Family-friendly fun
from noon to midnight
PosiFest is a free festival of music, art and activities happening on March 5, 2022 at Edinburgh’s most beloved venue, The Pear Tree, and worldwide online!
The mission of this festival is to share specific tools, techniques and perspectives to help you make your world a more positive place, through celebration, live music, comedy, performances, games and other proactive, pro-social activities.
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MAIN STAGE LINEUP
​MSP Emma Harper Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar
Sketchy Beats Cafe Prof. Matthias Schwannauer
Chris Gimby Rev. Harriet Harris DJ Haptic
Luís Alberto Simões Kirsty Heggie EMPRESS
Venus As a Boy Nathaniel Carter Morgan Motika Njobo
Dr Oliver Escobar Actors Acting It Out DJ Mind Yer Self
Breathing Space SomeQueerOverTheRainbow Ben Aitchinson
Zója Edinburgh Fire Club Flow Artists & Dancers Monica Colete Worline
MAIN STAGE LINEUP
MSP Emma Harper Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar
Sketchy Beats Cafe Prof. Matthias Schwannauer
Chris Gimby Rev. Harriet Harris DJ Haptic
Luís Alberto Simões Kirsty Heggie EMPRESS
Venus As a Boy Nathaniel Carter Morgan Motika Njobo
Dr Oliver Escobar Actors Acting It Out DJ Mind Yer Self
Breathing Space SomeQueerOverTheRainbow Ben Aitchinson
Zója Edinburgh Fire Club Flow Artists & Dancers Monica Colete Worline
THINGS TO DO AT POSIFEST
The Tree of Kindness
What are the words you long to hear?
Write words of encouragement on colorful tags and tie them to The Tree of Kindness for someone else to find.
Discover what words of encouragement and recognition other people long to hear, and consider these words the next time you go to give a compliment or pep talk!
The BeFriending Zone
Do you want to make more meaningful connections?
Positive social interactions increase your personal well-being and life satisfaction.
The Befriending Zone at Posifest stimulates meaningful connections by guiding strangers to start a conversations using active listening, a powerful communication skill that increases human connection.
Self-Affirmation Art
How can you make your self-talk more constructive?
Self-affirmation activates your brain’s reward and self-processing systems. After learning the basics of constructive self-talk, you'll turn your most empowering affirmation into a work of art using environmentally-friendly art supplies.
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Take home this free souvenir to remember that the skills you learn at PosiFest are skills for life!
Safe Space
For anyone who'd like to rest amidst the festivities
Inside this calm, separate space, PosiFest provides journals and writing prompts based on the writing therapy research of psychologist Dr. James Pennebaker.
Dr. Pennebaker conducted the original work on "expressive writing," showing that people's health and productivity can improve through writing.
Resource Hive
How can you make your self-talk more constructive?
One of our goals at PosiFest is to help you access more meaningful, truly helpful resources to make your world a more positive place.
Visit The Resource Hive to discover more people, places and things to help you continue your personal growth and development outside of PosiFest.
