Middlefield, CT

Transcend Fest CT

ConfirmedSep 18 to 20, 2026
Camping, tent camping (on site, add-on)$164 to $231 ppYoga FestivalSound HealingMeditation MindfulnessBreathworkMetaphysicsSomatics MovementWellness MarketEcstatic Dance
Dates
Sep 18 to 20, 2026
Status
Confirmed
Venue
Powder Ridge Mountain
Price
$164 to $231
Camping
Available
Last checked
Sep 3, 2026

Transcend Fest CT returns to Powder Ridge Mountain, Middlefield, CT, Sep 18 to 20, 2026. Froligo tracks current ticket prices, camping, attendee feedback and travel details.

What it stands for

The festival says it was created to be a space where individuals can transcend their limitations, tap into their true potential and find inner peace and balance, welcoming seasoned yogis and people just starting a spiritual journey alike. Its facilitators page describes offerings that are embodied, expansive and deeply transformational, spanning vinyasa and somatic flow, meditation journeys, breathwork, tantra, embodiment, aerial offerings, sound healing, astrology and self development. Metaphysical and magical framing runs through parts of the programme and is reported here as the festival's own vocabulary

The experience

What's special

Three days on a Connecticut ski mountain with 99 scheduled sessions spread across seven named spaces, from a Pavilion main stage to a Zen Den for restorative work and a Pond space used for movement and paddle side sessions. The programme is unusually broad for a yoga festival: 43 sessions are typed Yoga and Movement, but 22 are lectures on subjects such as nervous system regulation, sleep neuroscience, Ayurveda and herbs for hormonal health, and the rest are ceremonies, sound healing, breathwork, cacao and one outdoor nature immersion. Evenings carry their own programme, with a Friday kick off of ceremony, a DJ set and a glow in the dark dance party, and a Saturday that ends with kirtan and an ecstatic dance journey

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

All Levels. Every typed session on the Sched schedule carries the audience tag All Levels. The programme ranges from strenuous movement (Somatic SWEAT, Build-a-BOOTY confiDANCE, Warrior Spirit, Buti Bliss, Acro Yoga 101, Infinite Fusion Movement) through seated lectures on nervous system science, Ayurveda, human design and herbalism, to fully restorative sessions (Sacred Stillness, Deep Rest, Release, and Rewiring, Rest and Restore, Neuroscience for Sleep)

Vinyasa

Flowing sequences that link breath to movement. Expect to move and sweat.

Hatha/Vinyasa

Flowing sequences that link breath to movement. Expect to move and sweat.

Kundalini Yoga

Breathwork, chanting and repeated movements aimed at energy and focus more than a workout.

Restorative Yoga

Fully supported poses with props, built for rest and recovery rather than effort.

Yoga Trapeze
Acro Yoga
Buti
EDM Yoga
Dub Flow Yoga
Rumi Yoga
Sacred Rage Yoga
Somatic SWEAT

Slow, exploratory movement focused on how it feels rather than how it looks.

Polyvagal Flow
Laughter Yoga
JourneyDance
Kai Chi Do
Hoop Dance
Somatic Salsa

Slow, exploratory movement focused on how it feels rather than how it looks.

Adult Ballet

Beyond the mat

  • Breathwork
  • Cacao
  • Ceremony
  • Interactive Workshop
  • Lecture
  • Outdoor Hike
  • Sound Healing
  • Yoga/Movement
  • kirtan
  • Reiki
  • Ayurveda
  • tantra
  • astrology
  • Akashic Records
  • Human Design
  • ecstatic dance
  • shamanism
  • herbalism
  • meditation

Styles named as the festival itself describes them.

Programme

99 sessions across the weekend. Open any strand.

Classes & workshopsopen
  • Enter the Portal: Opening Ceremony & Cacao RitualCeremony · Aria Nyx
  • DJ Set with Selector Longenecker!Mark Longenecker
  • Community Dance PartyDJ Taz Rashid
  • Opening Ceremony: Crossing the ThresholdCeremony · Aria Nyx
  • Somatic Breathwork & Sound Bath: Awaken your Inner WisdomBreathwork · Jon Orsini, Autumn Fletcher
  • The Wonder Of Cacao: Accepting the Invitation to ReceiveCacao · Alicia Kenworthy
  • Herbs for Hormonal HealthLecture · C'Asia Burley
  • Yantra, Mantra, Tantra, and Mudra, Pathways to Divine UnionLecture · Vedaji
  • Rumi Yoga, Navigating Difficult TimesYoga/Movement · DJ Taz Rashid, Biana Mavasheva
  • Somatic SWEATYoga/Movement · Sarah Placencia
  • Sunshine Daydream: Grateful FlowYoga/Movement · Lisa Molendini
  • Stones of Intention: A Ritual in Communal Care & MakingInteractive Workshop · Samantha Sweig
  • Affirmations & AsanasYoga/Movement · Erin Trudeau
  • Kundalini Yoga: The Rhythms of Awakening with Aria & DruminyasaYoga/Movement · Aria Nyx, Druminyasa
  • plus 85 more, on the official schedule

