{"id":2090987,"date":"2025-10-14T18:56:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2090987"},"modified":"2025-10-14T18:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:56:46","slug":"review-lost-woods-music-festival-reached-new-heights-in-2025-offering-the-ultimate-escape-in-a-cedar-falls-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/review-lost-woods-music-festival-reached-new-heights-in-2025-offering-the-ultimate-escape-in-a-cedar-falls-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Lost Woods Music Festival reached new heights in 2025, offering the ultimate escape in a Cedar Falls forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Attendees enter the Lost Woods Festival 2025. \u2014 photo by Elliot Tensen courtesy of Lost Woods Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Review by Glenn Houlihan and Violette Bray<\/em><\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Returning to the Cedar Falls forest for the third iteration of Lost Woods Music Festival felt like stepping into another dimension \u2014 a place where we could escape the chaos and stress of the real world for a single night of bliss. The brainchild of Iowa\u2019s hardest-working musicians, the Cedar Falls-based indie-pop group Salt Fox, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/littlevillagemag.com\/five-questions-with-salt-foxs-andy-fuchtman-lost-woods\/\">Lost Woods 2025<\/a> went bigger and better while retaining its authentic, intimate identity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For those unfamiliar with Lost Wood\u2019s M.O.: it is, quite literally, a music festival in the forest. This simplistic description sells the experience short; there\u2019s a stage, sure, and incredible musicians. But it\u2019s everything else that makes Lost Woods so distinctly memorable: the artwork, the installations, the underlying sense that everything here has been designed with care, compassion and creativity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-4-Jack-Lion.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-468245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-4-Jack-Lion.jpg?w=1151&amp;ssl=1 1151w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-4-Jack-Lion.jpg?resize=410%2C274&amp;ssl=1 410w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-4-Jack-Lion.jpg?resize=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-4-Jack-Lion.jpg?resize=760%2C507&amp;ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-4-Jack-Lion.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-4-Jack-Lion.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-4-Jack-Lion.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-4-Jack-Lion.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-4-Jack-Lion.jpg?resize=706%2C471&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-4-Jack-Lion.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jack Lion at the Lost Woods Festival 2025. \u2014 photo by Elliot Tensen courtesy of Lost Woods Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While the fundamental ethos and environment of Lost Woods remained the same this year, regular attendees will have noticed changes. Some, like the expanded food court, were subtle. Others, like a 40-foot Ferris wheel, less so. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Reflecting on the site\u2019s expansion, Salt Fox keyboardist Jacob Pauli told us, \u201cWe just went nuts on the mower one day and made new paths. We thought, what if this is the year that it\u2019s about escaping a little bit and wandering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We caught up with Salt Fox in the artists\u2019 lounge \u2014 a fancy name for, well, a big tent backstage. (This is all taking place in a forest, remember?) Our conversation ranged from how the band organized this year\u2019s impressive bill \u2014 \u201cI feel like the people that actually arrived here are people that really share our beliefs about what\u2019s cool,\u201d reflected guitarist Andy Fuchtman \u2014 to Merv, a forklift-driving local legend who helped the band install the festival\u2019s centerpiece water fountain. \u201cMerv is an angel. We loved meeting him,\u201d laughed Pauli. \u201cHe\u2019s a huge hit as far as our social media presence. Everybody loves Merv.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-3-Ferris-Wheel.jpg?resize=512%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-468244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-3-Ferris-Wheel.jpg?w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-3-Ferris-Wheel.jpg?resize=273%2C410&amp;ssl=1 273w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-3-Ferris-Wheel.jpg?resize=400%2C600&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-3-Ferris-Wheel.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Riding the Ferris wheel at the Lost Woods Festival 2025. \u2014 photo by Elliot Tensen courtesy of Lost Woods Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>It turns out Michael Rogers, the band\u2019s charismatic vocalist, masterminded the festival\u2019s exceptional decor. As Pauli points out, Rogers has \u201ca keen sense of vision and aesthetic,\u201d a vision that transformed an old metal shelf from the University of Northern Iowa ($10 surplus sticker still visible) into an interactive display of eccentric vintage records. Other iconic installations included a working organ \u2014 which was frequently played by excited attendees \u2014 and two spinning Timex cases, one proudly displaying WWE and comic book figurines, the other hosting a curious collection of trading cards. (We, for instance, didn\u2019t know Topps produced a strangely hypnotic set of <em>Beverly Hills 90210<\/em> cards in 1991).