Ceremonies are the thresholds of the festival. They mark the opening, the closing, and the deeper turns of each edition. They are not performance; they are invitation.
Each edition opens with a ceremony that welcomes everyone into the circle. It is brief, intentional, and centred on the land we are gathering on. Whether you arrive knowing what to expect or arrive for the first time, the opening is the doorway.
Through the five days, ceremonies return at key moments. Some are held at the Central Fire. Some take the form of a water blessing at the woodland edge. Some are sung. All of them are shaped by the practitioners and elders who offer their work each edition.
The closing ceremony holds the gathering together one last time before gates open and we carry what we have made back into the world. It is an ending that leaves its doors open.
No one is obliged to attend any ceremony. If a ceremony calls to you, come. If it does not, there is a festival elsewhere on the site going on at the same time. Participation is always invitation, never obligation.
