunity project · Xene Abrahams
  • Singing Resistance Community Sound Circle90 minute community song circle, all ages · Kelsey Legore
  • Folx of the Purple Kettlecasual game and craft gathering celebrating queer and trans joy · Ken Appleby and Emily Qual
On the land: hikes, vortex & outdoorsopen
  • Synchronicity Circleintention setting, collective breath and standing movement · Emily Qual
Classes & workshopsopen
  • Badass Yogatraditional yoga postures and breathing to a rock soundtrack, BYOB · Lynn Block
  • My Body is a Haunted Houseslow, prop-supported flow and guided meditation with somatic focus · Amanda Lund
  • Return: movement & rest practice for People of Colorgentle hatha flow followed by a grounding sound bath, curated for and by people of color · Sarah Van Cleve
  • Qi Gongslow repetitive movement, breath and focused awareness on the meridians · Gina Molby
  • Bendy with Your Buddy: Partner Yogapartner yoga, coordinated breathing, synchronized shapes and gentle assists · Ken Appleby and Emily Qual
  • uproot: Somatic Movementgrounding, breath and body awareness expanding into rhythm, release and ecstatic movement · Lovar Davis Kidd
  • Hula Hoop Workshophoop flow · Brandi Benard and Breanna Abbe
  • Grounding for Creativitycentering meditation, gentle movement, essential oil roller making, journaling and a herbal tea ritual · The Nightlights (Sarah Cram, Katharine Ruestow and Abbie Sawyer)
  • Sound & Stretchsupported stretching, mindful movement and Peter Hess therapeutic singing bowls placed on the body · Jessica Thomas
  • Hatha Yogainviting and accessible flow · Sarah Driscoll
  • Queer Yoga Clubapproachable sequences focused on breath, body and quieting the mind, hosted by and for LGBTQIA+ people · Ken Appleby

Accessibility & comfort

What the organiser or venue publishes about getting around, and what they do not.

Disability accessHarmony Festival itself publishes no accessibility page and no access statement anywhere on harmonyfestival.net. The site has only seven content pages (home, lineup, schedule, class descriptions, partners, vendor info, sponsor information, tickets) and every likely access URL returns 404. Nothing is published about accessible parking, drop off, step free entry to any practice space, accessible toilets, or companion and carer tickets. This is a multi venue festival spread across the Czech Village and New Bohemia neighbourhoods of Cedar Rapids, and the published schedule confirms sessions run at the African American Museum of Iowa, Breathing Room Yoga Studio, Illuminations Studio, Rootspace, NewBo City Market, Cedar Rapids Public Library (in Beems, upstairs), and Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center. No shuttle of any kind is mentioned on the schedule or anywhere else on the site, so plan on getting between venues independently; the organiser publishes no statement on whether any transport is provided or whether it would be accessible. One published terrain detail is worth knowing: the Friday 4pm opening Synchronicity Circle is at Mt Trashmore and the organiser writes that attendees should "Meet at the bottom of the trail for before ascending the 'mountain' with a playful & open spirit", so that session involves walking a trail uphill. On the venues themselves, the only access information found is third party, not the festival's: Cedar Rapids Tourism publishes an Accessible Cedar Rapids guide, curated with The Arc of East Central Iowa, which describes the African American Museum of Iowa as a fully accessible building, describes NewBo City Market as "The fully accessible and sustainable building", and says the Cedar Rapids Public Library is ADA compliant and accessible with both campuses Certified Sensory Inclusive in 2021. That guide is a tourism board statement, not a statement by the festival or by the venues. Nothing at all is published about Breathing Room Yoga Studio, Illuminations Studio, Rootspace or Prairiewoods, which between them host a large share of the programme. Treat every venue other than the museum, the market and the library as unknown and ask before booking
Quiet & supportCedar Rapids Tourism's Accessible Cedar Rapids guide states of the Cedar Rapids Public Library, one of the festival venues, that "You will find designated quiet areas and sensory bags available." and that both library campuses were Certified Sensory Inclusive in 2021. That is the tourism board's description of the library, not a festival provision, and it says nothing about whether those quiet areas are available or reserved during Harmony's Saturday sessions in the Beems room upstairs

Checked 2026-09-03 · source

Eight people sitting cross-legged in a row on wet sand, facing a breaking wave and a low sun over the sea.
Library image, not a photo of this festival. Photo: Betty Nudler from Jerusalem, Israel. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

What it costs

Full Pass to Harmony Festival$100.00described by the festival as an all inclusive full pass to Harmony Festival 2026, July 24th, 25th and 26th, excluding add ons; showed Sold out with zero stock on the festival's own store at capture

