Online & London Events for Samhain & Next Week

Here is a list of online witchy events and small group activities over Samhain, or Halloween, and the week ahead. I mostly list online events, and things taking place in London, as that's where I live, and use UK times. At the moment, events are often being reorganised due to social distancing rules changes, so please check before attending anything. If you know an online ritual, talk, meeting or workshop you want included, please email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com

Now – 1 November. Online Samhain Festival with Wendy Witch. Share your Samhain preparations, recipes, rituals, spells, traditions. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/1622067754639532/

Now - 5 November; London Dreamtime: Werewolves of London Full Moon Audio Walk. Download the audio tour and be led from your smartphoneon a dusk tour around London's West End. Time: In your own time. Tickets · £13.52. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-dreamtime-werewolves-of-london-full-moon-audio-walk-tickets-122052631707?

Wednesday 28 October; Moon Books Live Talk and Discussion with Imelda Almqvist, author of books on sacred art and shamanism, hosted by Moon Books. Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/MoonBooks

Wednesday 28 October; Shakti Yoga - Decompress. Online event with Dancing the Goddess. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £7. https://www.meetup.com/Dancing-the-Goddess/

Wednesday 28 October; Growing Big Dreams: Manifesting Your Heart's Desires through 12 Secrets of the Imagination. Online event with Robert Moss. Time: 6:30pm. Free. https://www.banyen.com/events/moss?

Wednesday 28 October; Chakra Healing Evening. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets £20/£30 per session.  https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Wednesday 28 October; The Vampirology of Covid-19 - The Folklore of Contagion. A live, illustrated Zoom talk with with historian Nick Groom, author of The Vampire, as part of London Month of the Dead. Time: 7pm. Early bird tickets £4, including a donation to NHS charities. https://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/

Wednesday 28 October; Hertford Samhain Ancestor Moot. Online event. Time: 8pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/1111338525961399

Wednesday 28 October (tbc, but usually every Wednesday); Open Space Online Gathering via Zoom. Organised by Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £3. www.aho.community

Wednesday 28 October; Full Moon Sound Journey. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets £5-£15. Time: 8.30pm. https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Thursday 29 October; Work with Shamanism to Grow Personally and Professionall. Online event with Harriet Goudard. Time: 10am. Free. https://www.meetup.com/awaken-the-inner-shaman-london/

Thursday 29 October; The Psychic Workout with Maria Antoniou. Online mini workshop through the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 11am-2pm. Tickets: Members: £55, Non-members: £75. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 29 October; Keith Linder on Bothell Hell House (part two). Online ASSAP talk. Time: 7pm. Free event. Tickets limited to 100 and available first to all Assap members, but can be booked by non-ASSAP members from Thursday morning. Email secretary@assap.ac.uk to reserve a place. To join ASSAP, for £5 per year, visit http://www.assap.ac.uk/.

Thursday 29 October; PF London Samhain Online Samhain Ritual with Luna Iter. Hosted by The Pagan Federation: London. Time: 8pm. Free. Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/83045646552 Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/788286185047657

Friday 30 October (tbc but every Friday); Friday Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Friday 30 October; Shakti Yoga. Online event with Dancing the Goddess. Time: 9am. Tickets: £10. https://www.meetup.com/Dancing-the-Goddess/

Friday 30 October; Kist in Thyme, Poppets and Besoms. Part of a series of online workshops with herbal storyteller Amanda Edmiston, organised by the Centre for Folklore, Myth and Magic. Time: 10am. Tickets: £5 per session. To book contact Amanda via https://botanicafabula.co.uk/ More details: https://www.facebook.com/events/502009240686791

Friday 30 October; A Spell in the Wild. Online talk by Alice Tarbuck about her new book and what it means to be a witch, organised by National Library of Scotland. Time: 2pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-spell-in-the-wild-with-alice-tarbuck-tickets-118460942869

Friday 30 October; Book Launch Event for Medicine of the Imagination: Dwelling in Possibility by Imelda Almqvist. Time: 2pm. Free to attend, but register for a place in advance. https://pregnant-hag-teachings.teachable.com/p/book-launch-event-for-medicine-of-the-imagination/

Friday 30 October; Full Moon Circle. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets £5-£20.  https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Friday 30 October; Start of a year's online membership and training with a witches coven, run by Shirlee and Kim of Wicca Moon. It will offer training in working with crystals, herbs, healing, magicking and more each full moon. There will be an esbat ritual every month, guided by an initiated high priestesses and high priests of the old craft. The price of this group will be £365 for the whole year which can be paid in instalments of £35 per month. For further details on how to enrole contact Shirlee or Kim  on shirlee@wiccamoon.org.uk  or call Wicca moon 02088507809. https://www.facebook.com/WiccaMoonEltham

Friday 30 October (usually every Friday); Psychic and Intuitive Skills Development. Online via Zoom with Mahesh Gordhan of the London School  of  Spirituality. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £5/£7.50. https://www.meetup.com/londonschoolofspirituality/

