Get the Yellow Springs Experience

Attend a workshop, performance, reading or salon

The Experience is an immersion in arts and cultural, that includes workshops, tours, readings, hikes and performances from July 9-18. Participants can hone their acting skills, learn to throw pots, walk in Glen Helen, get feedback on their fiction, invigorate their bodies and expand their minds during the Experience.

The Experience concentrates everything that makes Yellow Springs unique into ten days. It will include popular traditional events like the Antioch Writer's Workshop, YS Kids Playhouse "The Conference of the Birds" and Glen Helen EcoCamps. It also features new events such as wellness classes, arts workshops, sustainable building and farm tours and a daily women's Red Tent to name just a few.

Special performances include Bruce Cromer's "Underneath the Lintel", Sandy Crew's Yellow Springs Theatre Project with "20%" and "Rose Johnny" and AACW presenting a John Booth poetry jam.

Unique events for all ages include the Cirque Carnival on July 16, Skate Music Fest on July 11 and the Launch Party on July 9, from 4 to 7 with live bands, arts exhibits and demos, kids performances, food, beverages and more at the Experience Welcome Center, also the new home of the YS Arts Council at 309 Xenia Ave.

Events will be held at locations throughout the village including artist studios, educational institutions and community centers. Look for the insert in the Yellow Springs News with a listing of all the events and and easy to follow map.

It is easy to pre-register for events on the Experience website. The workshops and many other events require advance tickets or you can sign up that day at the Experience Welcome Center.

You can also Be a Volunteer and assist in the following areas: Welcome Center, Ticketing, Website Workshop and Technical.

For more information about volunteering or attending, contact Coordinator Carole Braun at or via email.

The Yellow Springs Arts Council has partnered with several non-profit community organizations to create the Yellow Springs Experience including Antioch University Midwest, Antioch College, Center for the Arts Steering Committee, Glen Helen, Little Art Theatre, Nonstop Institute, Tecumseh Land Trust, Village of Yellow Springs, WYSO, Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce and YS Kids Playhouse.