The winter solstice is on Sunday 21st December. Here's a list of pagan, witchy and magical events to celebrate the rebirth of the sun and the festive season until early January. I've listed a mixture of online and in-person things to do over Yuletide. Many are in or near London, but some are further away including at Stonehenge.
Now to 11 January 2026; Mumbai + London. Free exhibition of new perspectives on the ancient world with a cultural comparison between the British Museum sculptures of the Indian god Vishnu, the ancient Egyptian goddess Sekhmet and the Roman god Bacchus (or Greek Dionysos). Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/mumbai-london-new-perspectives-ancient-world
Now on; Dark Secrets: The Esoteric Exhibition. Venue: The Vaults, Leake Street, SE1 7NN. Open Wednesdays to Sundays. Tickets from £21. https://darksecretsexhibition.com/london/
Now to 20 April 2026; Welcome To Fairy Land - Luciana Nedelea Art Exhibition. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: Museum opening hours, free entry https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/museum/events-exhibitions/
Now – 19 April 2026; Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection Exhibition. Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. Free https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/thirst-in-search-of-freshwater
Now to 10 January 2026; Jane and Louise Wilson: Performance of Entrapment. Exhibition investigating parallels between the Roman Temple of Mithras in London and Ise Jingu shrine in Japan. Venue: Bloomberg Space, 12 Walbrook, London, EC4N 8AA. Free. https://www.londonmithraeum.com/
Now to 16 May 2026; Broken, Burnt, Buried. Exhibition of Egyptians objects deliberately broken as part of ritual and religious practices. Venue: Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology, Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT. Free. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/
Now – 26 February 2026; Exhibition: Elective Affinities. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH , Time: 10am-5pm Monday - Friday. Free, but book a ticket. https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/elective-affinities/
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/
Various dates; London Witches and Chilling History Bankside Walking Tour. Meet at Southwark View Point, Minerva Square, London, SE1 9DF. Times various. Tickets from £16.31. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/enthral-experiences-58960674733
Now - 19 December; Visual History of European Alchemy Short Course in 5 classes wrth Sergei Zotov. Online via Zoom through the Warburg Institute. Tickets £130 (concessions available). Time: 2pm. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/visual-history-of-european-alchemy-2025
Wednesday 17 December; A Tudor Christmas. Hybrid talk via Gresham College. In-person venue Gresham College, Barnard's Inn Hall, Holborn, London EC1N 2HH. Time: 6pm. Free to register for online viewing. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/
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Wednesday 17 December (tbc but usually 3rd Wednesday each month); The More Mead Moot. Venue: The Hope pub, Carshalton, Surrey. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/Pagan-FutureFests-352385661439366/
Wednesday 17 December (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 17 December (and other dates); Gong Bath. Venue: Akasa, 5a Prince Edward Rd, Hackney Wick, London E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: from £25.63. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sunita-kaur-34415293427
Wednesday 17 December; Winter and Creative Writing Workshop with Bernadette Russell via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Thursday 18 December (most Thursdays); 30 Minute Guided Meditation. Online via Rest Less Events. Time: 9am. Tickets £3.99 per class. https://events.restless.co.uk/event-calendar/
Thursday 18 December (most Thursdays); Shamanic Dance with Luisa Passalacqua. Venue near Wandsworth Town Station, London. Time: 11am. Tickets donations (or free) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/luisa-passalacqua-16972493584?
Thursday 18 December; Poetry Evening. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm. Tickets free https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/
Thursday, 18 December; Yuletide Seance. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Doors open: 6.30pm. Tickets £25. https://www.wiccamooninherservice.co.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/
Thursday 18 December; Witch Choir with Nicole Bettencourt Coelho. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS.Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Thursday, 18 December; The Life and Stories of H.C. Andersen. Talk by Lena H Brennand and Cat Irving on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from £3.49. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Friday 19 December; Waffling Witches Yuletide special. 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 19 December (1st and 3rd Friday each month); Pagan Portal Podcast by Moon Books. Time: noon (or listen to recording later). Free event. https://open.spotify.com/show/11N4kNj65tTz9NFUcZTMa7?
