Invocation Festival
Movement – Sound – Voice
9th - 12th July 2026
with Jewell Hope Brightwell, Gavin Frank & friends
A Journey into Embodiment, Expression & Connection
Invocation is a festival to nourish you through exploration of movement, dance, sound, voice, and embodiment.
Our unique voice and dance is a gift to be explored and shared, when we come together to dance and sing, community arises.
Pick and choose from the beautiful offerings from a wide range of facilitators to explore your dance and voice. Lose yourself in music, movement, sound and sensation.
Find yourself in the groundedness of your feet.
In this age of technology, digital stimulation, fast pace information and disconnection with nature, our nature - let’s come together and be present to the gift of these moments of creation, sharing all it is to be human through these rich modes of exploration.
This is an alcohol and drug free festival. We can get high on being alive right now, honouring all our emotions, similarities and differences through movement, sound and song.
The programme begins at 4pm, but if you cannot make it for then, do try to be here for our Opening Ceremony led by Christina Kane at 8pm Thursday.
Festival Summary
Begins on:
Thursday July 9 at 16:00
Ends on:
Sunday July 12 at 16:00
Duration:
4 days / 3 nights
Hosted by:
Jewell & Gavin
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"Gavin brings a fresh talent and an inspiring presence to the world of voice and sound. The key to his genius is a simplicity of being that is too often missing in the everyday arts marketplace".
-Chloe Goodchild-Pioneer of The Naked Voice
Festival Highlights
Movement, Sound & Voice
Invocation Festival is a nourishing 4-day journey into embodiment, expression and connection through movement, dance, sound, voice and ceremony.
Dance & Embodied Movement
Explore a rich range of movement practices including 5Rhythms, Dance Connection, Continuum, Somatic Movement and Qi Gong. These sessions invite you to listen to the body, soften the mind and reconnect with your natural sense of freedom, creativity and aliveness.
Voice, Song & Sound
Open your voice and explore sound through voicework, vocal improvisation, kirtan, sound baths and the Sacred Octave – Indian Scale. No singing experience is needed, this is about discovering the unique sound and expression that already lives within you.
Ceremony & Sacred Connection
The festival includes opening and closing ceremonies: moments of shared presence. Together we create a space to honour the body, the heart, the elements and the deeper wisdom that comes alive when we gather.
Community & Celebration
Invocation is an intimate, alcohol and drug free festival where people come together to sing, dance, listen, express and celebrate being alive. Through music, movement and shared experience, community arises naturally.
Rest, Nature & Integration
Between workshops, there is time to rest, walk in nature, enjoy the sauna, share meals and integrate your experiences in the peaceful surroundings of Leela.
A Festival for Everyone
No dance or singing ability is needed. Invocation is for anyone who wants to explore movement, voice, sound and embodied connection in a smaller, welcoming festival setting.
Come sing, dance and dream your way into being.
Our Unique Voice And Dance Is A Gift To Be Explored
The Benefits of Spending 4 days Together in this Intimate Festival…
Singing and dancing for body, mind and soul.
The many benefits of Singing include:
Relieving stress and tension; boosting confidence; improving breathing; participating in a mindful activity; and so much more.
Dancing has some crossover benefits, it also:
Improves balance and coordination; enhances social connections; increase levels of the feel-good hormone serotonin; builds stronger bones and muscles, and so much more….look it up and you’ll see lots of supportive research.
What often isn’t mentioned though, is how deeply both dancing and singing connect you to your essence self, and open gateways to soul expression and connection.
Since time immemorial people have dance and sung, as Beethoven knew “Music has the power to revolutionise our world”.
As we journey together through movement and voice - the naturalness of expression, uniqueness of each other, and sense of community, are gifts bestowed on us all - deepening day by day - as Aristotle said “the whole is greater than the sum of the parts”.
Who is this for …
No dance or singing ability necessary. This is suitable also for experienced dancers and singers
For anyone wanting to explore different modalities of movement
For anyone wishing to explore their voice through a rich array of workshops
For anyone preferring a smaller festival
“The perfect antidote to my overly stimulated, information-processing mind.”
- Bryan, Doctor, Ireland
Meet your Hosts
Jewell Hope Brightwell
Co-Leader | Dance Connection
Jewell loves music, movement, sound, and voice which is why she came up with the idea of the Invocation festival in August 2024, she wasn’t aware of any festival dedicated to this combination. Creative Director of Dance Connection, Jewell’s mission is to get as many people moving together as possible - she sees that movement when carefully coupled with music gives a broad human experience : “we can let our body dance us, explore unfamiliar movement, be the music, express our emotions, accept and inspire each other with no judgment, and connect without words, beyond personality - it feels almost miraculous at times.”
Gavin Frank
Co-Leader | Indian Ragas, & Voicework
Gavin Frank is a singer, voice facilitator, Kirtan leader and musician. He has more than 26 years’ experience of empowering people to find their voice. He runs chanting groups, voice workshops, retreats and one-to-one sessions in the UK and Europe. Gavin records and performs in the duo Madrum, and they have created 3 albums. He is currently working on some new material including some mantras and original songs. Gavin is passionate about nature, travel, good food, yoga, the gym, 5 rhythms and of course music.
Opening & Closing Ceremonies
As hosts of Invocation Festival, Jewell and Gavin will guide the opening and closing ceremonies, holding the journey from first arrival to final celebration.
Opening Ceremony
A gateway into Invocation: land at the festival, connect, move and vocalise.
Closing Ceremony
Express, integrate and celebrate your festival journey of movement, sound and song.