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Besides the turning Ferris wheel \u2014 Lost Woods Top Tip #1, make sure you hop on twice, once as the sun sets, the second time as the headliners wrap up in pitch black \u2014 lay an interactive art exhibit where attendees could tag messages onto a blank canvas. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-2    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>What really underlines the spirit of kindness and inclusion at Lost Woods is how attendees interacted with the festival\u2019s countless exhibits. As Pauli noted in an Instagram <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DPQT36WjS7m\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">video<\/a> after the festival, there were \u201cOver 2,000 people in the woods, nobody stole any of the WWE wrestlers that were on the Timex display. Nobody stole them. That\u2019s, I think, unique. And that leads me to the art installation \u2014 four giant canvases that anybody could write anything they wanted on there, and there was nothing hateful. It was all love, it was all uplifting, and <em>that<\/em> is unique.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After leaving our \u201cListen to KRUI 89.7 FM\u201d message on the canvas (an obligatory shout-out to the University of Iowa\u2019s student radio station where we host a disco house show together) we checked out the food court. Lost Woods Top Tip #2: Get the loaded nachos at Blue Barn BBQ and the Lost Woods lavender lemonade special at Easy Peasy. We loved Easy Peasy <em>so much<\/em> we went back for another round of lemonades and their famous apple nachos. Festival food perfection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:calc(1152 \/ 768)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\n<figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-468246\" data-id=\"468246\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1152 \/ 768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-5-Dearborn.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-5-Dearborn.jpg?w=1152&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-5-Dearborn.jpg?resize=410%2C273&amp;ssl=1 410w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-5-Dearborn.jpg?resize=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-5-Dearborn.jpg?resize=760%2C507&amp;ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-5-Dearborn.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-5-Dearborn.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-5-Dearborn.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-5-Dearborn.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-5-Dearborn.jpg?resize=706%2C471&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-5-Dearborn.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Dearborn at the Lost Woods Festival 2025. \u2014 photo by Elliot Tensen courtesy of Lost Woods Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\n<figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-468247\" data-id=\"468247\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1151 \/ 768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-6-Jim-Swim.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-6-Jim-Swim.jpg?w=1151&amp;ssl=1 1151w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-6-Jim-Swim.jpg?resize=410%2C274&amp;ssl=1 410w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-6-Jim-Swim.jpg?resize=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-6-Jim-Swim.jpg?resize=760%2C507&amp;ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-6-Jim-Swim.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-6-Jim-Swim.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-6-Jim-Swim.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-6-Jim-Swim.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-6-Jim-Swim.jpg?resize=706%2C471&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-6-Jim-Swim.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Jim Swim at the Lost Woods Festival 2025. \u2014 photo by Elliot Tensen courtesy of Lost Woods Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\n<figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-468249\" data-id=\"468249\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1152 \/ 768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-8-Sun-Centauri.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-8-Sun-Centauri.jpg?w=1152&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-8-Sun-Centauri.jpg?resize=410%2C273&amp;ssl=1 410w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-8-Sun-Centauri.jpg?resize=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-8-Sun-Centauri.jpg?resize=760%2C507&amp;ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-8-Sun-Centauri.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-8-Sun-Centauri.