The Winter Solstice is on Friday 22 December early in the morning in 2023. Here's a list of pagan, witchy and magical events over Yuletide, with a mix of online and in-person things to do to celebrate and deepen your knowledge of seasonal lore and the esoteric. I generally list in-person events near London, because that's where I live, but online things can be anywhere. If you want something included, please email badwitch1234@gmail.com
Now - 31 December; Documenting British Folklore in Paint, Photography and Sculpture. Exhibition by Ben Edge at The Viktor Wynd Museum of UnNatural History. Venue: 11 Mare Street, London, E8 4RP. https://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/museum/
Now - 22 December; Exhibition - Histories and Hauntings. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Tickets free https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/
Now - Saturday 23 December; Aleister Crowley Beastly Trumps - an art exhibition of the work of RH Stewart. Venue: The Gardner Room at The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: During shop opening hours. Free entry. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/
Now - 25 February; Fantasy: Realms of Imagination. Exhibition at the British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2DB. Adult tickets £16, teenagers £8, under 11 free: https://fantasy.seetickets.com/timeslots/filter/fantasy-realms-of-imagination
Wednesday 13 December (most Wednesdays); Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of the Gods and Goddesses of England and the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/
Wednesday 13 December: Festive Pop-In Day at the College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am - 4pm. Free, just pop in. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk
Wednesday 13 December (2nd Wednesday each month); Yuletide at Enfield Town Circle Moot. Venue: Crown and Horsehoes, Enfield Time: 6pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnfieldTownCircle/
Wednesday 13 December; Space for Storytelling (crowdfunded workshops, free to access). Hosted by Niall Moorjani with London Dreamtime. Venue: The Bridge St John, Waterloo. Time: 6.30pm. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/space-for-storytelling-crowdfunded-workshops-free-to-access-tickets-678030446317 or https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/
Wednesday 13 December (every Wednesday); Feeling Sound Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Wednesday 13 December; New Moon In Sagittarius Cacao and Sound Healing Ceremony. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283
Wednesday 13 December; Moon Space Online Moon Coven with She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Wednesday 13 December; The Mind of Pythagoras: A First Bridge Between East and West. Online talk by Nigel McGilchrist hosted by the Scientific and Medical Network. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £11.99. https://scientificandmedical.net/events
Wednesday 13 December; On Modern Necromancy and Demonology. Dr Alexander Cummins examines the history and traditions of black magic online via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm, but delayed viewing avaiable. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Wednesday 13 December; The Living Dread – Zombies in their Natural Habitat. Talk by Deborah Hyde at Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub. Venue: The Star of Greenwich, 60 Old Woolwich Road, Greenwich. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: donations of £3 welcome.
Wednesday 13 December; Winter Tales of Ice and Fire with Hannah Brailsford on Zoom through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 9pm. Tickets · from £5.68. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Thursday 14 December; In Person Study and Conversation Group - Theosophy. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Rd, London · NW1 6XT, Time: 10.30am. Tickets £3 https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/
Thursday 14 December; Midweek Meditation with the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 3pm. Tickets: free for members/£7.50 non members. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk
Thursday 14 December; Nightmares Before Christmas: Dark Tales and Scary Superstitions by Sun Jester through Rest Less Events. Time: 11.30 am. Free online event. https://events.restless.co.uk/event-calendar/nightmares-before-christmas-dark-tales-and-scary-superstitions/?
Thursday 14 December; Jemma Foster on the Wild Alchemy Lab Deck. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 9-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5.30pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events
Thursday, 14 December; Winter Solstice Women's Circle. Venue: Kave cafe, 2 Hammersmith Broadway, London W6 7AL. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/winter-solstice-womens-circle-tickets-754807438367
Thursday 14 December (every Thursday); Talk on a paranormal subject for ASSAP members. Time: 7pm. Free event, with Zoom link details emailed out to members. To join ASSAP, for £5 per year, visit https://assap.ac.uk/
Thursday 14 December; From Folk Horror to Horror of the Folk in Thai Cinema. Zoom lecture with Katarzyna Ancuta through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.68. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Thursday 14 December; Christmas Ghosts. Talk at South East London Folklore Society. Venue: The Electric Elephant Cafe, 186A Crampton Street, London, SE17 3AE. Time: 8pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560
Friday, 15 December; Shamanic Drums and Drum Birthing Workshop with Lynn Gosney. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain, Minster, Kent. Starts 8.45am. Tickets £200/£230. https://www.facebook.com/events/724342802441412/
Friday 15 December (and other dates); Witches and Witchcraft History - Pay What You Can Walking Tour by Wonders of London. Meet outside the exit of Tower Hill Station by Trinity Square Gardens, Tower Hill Station, London EC3N 1JL. Time: 6pm Tickets by donation https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/witches-witchcraft-history-pay-what-you-can-walking-tour-london-tickets-687827950917?
