SCHEDULE 2024
PLEASE NOTE: Scheduled activities may change. Please check back as we near the festival for updates.
Schedule at a glance
(Text only, no photos)
Thursday Oct. 10th
4pm
~Registration Opens~
Open until 10pm. Arrivals after 10pm register in the morning.
Clothing Swap - ongoing
The clothing swap will be held in a tent in the vendor area, and will go on all weekend! Drop off your clean donations when you arrive, and peruse at your leisure.
5:30 pm
~Opening Ritual~
Opening Circle
Join us in entering liminal space for the weekend
LOCATION: FIRE CIRCLE
6:30-7:30pm
~Dinner in the Main Lodge~
Dinner served for those on the meal plan. If you are not on the meal plan, you are welcome to prepare food in the communal kitchen and join your friends in the main dining area.
7:30 pm
~Meet and Greet~
Meet & Greet
A welcome hosted by the Hexenfest Team.
LOCATION: MAIN LODGE
Friday Oct. 11th
8:00-9:30am
~Continental Breakfast in the Main Lodge~
Photo: Marcos Garzo on Pixabay
Light continental breakfast for those on the meal plan.
If you are not on the meal plan, you can purchase something from the Rainbow Bar or prepare your breakfast at the community kitchen and bring it over to dine with your friends.
Coffee and tea is available to all, whether on the meal plan or not.
10:00-11:15 am - Workshops
Animistic Tree Meditation
Still your mind with the movement of nature.
Facilitated by Patrick Graeme
LOCATION: TREE BEHIND HEART LODGE
Magical Qi Gong
Magickal Qigong is a blend of Taoist and Pagan approaches that creates a seamless elegant magickal system that improves health and increases qi, ( life force energy), using the 5 Tonifying Regulation Exercises.
Facilitated by Rene Collins.
LOCATION: FIRE CIRCLE
Heart Circle
Share what is going on for you right now in this sacred circle for sharing from the heart. Be witnessed and held in this beautifully connecting community circle.
Facilitated by Joie Wolfwomyn.
LOCATION: MAIN LODGE DECK
11:15am-12:45 pm
~Brunch in the Main Lodge~
Photo: Holger’s Fotographie
Brunch served for those on the meal plan. If you are not on the meal plan, you are welcome to bring food from the Rainbow Bar or prepare food in the community kitchen and join your friends in the main dining area.
1:00-2:15 pm - Workshops
Success is your Proof, Courage is your Armor
Learn Magickal techniques for bumping up your success!
Facilitated by LASARA FIREFOX ALLEN
LOCATION: MAIN LODGE
A Shattering Innocence
Playshop & conversation on innocence and identities, and who we are underneath it all.
Facilitated by KARINA BLACKHEART
LOCATION: FIRE CIRCLE
Hekate Chant Voice Workshop
Learn a new chant to Hekate, written by Celia, then sing it with her at her concert on Saturday!
Facilitated by CELIA FARRAN
LOCATION: TREE BEHIND HEART LODGE
2:30-3:45 pm - Performance and Workshops
Evelie Såles Posch Concert
Filipina Witch, Healer and Musician with a big voice and a bigger heart.
LOCATION: HEART LODGE
Visual Alchemy
The art of magic, the magic of art!
Facilitated by Laura Tempest Zakroff
LOCATION:MAIN LODGE
Incense Making 101
Learn to make your own incense!
Facilitated by Gretchen Helms
LOCATION: MAIN LODGE DECK
4-5:15 pm - Performance and Workshops
Nathaniel Johnstone Concert
Silly songs about cats and hats, by a consummate performer.
LOCATION:HEART LODGE
Ancestor Healing and Atonement Ritual
Healing and atonement for our less wonderful ancestors.
Facilitated by T. Thorn Coyle and Crystal Blanton
LOCATION: FIRE CIRCLE
Osteomancy: make a bone set!
Learn about bone reading and make your own set! Facilitated by Boma Espie Romans.
PLEASE NOTE: This workshop incurs a supply fee. See Boma’s profile on our presenter’s page for details.
LOCATION: MAIN LODGE DECK
5:15-6:30 pm - Chill Time
Down time before dinner. Hang with your friends!
These people look hot, don’t they? This was mid-September. We are doing mid-October now. :+)
6:30-7:30 pm
~Dinner in the Main Hall~
Photo: Yanni Vance on Pixabay
Dinner served for those on the meal plan. If you are not on the meal plan, you are welcome to prepare food in the communal kitchen and join your friends in the main dining area. (The Rainbow Bar is closed in the evenings).
