Roots Women’s
Embodiment Festival
2026
Wisemans Ferry, Dharug Country, NSW • 6-9th Feb
Our 3-night, retreat-style women’s festival invites you into the depths of the feminine underworld. A space for expression, embodied truth, and village-based sisterhood.
Through our 7 immersive workshop temples, you’ll co-create your own journey alongside 500+ sisters… Weaving movement, ritual, rest, and raw reclamation.
Our gathering is a remembering.
Drawing from ancestral and embodied practices that tender the matrescence and matricentric experiences, we recall what it means to be held safely in sovereignty, synergy, and cyclical feminine wisdom.
Roots is space to reclaim your rhythm,
your voice, your body and your power.
It’s a return to an earth-rooted-feminine-centered community. Where expression is unfiltered, and nothing needs to be fixed, performed, or hidden.
Roots holds you safely in the exploration of the feminine underworld, through embodiment, connection, expansion and surrender.

Our 5th annual gathering theme:
Revere the Wise Wild Woman and honour the Elements as Ancestors. A bow to the elders who walk before us, weaving earth, fire, water, and air into the bones of our becoming.
Offerings
What you’ll find at Roots…
Empowered + Embodied Workshops
A weekend filled with over 60+ workshops, talks and classes by our skilled and diverse facilitators.
Organic Queens Feast
A healthy and delicious feast shared in community on Friday night together.
PLUS! The option to ADD ON a fully catered weekend of meals so you don’t have to lift a finger all weekend…
River Swimming + Nature Walks
Find yourself on a private beach on the Hawkesbury River or hiking up infamous hillsides.
The Village - Artisan Marketplace
A curated selection of women owned and run businesses with clothes, jewellery, art, alter items, as well as food and drinks. Cash only on site!
Tattuu + Healing + Massage Temple
Treat yourself and choose from a wide variety of remedial massages including Zen Thai, Traditional, Womb Healing or Reiki at our Massage Temple.
Our Tattuu Temple that offers sacred handpoked tattoo ceremonies with unique designs that are intuitively created just for Roots, weaved with love, prayers, and intentions.
Powerhouse DJ Sets + Open Mic Stage
Boogie into bliss with a line up of glorious local DJs playing both vibey bangers and chill, down tempo grooves.
Make your debut and/or take the stage on our Open Mic stage by the River.
Live Performances + Flow Fire Arts
Sensual Fire, Dance and Powerful Art-Activism Performances…. Watch in awe as your sisters take the stage and embody the archetypes of our feminine expression with moving ritualistic art and reclamation.
Clothes Swap
Support circular economy thinking by bringing your preloved, undamaged clothes and see them get a new life on someone else! Or find your own new outfit to love.
Tickets
Your Ticket Includes:
🌱 3 nights (Fri-Mon) camping under the stars on the spacious lands of Dharug Country, beside the Dyarubbin (Hawkesbury) River
🌱 80+ retreat-style embodiment workshops, rituals, talks, transmissions, and performances
🌱 Access to 7 Activated Spaces for growth and empowerment: Earth, Water, Fire, Air & Ether Realms + Womb Temple, Mamas Nest & The Village
🌱 Powerhouse line-up of all-female DJs + Jaw dropping live performances + International music artists
🌱 Fire Flow Arts Circle and Open Mic Stage for unfiltered, raw creative expression
🌱 Access to The Bodhi Healing Tree: Massage, Energy healing, Handpoked Tattuu, Tarot Reading, Womb Hara, Yoni Steaming + more! (Pay on site)
🌱 Nude photo shoots, river swimming, and nature walks, clothes swap, artisan marketplace, and MANY more surprises still to be revealed!
🌱 Camping is included. Glamping or Hut accommodations are available as Add Ons.
🌱 Hot showers & bathrooms
FAQs
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This is mostly a BYO camping event - Bring your tent/van, sleeping bag and cooking set up to sleep under the stars, held by the trees and surrounded by sisters for 3 nights.
Our site has bathroom amenities on with hot showers, mirrors and emergency sanitary products.
Camping not your thing? We got you!
We have a limited number of basic huts + glamping style accomodation on-site available in our ticket add on section of the booking page!
Click here for Accomodation Add Ons -
An organic communal dinner will be provided on Friday evening.
ALL other food to be brought with you, or choose our 'Food Add On' option on our ticket page to select healthy organic meals by Food Remedy and not have to worry about lifting a finger!
Choose from 2 or 3 meals per day.
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🚐 Vans are welcomed, if you are brining a caravan/motorhome/trailer or something bigger than usual, please see our car + caravan add on on ticket page.
🚗 Can you camp next to your car? Yes! Just don’t park inside the orange road flags.
⛔ Can you drive in/out? No car movements during the event unless pre-approved.
🚿 Showers + Bathrooms: Yes! We've got you covered.
💧 Water: Running water is available, but BYO at least 20L drinking water
🔌 Power: No power for camping
💸 ATM: None on site - bring cash for cacao, coffee, food stalls, massages, etc.