Friday 15 December (and other dates); Mind, Body Restore Online Yoga. Time: 6.15pm. Free online event. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/
Friday, 15 December; Psychedelic Meditation. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Friday, 15 December; Spirit Baby Mediumshop. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £45. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283
Friday 15 December (and other dates); Online Meditation Session. Time: 7.30pm. Free online event, but donations welcome. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents
Friday, 15 December; Llewellyn's Virtual Author Forum: Celebrating Yule, by Llewellyn Worldwide. Time: 8pm. Free online event. https://www.crowdcast.io/c/lvaf-celebratingyule?
Friday, 15 December; Frontline Folklore Film Screening, A film by Ben Edge. Venue: All Hallows-On-The Wall, 83 London Wall London EC2M 5ND. Time: 8.30pm. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/ben-edge-68151432823
Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 December; Festive Fireside Tales plus Midwinter's Magical Quest - Family Storytelling. Venue: Butser Ancient Farm, Waterlooville, Hampshire. Various times. Tickets: £14/£10. https://www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/
Saturday 16 December; Sacred Sweat Lodge Celebration Winter Solstice and Yule. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain, Minster, Kent. Starts 11.30am. Tickets tbc. https://www.facebook.com/events/724342802441412/
Saturday 16 December; Kent Gorsedd Winter Solstice. Venue: Coldrum Stones Neolithic Longbarrow, Trottiscliffe, Kent. Meet at noon in the Coldrum stones car park, to walk to the stones together. https://www.facebook.com/events/3724581741105160/
Saturday 16 December; Walking in the footsteps of your year, at this Yule Solar Festival. Sacred walk. Starts at: London Stone (TBC prior to the walk), 111 Cannon Street London EC4N 5AR. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jeremy-rye-31055883021#
Saturday 16 December; Introduction to Sekhem Heka Taster Day. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London, SE9 6SH. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/product-category/events-and-workshops/
Saturday 16 December; Kitchen Witch Coven and School of Witchcraft Online Gratitude Ritual. Free and open to all. Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/1271355686893045/
Saturday 16 December; OBOD (Druidic) Online Alban Arthan/Winter Solstice Ceremony. Time: 7pm on the OBOD Facebook page and the OBOD Youtube Channel. Free, but bring a green marble and a candle. https://www.facebook.com/druidry
Saturday 16 December; Lessons From The Land: How Ghosts Can Help Us Understand, by Amy Boucher. Online talk via the Folklore Podcast. Time: 8pm. Tickets £5. http://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/
Sunday 17 December (and other times and dates); Soul Restore Sound Healing. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 11am. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648
Sunday 17 December; North West Kent Pagans Moot. Organised by NWK Pagans for members of the group. Venue Chislehurst Caves. Time: 11am. https://www.facebook.com/groups/445487428816887
Sunday 17 December; Druidic Ritual to celebrate Alban Arthuan, the Midwinter Solstice, on Primrose Hill with the Loose Association of Druids. Gather in the Hawthorne Grove at Primrose Hill, London, NW1 8YH, at 12.30pm to prepare the site for the ritual. Nearest tube: Chalk Farm. Bring a small contribution of food and drink to share. https://www.facebook.com/LooseAssociationOfDruidsOfPrimroseHill
Sunday 17 December; London Woodland Witches Winter Ceremony 2023 - Seasonal Ritual with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: Queen's Wood, Highgate, North· London. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £5 https://www.meetup.com/londonwoodlandwitches/events/
Sunday 17 December; Anderida Gorsedd Yule open ritual. Venue: Long Man of Wilmington, Wilmington, near Eastbourne, East Sussex. Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm, walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards, the Giants Rest pub. https://www.facebook.com/groups/227609495203/
Sunday 17 December; Dawn of the Oak. Pagan moot. Venue: The Sir John Oldcastle, Farringdon Road/Greville Street, London EC1M 3JF. Time: 3pm. https://www.meetup.com/the-kith-of-the-tree-and-the-well/events/
Sunday 17 December; Sacred Manifestation Soundbath and Reiki. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283
Sunday 17 December (every Sunday); 30-Minute Mindfulness for people of all beliefs. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 6pm. Free, just turn up. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk
Sunday 17 December; Esotericism in the Enlightenment - Seminar with Dr Sasha Chaitow online via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm, but delayed viewing avaiable. Tickets: £40. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Sunday 17 December; A Free Group Healing with Students of the Spirit Doctor Team Practitioner Programme with Susan Gash. Online via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: free but reserve a place. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Sunday 17 December; Summoning The Spirits - Seance with Medium Patti Negri on Zoom through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £26,43. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Monday 18 December; Winter Solstice Sound Immersion and Intentions Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283
Monday 18 December; Wheel of the Year - Midwinter. Online workshop with Rebecca Beattie, author of The Wheel of the Year, via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm, but delayed viewing avaiable. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Monday 18 December; New Moon Lunar Magic in Sagittarius Sound Bath with Nicole Bettencourt Coelho. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets £30. https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.
