Amazing Earthfest

The nonprofit Amazing Earthfest, based in Kanab, celebrates land and life on the Colorado Plateau through it’s 14th annual festival of learning, discovery and the arts. This year’s festival is being delivered entirely online to keep participants safe from Covid 19. All activities are described in detail at www.amazingearrthfest.org where you can register for free… Read more »

Southern Utah’s 13th Amazing Earthfest teams up with Parry Lodge in 2019 to offer it’s week-long series of award-winning documentary films in the Old Barn Playhouse with a delicious all-you-can-eat buffet supper prepared by Chef Mike Cooper at Parry Lodge Dining Room in Kanab, Utah. Buffet items from their catering menu will vary nightly, including… Read more »

Working artists can be hard to find in rural communities. Distance from the marketplace, lack of diversity and culture, and a focus on day-to-day needs can inhibit the will to fashion a life of artistic creativity. But Utah offers notable exceptions. Artistic hotspots outside of larger cities in Utah tend to take shape in settings,… Read more »

By Rich Csenge, Festival Director A cool secret is getting out – Kanab, Utah, enjoys exceptional natural nighttime darkness, which makes this historic, rural, southern Utah community a perfect base camp for amateur astronomers! To safeguard this uncommon natural resource, the City has moved to preserve the clarity of its night sky by enacting a… Read more »

Programs to educate and build awareness and appreciation for Native American arts, crafts and culture, and land management strategies to preserve our nation’s public estate are a focus of Kanab’s annual Amazing Earthfest. At Southern Utah’s 13th annual festival, running throughout the week of May 11 to 18, a number of fascinating Native arts activities… Read more »

by Rich Csenge, Founding President and Festival Director Deep in southern Utah, the serene outdoor adventure destination of Kanab rests upon the highly scenic western edge of the Colorado Plateau where some of America’s most majestic and richly hued public lands have found protection. Vermilion cliffs of sandstone, dramatically rising a thousand feet from downtown,… Read more »

Indoor and outdoor adventures, fascinating lectures, live music, documentary films and star parties offer inspiration to travelers attending Kane County, Utah’s 12th annual Amazing Earthfest. If you plan to visit Kanab for a week during Earthfest, you might wind up deciding to relocate somewhere in southern Utah for a lifetime! Kanab’s Amazing Earthfest connects the… Read more »

For many, the kickoff event at Amazing Earthfest called “Invocation to Sustainability” set for Sunday, May 13, 2:00 to 4:00 pm at the Best Friends Angel’s Landing site, refreshes an internal alignment with Earth’s natural beauty and the inviolable principles governing our planet’s physical processes. Exploring the world of science, spirit, ethics and ideas while… Read more »

Published in the Sounthern Utah News, May 2, 2018 A panel of Kanab High School seniors selected through an essay contest will discuss themes from the award-winning documentary film, Growing Cities, during the 12th annual Amazing Earthfest. The public is invited to attend. Topics covered in the film include individual and community resilience, local self… Read more »

by Rich Csenge, Festival President and Founding Director May 13 – 19, 2018, Kanab, Utah In the undiscovered beauty spot that is Kanab, Utah, where America’s cherished public lands envelop the city, thousand foot high vermilion cliffs adorn its northern reaches.  Rugged geologic features and the astonishing color of the landscape beckon visitors attending the… Read more »