Pagan events and festivals

This week's events
12 April. Magical Fairy Festival. Family festival organised by Magical Festivals. Venue: The Westgate Hall, Canterbury, Kent. Entry is £5 for adults and £2.50 for children, under 12s are free. Event starts at 10am. For details visit at http://www.magicalfestivals.co.uk/.

Wednesday 15 April; Ancient Myth and Magic in Bulgarian Folklore. Talk by Moni Sheehan of performing arts group A Spell In Time at pagan forum Secret Chiefs, Devereux public house, 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2. Meet from 7.30pm, event starts at 8pm. Admission £2.

Thursday 16 April; Beltane Open Ritual organised by Children of Artemis. Fairfield Halls, Croydon, Surrey. Starts at 8pm. No advance booking necessary. CoA Members £2, non-members £5. Bring food to share. For more details call 0870 442 290 or visit http://www.witchcraft.org/

Thursday 16 April; The Triple Goddess: Her History, Ancient and Modern. Talk by Prudence Jones at Treadwells, 34 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7PB. 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Entry £5, booking advised. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com. www.treadwells-london.com/lectures.asp

Friday 17 April. College for Psychic Studies Open Day. A see what the college has to offer. College for Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. 4.30pm-9.30pm. Tickets £10. Booking essential. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Future events
Saturday April 25; Spring Clean Detox, Herb Day, Walk ‘n’ Workshop with The Wild Wicked Witches. Venue Lee Valley Village YHA, Hertfordshire. Time: 10.30am -5pm, Cost: £60 / £45 concessions, deposit of £20 and booking essential. For details, call Karen on 07865081927 or Fiona on 07830195745. http://www.sensorysolutions.co.uk/

Saturday 25 April; London Lore. Conference run by the Folklore Society and the South East London Folklore Society at The Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QH. Tickets cost £10 or £8 concessions. The event runs from 9am to 5.30pm . To book tickets call 020 7392 9220 during office hours. For more details, visit http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/events_details.asp?EventsID=343

28 June; Gaia Sol Convention 2009. Festival and convention organised by Pagan Federation London at ULU, Malet Street, London. Time: 11.30am- 6.30pm. Tickets £10/£12. http://pflondon.org/

Saturday 16 May 2009; Witchfest South. Witchcraft convention organised by The Children of Artemis with talks and workshops, entertainment, a bar and catering plus stalls. Venue: Stanley Halls, South Norwood, south London. Tickets cost £9 for CoA members and £12 for non-members. http://www.witchfest.net/

June 12, 13 & 14: Equinox Festival. Three-day media arts festival dedicated to spiritual discovery and mystical tradition at Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London and the Camden Centre, Bidborough Street, London. Tickets cost £80 via http://wegottickets.com/. For more details, visit the website http://equinoxfestival.org/.

August 7, 8 & 9; Artemis Gathering. Three-day festival in the Oxfordshire countryside with talks, workshops, a bar and catering facilities. Early bird weekend tickets cost £31 for members, £34 for non-members. http://www.witchfest.net/artemis_gathering.htm

Saturday 7 November; Witchfest International. Large pagan and witchcraft convention organised by The Children of Artemis. Venue: Fairfield Halls, Croydon, Surrey. Tickets cost £16 for CoA members and £20 for non-members. http://www.witchfest.net/

If you know of any pagan events and want them listed on A Bad Witch's Blog, email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com or leave a comment below.