Friday 19 December and other dates; Tea with a Medium. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm Cost £60 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/
Friday 19 December; Winter Solstice Tea Ceremony and Sister Circle. Venue: London, SW11 6RP. Time: 6pm. Tickets from £8. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/73770623733?
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Friday 19 December (and other dates); New Moon, Full Moon or Divine Union Cacao Ceremony, Heart Ritual and Gong Bath. Venue: Private Location near Wandsworth Town/Clapham Junction, London. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: From £32.93 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-moon-full-moon-or-divine-union-cacao-ceremonyheart-ritual-gong-bath-tickets-169545022727
Friday 19 December; Winter Solstice Ceremony and Shamanic Journey by Priest of Indigo Earth Joseph Atiase. Venue: Hackney Marshes, East London. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/priest-of-indigo-earth-joseph-atiase-35528479563
Friday 19 December (last session this year); Way of the Witch monthly online circle with Samantha K. and Jacqui C. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.meetup.com/sammi-k-shamanic-practitioner-psychic-medium/events/
Saturday 20 December; Celtic Goddesses - An experiential day exploring Celtic goddesses led by Caroline Wise and Carrie Kirkpatrick. Venue: Highgate, North London. Time: 11am - 6.30 pm. Price: £80. https://www.goddessenchantment.com/
Saturday 20 December; Sacred Sweat Lodge for Winder Solstice. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain Kent. Run by Lynn Gosney. Time: 12.30pm. Tickets £tbc, email lynn.gosney@hotmail.com for info and to book. https://www.facebook.com/shamaniccentrecaercorhrain/
Saturday 20 December; Winter Solstice Magic Workshop with Joanna Gilar. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Saturday 20 December; Yule/ Winter Solstice Free and open Gorsed of Caer Abiri ritual at Avebury stone circle in Wiltshire. Meet at the Red Lion pub from noon for druidic ceremony at 1.30pm. Offering of bread, mead, or Bardic performance always welcomed. Free event, just turn up. https://www.facebook.com/groups/49080749624/
Saturday 20 December; Woodland Winter Solstice 2025 Ritual Gathering with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at the entrance to Queen's Woods, Queen's wood Road, London N6 5UU, to be led into woods to the ritual spot. Bring a torch and wear suitable clothing and footwear. Time: 3pm. Tickets: £8. https://www.meetup.com/londonwoodlandwitches/
Saturday 20 December; Queen of the Witches: A Yule Ritual by Miss Jayne. Venue in London W10 6B. Time: 3pm to 6:30pm . Tickets from £16.96. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queen-of-the-witches-a-yule-ritual-tickets-1968249587500?
Saturday 20 December (every full and new moon); Moon Space online event via She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
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Sunday 21 December; Winter Solstice Listening Walk. A listening walk along the Thames, from dawn in Rotherhithe, to dusk in Brentford, to mark the winter solstice. Time: 7.30am to 5pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/ethan-cohen-60098896903
Sunday 21 December; The Merry Macabre Xmas Market at The Last Tuesday Society. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 10am-2pm. Tickets free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489
Sunday 21 December (and other dates and times); Soul Restore Sound Healing. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 11am. Tickets: £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648
Sunday 21 December; Mythic London – Walking Tour with Caroline Wise organised by Treadwells. Meet outside St Mary Le Strand Church, Strand, London WC2R. Time: 11.50am. Tickets: £35. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Sunday 21 December (tbc but usually on the closest Sunday to the festival); Anderida Gorsedd Winter Solstice 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 21 December (usually on the closest Sunday to the festival); Yule at Woodspirits. Free in-person event for members of Woodspirits group. Venue: Queens Wood, North London. Time: Noon: optional meeting at Queens Wood Cafe, 2pm woodland ritual. https://www.facebook.com/groups/4032235040150960
Sunday 21 December; Dawn of the Oak Pagan moot. Venue: The Sir John Oldcastle, Farringdon Road/Greville Street, London EC1M 3JF. Time: 3pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/dawnoftheoak/
Sunday 21 December; The Snow Queen Storytelling with London Dreamtime. Venue: The Asylum chapel, Caroline Gardens, London SE15. Time: 3pm. Tickets from £5. https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/
