Glastonbury Town welcomes visitors to events throughout the year. You can celebrate Beltane around the Maypole and Samhain with a Dragon Procession. Here are articles about Glastonbury Festival too.
The Fool’s Journey At least once a year I have the ‘Glastonbury Festival Dream’. It’s always incredibly vivid and I can generally recall it in detail after I wake up. Although the dream takes many forms it always has the same theme – I either can’t get to, or can’t get into, the festival. I’ve dreamt that I … Read more
I do my best to have my finger on Glastonbury’s pulse, especially when we gather together to celebrate the Celtic festivals to mark the times of transition between the seasons. But, even in Avalon, sometimes things just don’t work out as planned, I end up out of kilter, dislocated from the community. I missed Beltane … Read more
If this was a stage production I imagine it would be a pantomime loosely based on the Matrix and Lord of the Rings with a smattering of My Little Pony and an unlimited glitter budget.
A Normal for Glastonbury Spring weekend – featuring a jazz band, satanists and pizza.
I don’t go to workshops. I’m not really a joining in person I guess. I’m horrified at the idea of dancing blindfold, singing bhajans, anything that might involve sitting in a circle talking about feelings
Lots of twinkly lights and tasteful trees, some tinsel, a stuffed fox in a cape and a fairy infestation.
Frost Fayre 2016 was fantastic, perfect chilly but dry and bright weather, loads of stalls, great music and absolutely packed with people. It was a wonderful community event. Here’s some pictures.
Wow! What a fantastic day the Wild Hunt Samhain Celebration was. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves, click on them to view full size. All photos copyright Vicki Steward. Please ask if you wish to use them.
Some people get confused when I say I live in Glastonbury, they associate the name purely with the Glastonbury Festival and don’t know that the town exists. Sometimes they ask ˜But I thought the festival wasn’t on yet? This is particularly odd when you are talking to them in December. They assume we all live … Read more
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