Monday 18 December (every Monday); Tea With a Druid. Free online event by the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Time 8pm. https://druidry.org/
Monday 18 December; Druids in Medieval Irish Sources by Dr Mark Williams on Zoom through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.49. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Tuesday 19 December (and other dates); Tea with a Medium. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets: £55. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/
Tuesday 19 December; Candlelit Winter Solstice Labyrinth Walk and Celebration with The Goddess Peace Labyrinth and Lina Spyrou. Venue: 14th Southgate Scout Hut, Green Road, Southgate, London, N14 4AP. Time: 6pm to 7.30pm. Tickets: £15 on door and reserve by email: lina.spyrou@yahoo.co.uk for more info visit https://www.facebook.com/Goddesspeacelabyrinth
Tuesday 19 December; Where Magic Dwells in Human Hands. Class with Hannah Sanders on the magic of place and being, via Treadwells Online, delayed viewing available. Time: 7pm but delayed viewing available. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Tuesday 19 December; Galactic Binaural Soundbath. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283
Tuesday, 19 December; Saturnalia at Atlantis. A free winter celebration with music and poetry. Venue: Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum Street, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 7pm, free but reserve a place. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saturnalia-at-atlantis-tickets-753123561847
Tuesday, 19 December (third Tuesday each month); Witches of London Gathering with Children of Artemis. Venue: Cittie of Yorke, 22 High Holborn, London WC1V 6BN. Time: 7.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/childrenofartemis
Tuesday, 19 December; The Occultural Art and Music of David Bowie - Anthony Ryan on Zoom through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.49. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Wednesday 20 December; College of Psychic Studies Guided Tour with Curator and Archivist Vivienne Roberts. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Wednesday 20 December (usually second Sunday of the month but will be 20 December this month); Luna Iter Ritual. In-person ritual in Hackney, East London for members of the group, guests and seekers on the path. Meet at the Pembury Tavern, 90 Amhurst Rd, London, from 4.30pm, moving on to a historic site to start the ritual at 6pm. Entry: £8. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154
Wednesday, 20 December; Winter Solstice Cacao and Blue Lotus Ceremony. Venue: Neals Yard Meeting Rooms, 14b Neal's Yard, London WC2H 9DP. Time: 6.30pm. Price: £65.71. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-solstice-cacao-and-blue-lotus-ceremony-tickets-763891458917?
Wednesday 20 December; Cunning Folk Reading Group - Haunters at the Hearth; Eerie Tales for Christmas Nights edited by Tanya Kirk. Online event. Time: 7pm. Price: Free. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560
Wednesday 20 December; Sacred Earth Activism Monthly Gathering. Free online event. Time: 7pm. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sea-monthly-gathering-tickets-502764932447
Wednesday, 20 December; Winter Solstice Cacao and Drum Circle. Meet at West Hampstead Station, West End Lane, London NW6 2LS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-solstice-cacao-and-drum-circle-tickets-759153026137
Wednesday, 20 December; Winter Solstice Sacred Circle. Venue: St Peter in the Forest Church, 18 Woodford New Rd, London E17 3PPTime: 7pm. Tickets: tbc. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-solstice-sacred-circle-tickets-731149928117?