Accessibility & comfort

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

Disability accessNeither the festival nor the venue publishes any accessibility information. There is no accessibility, ADA or accessible page anywhere on transcendfest.com, and the Connecticut festival guide and FAQ pages never use the words accessibility, ADA, wheelchair, step free, companion, carer, ASL or sensory. Powder Ridge Mountain Park publishes no accessibility page either. So on the direct question of access provision, nothing is published and a disabled attendee has to ask. What the organiser does publish, as ordinary logistics rather than access commitments, matters enough to set out. The festival is spread across seven separate workshop locations on the grounds of Powder Ridge, which is a working ski area, and attendees are told to familiarise themselves with the map before arriving; distances and gradients between those seven locations are therefore a real planning problem and no step free route between them is described anywhere. Camping is an add-on and the organiser is explicit that it is in the parking lot and rustic style on gravel, so it is not a level pitched or hardstanding surface, and separately that there are no showers, though indoor bathroom facilities and overnight security are provided. Nothing published says whether any bathroom is an accessible one. The event runs both indoors and outdoors and the organiser states shelter will be provided for outdoor workshops in bad weather, which implies outdoor practice on open ground, but the surface of the practice areas themselves, whether grass, gravel, decking or slope, is never described. Service dogs are welcome. Powder Ridge separately states it runs no shuttle service from train or bus stations, so there is no published accessible transport link to the site. Nothing is published on accessible parking, drop off point or distance from parking to the practice areas, accessible toilets or showers, accessible camping, companion or carer tickets, ASL or other interpretation, quiet or low sensory space, chair yoga or adaptive sessions, or whether teachers offer modifications. Read none of the above as an access guarantee; it is background a disabled reader can use when phoning to ask
AgesAnyone 17 and under without an adult will be turned away at the gate, and children who attend must remain under their guardian's supervision for the duration of the event
ChildrenChildren are allowed with a supervising adult. No child ticket tier was listed on the checkout

Pulled the full transcendfest.com page sitemap and confirmed no accessibility page exists among the sixty odd published pages, then read the Connecticut venue page, the older /faqs/ page, the current /festival-guide/ FAQ, the Connecticut tickets page, contact and about in full. Did the same for powderridgepark.com through its sitemap index, and read the park FAQ, hours and directions, park info, first timers guide, contact and the venue's own Transcend Fest event listing. To ask the organiser: [email protected] or +1 203-823-6378. To ask the venue directly: Powder Ridge Mountain Park and Resort, 99 Powder Hill Road, Middlefield CT 06455, on (866) 860-0208. Given the festival is spread over seven locations on a ski hill and runs 18 to 20 September 2026, phoning ahead is the only way to establish gradients and step free routing

Checked 2026-09-03 · source

A red and white peaked marquee tent pitched on a lawn in a public park, with trees and a domed building behind it.
Library image, not a photo of this festival. Photo: Ian S. CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

What it costs

Single Day Pass, Tier 3$164.03includes a $12.03 fee; full access to workshops and the Mindful Market for one day only; camping, food and the Friday Night Kick Off party must be bought separately as add-ons
Full Access Weekend Pass, Tier 3$231.27includes a $16.27 fee; access to all workshops and the Mindful Market throughout the festival weekend; sales end September 20
Transcend Fam, Vermont and Connecticut$375.32includes a $25.32 fee; covers every workshop, event and activation at both Transcend VT and Transcend CT; sales end September 13

Stay packages

per night, booked as an add-on through the venue.

Tent camping$35
RV or car camping$40
SpringHill Suites Hartford Cromwell$159
Hilton Garden Inn Wallingford Meriden$169

Add-ons

Friday Night Kick-Off Party$87.21

Pass prices captured verbatim from the official Eventbrite checkout for the Connecticut edition on September 3, 2026. Eventbrite shows fee inclusive totals with the fee itemised. Camping and hotel figures come from the festival's own venue page

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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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.

Shop options
Recovery and comfort. A three day mountain festival with sessions running from 8:30am to 7:30pm on the Saturday, so most people practise several times a day and sleep either in a tent on site or in a hotel twenty to thirty minutes away. The programme itself builds in recovery: scheduled BREAK slots between every session block, a lunch hour, and a Zen Den strand of restorative and sound based sessions (Sacred Stillness, Deep Rest, Release, and Rewiring, Rest and Restore, Reset Your Vibe) alongside the strenuous Yoga and Movement classes. There are no showers in the camping area, which the festival states explicitly, so campers should plan for that. Sessions run indoors and outdoors on a ski mountain in late September, and the festival says proper shelter is provided for workshop classes in the case of inclement weather

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Photos: “Flannels 5” by Louis Beche, CC BY 2.0. via Wikimedia Commons.

