Beaverstock

Beaverstock is an annual festival hosted by Castoro Cellars in Templeton, CA, to support the Templeton Education Foundation. Castoro Cellars was a founding cellar in the Paso Robles wine region, and we’ve been visiting Paso for years, but this was our 1^st time at Beaverstock. It’s a wonderfully organized, inexpensive, eco-​conscious festival with activities for everyone. The emphasis is on the music festival, which features cult faves from a variety of formats — rock, bluegrass, alternative/​folk, and latin. Headlining this year: WAR!!! But it isn’t only a 2-​day music festival. There were also 2 days of yoga, art, and some kid activities. I’d describe it as «music festival and mini-​Bhakti-​fest».
They also know what they’re doing at Beaverstock. They avoid typical fest pitfalls with plenty of well-​stocked & cleaned toilets (I never had to wait!); enough handwash stations (they never ran out of handwash water!); free water fill-​up stations; always-​working misters; shade & rest areas; lots of food selections; and a huge beer/​cider/​wine/​sangria station, with options to buy 24oz sports drink bottles filled with poison of choice. A well-​run festival at an extremely reasonable price for a good cause!