2025 Event Schedule

5:00pm

• Body Mind Spirit Fest begins - Admission is just $7.00 daily or $10.00 for a weekend pass! The first 30 people to purchase a ticket on Good Vibes Friday will receive a gift!
• Books & Spirits Bistro opens - The Books & Spirits Bistro is open all evening with music, a cash bar, and tasty food offerings. Relax in the bistro for a bit after work, then enjoy the event!
• Enjoy shopping and readings with all of our amazing exhibitors until 9:00pm.
• Check out the Celestial Selfie Station in the foyer - post to your socials with #BodyMindSpiritFest and share the love! The LOVE sign is in the parking lot for more selfie fun!
• We're having a Treasure Hunt! Pick up your self-guided treasure map at check-in and see if you can find all the answers - drop your completed map into the golden drum for a chance to win a gift basket from Inner Journey ~ Books & Gifts that Feed the Soul!
• Soft Plastics Drive begins. Bet that wasn't something you expected to read! We have a team here at Unity of Roanoke Valley dedicated to keeping plastic out of our waterways and landfills. They're collecting and recycling soft plastics - bring yours and drop it off in the collection bins in the Books & Spirits Bistro!

7:00pm

• Dances of Universal Peace with Bhakti Kulani on the patio in the Rose Garden - everyone is welcome! Join us for a joyful, embodied peace practice appropriate for all ages! Simple songs (drawn from the world’s spiritual traditions) and group dances are taught for all to learn with ease. As we sing, breathe and move together, we experience peace, joy, and harmony (literally!) The leaders of this event are a group of spiritual friends from various faith traditions who practice together to cultivate peace and love in our hearts and community. Learn more at: https://dancesofuniversalpeace.org. You must purchase a ticket to the event to participate.
• From Scarcity to Overflow: A Breathwork & Cacao Ceremony with Jess Jarels out by the big trees as you come up the hill (we'll move inside to the Annex if we have inclement weather). You’re invited into a sacred guided journey. Through breathwork, ceremonial cacao, and soul-nourishing ritual, we’ll explore themes of: Releasing fear, shame, scarcity, and comparison. Rooting into gratitude and inner worth. Opening to pleasure, creativity, and radiant overflow. This is a space to come home to yourself. To soften. To remember. To feel safe receiving again. Energy Exchange: $22 drop-in/$18 when you preregister. You'll pay Jess at the event. Drop-ins welcome — come by booth 32 on Friday to join! Want to save your seat ahead of time? Register for just $18. Come as you are. Leave with more of yourself. Can't make it on Friday? Join Jess on Sunday at 2:00pm for another Breathwork & Cacao Ceremony! No ticket is required to participate.

8:00pm

• Books & Spirits Bistro Cash Bar and Food closes

9:00pm

• Event closes - see you Saturday!

• 10:00am
• Body Mind Spirit Fest begins - Admission is just $7.00 daily or $10.00 for a weekend pass! The first 30 people to purchase a ticket on Good Vibes Friday will receive a gift!
• Gently Used Metaphysical Book Sale opens - Stop by the tent outside the Inner Journey bookstore and shop an amazing selection of pre-loved metaphysical books - this is a love offering sale - give what you can! You must purchase a ticket to the event to access the book sale.
• Check out the Celestial Selfie Station in the foyer - post to your socials with #BodyMindSpiritFest and share the love! The LOVE sign is in the parking lot for more selfie fun!
• We're having a Treasure Hunt! Pick up your self-guided treasure map at check-in and see if you can find all the answers - drop your completed map into the golden drum for a chance to win a gift basket from Inner Journey ~ Books & Gifts that Feed the Soul!
• Soft Plastics Drive continues. We have a team here at Unity of Roanoke Valley dedicated to keeping plastic out of our waterways and landfills. They're collecting and recycling soft plastics - bring yours and drop it off in the collection bins in the Gently Used Metaphysical Book Sale tent!
• Drum Therapy with Linda Macchia of The Beat Goes On - Stop by the tent out front to sit and listen or learn to play healing rhythms on frame drums. Frame drums were played in the ancient Middle East and Greece, primarily by women in sacred rites and Goddess ceremonies. Chairs provided. No ticket is required to participate.

11:00am

• Presentations begin - We have TWO rooms with presentations on Saturday! Click the Presentations & Lectures tab for more information.
• Unity Café (inside) and Unity Grill (outside on the patio) opens

2:00pm

• Free Compost Education Demos and Workshops hosted by Davey Stewards of Star City Compost. Stop by the trailer in the upper parking lot to learn how you can compost at home and learn about the Star City Compost food waste and organics recycling program. Davey will host two free workshops at 12:30 pm and 2:00 pm. He will cover information on how to compost properly and tour the solar-powered aerated static compost trailer.

