Elements Hosts Open Air Music Retreat to Keep You Safe and Boost Vibes

Although festivals have taken a serious hit in corona, the In My Elements fall festival, nestled in the mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania, is changing the game. With the pandemic in mind, the imagineers of In My Elements (IME) created epidemiologically-sensitive protocol and a re-envisioned space that allows music lovers to reconnect with one another safely, deep in the illuminated wilderness or North America.

The first IME festival, which took took place on July 10th through 12th of 2020, implemented protocol titled “Tested Contained Retreats” (TCR). With the help of trained medical professionals, these safety measures, based on CDC guidelines, were used to mitigate pathogen risk.

TRC protocol implemented a two-part covid testing model:

“Part 1: In the week leading up to the retreat, attendees will take a test at one of their certified testing locations in multiple cities. Results will be reported before the retreat. Although testing kits may vary depending on location, the preferred test is the Mako Medical TaqPath COVID-19 Combo Assay with 100% PPA and 100% NPA. At home mail-in tests are available as an add-on to tickets for an additional fee.

Part 2: When guests arrive on site, their cars will be guided into distanced parking spaces where they will take an active COVID-19 rapid test. Results will be received in about 30 minutes and guests will be directed into the event grounds. This test will be a Sofia 2 SARS Antigen FIA with 96.7% PPA and 100% NPA sensitivity, manufactured by Quidel.”

With the help of TRC testing and on-site safety/cleaning protocol, IME reported zero cases of COVID-19 from those that attendees the summer festival back in March. Although IME festival was the first festival to implement this testing strategy, word of TRC’s success is spreading. Hopefully other festivals follow suit, and before long we’re all out in the forests again, head banging to our heart’s content.

For more information about the festival, click here.

For tickets, click here.

In My Elements Full Lineup:

• Wax Motif
• Eli (Soul Clap)
• Sacha Robotti
• Desert Hearts: Lee Reynolds + Porky
• Gene Farris
• J.Phlip
• Golf Clap
• Westend
• The Golden Pony
• Alexander:Louis
• Cakewalk
• Dastan
• Kate Stein
• Koop
• Late London
• Nacho Isa
• Papyon
• Ria Bird
• Ryssa
• TMBER
• + more regional DJs TBA

Saracha

Heralding from sunny South Florida, I am a proud Florida Woman. In my free time, I surf the swamp, wrangle gators, open fan mail, and tend to my pets. In the wild, I’m most often spotted at immersive art spaces, step tappin’ in a shadowed corner of the club, hater blockerz on, totally incognito as your resident EDM spice girl. Although I generally tout my spicy side, if there’s one thing I’d love to impress upon the world, it would be this: it’s not a waste to give love to those who do not deserve it – it’s a gift. The world would be a better place if we gave, in kindness and in mercy, to those who need it most with no expectation in return.

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