❄️ Ice: $8 per bag (cash only), available Sat/Sun 8–10am
🚫 No rubbish bins provided - this is a LEAVE NO TRACE event. Please take everything with you. -
Our 3-month payment plan allows you to secure your ticket in 5x fortnightly instalments of $94 ($564). Gentle, accessible, and designed to support your ‘yes’ with ease.
This option is listed on our main ticket page. Once you have purchased your first instalment, you will be instructed to set up your recurring payment plan, on your. selected start date.
Click here for ticketsPayment Plan Terms & Conditions
Total ticket price: $564, paid in 6 x fortnightly instalments of $94.
Final balance must be received by January 30th, 2026. Your ticket will only be issued once all payments have been successfully completed.
If your plan begins after November 16th, 2025, this means your instalments will extend beyond the payment deadline. In this case, the remaining balance will be charged in full on January 30th, and your ticket will be issued once payment is complete.
Payments will be reattempted if unsuccessful. Multiple missed or failed payments may result in cancellation of your plan without refund. All purchases are final and non-refundable.
Ticket transfers are only available after the full payment has been made. By opting into this plan, you honour a mutual commitment to attend Roots Festival 2026 and understand the terms above. -
Babes in Arms & Under 3s
Roots is not a children’s event, but we warmly welcome women attending with babes in arms, breastfeeding, or children under 3. We understand early motherhood is a tender season, and many mamas may need to bring their little ones in order to attend.
The site is pram-friendly, and we encourage you to prepare for hot weather. You’ll need to bring your own camping setup unless you opt for one of our accommodation or food add-ons to make things easier.
👉 Click here for Add-OnsPlease note that music will play on the main stages until 12:30am Saturday night—baby earmuffs are recommended.
We’ll have a Mama’s Nook onsite with shade, toys, and gentle entertainment for our little ones. Our wider sisterhood is also encouraged to support mamas throughout the weekend, so you can immerse in the experience and attend workshops as you wish.
Children Over 3
Roots is a deeply immersive space, and many workshops, as well as occasional nudity, are not suitable for older children. While we gently discourage bringing children over 3, we trust each mother to make the decision that feels right for her family.
Please note this is an 18+ event, and we kindly ask that teenagers do not attend.
Questions? We’re here for you, just reach out at hello@roots-festival.org
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Roots is set on 60 acres of Dharug & Darkinjung Country just 1.5 hours drive from Sydney.
For your planning input Wisemans Ferry into Google Maps.
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What to Bring
Camping set-up (tent, bedding, etc.)
Yoga mat
Food (unless you’ve purchased the food add-on)
20L water container (essential!)
Lingerie :P
Sunscreen + Shade
Towel
Mosquito repellent
Journal
Instruments for your open mic debut
Good vibes & an open heart
A full packing list will be sent out 10 days before we gather - we’ve got you!
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At Roots, you create-your-own-adventure…
Solo attendees are welcomed into the sisterhood. There are plenty of connection based workshops for you to meet like-minded women and form long-lasting friends on your frequency.
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Roots is more than just a festival.. it's a 7-month community-led project powered by a circle of fierce, purpose-driven women who work tirelessly to bring this sacred space to life.
Your ticket price reflects the real-world cost of co-creating a safe, beautiful, and professionally run village for 600+ women on Dharug Country. Here's where your money goes:
– Supporting the admin and operations of our Core Team, who hold the vision and logistics across many, many months
– Hiring a highly skilled crew of production, design, and technical professionals
– Securing essential infrastructure to transform an empty field into a thriving, safe, and sacred village
– Paying our volunteer network and crew - women offering their time and energy to co-create this experience with integrity and care
– Contributing to our Pay It Forward – Sisterhood Support Program, which offers subsidised tickets to those in financial need
– Sponsoring our chosen charity QENDO, who support and advocate for those living with endometriosis, adenomyosis, PCOS, and pelvic pain - causes that deeply align with our womb-centred mission
- And so, so much more that happens behind the scenes of a large scale community funded eventWe know the cost of a ticket may feel like a stretch for some - and we’ve done everything we can to keep prices as low as possible, while honouring the value of women’s labour and the true cost of quality production.
This is a labour of deep love. Your ticket doesn’t just ensure the event goes ahead, it contributes to a wider movement of sisterhood, sacred leadership, and collective healing.Thank you for being part of the exchange.
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Requesting Financial Support
If you’re feeling the call to be at Roots but are currently unable to purchase a ticket, we warmly invite you to apply for a supported place.
Please email hello@roots-festival.orgwith your responses to the following:
A few words about your current situation and why you’re seeking support to attend.
Anything else you feel we should know as we consider your application Applications will be reviewed with privacy, care and compassion.
Please note that Support Tickets are limited in supply so we encourage you to apply early.
Your ticket will be funded by the generous donations in our Pay It Forward Initiative, which will be matched by Roots for every purchase.
We trust that those who need to be there will find their way. And we’re so grateful to be part of a village that makes that possible… -
Want to share your magic?
Click here to apply for workshops, support sisters, performances, DJs and more!
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