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-8-Sun-Centauri.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-8-Sun-Centauri.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-8-Sun-Centauri.jpg?resize=706%2C471&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elliot-Tensen-Lost-Woods-Photo-8-Sun-Centauri.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Alyx Rush of Sun Centauri performs at the Lost Woods Festival 2025. \u2014 photo by Elliot Tensen courtesy of Lost Woods Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"\/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"\/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With all the fun unfolding in the festival grounds, it\u2019s easy to forget there was also a jam-packed lineup of stellar music to savor. Clad in jeans and T-shirts, Iowa City four-piece <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/littlevillagemag.com\/album-review-dearborn-memo-for-a-friend\/\">Dearborn<\/a> transported Lost Woods to 1990s Seattle with a tight grunge-infused set \u2014 definitely an Iowa band to keep an eye on. Playing cuts from their recent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/littlevillagemag.com\/album-review-sun-centauri-flux4d\/\">new EP <em>Flux4D<\/em><\/a>, Sun Centauri (a dynamic collaboration between Iowa City artists Alyx Rush and Jim Swim) took us to the fourth dimension of celestial sound in their flight suits. Jim Swim returned to the mainstage later on for a solo set, yet his relentless focus on collaboration means solo never truly means alone. He was joined by several friends, including the talented Avery Moss, for a rendition of one of our favorite songs, \u201cDessert.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Salt Fox delighted the Lost Woods home crowd with a wonderfully vibrant set. For those in attendance who didn\u2019t know the lyrics \u2014 and there weren\u2019t many of them \u2014 the visuals guided everyone through the band\u2019s infectious choruses. \u201cI will love you,\u201d sang everyone during the euphoric \u201cSTARS,\u201d \u201c\u2019till the stars burn out.\u201d Salt Fox\u2019s sound was rendered even richer by the introduction of drummer Chris Hansen, and their latest single \u201cCOVER MY EYES\u201d was a festival highlight. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-3    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI could cry right now. I\u2019m fighting back tears. Thank you so much,\u201d said Rogers during the set, as the product of hundreds (thousands?) of hours of labor materialized before them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hippie Sabotage\u2019s genre-transcending chillwave was the ideal closer for the festival. The Sacramento-based duo joining the bill constituted a major coup for the Lost Woods organizers, and the headliners didn\u2019t disappoint. Brothers Kevin and Jeff Saurer took turns leading on guitar and DJing at the back of the stage, flying through their extensive repertoire of trap-laced psych rock. With the help of trusty <em>LV<\/em> press passes, we enjoyed most of their set from backstage and were incredibly impressed by their audience interaction and genuine care for their fans. More than a performance, it was a meaningful exchange of energy which epitomized everything Lost Woods stands for. <\/p>\n<p>Until next year, Cedar Falls forest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><em>Glenn Houlihan is a fifth year American Studies Ph.D. candidate at the University of Iowa. His research focuses on Major League Cricket, the first franchise men\u2019s cricket league in the U.S. Glenn co-hosts <\/em>Lonely Cloud FM<em>, a disco house radio show on KRUI 89.7 FM.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Violette Bray is an avid reader, crafter and advocate for sustainable fashion. Violette co-hosts <\/em>Lonely Cloud FM<em>, a disco house radio show on KRUI 89.7 FM.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source littlevillagemag.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attendees enter the Lost Woods Festival 2025. \u2014 photo by Elliot Tensen courtesy of Lost Woods Festival Review by Glenn Houlihan and Violette Bray Returning to the Cedar Falls forest for the third iteration of Lost Woods Music Festival felt like stepping into another dimension \u2014 a place where we could escape the chaos and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2090988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[394324,394325,394326,27108,394327],"class_list":["post-2090987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-hippie-sabotage","tag-iowa-music-festivals","tag-lost-woods-festival-2025","tag-music-festival","tag-salt-fox"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Review-Lost-Woods-Music-Festival-reached-new-heights-in-2025.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2090987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2090989,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090987\/revisions\/2090989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2090988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2090987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2090987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2090987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}