Friday 30 October; Halloween Party. Online event via Children of Circe, a private pagan group run by Richard Levy and sponsored by the Doreen Valiente Foundation. You have to join the group to watch the videos: Time: 8pm. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/groups/725752541262809

Friday 30 October; Online Samhain Ceremony with London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Beginners of Wicca and Paganism welcome. Time: 9pm. Tickets: free, but you must register for your place. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches

Friday 30 October - Sunday 1 November; Held in Prayer - a Ceremonial Healing for the full moon,through Goddess Awakening. Sessions taking place over the three days, starting at 11pm Friday. Entry by donation. https://www.meetup.com/GoddessAwakening/

Saturday 31 October - 1 November; Mind Body Spirit Online Festival. Weekend pass £84.14. Starts 8.30am. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mbs-online-weekend-pass-tickets-123003305197?

Saturday 31 October - 2 November; Witchcrafters Online Full Moon Pagan Market. Starts 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/2698839427103504

Saturday 31 October - 1 November; Barefoot Witch Festival. Online event starting at 10am on Saturday. Tickets · £27.54. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/witch-fest-tickets-119602021867

Saturday 31 October; Early Time and Late Halloween Breath Ceremonies with Lisa Li online via Zoom. Organised by Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Times: 10am and 6pm. Tickets: £20 per session. www.aho.community

Saturday 31 October - 7 November; Constructing the witch: how women became maleficent. Two session online class with Ann Jeffers via City Lit. Time: 10.30am-1pm. Tickets: £59/£47/£36. https://www.citylit.ac.uk/

Saturday 31 October; The Mysteries of the Mausolea. A guided tour inside some of the mausolea of Highgate Cemetery West led by Dr Ian Dungavell as part of London Month of the Dead. Venue: Highgate Cemetery West, Swain's Ln, Highgate, London N6 6PJ. Time: 10am.  Tickets £20, includes donation to the cemetery. https://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/

Saturday 31 October - Sunday 1 November; Mind Body Spirit Online Festival. Tickets from £5. https://www.mindbodyspirit.co.uk/whats-on/online-wellbeing-festival

Saturday 31 October; 'A Huge Pack of Witches': A Witch Scare in 17th Century Lancashire. Online talk by Jess Nelson, Head of Collections at the National Archives. Time: 10.30am. Free, but you must reserve a ticket. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-huge-pack-of-witches-a-witch-scare-in-17th-century-lancashire-tickets-125608629793?

Saturday 31 October, Rural Gothic Samhain Surprise. One-day festival of online lectures organised by the Folklore Podcast. Tickets: £7.50. https://thefolklorepodcast.weebly.com/store/c9/Tickets.html

Saturday 31 October, Wicca Moon Witches Tea Party. Hosted by Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London SE9 6SH. Time: noon. https://www.facebook.com/events/361687141620269/

Saturday 31 October, Afternoon Memorial Ceremony for Ken Rees, a much-loved London-based pagan elder and teacher who recently died. Online ceremony via Zoom and small events being organised by individuals at the same time. Time: 2pm. Free to attend. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/750040445581585/ You can also visit the Ken Rees Memorial Page: https://www.facebook.com/KenReesMemorialPage

Saturday 31 October, I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts! Online talk with Richard Wiseman and Chris French. Online event via Skeptics in the Pub. Time: 6.45pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/338071624190856

Saturday 31 October - Sunday 1 November; Aphrodite's Flame Samhain/Beltane Celebration. Join Aphrodite's Flame Keepers to tend a candle flame from for as long as you wish in your own home, from dusk to dusk. You can use real candles or LED lights. Venue: Worldwide. Details: https://www.facebook.com/aphroditesflame/

Saturday 31 October; Samhain Ritual hosted by Cunning Folk. Online event. Time: 8pm. Free, but you must register for a place. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/samhain-ritual-tickets-123657840931

Saturday 31 October; Witchcraft Live - Ouija livestreamed by Thoth. Time: 11pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/witchcraft-live-ouija-tickets-85131481553?

Sunday 1 November; Full Moon Event with Peace Fires. Light a candle or fire for peace wherever you are in the world, for just for 10 minutes or an hour or longer and state the intention: “Let there be peace on earth and love for one another.” Details: http://peacefires.org/

Sunday 1 November; The Sovereign Line: Samhain Pilgrimage in London. A day of ceremony, song and celebration while walking in honour of the earth and our ancestors, with Charlotte Pulver. Time: 10am-5.30pm. Tickets: £0 – £65.27. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-sovereign-line-samhain-pilgrimage-tickets-125360485587?

