A deep reset for a mind that never switches off.
Breathwork, meditation, music and real connection in one evening – to unwind, clear your head and recharge.
Highlights
Not just briefly satisfied – but:
Happiness doesn’t just happen. We can do something for it.
That’s exactly what the Happiness Festival is about.
When everything around you feels uncertain, what matters is what keeps you grounded within. One thing will always be in your hands: who you truly are beneath all the noise.
We can’t influence every circumstance out there – but what happens within us, we can. There is a contentment that no one can give you and no one can take away. And this inner stability gives us real power to act.
Be your own anchor
Meditation and breathwork are the fastest way there.
Simple practices that work in everyday life.
Positive people around you who lift you higher.
Joy grows the moment you share it.
The Happiness Festival brings all four together in one day – and it begins the moment you register: with happiness challenges leading up to the festival.
Arrive early, find your seat and leave the day behind you.
Places for real encounters and new connections – with vegetarian soul food on site.
Bhavini Vyas, Marcel Verbay & band open with music that goes straight to the heart.
Arrive, settle in and start the evening together.
200 performers. 6,000 people. One movement. One shared energy.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar speaks on how to access inner joy – and answers questions from the audience.
Understand, experience, apply: discover how meditation works and how it can enrich your everyday life – guided by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Vegetarian delights and time for real connections.
Detlef Soost and his crew set the stage on fire – and the whole arena dances along.
Guitars, groove and goosebumps – live on stage.
The three winners of our art contest bring their performance to the big stage.
A mantra concert and songs to sing along to, until the whole arena becomes one choir of 6,000 voices.
Concrete takeaways to carry the festival feeling into your everyday life.
One last shared moment – an evening that stays with you.
The venue
One of Germany’s most modern arenas – in the heart of Munich, with a spectacular LED floor.
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Since 1981, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has taught breath-based meditation techniques for total well-being, touching the lives of over 1 billion people worldwide.
He developed the Sudarshan Kriya breathing technique and trained a worldwide network of more than 40,000 teachers. Numerous scientific studies today examine the method’s positive effects on stress, well-being and mental health.
As a peacemaker, he has been committed to dialogue and understanding in international conflicts for decades.
Hosted byArt of Living·45 years of service to humanity, in 185 countries.
Seats in the Silver area
Exclusive group packages
Step out of the everyday and into a shared experience. Enjoy the Happiness Festival as a team, company or group – with exclusive rates from 10 people.
Enquire nowTake part, don’t just watch
Three ways to stand on stage yourself on 31 October.
200 people on stage, one movement, one breath. From September, studios and yoga enthusiasts across Munich practise the choreography together – two 30-minute sessions a week online.
Basic yoga skills are enough
Get in touch108 guitarists play one song in front of 6,000 people – led by Marcel Verbay. Sheet music, tabs and play-alongs come right after you sign up.
Four chords are enough · only 108 spots
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