“There’s costumes, art, music, workshops, performers, a kidspace and a whole bunch more. It’s really hard to describe it all,” he said. 

That maybe because Psyfari isn’t your traditional festival event. 

There are attendees between the ages of five and 70 from all walks of life who come with their friends, families, or by themselves for three days of creativity and fun in what could be described as the middle of nowhere.

“We actually searched for a long time to find the venue we now use,” Mr Demien said.

“One of our main problems with trying to relocate the festival from where we first held it was finding a place that would let us be as noisy as possible.

“But we found this place and the local community has been really supportive of the festival and the amount of people that make the trip out. We haven’t yet had anyone yell at us to be quiet,” he said. 

The idea for Psyfari was simple – the committee simply created a festival that they themselves would want to attend. 

“We did it for ourselves really,” Mr Demien said.

“Of course we look at what other people want, but at the end of the day we really pick musicians and performers that we want to see and hope everyone else likes it,” he said. 

Unlike other festivals which pick the biggest music acts they can, Psyfari features musicians you may not normally find on the touring circuit. 

“The acts this year are going to blow people away, even if they haven’t heard of them before,” Mr Demien said.

One of the main differences between Psyfari and other music festivals is that guests that turn up in shorts and tank tops are the odd ones out. 

Psyfari is all about the costumes, with some attendees taking hours each morning to pull on the designs they’ve spent months working on.

“When we first started it was just the committee pretty much who dressed up,” Mr Demien said.

“Now people spend months getting their costumes ready and it’s those who aren’t dressed up are the odd ones out,” he said. 

As the event is becoming more and more family friendly each time it is held, Mr Demien said there would be a camping area set aside just for families at this year’s festival. 

“There was a little bit of a mix up last year where there we family tents alongside those of our  normal public attendees and we had people coming up to us complaining about the noise so this year there’s a separate area for families and a camping area for those who want to party,” he said. 

Around 4000 people are expected to attend this year’s event, up from around 3500 in 2014.

“We’re growing slowly which is just the way we like it,” Mr Demien said.

“We don’t want to grow too fast and attract the wrong crowd but we’re more than happy for families to keep bringing their kids along,” he said. 

Psyfari will take place on August 28, 29, and 30 on a property just outside of Capertee. 

Visit the website for more information, including how to purchase tickets (if not already sold out) and how to get to the event.