Austin’s first yoga festival blends wellness, music, and community at The Long Center

Swift Fit Social is taking yoga out of the studio and onto one of Austin’s biggest civic stages. The first Austin Yoga Festival will land at The Long Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, June 13, with a 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. schedule that mixes movement, music, food, and community into a single morning-and-midday event.

That matters because this is being set up as more than a stacked class schedule. The Long Center is billing it as the first annual celebration of movement, mindfulness, and connection in Austin, and the festival format backs that up with sunrise sessions, live music, multiple zones, a guide to instructors and vendors, and a broader festival atmosphere that feels aimed at both regular practitioners and people who are just yoga-curious. GA and VIP tickets are available, and the event is being marketed as open to attendees of all experience levels and ages.

The footprint is what makes this feel like a real test of whether Austin yoga can scale into public festival culture. The day will include outdoor yoga classes, meditation experiences, a vendor market, a hammock garden, live DJ sets, sound baths, tea ceremonies, and a recovery space. Austin Chronicle listings also point to dynamic yoga flows, wellness activations, curated vendors, and live DJs, including Loulou Ghelichkhani, giving the event the kind of sensory mix that now defines the best lifestyle festivals in town.

Candace Kief, the founder behind Swift Fit Social, has framed the launch around the idea that Austin has been craving an event like this. That reads as more than hype. It suggests the business case is not just about filling mats, but about building a recognizable civic ritual around wellness, one that gives local teachers, vendors, and brands a larger platform while turning yoga into something people can experience, browse, and share.

The instructor lineup reinforces that ambition. The official Austin Yoga Festival website lists a multi-instructor, multi-presenter roster that includes names such as Sadie Nardini, Travis Eliot, Andrea Marcum, Mike Matsumura, Claudia Castro-Leverett, Will Morris, Gudjon Bergmann, Alyson Simms, Libby Cox, Lauren Buck, Erinn Lewis, Sarah Senter, Russell Burns, Mary Richardson, Stephen Andrews, Katie Toohil, Mary Esther Middleton, Amy Johnson, Amanda Green, Emily Murray, Sarah Sires Bentley, and Chris P. In other words, this is not a one-off class with a few bells and whistles. It looks like the start of a summer anchor for Austin’s wellness scene, built to turn yoga into a public-facing city event.