Kirtan Fest 2024 The Power of Words in Community

This third annual Kirtan Fest offers a festive celebration of local talent and the love of life they portray through their art. Join us in a collaboration of community around the power of meditation through music, dance and the spoken word. We also welcome Braja Sakhi a wonderfully talented,  internationally respected kirtanneer, who can frequently be found leading kirtan at the famous Bhakti Yoga Centre in the lower Manhatten area of The Big Apple. Music, vendors, food and the beautiful picturesque setting of the historical Boal Mansion, what a great way to end Summer.

About Kirtan: 

Kirtan orgininating in India, is an ancient call-and-response form of chanting which has been reinvented  by modern devotional artists who are blending traditional kirtan with  modern music genres such as rock, R&B, hip hop, and  electronica—breathing new life (and new devotion) into yoga’s sacred  chants. 

Kirtan, is yoga through sound. Mantra (Man= mind, tra=to free) meditation, frees the mind from anxiety and according to David Newman, "helps to guide your awareness to a place that is quiet and still,” Being in the midst of kirtan, is the safest place in the universe as all worries melt away and the joining of hearts erases all selfish concerns.