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Awakenest

Seen from above, an audience sits on cushions on the floor of a covered pavilion facing a group of seated musicians.

The project and the team behind it

Awakenest is a cultural project created and operated by Stayfly Studio Co., Ltd. It brings together music, food, creativity, land practices and community programmes on Koh Phangan.

Stayfly Studio Co., Ltd. is the Thai company that develops and operates Awakenest, its property and its technical infrastructure. The company develops its own projects and is not seeking external client work.

Awakenest works with musicians, artists, growers and neighbouring communities through its own programmes. The archive also records meditation and healing practices in past programmes.

Awakenest Festival is part of the broader Awakenest project. The archive documents past editions; future dates and programmes are published only after confirmation.

Two hands hold a tarot card above a cloth laid with a spread of cards, a lit candle and a crystal ball on a stand.
A facilitator sits cross legged beside singing bowls while people rest on cushions along a brick wall.
Man practicing tai-chi movement on open deck.
Night crowd raises palm fronds in ceremony.
Festival poster banner among palm trees.
Group seated on mats laughing in open-sided hall.

More moments, dated and captioned, are in the gallery

What is here

Awakenest brings together music, food, making, land practices and community programming on Koh Phangan. Current public activities are listed in the programme.

Crowd seated on mats at night ceremony gathering.

Awakenest Festival

Musicians play traditional instruments at shadow play.

The Awakenest Festival archive documents music, sound, movement, breath, ceremony and regenerative-culture programming from past editions.

Three editions so far, each one shaped by the one before it: what worked stayed, and what did not was rebuilt.

The festival is one part of Awakenest, not the whole project. Current public activities are listed in the programme.

See the programme

Medicine Circle

A dancer in a beaded costume and gold headdress performing in the open air, with people watching from the ground.

Awakenest's open-air gathering space, built as a circle. There is a stage, but most of what happens here happens in the round: whoever is playing or holding the space stands among the people more often than in front of them.

Archive photographs and past festival copy document movement, fire, cultural showcases and dance, singing circles, Kirtan, ceremony, storytelling and concerts in this space.

Find it on the path

Islands' Got Diamonds

Islands' Got Diamonds logo.

The platform for island talent. Pilot events have run, and the regular programme is being built.

Stayfly

Stayfly logo.

The Awakenest digital platform is produced and maintained by Stayfly Studio, which directs its development and ongoing technical work.

About the company

  • Ruk Tua Eng

    Love ourselves

    Taking good care of our health, and living with a more balanced approach.

  • Ruk Chum Chon

    Love our community

    Supporting others when needed, and contributing to the things that make a sustainable way of life.

  • Ruk Thammachart

    Love nature

    Living mindfully, and being sufficient with natural resources.

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