Brushwood Folklore Center L.L.C. is a family-operated spiritual center that runs events such as festivals, concerts and seminars, and hosts such events held by other organizations. It is a campground which accepts day passes, night passes, and seasonal camping sites. The facility is located in Sherman, New York. It is owned by Frank and Darlene Barney, their daughter Teresa and her husband David Guzman. The campground is on 180 acres (0.73 km2) of mostly developed land, with many permanent structures.
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Notable features of the campground include the "Roundhouse" (a fire circle openwork structure reserved for all-night drumming), the "DidgeDome" (a wooden skeletal dome reserved for didgeridoo and small drum music), a labyrinth, an outdoor Neo-Druidic temple called the "Nemeton", the "Runestead", a playground area, walking trails, and two ponds, one with an island. There are 3 pavilions with electricity: the "Main Pavilion" (with a working stage), the "Northern Pavilion", and the "Field Stage". It also features a food court, an indoor showerhouse, a lounge with kitchen facilities called "The Studio", a four-seat bathroom building called "The Four Flusher", and a pool-house with a heated pool, hot tub and hot showers. It is a clothing optional facility, and skyclad participants are common.
During the month of July there are two weeks of festivals at Brushwood starting with Sirius Rising. Sirius Rising is a seven day long festival and the primary event at Brushwood promoting creativity and spiritual growth in a community setting. It is a festival of eclectic & hands-on workshops, arts & crafts, nightly rituals, fires, drumming & dancing and live musical entertainment in the evenings. The following week is the sister event Brushwood Summerfest.
Brushwood presents and hosts a number of event during its May through September season. The season starts with Beltane a Brushwood sponsored event. The rest of the Brushwood sponsored event season include Summer Solstice with a potluck and ritual, a Summer Woman's weekend including a tea party, Sirius Rising, Brushwood Summerfest, Heartsong Harvest Festival, and ends with a gathering for Samhain.
Brushwood is also the site for many other events organized by outside groups including the O.U.R. Music Festival, the first weekend of June, headlined by the band Hypnotic Clambake. Some of the addition events hosted at Brushwood include the Ar nDraiocht Fein Wellspring Gathering (run by Stone Creed Grove), Erie Hash House Harriers annual gathering, X-Day by Church of the SubGenius, Craftwise Speaker Symposium, DAGORHIR and a new joint effort for a mens weekend between the Dragon Ritual Drummers and Brushwood Folklore Center.
Some notable festivals that have been held at Brushwood Folklore Center include the Starwood Festival from 1990 through 2009 (run by the Association for Consciousness Exploration), the World Magic Festival created by Jeff McBride (held there both years it ran [1][2]), and several smaller community events including Lumensgate, Strange Days, and the Association for Consciousness Exploration events Opening Inner Doorways, The Thing in the Woods, and the SpiritDrum Festival.
On July 21, 2007 the Guinness World Record for most bodies painted of 264 was achieved by the American Body Arts Festival[3] that took place during the Sirius Rising festival of that year.
   | O.U.R. Music Festival website - OUR FEST - HYPNOTIC CLAMBAKE SAYS "COME CAMP OUT!" |
| | X-Day Home Page - The High Weirdness Project: The End Is Coming |
| | Thing in the Woods - ACE sorta presents: Thing in the Woods 2002 |
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