Location
Woodenbong NSW AUSTRALIA
Date
2 – 5 October, 2026
Length
4 Days, 3 Nights
Grow & Develop your artistry
RELEASE | NOURISH | CONNECT | EXPLORE | DISCOVER
Welcome to the “WOODENSTOCK” edition of Beat Reetreat 2026. Where once again, we will trace the hero’s journey and take our place amongst the ancient artists and storytellers of time beyond memory.
Includes:
- 4-days/3-nights accomodation
- 3x Organic home-cooked dinners & BBQ
- Access to pro audio & instruments
- Multi-track recorded jam sessions
- 100-Good Hood ₱oints
- 1-year Good Neighbour membership
- Exclusive workshops & lightning talks
- Digital Proof-of-Attendance & Ownership
- Become a "Super Casj" band member
Pricing:
Discounts for Good Neighbourhood members and Retreat Alumni:
– $500 ‘Good Neighbours’/Alumni
– $530 ‘Neighbours’
– $560 ‘New Kids On The Block’
– $590 non-members
Payment plans available (PayPal-in-4)
Apply to Attend
Submit application form below (Early submissions favoured).
Successful applicants will receive invitation and payment links.
All types of artistic disciplines welcome <3
Itinerary:
Introductions as we roll in, following the first night's dinner served as acquaintances are made. Each artist introduces themselves and the opening ceremony begins around the fire pit alongside official onboarding rituals and jams.
Morning meditations and stretches to start, with Workshops and Lightning Talks littered throughout the day while a rotating roster of jams kept alive between activities. 2nd organic home-cooked meal served and recording sessions are known to commence.
Jams often continue with vigour while activities on the 3rd day gear towards listening and sharing insights as the connections grow stronger. A hearty BBQ is served at lunch to replenish the vitals with the final dinner served right before jams that go into the AM.
Rising up slowly as we pack and absorb the weekend's magic. After morning meditations and stretches, we officially end the long weekend with a closing ceremony back at the fire pit and return to our lives with a new lease of inspiration.
4days / 3 Nights
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Essential jam sessions, studio time, sampling, workshops and lightning talks. We’d love for you to depart with tangible assets to use in your artistic pursuits! But if the evolution of Beat Retreat has taught us anything, it’s that the greatest gift we receive from the weekend, is the collective presence of all attendees, organically crafting the experience together.
Woodenbong, NSW Australia
WOODENSTOCK
“Carve your song from the raw wooden stock of your deepest truth, following the natural grain of your emotion until the masterpiece reveals itself.
Lock, stock, and barrel.”
New ways to create
Discover
Sources of inspiration
Explore
Physically, mentally and spiritually
Nourish
Music, nature & yourself
Connect
Works of art and mind
Release
“The people who can keep it alive are artists of one kind or another. The function of the artist is the mythologization of the environment and the world.”
Joseph Campbel – “Myth must be kept alive”
5 YEARS RUNNING
“For and Because of You”
Key to supporting your growth as an artist is re-introduction to the basic principles of creativity operating throughout the universe. That is: emptiness and openness is the fertile ground from which all positive notions ascend.
Beat Retreat is our attempt at facilitating space for artists to cultivate such experiences. So that we may re-energise our vigour for the creative act.
We acknowledge the Yugambeh people, who are the traditional custodians of the Springbrook area, and refer to the mountains as Ningeroongun and Barrajanda, where Beat Retreat V is held on.
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