Sunday 1 November; Kensal Green Ne'er Do Wells. The Victorian Underbelly Underground at Kensal Green - A Guided Tour with Robert Stephenson as part of London Month of the Dead. Venue: Kensal Green Cemetery, 364 Ladbroke Grove, Kensal Green, London W10 5AB. Time: 11am.  Tickets £12, includes donation to the cemetery. https://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/

Sunday 1 November; Forest Bathing with London Forest Bathing Meet-up Group. This is a small, socially distanced outdoor event which will be adjusted in line with government guidelines. Two sessions: noon and 3pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.meetup.com/London-Forest-Bathing-Nature-Connection-Meetup/

Sunday 1 November; Virtual French Quarter Ghost Tour for Day of the Dead. Online event hosted by Witch Way Magazine. Time: 4pm. Tickets £10. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/witchwayevents/10

Sunday 1 November; Paganism. First session in 7-Sunday online course exploring the main branches of Western Paganism and associated history, beliefs and practices. Tutor: Ginette Davis, with WEA.
Ref: C2227647. Time: 4.30pm. Fee: £44.80. https://enrolonline.wea.org.uk/Online/2020/CourseInfo.aspx?r=C2227647

Monday 2 November; Shakti Yoga - Awaken. Online event with Dancing the Goddess. Time: 7am. Tickets: £7. https://www.meetup.com/Dancing-the-Goddess/

Monday 2 November; Mindful Still Life Monday Sessions with London Drawing, via Zoom. Two sessions: 12.30pm and 6pm. Free, but donations welcome. http://londondrawing.com/events/mindful-still-life-monday-sessions/

Monday 2 November; Astrology Circle - Learn the Houses. Third of four sessions. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets £5-£20 per session.  https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Monday 2 November; Ways into Witchcraft - Working with an Altar. Online workshop with Rebecca Beattie, author of Nature Mystics, via Treadwell's Online. Via Zoom. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 3 November and 10 November; The Chaos Chambers - four-part hypnotic journey through a system of chaos magic, with classes over 2 evenings, taught by Mark Vincent via Treadwell's Online. Via Zoom. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £80. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 3 November; Moon Cycle Alchemy. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets £5-£20 per session.  https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Tuesday 3 November; The History and Mythology of Glastonbury. Online talk by Professor Ronald Hutton hosted by Somerset Rural Life Museum and The Museum of Somerset. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £5 - £9.50. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/somerset-rural-life-museum/t-zavknk

Tuesday 3 November; The Witches' Inn Online Moot. Time: 8pm. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/events/1020541485074433

Wednesday 4 November - 25 November; Constructing the witch: how women became maleficent. Four session online class with Ann Jeffers via City Lit. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £59/£47/£36. https://www.citylit.ac.uk/

Wednesday 4 November; Moon Books Live Talk and Discussion with Luke Eastwood, author of books on druidry, hosted by Moon Books. Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/MoonBooks

Wednesday 4 November; Drumming and Meditation Online with Taz Thornton via Zoom. (Usually on the first Wednesday of every month) Time: 7pm-8.30pm. Donation of £5 to £15. https://www.facebook.com/events/389233285788391

Wednesday 4 November; Tarot Introduced: major arcana and spreads. Start of Four Wednesday evening course via Treadwell's Online. Via Zoom. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £100. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 5 November; Chaos Witchcraft. Online workshop with Julian Vayne, via Treadwell's Online. Via Zoom. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 5 November; Breathwork for Creativity. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £5-£20. Time: 7pm. https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Friday 6 November; Art and Alchemy: from the Ancient to Today. Online class with Christopher Collier via City Lit. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £19/£12. https://www.citylit.ac.uk/

Friday 6 November; Herbal series - Jasmine. Online talk via Children of Circe, a private pagan group run by Richard Levy and sponsored by the Doreen Valiente Foundation. You have to join the group to watch the videos: Time: 8pm. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/groups/725752541262809

Saturday 7 November; Geoff Miles – Heathenry and the Runes. Video talk and question session as part of Witchfest Online organised by Children of Artemis. Time: from 3.45pm. For more details and links: https://witchcraft.org/witchfest-online/

Saturday 7 November; Magical Writing - A Creative Journey. Start of 6-part online course by Irisanya Moon, author of Reclaiming Witchcraft and Pagan Portals - Aphrodite. Time: 8pm. Cost: Requested donation $99-299 sliding scale. https://www.facebook.com/events/337556917521818

Sunday 8 -15 November; Interfaith Week 2020 on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/721023041954503

Sunday 8 November; Flower Magic. Talk with Rachel Patterson. Time: 4pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/799549684129094/

Sunday 8 November; The Highgate Vampire. Online storytelling and music with London Dreamtime to celebrate Bram Stokers birthday. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. Details: https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Sunday 8 November; Botanical Witchcraft. Talk by Amy Blackthorn and Cyndi Brannen, author of Keeping Her Keys. Time: 9pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/347387899688779

Disclaimer: Please note that I am not responsible for the content of any of these events. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical protection, this is *not* medical advice.