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10–13 September 2026 · Berkshires

BlessFest East

A weekend farm gathering in the Berkshires featuring Krishna Das and community kirtan.

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10Septemberto September 13, 2026
Multi-day festivalThu 07:00 AM to Sun 03:00 PM
FormatMulti-day festival
PeriodAutumn 2026
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CapacityOpen
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BlessFest East

A weekend farm gathering in the Berkshires featuring Krishna Das and community kirtan.

“It was a very simple chant (Om Namah Shivaya), and at the time I had no idea what it signified: all I knew was that every cell in my body started vibrating, and I felt absolute joy.”
Brenda McMorrow
Teachers

Meet Brenda McMorrow & Dave Stringer & Krishna Das & Nina Rao.

Mantra Medicine Music

Brenda McMorrow

Singer-songwriter whose mantra medicine music blends kirtan and Sanskrit chant with folk, world rhythms, and Spanish medicine songs.

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Kirtan · Grammy-Nominated

Dave Stringer

Grammy-nominated kirtan artist known for high-energy, ecstatic yoga music, and for his research into the neuroscience of mantra and chant.

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Portrait of Krishna Das
Kirtan

Krishna Das

American kirtan singer in the bhakti lineage of Neem Karoli Baba, one of the most widely known Western chant leaders.

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Kirtan · Neem Karoli Baba Lineage

Nina Rao

Kirtan artist within the Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaji) lineage, known for a warm, devotional chanting style rooted in decades of practice within that community.

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Path

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Love as the direct path

Bhakti

The path of loving devotion: surrender, chanting and remembrance as ways to dissolve the sense of separation from the divine.

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Location

Berkshires, Massachusetts, United States

Middle Way Farm


Berkshires, Massachusetts, United States

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