Sunday 21 December; Wicca Women's Circle with Crystal Wicca. Venue in Westerham, TN16 . Time: 3pm. Tickets: £33. https://www.facebook.com/TheCrystalWicca
Sunday 21 December; Return of the Light Winter Solstice Sound Bath and Candle Ceremony. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 4pm. Tickets: £40-£45. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648
Sunday 21 December; Ritual in the Tower (Luna Iter). 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: £9.73. https://www.hildegardmaier.co.uk/luna-iter or https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154
Sunday 21 December (every Sunday); Mindfulness Meditation. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3, 1NG. Time: 6pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk
Sunday 21 December (closest Sunday to the festival); Wheel of the Year: Winter Solstice/Yule Pagan 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 21 December; OBOD Online Alban Arthan/ Winter Solstice Ceremony live on the OBOD Facebook page and OBOD YouTube Channel. Time: 7pm https://www.facebook.com/druidry
Sunday 21 December; “Bah! Humbug!” with Giles AbbottVenue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 7pm or 8pm. Tickets from £10. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489
Sunday 21 December (and other dates); Solstice Special London Witches Walking Tour with Maria Beadell's organised by Treadwell's Bookshop. Meet Meet outside Farringdon tube Station, Cowcross street, London EC1M 6BY, UK. Time: 7.50pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.treadwells-london.com/
Monday, 22 December (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 23 December; An Unusual History of Fish. Talk by Amorina Kingdon on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from £3.49. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Friday 26 December (tbc but usuallly 4th Friday of the month); The Wild Wood Tarot study group. Free online event. Time: 7pm. https://www.meetup.com/astrotarotkitchen/events/
Saturday 27 December (tbc but usually every 4th Saturday of the month until February 28, 2026) Psychic Development - Beginners Mediumship. Venue: Yurt, 11, Strathearn Rd SW19 7LH, London. Time: · 5pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.meetup.com/astrotarotkitchen/events/
Monday 29 December; Woodland Cacao - Angelic magic for new Beginnings with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at the entrance to Queen's Woods, Queen's wood Road, London N6 5UU, to be led into woods to the ritual spot. Bring a torch and wear suitable clothing and footwear. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £11. https://www.meetup.com/londonwoodlandwitches/
31 December; Cirque de Curiosities: New Years Eve at The Last Tuesday Society. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 9pm. Tickets £26.94 include a glass of Devil's Botany Chocolate Absinthe Liqueur. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489
Thursday 1 January (and other dates); Holistic Sound Bath Meditation - Summoning The Sacred. Venue: Training Points Fitness and Therapy, 5-6 Cooper's Yard, London SE19 1TN. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/holistic-sound-bath-meditation-summoning-the-sacred-tickets-223970159777?#
Friday 2 January (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/
Saturday 3 January; Connecting with Trees, a Call to Arms with South East London Pagans. Venue: One Tree Hill, Honor Oak, South London. Time: 1.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7046502195365834
Saturday 3 January; Storytelling Around The Fire – Warm Tales for Winter with Vanessa Woolf and London Dreamtime. Venue: Plot 9 Maze Hill, Greenwich. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets £5-£15. https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/
Sunday, 4 January; Twelfth Nigh celebration. Mummers' Play, the Bankside Wassail and more seasonal entertainment with The Lion's Part. Venue: Shakespeare's Globe, Bankside and Borough Market, Southwark, London, SE1 9DT. Starts at noon. This is a free event. https://thelionspart.co.uk/
Sunday 4 January; Sacred Reset with Crystal Wicca. Venue Crystal Wicca, West Wickham, BR4. Time: 3pm. Tickets: £26. https://www.facebook.com/TheCrystalWicca
For details of events after 6 January 2024 please visit my events page.
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, via badwitch1234@gmail.com . Where a practitioner is offering information about magical wellbeing and healing, this is *not* medical advice. The picture at the top is from Dicken's A Christmas Carol.
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