Beltane is tomorrow, May 1, although the May Day bank holiday is next Monday. Here's a list of talks, workshops, rituals and other events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests over that time. As well as online activities, I also list in-person things taking place in or near London - and a few larger events further afield.
Last day 30 April; Tarot Then and Now exhibition. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Times: Mon-Sat 10.30am-6pm, Wednesdays until noon. Talks: Wednesday from 14.30pm. Free entry to exhibition, talks priced separately https://theatlantisbookshop.com/
Now - 31 May; Hereafter Exhibition. Venue: Swedenborg House, The Swedenborg Society, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: 10.30am-5pm Mon-Fri. Free but book a ticket https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/
Now - October 31; Alexandrian Witchcraft exhibition. Venue: Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, Boscastle, Cornwall. Full details tbc. https://museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/
Most lunchtimes and some other times: Meditation - in-person or online. In-person venue: Inner Space, 36 Shorts Gardens, Covent Garden, London · WC2H 9AB. Time: 1pm (for lunchtime meditation). Free. https://www.meetup.com/inner-space-covent-garden/events/
Wednesday 30 April (and other days); The London Witches Bankside Walking Tour. Meet at: Southwark View Point, Minerva Square, London SE1 9DF. Times: 4pm/6pm. Tickets: £16.31. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/special-easter-offer-london-witches-history-bankside-walking-tour-tickets-1303218735319?
Wednesday 30 April; Calvino's Tarot. Tarot – Origins and Afterlives exhibition event. Venue: The Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB. Time: evening. Tickets: free. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/
Wednesday 30 April; Expand Your Aura with Kundalini Yoga. Workshop with Gemma Bliss. Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 6.30pm weekdays. Tickets: £35 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Wednesday, 30 April; Beltane Ritual. Meet at Peterhouse Community Center, London E17 3PW and travel into Epping Forest. Time: 7pm. Tickets £33.22. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beltane-ritual-tickets-1325446489129
Wednesday 30 April (every Wednesday); Sound Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Wednesday 30 April; Exploring Early 1900s Horror Cinema. Talk by Lena Heide-Brennand on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.76. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Wednesday 30 April (every Wednesday); Tibetan Sound Bowl Meditation online with Spiritual Tiik. Time: 8.30pm. Tickets £12.74. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/spiritual-tiik-29294295627
Thursday 1 May; Fowlers Troop and the Deptford Jack in the Green are usually out and about in Deptford and Greenwich on May Day from noon to 6pm. Everyone is welcome and this is a free event. However, the event is no longer advertised as widely as it used to be, as numbers need to be kept low for safety reasons. If you are local to the area, keep an eye out for Jack and his followers. One of the stops on the route is usually Deptford Market. (You can see a picture I took last year at the top of this post)
Thursday, 1 May; Twenty-Two Impressions: Notes from the Major Arcana. Talk and signing by Jessica Friedmann. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, London, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ, UK. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events
Thursday, 1 May; Words at The Woodfield - MAY DAY! Music and entertainment. Venue The Woodfield Pavilion, 16a Abbotswood Road, Woodfield Pavilion London SW16 1AP. Time: 6.45pm Tickets £6.13 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/words-the-woodfield-may-day-tickets-1328281137639?
Thursday 1 May; The Power of Yes. Online talk by Gary Quinn via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets free. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Thursday 1 May; PF London Beltane Open Ritual via Pagan Federation London. Venue: Pirate Castle, Gilbey's Wharf Oval Road NW1 7EA London, UK Time: 7.30pm. Entry £8 for PF members, £10 for non-members (cash only). https://www.facebook.com/PaganFederationLondon
Thursday 1 May; Beltane Celebration with South East London Pagans. Venue: Peckham Rye Common, London SE22. Time: 7.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7046502195365834
Thursday 1 May; Cupid, Psyche, Beauty and The Beast. Talk by Prof. Marguerite Johnson on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.76. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Friday 2 May (tbc but usually every Friday); Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of Gods and Goddesses of England and the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/
Friday 2 - Monday 5 May; Hastings Jack-in-the-Green Festival - traditional annual event to celebrate May with music, a procession, talks and workshops, Morris Dancing, a May Queen and Jack-in-the-Green. Full four-day festival programme culminating on Bank Holiday Monday with the Jack in the Green parade itself. For full details visit the festival website: https://hastingstraditionaljackinthegreen.co.uk/
Friday, 2 May (1st and 3rd Friday each month); The Pagan Portal Podcast by Moon Books. Time: noon (or listen to recording later). Free event. https://open.spotify.com/show/11N4kNj65tTz9NFUcZTMa7?
