A Sublime Life - Sobriety Festival 2025

Well, it's certainly been a while since I have been able to make it out to a festival, and I wasn't really sure when I would finally feel up to it after my battle with Breast Cancer. However, when you get tapped to shoot by a member of the Nowell Family Foundation, you just say yes. 

A Sublime Life Sobriety Festival was held at the Civic Center in Oceanside, CA, on Saturday, May 31, 2025. This fest was definitely something special, surrounded by beautiful, gratitude-filled individuals and good vibes all around, and supporting a great cause inspired by late Sublime front man Bradley Nowell. The mission of The Nowell Family Foundation is to provide support to those affected by substance use disorder, eliminate the stigma of addiction, and strengthen mental health for all.

For this gallery, I thought I would just share every single photo that made my heart happy, in the order that they were shot, which shows you my point of view as I traveled around the festival. I hope you enjoy, and consider attending the next Sublime Life festival.

Written and photographed by Sue Shaw