Wednesday 20 December; Monthly Self-Love Circle - Release, Repair and Reclaim. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283
Wednesday 20 December (tbc but usually 3rd Wednesday each month); Witches of Zoom CoA Gathering. Free online event. Time: 7.30pm. https://www.facebook.com/ZoomWitches
Wednesday 20 December; Chilling ghost stories of the Scandinavian countries with Lena Heide-Brennand on Zoom through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 9pm. Tickets · from £5.49. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Wednesday 20 December; Solstice Eve Online Celebration with Cunning Folk. Time: 11pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560
Thursday 21 - Friday 22 December; The Winter Solstice will stream live again this year from inside the passage tomb at Newgrange, Ireland. Exact details still to be announced. https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/afff3-newgranges-ancient-secrets-revealed-join-us-for-live-streaming-of-the-winter-solstice/
Thursday 21 December; Avebury Winter Solstice Meditation at the Stones. Venue: Avebury, Wiltshire. Free. Time: 3.30pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/658808636278330/
Thursday 21 December; Poetry Evening. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Rd, London · NW1 6XT, Time: 7pm. Tickets Free https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/
Thursday 21 December; Winter Solstice Ceremony. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Thursday 21 December; Winter Solstice Cyber Circle online via She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Thursday 21 December; PF London Winter Solstice Open Ritual via Pagan Federation London. Venue: Pirate Castle, Gilbey's Wharf Oval Road NW1 7EA London, UK Time: 7.20pm. Entry £8 for PF members, £10 for non-members (cash only). https://www.facebook.com/PaganFederationLondon
Thursday 21 December; (usually 3rd Wednesday each month); The More Mead Moot. Venue: The Hope pub, Carshalton, Surrey. Time: 7.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/Pagan-FutureFests-352385661439366/
Friday 22 December; Winter Solstice 2023 Stonehenge Sunrise. Managed Open Access to the Stonehenge stone circle, Salisbury. Car park open from 5.15am (charged); free access to the monument at 7.45am. You can also watch the event via live online streaming by English Heritage. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/things-to-do/solstice/winter-solstice-2023/
Friday 22 December; Winter Solstice Circle. Venue: The Magick Room, Richmond Road, London Fields, Hackney E8 3NJ. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £34.97. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-solstice-circle-tickets-765697631227?
Friday 22 December; Sacred Singing: breathing exercises, rune chanting and chants in simple harmonies. Venue: private address in London. Time: evening. £5 admission fee to cover costs.
Message Hildegard to confirm a place and for the address https://www.facebook.com/hildegard.maier.71
Friday 22 December; Journey Through Winter Solstice - A Shamanic Healing Journey. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283
Friday 22 December; Strumpets and Harlots Festive Special Walking Tour with Maria Beadell's organised by Treadwell's Bookshop. Meet at Covent Garden tube Station, Long Acre, London WC2E 9JT. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £18.50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/
Saturday, 23 December; Winter Solstice Celebration - Return of the Light. Venue: Brixton Studios (Market Row), 408 Coldharbour Lane, London SW9 8LF. Time: noon. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-solstice-celebration-return-of-the-light-tickets-769802007527?
Saturday, 23 December; A Blot for Holda. A meeting of Druid, Heathen and Pagan groups and solitaries for a winter ceremony to honour the Goddess Holda. Venue: Greenwich Park, Greenwich, South · London. Time: 1pm. Free but bring offerings for Holda and food and drink. https://www.meetup.com/The-Kith-of-The-Tree-and-The-Well/events/296794176/
Saturday, 23 December (every 23rd of the month); Crossbones Vigil to honour the outcast dead of Crossbones Graveyard, Southwark. Location: Redcross Way, London, SE1 1TA. Time: 6.45pm for 7pm. Free, just turn up http://crossbones.org.uk
Sunday 24 December; Pagan Yule Celebration. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 11am. Free, just turn up. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk
Monday 25 December; Peace Fires. Light a candle or fire for peace wherever you are in the world, for 10 minutes or longer and state the intention: “Let there be peace on earth and love for one another.” Free. http://peacefires.org/
Notes: I'm not responsible for the content of these events. I don't always know about changes or cancellations to events I don't run - tbc means to be confirmed. Contact event organisers directly with questions but please let me know if you are aware of something that needs correcting. I generally list things in the UK, especially in or near London, but some are outside that time zone. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical wellbeing and healing, this is *not* medical advice.
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