Friday 2 May; The Night Watchman: Amazonian Guayusa Dream Tea Ceremony. Online class by GItzhak Beery via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 6pm. Tickets £85. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Friday, 2 May; Goddesses, Gals and Rat Queens – Walking Tour with Maria Beadell organised by Treadwells. Meet at Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge, London SE1 9DA. Time: 6.20pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Friday, 2 May; Is a River Alive? Talk by Robert Macfarlane. Venue: Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, SW7 2AR. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets from £30 https://howtoacademy.com/events/robert-macfarlane-is-a-river-alive/
3 - 4 May ; The Star in the East Conference. Venue: Marriott Warehose South Quay, South Quay King's Lynn PE30 5DT. Full festival tickets £95. Saturday tickets £28.
Saturday 3 May; Walking in the Footsteps of your Year, at this Beltane Solar Festival with Jeremy Rye. Meet London Stone (TBC prior to the walk), 111 Cannon Street London EC4N 5AR. Time: 10am. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jeremy-rye-31055883021
Saturday, 3 May; Broom Day in Bromley. Traditional parade and exhibition about the history of Broom in Bromley. Venue: The Glades, 64 High Street, Bromley BR1 1DN. Time: 10am - 4pm. Tickets free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/broom-day-in-bromley-saturday-3rd-may-tickets-1335637580959?
Saturday 3 May; The Icaro: Shamanic Medicine Songs. Workshop with Itzhak Beery. Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-5pm weekdays. Tickets: £125 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Saturday 3 May to Monday 5 May; The Rochester Sweeps Festival, International Festival of Folk Music and Dance. Time: 10am and 6pm. https://www.medway.gov.uk/sweepsfestival
Saturday 3 May; Shamanic Journey - Find Your Power Animal event by by Indigo Earth. Venue: The Twelfth House UK, 1 Chingford Road, London E17 4PW. Time: 11am. Tickets £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/priest-of-indigo-earth-joseph-atiase-35528479563
Saturday 3 May; North West Kent Pagans Moot. Organised by NWK Pagans for members of the group. Venue: Chislehurst Caves, NW Kent. Time: 11.30am. https://www.facebook.com/groups/445487428816887
Saturday 3 May (date tbc); Beltane at Coldrum Stones with Kent Gorsed. Venue: Coldrum Long Barrow, West Maling, Kent. Time: noon. Free. https://www.facebook.com/kentgorsedd/
Saturday 3 May; Beltane 2025 Ceremony and Maypole dance in Queen's Wood. Meet at the entrance on Queenswood Road, London N6 5UU. Time: 2pm. Tickets £7. https://www.meetup.com/londonwoodlandwitches/events/
Saturday 3 May; Activate Your Crystal Skull Workshop. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/shop/events-and-workshops/activate-your-crystal-skull-workshop/?
Saturday, 3 May; Beltane and Labour Day Celebrations. Venue: Lee Valley Marina Springfield, Spring Hill, London E5 9BL. Time: 4pm until late. Tickets £4 – £7. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beltane-labour-day-celebrations-tickets-1314896674349?
