Last weekend, the Symbiosis arts and music gathering took place at a new location: Woodward Reservoir Park in Oakdale, California – about an hour-and-a half east of San Francisco. The objective remained the same. "A driving impulse behind Symbiosis is to create a space for music lovers interested in art, permaculture, organic foods, yoga, indigenous wisdom and workshops of all kinds," one of the event directors, Kevin KoChen, told Rolling Stone. "The genres on each stage change during the course of the day, so that people voyage around the entire experience while getting exposed to new music and ideas. . . Symbiosis is a gathering and our goal is to create community."

By BENJY EISEN