Guest Facilitators
Kelly Day
Sound Baths
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Kelly is a sound healer, Reiki practitioner and counsellor based in Devon. Always having felt deeply connected to sound, she feels blessed to be able to offer this way of healing to others. Working intuitively she is able to connect with the sacred instruments of gongs, drum, Tibetan bowls, crystal bowls, chimes and handpan to create a profound experience and to induce a state of relaxation and a journey to assist the balance of mind, body, spirit and emotion.
Connecting to ancient wisdom within and bringing forth what has been there all along, Kelly is excited to share this beautiful energy medicine to you.
For more info about Kelly, click on the image above.
Michelle Crozier
Kirtan | Sound Journey
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Originally from an opera and musical theatre background, Michelle embarked on an amazing journey of self-discovery through bhakti yoga and sound healing. She fell in love with the practices many years ago and hasn't looked back since. Michelle is a multi-instrumentalist and a versatile singer who originally began as a kirtan drummer and backing vocalist. She then achieved her dream of composing and recording an album of mantras, titled Journey of the Heart.
Michelle loves to lead kirtans, hold sound healing and ecstatic drum dance events, and has never been more fulfilled. She created Self Care Sunday wellbeing events to combine all of these musical passions.
She loves to take people on a magical, healing journey through using her voice and intuitive music, and is grateful she has found her soul purpose.
Christina Marie Kane
Sadly for personal reasons Christina Kane cannot be at the Invocation festival this year we hope she'll be able to join us another time.
Jane Silver-Corren
Vocal Improvisation
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Jane has been running singing groups in the South West for 25 years. As a member of the Natural Voice Network, she shares sounds from around the world in harmony. She has a background in Occupational Therapy and Performing Arts and focuses on the physical and mental well being of her participants. She is employed by a number of charities that support individuals facing life challenges. She also has a passion for running vocal improvisation and collaborative song writing groups, with an emphasis on joy and connection. Jane regularly writes and performs her own comic songs.
Jean Renkin
5Rhythms
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I started dancing the 5Rhythms in my living room to Gabrielle Roth’s CDs in the late 1990’s . . back when there were very few teachers or classes. This began a long journey of hundreds of hours of dance and study with many teachers that led to my training to teach 5Rhythms with Gabrielle, graduating in 2008. I taught a weekly class in Glastonbury for 16 years. In 2018 I trained again and was certified to teach the 5Rhythms Heartbeat map, which serves the exploration of the emotions through the dance My passion is the immediacy of aliveness, honesty and truth . . . I dance to disappear . . . so that all that is left is energy in motion, dancing itself.
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5Rhythms Workshop — Move Into Connection
5Rhythms is a dynamic movement practice that invites you to move with your breath, listen to your body, and let yourself be danced. Through guided movement, you explore what happens when you soften self-imposed limitations and step out of isolation into embodied presence.
This is not about how you look, but about discovering who is really dancing.
What you’ll gain
Deepened connection: to your body, to others, and to the larger field of movement
A felt sense of freedom and aliveness through embodied expression
Access to creativity that arises when thinking gives way to sensing
What you will experience:
Connection to self — increased body awareness, presence, and trust in your own movement
Connection to others — authentic relating through shared, non-verbal experience
Connection to life energy — renewed creativity, vitality, and a sense of belonging
5Rhythms opens a doorway from separation into connection, connection, connection — where movement becomes a language and community emerges naturally.
Blanche Mulholland
Continuum & Somatic Movement
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As a registered Somatic Movement Therapist & Educator, Continuum Teacher and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Blanche has developed a unique approach to healing through movement and embodied enquiry within her private practice Somatic Alchemy. Her approach is centred around awakening the natural intelligence, creativity and innate healing of the body and allowing this to guide us, to reveal to us our deepest essence and resources. Blanche facilitates therapeutic movement sessions, workshops and retreats with individuals and groups from her home studio and retreat centre in Glastonbury.
May We Sing And Dance Our Dreams Into Being
Practical Information
Arrival and departure times
Arrival Thursday July 9th 2026. Check-in Thursday from 2.30pm - 3.30pm
Start festival @ 4 pm(If you cannot make it for 4pm, do try to be here for our Opening Ceremony with Jewell and Gavin at 8pm)
Ends Sunday July 12th 2026 @ 4:00 pm
What’s included …
Full access to all workshops, music, and events
4 days / nights accommodation (or camping)
All meals and teas
Sauna access and festival facilities
Festival & Accommodation Costs
Festival tickets
Bookable till 2nd July
£350 + accommodation
Your ticket includes:
Full access to all workshops, music, and events
5 days / 4 nights accommodation (or camping)
All meals and teas
Sauna access and festival facilities
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Payment Plan
We understand that everyone's financial situation is unique, so we've designed our payment plan with flexibility in mind.
Secure your place by spreading the total cost into manageable instalments. We offer the option to pay a deposit and spread the balance over the remaining months before the payment deadline which is a few weeks before the start of the event. There is a £5 charge for using this payment plan option, and payment dates will be clearly outlined when you book.
Cancellation & Refunds
Our Cancellation policy can be found here.
Food at Leela
All food is vegetarian, drawing inspiration from cuisines from around the world. Garden produce is used when available including green salads and culinary herbs.
There is a separate tea making area with a wide range of beverages which include herbal teas, coffee, decaf, green and black teas, hot chocolate, plus cow’s milk and alternative milks.
We cater for the following diets …
Dairy-free / Egg-free
Gluten Free
Sugar conscious
Vegan and vegetarian
Food is prepared in a shared kitchen where allergens are present. See our food information page for details.