Saturday 3 May (tbc but usually first Saturday each month); Gong Bath. Venue: Upminster Sanctuary Pea Lane, Upminster, RM142XH. Time: 7pm. Tickets: tbc. https://upminstersanctuary.com/
Sunday 4 May; Balance Your Mind, Balance Your Life: The Power of Breath. Start of 6-part online course with Sven Carlson via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 10am. Tickets £190. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Sunday 4 May; Shamanic Soul Mending for a Return to Wholeness. Workshop with Itzhak Beery. Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-5pm weekdays. Tickets: £125 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Sunday 4 May (date tbc); Anderida Gorsedd Beltane 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 4 May (and other dates); Soul Restore Sound Healing. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 4pm. Tickets: £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648
Sunday 4 May (every Sunday); Mindfulness Meditation. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3, 1NG. Time: 6pm/7pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk
Sunday 4 May; Pagan Beltane Ceremony. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3, 1NG. Time: 7pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk
Sunday 4 May; 21st century television and film, ecohorror, Old Gods. Talk by Dr Katy Soar on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.76. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Monday 5 May (tbc but usually every Monday); Tea With a Druid. Free online event by the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Time 8pm. https://druidry.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/druidry
Tuesday 6 May; City of Secrets - Girona the Immortal. Film introduced by Patrice Chaplin. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets: £20. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/
Tuesday 6 May; Yoga for Mind, Breath and Body. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 6.15pm. Tickets: £12. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/
Tuesday 6 May; Scandinavian Changelings. A Folklore Society online talk by Tommy Kuusela. Time: 7pm. Tickets £6. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-society-32190494089
Tuesday 6 May; Learn to Read Tarot (minor cards). Start of 4-part in-person workshop with Delphine Leblanc. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets £120. https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.
Tuesday 6 May; Create Your Own Magical System. Start of 2-Part Workshop with Mark Vincent via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Tuesday 6 May (tbc but usually first Tuesday each month); Talk at Romford Pagan Moot. Venue: The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford. Time: 7.30pm. Entry £4. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064489640955
Tuesday, 6 May; The Secret History of Bigfoot. Talk by John O'Connor on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.76. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Wednesday, 7 May (and other dates and times); Viktor Wynd Museum Guided Tour + a Devil's Botany Absinthe. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6pm. Tickets from £12. Price includes a Cocktail with Devil’s Botany. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489
Wednesday, 7 May; Healing in Community with Family Constellations with Emma Hewitt of Salamay Tarot and Healing Arts. Venue: Firepit Art Gallery and Studios CIC, 10 Cutter Lane #No.2, London SE10 0XX. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets £27.80. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/emma-hewitt-salamay-tarot-healing-arts-38061527643
Wednesday 7 May; Women’s use of Magic and Witchcraft in 8th century England Pt 2. Talk by Dr. Linda Sever via Owl House. Online event. Time: 6.45pm for 7pm. Tickets £4 for one talk, £6 for both. https://ti.to/owl-house-seminars/women-witchcraft-and-magic-in-anglo-saxon-england-parts-12with-dr-linda-sever-copy?
Wednesday 7 May (first Wednesday of the month); Drumming and Meditation online with Taz Thornton. Time: 7pm. Free https://www.facebook.com/TazThorntonOfficial
Wednesday 7 May (tbc but often first Wednesday of the month); Relaxation Gong Bath. Venue: Akasa, 5a Prince Edward Rd, Hackney Wick, London E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: from £20.76. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sunita-kaur-34415293427
Thursday, 8 May (and other dates); Tea with a Medium. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm Cost £55 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/
Thursday 8 May; 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, 8 May - 12 June; 21st Century Folk Tales: myth and magic in the global world. class with Katie Goss. Venue: City Lit, Keeley Street, London. Time: 3pm. Full price: £169, Senior fee £135, Concession £110. https://www.citylit.ac.uk/
Thursday, 8 May; Cave Paintings and Prehistoric Carvings: Can We Really Call Them Art? Online talk by Dr. Geri Parlby. Time: 4pm. Tickets £3.99. https://events.restless.co.uk/event-calendar/astrology-discussion-group/
Thursday, 8 May; The Golden Grimoire: The Magical Way to Wealth and Abundance. Online talk by Dee Norman via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5.30pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events
Thursday 8 May; Rebalance with the Chinese Five Elements: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Life. Start of 3-part online course with Doe Warnes via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Thursday 8 May; Who Were the Essenes? Talk by with Dr Steven Muir via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets £23. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Thursday 8 May; Book Launch: The Fashion Oracle With Nieve Tierney. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: free. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Thursday, 8 May; The History of Tarot. Lecture and Soirée with tarot reader and researcher Melissa Mercury. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.
