Showing posts with label solstice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label solstice. Show all posts

Monday, 14 December 2009

past events

Wednesday 16 December; Saturnalia party at The Moot With No Name. Venue Devereux public house, 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2. Meet from 7.30pm, event starts at 8pm. Admission £2. For more details, visit http://www.theatlantisbookshopevents.com/page13.htm

18 -20 December; Midwinter Bear Feast. Festival inspired by Sub-Arctic animistic and shamanic traditions. This year's event is fully residential, with accommodation in a Celtic roundhouse and Viking longhouse. Rituals and performances will be held in a reconstruction of a Bronze Age tribal parliament from the Isle of Man. The location is in Cranborne, East Dorset, England. Tickets are £45 each and meals, entertainment and accommodation are included in the price. For more information and to book tickets, visit http://www.beartribe.co.uk/

19 & 20 December; Yuletide Fayre at Westgate Hall, Canterbury, Kent. Winter Solstice Celebration featuring traditional music, seasonal plays and festive food from 11am to 4pm. Entry free. For details visit http://www.magicalfestivals.co.uk/.

Sunday 20 December; Druid Open Ritual. Chance to celebrate Alban Arthuan (the Light of Winter) on Primrose Hill, London, with the Druid of Wormwood Scrubs. The event starts at 12.45pm and ends at 1.45pm. Meet on Primrose Hill, London NW1 8YH at the entrance opposite Rothwell St.

Sunday 20 December; Anderida Gorsedd is holding a Winter Solstice Ritual at The Long Man of Wilmington, in Sussex. Meet at 1.30pm near the Long Man of Wilmington car park, for a walk up the hill at 2pm. Then after retire to the Giants Rest pub for a social drink. For more details, visit http://www.anderidagorsedd.org/Anderida_Gorsedd/Home.html

Thursday, 25 June 2009

Past events

Saturday 20 June; Foundations of Tarot Part II. A journey through the major arcana with Hilde Liesens and Cilla Conway. Time: 11am - 6pm. Tea and biscuits provided but bring your own packed lunch. Venue: a private house near Harrow & Wealdstone Station; address will be confirmed when you book. Cost £40 per day. To book phone or email Hilde (07768 377 646 - hilde@firetree.net) or Cilla (07949 7666 34 - cilla@cillaconway.com).

Saturday 20 June; Cauldron of Cerridwen Summer Solstice Open Ritual at Avebury. A family-friendly open ritual at 12 noon at Avebury stone circle. For further details call Sian on07746365980 or email sian_ap_pysgotwr@yahoo.co.uk.

Saturday/Sunday, 20/21 June; Circle of the Old Ways Summer Solstice Gathering. Workshops, Mummers' play and Summer Solstice Ritual. There will be barbecues - including veggie food - but bring food for a sharing feast. The celebration is taking place at Daisyfields Campsite in Littlehampton. Day tickets £3/£1, camping tickets at campsite rates. For more details and to book tickets, visit http://www.cotow.org/

Sunday, 21 June; Summer Solstice on Primrose Hill, starting at 12:45pm. This is a chance to celebrate Alban Heruin with the Loose Association of Druids and is hosted by The Druid of Wormwood Scrubbs. Meet at The Hawthorne Grove on top of Primrose Hill, Regents Park Rd, London. For more details, email jtmorganhaberdasher@yahoo.co.uk.

Sunday 21 June; Tribe of Avalon Grand Ritual for Midsummer to honour the Goddess of the London river, Tamesa. Location: Victoria Tower Park, London, near Parliament. Ritual starts at 3pm, meet at Westminster station from 2.30pm to be guided to Victoria Tower Park. Bring food and drink to share, water as an offering and poems and songs about summer if you want to. For more information contact the organiser, Drew Galdron, at drewdruid@gmail.com.

Sunday 21 June, Summer Solstice Evening Ritual near Staines, including a Litha ritual, party, a Mummer's Play and Eisteddfod. Time: 8pm. This is a free open ritual, but you must contact the organisers to book a place before the event. Call 07889 126311. The ritual and party will take place at an ancient pagan site in woodlands. Bring drink and food to share.

Wednesday 24 June; Gorsedd of Bards of Cor Gawr Alban Hefin (Midsummer) Gathering at Stonehenge, Wiltshire. Ritual starts at 4am. Entry by pre-booked ticket only. Tickets cost £2 each. For more details, or to book tickets, visit http://druidnetwork.org/ or http://druidnetwork.org/contact/Cor+Gawr+Tickets.