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September 28, 2025
Nichols Arboretum
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Refugia Festival advocates for environmental conservation and preservation through the sense of sound. Our festival highlights the sonic beauty of our natural surroundings through music performances, educational programming, and community service to create meaningful environmental change on a local level. With each presentation of Refugia Festival, communities will take steps to preserve and celebrate their ecosystem through awareness of and interaction with the surrounding soundscapes.
Attention
Appreciation
Advocacy
Action
Celebrating and preserving our natural environment through sound
Core Values
We believe that there is a way for our human music to respect and be in service to our natural ecosystems without causing a negative sonic impact.
We believe that both music and environmental conservation are for everyone.
We believe in preserving the natural beauty within our surrounding soundscapes and ecosystem.
We believe that we have to do something about protecting our environment on a local level in order to make a global impact.
We believe that coming together as a community in order to learn about and celebrate our environment will be a catalyst for long-term preservation.
We believe in becoming aware of our natural surroundings and attentive to our environmental impact.
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