Thursday, 8 May (tbc but usually every fortnight); Inquisitive Spirit open circle. Learn Mediumship and Psychic development with a group. Venue: Bretons Manor, 411 Rainham Road, South Hornchurch RM13 7LP. Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm. Cost £10 per session Text 07549 638276 for details.
Friday 9 May; Drum Birthing Workshop with Lynn Gosney. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain, Minster, Kent. Starts 8.45am. Tickets £225/£250. https://www.facebook.com/shamaniccentrecaercorhrain
Friday 9 May and Saturday 10 May; Sacred Space Earth Energy Dowsing. Two-day event with Vicky Sweetlove. Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-5pm weekdays. Tickets: £250 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Friday 9 May; The Power of Colour: Feng Shui Secrets for a Happier Home. Online with Rest Less Events. Time: 11.30am. Tickets £3.99. https://events.restless.co.uk/
Friday 9 May; A Stranger in the Elemental Temple: The Rituals of the Ancient Order of Ishmael. A talk with author Billy J. Hamilton, Jr.. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets: £10. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/
Saturday 10 May; Cat Goddesses Day led by Caroline Wise and Carrie Kirkpatrick. Venue: Highgate, North London. Time: 11am - 6.30pm. Price: https://www.goddessenchantment.com/WORKSHOPS?
Saturday 10 May; Transformation is the Key. Workshop with Joan Osborne. Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-5pm weekdays. Tickets: £125 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Saturday 10 May; Full Moon Festival for Hecate. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: noon - 4pm. Free, just pop in. https://www.facebook.com/events/2084523218680541
Saturday 10 May; MoonCon on Welsh Goddess, featuring Mhara Starling, Kristoffer Hughes, Jhenah Telyndru and Brett Holyhead. Produced by Moon Books Publishing and Broadcast Live on YouTube and Facebook. Time: tbc. Free event. https://www.youtube.com/@MoonBooksPublishing
Sunday, 11 May; Wirral Pathways Online Beltane Festival 2025. Time: 10am - 6pm. Tickets: £8.50/£10 plus booking fee. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/pathways/1505089?
Sunday, 11 May; Writing and rewriting fairytales. One-day online course via City Lit. Time: 10.30am-4.30pm. Fee: £79/£40. https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/writing-and-rewriting-fairytales
Sunday 11 May; The Divine Feminine Pathway. Workshop with Natasha Astara. Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-5pm weekdays. Tickets: £125 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Sunday, 11 May; The Witchcraft Summit - Online. Time: 11am - 5pm. Tickets: £27. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-witchcraft-summit-online-tickets-1268543972169?
Sunday 11 May; Activate Your Psychic Abilities with Astrology. Start of 3-part online class with Carmen Turner-Schott via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 6pm. Tickets £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Sunday 11 May; Magic in Contemporary Art, Ep. 3. Dr. Amy Hale and Susan Aberth discuss the magical work of Leonora Carrington, via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £5. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Sunday 11 May (date tbc but usually near full moon); Full Moon Celebration with South East London Pagans. Venue: One Tree Hill, London SE23. Time: 7.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7046502195365834
Sunday, 11 May; The Myth of Disenchantment. Talk by Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.76. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
For activities after these dates please visit my events page.
Please note that I am not responsible for the content of any of these events except my own amulets workshop. Contact organisers directly if you have questions or to check ticket availability. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical healing, this is *not* medical advice. If you're running an event you want included, please email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com I earn commission from advertisers for some links.
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