East Forest at HOPE Center for the Arts

An Evening of Sonic Ceremony and Inner Exploration

Join East Forest for an immersive evening where music becomes a vessel for self-discovery. Known for his “lush” (Rolling Stone) and “blissful” (NPR) music East Forest weaves ambient neoclassical electronic and avant-pop in emotive cinematic compositions. His live performances are ceremonial experiences weaving original music improvisation and guided moments that invite deep inner reflection in the immersive setting of the Hope Theatre.

East Forest is a multidisciplinary artist producer speaker and ceremony guide. Since 2008 he has blended organic and electronic elements to explore sound as a tool for consciousness expansion. His latest release Lovingly: A Soundtrack For The Psychedelic Practitioner vol. III is an immersive long-form album (over six hours) recorded during psilocybin ceremonies from 2020–2024.

He also created Music for Mushrooms a feature-length documentary exploring the transformative potential of psychedelics music and community featuring voices like Ram Dass Duncan Trussell and leading psychedelic researchers.

With over 30 albums and collaborations with artists such as Jon Hopkins Ram Dass Laraaji Dead Prez Nick Mulvey Peter Broderick Max Cooper and DJ ANNA East Forest’s work spans music meditation and consciousness studies. He’s a faculty member at Esalen Institute and has worked with institutions including Google Johns Hopkins UCSF Stanford and TED among others.

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