Neo-hippie

Neo-hippies, some of whom are sons, daughters and grandchildren of the original hippies, advocate many of the same beliefs of their 1960s counterparts. Drug use is just as accepted as in the "original" hippie days, although most neo-hippies do not consider it necessary to take drugs in order to be part of the lifestyle, and others reject drug use in favor of alternative methods of reaching higher or altered consciousness. (Such alternative methods include drumming circles, community singing, meditation, yoga, and dance.)

Many of today's neo-hippies were part of the "Dead-head" and "Phish-head" communities, attending music and art festivals around the United States. Bands performing at these festivals are called "Jam Bands", since their songs contain long instrumentals similar to the original hippie bands of the 1960s. Psychedelic Trance music is also popular.

The biggest hippie jam fest is called The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. It is a four-day, multi-stage, summer camping festival held on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, and it is reminiscent of the festivals of the 1960s, but with the demise of the Grateful Dead and Phish, the nomadic touring hippies are left without a seminal jam band to follow. Instead, the modern nomadic touring hippie can attend a growing series of summer festivals, such as Wakarusa, Langerado, Bonnaroo, etc.