2:30pm

• Free Compost Education Workshop hosted by Davey Stewards of Star City Compost.

3:30pm

• Drum Circle with Linda Macchia of The Beat Goes On - Stop by the tent out front to join the drum circle. Bring your own drum and your friends! No ticket is required to participate.

4:00pm

• Free Compost Education Workshop hosted by Davey Stewards of Star City Compost.

5:00pm

• Unity Café (inside) and Unity Grill (outside on the patio) closes

6:00pm

• Event closes - see you Sunday!

1:00pm

• Body Mind Spirit Fest opens - Admission is just $7.00 for the day. The first 30 people to purchase a ticket on Serene Sunday will receive a gift!
• Gently Used Metaphysical Book Sale opens - Stop by the tent outside the Inner Journey bookstore and shop an amazing selection of pre-loved metaphysical books - this is a love offering sale - give what you can! You must purchase a ticket to the event to access the book sale.
• Check out the Celestial Selfie Station in the foyer - post to your socials with #BodyMindSpiritFest and share the love! The LOVE sign is in the parking lot for more selfie fun!
• We're having a Treasure Hunt! Pick up your self-guided treasure map at check-in and see if you can find all the answers - drop your completed map into the golden drum for a chance to win a gift basket from Inner Journey ~ Books & Gifts that Feed the Soul!
• Soft Plastics Drive continues. We have a team here at Unity of Roanoke Valley dedicated to keeping plastic out of our waterways and landfills. They're collecting and recycling soft plastics - bring yours and drop it off in the collection bins in the Gently Used Metaphysical Book Sale tent!
• Unity Café (inside) and Unity Grill (outside on the patio) opens

1:00pm

• Universal Kirtan with Bhakti Kulani in Room G (downstairs) - everyone is welcome! Join Rachel Theo-Maurelli and Jeff Tiebout of Bhakti Kulani for Universal Kirtan. Universal kirtan draws on and expands the Hindu practice of singing the names of the Divine as spiritual devotion by using sacred phrases and names from the world’s religious, spiritual, and mystic traditions.  As Bhakti, it is considered a vital element of the ancient discipline of yoga designed to open our hearts to divine grace, love, and bliss. We’ll briefly introduce Bhakti, which can be defined as adoration, Love, and surrender to the Divine. Then we’ll sing, in the call and response tradition, names of the Divine One from around the world. You must purchase a ticket to the event to participate.

2:00pm

• Unity Grill (outside on the patio) closes
• From Scarcity to Overflow: A Breathwork & Cacao Ceremony with Jess Jarels out by the big trees as you come up the hill (we'll move inside to the Annex if we have inclement weather). You’re invited into a sacred guided journey. Through breathwork, ceremonial cacao, and soul-nourishing ritual, we’ll explore themes of: Releasing fear, shame, scarcity, and comparison. Rooting into gratitude and inner worth. Opening to pleasure, creativity, and radiant overflow. This is a space to come home to yourself. To soften. To remember. To feel safe receiving again. Energy Exchange: $22 drop-in/$18 when you preregister. Drop-ins welcome — come by booth 32 on Friday to join! Want to save your seat ahead of time? Register for just $18. Come as you are. Leave with more of yourself. No ticket is required to participate.

2:30pm

• Qigong Demonstration with Teruyo Mercer of Spring Forest Qigong Practice Group on the patio in the Rose Garden. Qigong has been practiced for thousands of years. Qi means energy, and gong means to work with. Qigong is simply working with your body’s own energy and is one of the best ways to help maintain a healthy lifestyle.You must purchase a ticket to the event to watch the demo.

3:00pm

• Sound Bath with Ginger Quinn of Restoreth Sound and Vibration Healing in Room G (downstairs). Ginger uses Himalayan singing bowls and gong to wash you in waves of sounds and vibrations that induce a tranquil harmony of the mind, body, and spirit. The soft sounds and soothing vibrations of the Himalayan healing bowls are an excellent way to improve emotional wellness by reducing stress and anxiety and bringing inner harmony and peace. Suggested love offering of $15.00, give what you can, no one turned away. You'll pay Ginger on Sunday. Limit 15 people - sign up at check-in. Kindly bring a mat, pillow, blanket, or anything you need to be comfortable. You must purchase a ticket to the event to participate in the sound immersion.

4:00pm

• Unity Café (inside) closes

5:00pm

• Event ends - see you next year, June 5-7, 2026!