Urban farming pioneer, Rashid Nuri, and herbalist and medicine man Doctah B Sirius, Ph.D., are among a host of speakers and entertainers that will appear at the upcoming Wonderful Wizards of Raw June 3 through 5 in the backyard of Tassili’s Raw Reality Café in the West End. 

Other speakers include Rizza Islam, Queen Yenn, The Pills (Blue Pill and Red Pill), and the festival’s host, Tassili Ma’at.  

The festival’s theme is Return to the Garden; Nuri will speak on urban gardening, and Sirius will speak on the detoxification of parasites in all realms physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. 

Islam will talk about the politics of food; The Pills will speak on natural remedies; Yenn will discuss the use of crystals to improve health; and Ma’at will explore the topic of her latest book, Journey to Selfullness, in which she talks about finding the sweet spot between being selfless and selfish.  

In its ninth year, The Wonderful Wizards of Raw is a spring festival that takes place during the first weekend of June. The event’s kickoff, called “The Libation,” takes place on Friday June 3 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Cascade Springs Nature Preserve. Festival hours on Saturday and Sunday are from 1 to 11 p.m. 

For more information, visit Bit.ly/wwr-2022.