Many of the vendors, musicians, and artists will inevitably turn up at mass events across the country this summer. Among those were Baja fish-style cauliflower tacos, veggie-stuffed pierogies and a “secret” menu of miso ramen for late-night revelers. That loss aside, there were ample food choices from around the world, most leaning heavily (if not entirely) vegan on their menus. Notably absent was the Killa Dilla stand, with its cheesy, saucy, cabbage-y, Mexican-ish creation a staple of many a mealtime at LiB. The one glaring omission came, sadly, on the culinary side. Instead, there was plenty of space-physical, emotional and spiritual-to explore, play, and prance as you pleased, from stage to stage and activity to activity. Rarely was the crowd packed in like sardines in a tin can. That smaller human footprint, though, is part of its charm that LiB has managed to maintain and sustain over its nearly 20 years in the festival game. But even an event of this scale pales in comparison to the 80,000-plus who flock to Black Rock City, much less the quarter million who descend on Indio (nearly) every April.
Roughly 30,000 attendees is nothing to sneeze at, especially with seemingly everyone camping at, near, or within a reasonable walk of the site’s human-made lake. More remarkable, still, is that Lightning in a Bottle continues to provide such a deep and well-rounded slate of goings-on without the sheer budget of other blockbuster weekenders. For those who prefer more hands-on activities (like, say, families with kids or adults on mushrooms), there were cooking classes at the Learning Kitchen and sessions on mandala-weaving and watercolor at the Artclave. There were lectures on psychedelics followed in the evening by DJ sets at smaller, more bespoke stages like Beacon, Oracle Cauldron and Memory Palace.
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Two tents hosted a full state of yoga (and yog-ish) classes-three, if you count the one for meditation. So, too, does the sheer variety of activities on offer throughout this sprawling, five-day creative extravaganza. That immersive experience found at so many of the smaller venues around the grounds sets LiB apart from many of its contemporaries on the festival circuit. Those seeking out more traditional acoustics needed to look no further than Hermanos Gutierrez on their guitars at the Lightning Stage or the Brothers Comatose inside the mock Wild West town (costumed actors and all) of the Grand Artique stage. At Thunder, visitors could enjoy the wavy revelry of Big Wild, the mystical magic of CloZee, and the funky fun of New Zealand’s Opiuo at sunset. The Woogie stage hosted many a compelling set, including Four Tet’s tour of the sonic universe and house dance parties from Yotto, Black Coffee, and Eli & Fur. From Dirtwire’s “swamptronic” sounds and Big Freedia’s potent cocktail of Detroit-style techno and New Orleans hip-hop bounce, to the husband-wife duo behind Elephant Heart busting out bangers and Monolink making sweet, sweet love to his guitar over ambient beats, LiB’s lineup featured many an artist who readily, willingly, and ably mash up genres to create wholly unique listening.Ī post shared by Lightning in a Bottle course, there were plenty of world-class DJs doing live production for all the hippies, Burners and live music-lovers who flocked to the Central Valley. Though the core of the 2022 Lightning in a Bottle schedule was comprised of electronica, this was no mere collection of DJs pressing play. After a three-year pandemic hiatus, the ‘Chella collaborators came back strong with Glass Animals, Chet Faker, Kaytranada, and GRiZ atop a sneakily ecletic lineup. The majority of LiB’s festivaliens come, of course, for the lineup that Do LaB puts together year after year. Since its inception-and certainly now, in its second year at the Buena Vista Aquatic Recreational Center near Bakersfield, California-LiB has and continues to combine music, art, culture and lifestyle like few events of this scale on the planet. Where Lightning in a Bottle lands on that spectrum depends, in large part, on how you engage with the festival. Somewhere between Coachella and Burning Man lies Lightning in a Bottle.Īnd not just literally on the calendar, with the Memorial Day festival coming a month after Coachella and three months before the Labor Day week known to so many as The Burn.
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