Add-ons

Sound Meditation with Soul House Wellness & Kimberly A$20.00
Badass Yoga with Lynn Block$20.00
Sound Bath Collaboration with Natalie Brown, Jeet Saini, Tony Hernandez & April Pope$45.00

Free Community Offerings in 2026 included the Synchronicity Circle, the Invocation, the Celtic sound journey, Return, Qi Gong, the NewBo City Market lunch and live music, Project Create Peace, Hatha Yoga, Singing Resistance, Queer Yoga Club and Folx of the Purple Kettle

A large bronze gong on a stand beside a mossy boulder in bare woodland, with a person standing next to it.
Library image, not a photo of this festival. Photo: F Ceragioli. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

What to bring

A full weekend of practice is easier with your own kit. What earns its place in the bag:

Four rolled cotton yoga mats in pink, yellow, blue and blackYour own mat

Rentals sell out and shared mats are thin. Bring a grippy, cushioned mat you trust for a full weekend of practice.

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Folded grey knitted blanketA blanket

Warmth for savasana and meditation, and a folded lift for the hips in seated poses.

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Comfort Item
Hula Hoop (Optional, For The Hoop Workshop)
Four reusable water bottles in a rowWater and electrolytes

Vigorous flows plus dry, high-altitude air dehydrate fast.

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Stack of folded flannel shirts in blues and greensWarm layers

Studios and shade run cool between sessions even when the sun is hot.

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Recovery and comfort. A late July weekend in Iowa spread over walkable indoor studios, a museum, a library, a public market and one outdoor hill climb, so the demands are travel between venues rather than a single field. The Friday opener climbs a trail to the top of Mt Trashmore and the festival asks for comfortable shoes, a hat and a water bottle. Mats and blankets are available for the Friday Sound Meditation but the festival still asks people to bring their own, and several sessions run two hours seated or lying down, so a bolster or cushion, an extra layer for indoor air conditioning and a comfort item are worth carrying. Studio floors rather than grass means less cleanup but harder surfaces for long holds

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Photos: “Grey knitted blanket” by Hannah Clover, CC BY-SA 4.0. via Wikimedia Commons; “Flannels 5” by Louis Beche, CC BY 2.0. via Wikimedia Commons.

Teachers & presenters

The NightlightsThe Night Lights
Kelsey LegoreSinging Resistance
Emily QualEmily Qual
Sarah Van CleveSoul House Wellness
Kimberly Jaeger-ArjesKimberly Jaeger-Arjes
Lynn BlockLynn Block
Natalie BrownSound Healing Academy trained; co-founder of Harmony Festival
Sarah DriscollBreathing Room Yoga
Erica MillerErica Miller
Amanda LundAmanda Lund
April PopeApril Pope
Gina MolbyGina Molby

Plus the rest of the 23+ teachers, practitioners and speakers across the weekend.

Marketplace and vendors

The festival runs a vendor programme but publishes no vendor list. Its vendor page says vendor spots are limited for 2026, asks applicants to email [email protected], and prices a 10x10 vendor spot at $75, which includes one stand-by pass to most of the workshops and classes plus pre-event advertising on the website, newsletter and social media. Whether a public marketplace runs at any festival venue is not stated

Getting there

How do I get to Harmony Festival?

By car

Most people drive to Harmony Festival. Check current road and traffic conditions before you set off, and see parking below.

By train

No direct passenger rail to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.

By bus & public transit

No scheduled intercity bus or public transit route to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.

Taxi & rideshare

Taxis and rideshare such as Uber and Lyft can be limited near the venue, especially late at night or in rural areas. Agree a pickup point and time in advance and keep a backup plan.

🅿 Parking

No parking information is published. The festival's Map & Amenities link in the site footer points at /map, which returns a Squarespace 404 at capture, so the venue map and amenity notes could not be recovered

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Where

Venue

Multiple venues across the Czech Village and New Bohemia neighborhoods

A bearded man sitting cross-legged on grass in light woodland, hands resting on his knees and eyes closed.
Library image, not a photo of this festival. Photo: Nicolas TACCHI. CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Pricing

2026 pricing
$20 to $100 per person
Price history and tiers
Sales for 2026 have closed. On the festival's own Squarespace store at capture the Full Pass to Harmony Festival was $100.00 and showed Sold out with zero stock; single class tickets were $20.00 for Sound Meditation and $20.00 for Badass Yoga and $45.00 for the Sound Bath Collaboration, all also showing Sold out.
$100.00 Full Pass to Harmony Festival (all inclusive, excluding add ons; sold out)$45.00 Sound Bath Collaboration, limited public tickets (sold out)$20.00 Sound Meditation drop in (sold out)$20.00 Badass Yoga drop in (sold out)
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