Teachers & presenters

DJ Taz RashidPerformerMark LongeneckerPerformerDruminyasaPerformerDJ W.O.W., WindOverWaterPerformerKeshavi MaPerformerChelsi MarianiPerformerRobert Krause, DNP APRN-BCDirector of Clinical Services & Co-Founder of Centered, PLLCRachael McGann, LPCCo-Founder Centered PLLCMallory O’ConnorPsilocybin Facilitator and Harm Reduction SpecialistAria NyxFacilitatorYogi BryanFacilitatorBiana MavashevaFacilitator

Plus the rest of the 87+ teachers, practitioners and speakers across the weekend.

Vendor names are the 2025 roster published on the Mindful Market page. The festival says to keep an eye out for the 2026 list

Mindful Market

The festival calls the Mindful Market the central hub of the festival and says it features over 50 vendors. It is open to the public. Hours are Saturday 9:30am to 6pm and Sunday 9:30am to 5pm. The 2026 vendor list had not been published at capture; the named list below is the 2025 roster the festival still shows, kept for reference and clearly labelled

  • Annette Womack Art
  • Mountain Flower
  • Reznikwood
  • Universal Healing Network
  • April Quast Art and Wellness
  • Patchwork Progress
  • Lori Ann Crossley
  • Aham Prema Glow
  • Chikka Chikka
  • My Favorite Yoga Strap
  • Spotted Hawk Healing Accessories LLC
  • Thread City Silver
  • Fruitful Ascension
  • KellyQ's Handmade Crafts
  • Bhav Spiritual Jewelry
  • Eye Song Health
  • Cacao Expression
  • The Ital Juicery Company
  • Building Worlds pod
  • Bodhi Tree Gardens
  • The Sushi Class
  • Mesmerizing Artworks by Michelleo
  • Crunchy Diva Designs
  • Lost Ghost Boutique
  • One Thousand Winds
  • Upstream Lion Publishing
  • Little Bird Revival
  • Moon Song Medicinals
  • Divinely Rooted
  • Conjure and Cauldron LLC
  • Larch and Pine
  • Hydrated Abundance
  • Sif Sniffs
  • High Yoga NYC
  • Wellness by Alluria
  • Grace & Joy Silver
  • Yoga Ayurveda Love
  • Joyful Metamorphosis
  • Holographic Hippie
  • Michele's Enchanted Treasures
  • Moss Life
  • Evolvlove Sound Therapy
  • Empowerment Collective
  • Magic Tree Henna
  • Everlinked by Victoria
  • The Plant Lounge
  • Cool Bri's Catering
  • The Hydrology Bar
  • Earthbound Ink Tattoo Shop
  • Terp Nectar
  • Soma Sol
  • Cali Drive Customs
  • Sunshine Ceramics
  • Sacred Moon Design
  • NMK Creative Hive
  • Evolmi
  • Art & Soul with DMaria
  • Wild Soul Herb Farm
  • Knightowl Studio
  • Black Sheep Doll Co.
  • Melted Rainbows
  • Steam City Sauna
  • The Cosmic Cup

Getting there

How do I get to Transcend Fest CT?

By car

Most people drive to Transcend Fest CT. 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

On site parking available. The venue map covers camping and parking areas. Only one vehicle is allowed per campsite; campers arriving with a second vehicle need an Overnight Parking Pass from the venue

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Where

Venue

Powder Ridge Mountain

A silhouetted figure sitting cross-legged on the stone bank of a lake at sunrise, with a domed pavilion to one side.
Library image, not a photo of this festival. Photo: Sanyamgoyal007. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Pricing

2026 pricing
$164 to $231 per person fees included
Price history and tiers
Tier 3 pricing was live on the official Eventbrite checkout on September 3, 2026: Full Access Weekend Pass $231.27 including a $16.27 fee, Single Day Pass $164.03 including a $12.03 fee. The Friday Night Kick-Off Party is sold separately at $87.21 including a $7.21 fee, and a combined Transcend Fam pass covering both the Vermont and Connecticut editions is $375.32 including a $25.32 fee.
$231.27 Full Access Weekend Pass, Tier 3 (includes $16.27 fee)$164.03 Single Day Pass, Tier 3 (includes $12.03 fee)$87.21 Friday Night Kick-Off Party (includes $7.21 fee)$375.32 Transcend Fam, Vermont and Connecticut (includes $25.32 fee)
A guide only. Prices change, so confirm the current price on the official ticket page before you buy.

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