After a three-year hiatus necessitated by the pandemic, ChantLanta Sacred Music Festival returns to Atlanta on September 8 and 9 at Unity North Atlanta. The annual festival has been a cherished event in metro Atlanta’s spiritual community since 2010.

The festivities include sacred music, sound healing, ecstatic dance, yoga and meditation. It will also be a charity benefit supporting Feet of Clay, a local nonprofit that provides a safe haven and daily essentials to survivors of domestic abuse.

According to co-owner Ian Boccio, the festival will feature “high vibration” music from Shonali and the Goddess Choir, The Spirit Messengers, Flying Mystics, Douglas Johnson, Radha Rose and Josh Klein as well as Nandi Dass. Sacred sound and movement experiences will also be presented by local favorites Gina Minyard and Gershone, Scott Houston’s Sol Dance, Metabear, Danny Stern, Lisa Wiggins, Dale Allen Hoffman, Maha Taylor and sound guru Sonic Yogi.

ChantLanta’s main stage afternoon program on September 9 will be free to attend and includes a vendor market and food trucks on site. Festival passes for the September 8 and 9 evening programs will be available to purchase on a sliding scale, including a discounted pass for the entire weekend. A $15 registration fee is required for each ChantLanta workshop.

The ChantLanta Sacred Music Festival will take place at Unity North Atlanta, located at 4255 Sandy Plains Rd. in Marietta, on September 8 from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. and September 9 from 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.

For more information, visit ChantLanta.org or the ChantLanta Facebook page. Send questions to [email protected].