8:00-9:00 pm - Ritual
Harvest Ritual
Celebrating the life we want to live, personally and culturally! With each other, for each other.
LOCATION: FIRE CIRCLE
9:30-10:45 pm- Performance
Sharon Knight and Winter
Neofolk Romantique: witchy paganfolk with a rock/metal undercurrent.
LOCATION: HEART LODGE
11:00pm-12:15am — Performance
DJ Outersect
Genre-bending psychedelic electronic music for auditory bliss.
LOCATION: HEART LODGE
12:15am-2:00am Fire and Water
Sacred Fire Circle (Weather permitting)
Bring your drums, your songs, your prayers, your dance, and offer the gifts of your muse to the Night Sky!
LOCATION: FIRE CIRCLE
Hot Tub!!
The hot tub is open all the time, but we figured we’d remind you that late night hot tubs are delightful!
LOCATION: POOL AREA
Saturday Oct. 12th
8:00-9:30am
~Continental Breakfast in the Main Lodge~
Photo: Marcos Garzo on Pixabay
Light continental breakfast for those on the meal plan.
If you are not on the meal plan, you can purchase something from the Rainbow Bar or prepare your breakfast at the community kitchen and bring it over to dine with your friends.
Coffee and tea is available to all, whether on the meal plan or not.
10:00-11:15 am - Workshops
Heart Circle
Share what is going on for you right now in this sacred circle for sharing from the heart. Be witnessed and held in this beautifully connecting community circle.
Facilitated by Joie Wolfwomyn.
LOCATION: MAIN LODGE DECK
Tranquil Sound Gardens
Ease into your morning with the deep calm of sound vibration! Like getting a massage for your subtle body.
Facilitated by David Gibbons.
LOCATION: HEART LODGE
Journey Through the Labyrinth
Drawing, walking, remembering through the labyrinth. Facilitated by Gillian Brown.
LOCATION: LABYRINTH. SEE MAP.
Photo: Lisa Stuhley
11:15 - 12:45 pm
~Brunch in the Main Lodge~
Photo: Holger’s Fotographie
Brunch served for those on the meal plan. If you are not on the meal plan, you are welcome to bring food from the Rainbow Bar or prepare food in the community kitchen and join your friends in the main dining area.
1:00 - 2:15pm - Workshops
Ritualistic Death
Crafting empowering culture around death. Facilitated by Lisa Stuhley
LOCATION: LABYRINTH
Magic and the Creative Flow
Magical techniques for creative flow. Bring a craft project!
Facilitated by T. Thorn Coyle.
LOCATION: FIRE CIRCLE
2:30-3:45 pm - Performance and Workshops
Performance: Rene Collins
Back by popular demand!
Afro-rolk, reggae, jazz, and a hint of Hip hop.
LOCATION: HEART LODGE
Incantation from Heads
Celtic necromantic and Ancestor Practices.
Facilitated by Morpheus Ravenna
LOCATION: FIRE CIRCLE
Rattle Making
Make your own all natural Elk hide rattle.
Facilitated by Don Schulz
PLEASE NOTE: This workshop incurs a supply fee. See Don’s profile on our presenter’s page for details.
LOCATION: MAIN LODGE DECK
4:00 - 5:15 pm - Performance and Workshops
Celia Farran
The everyday Goddess and Badass Bardess sings songs full of mirth , soul, and spirit as only a fiery redhead can!
LOCATION: HEART LODGE
Nordic Oracular Work.
Lecture on historical and modern Norse Paganism, in prep for the Odin Oracular Devotional.
Facilitated by Sophia Fate-Changer
LOCATION: FIRE CIRCLE
Intro to Brainspotting
Learn a therapeutic process for releasing trauma and other challenging symptoms.
Facilitated by Crystal Blanton, LCSW
LOCATION: MAIN LODGE
5:15-6:30 pm - Chill Time
Sophia Fatechanger and The Raven Collection.
Down time before dinner. Visit Vendor Village!
6:30-7:30 pm
~Dinner in the Main Lodge~
Photo: Robert Owen Wahl 0n Instagram
Dinner served for those on the meal plan. If you are not on the meal plan, you are welcome to prepare food in the community kitchen and join your friends in the main dining area. (The Rainbow Bar is closed in the evening).
8:00-9:15 pm - Ritual
Odin Oracular Devotional
Secluded ritual for seekers of Divine counsel from the Norse gods.
Facilitated by Bay Area Fire and Ice
LOCATION: POOL AREA
8:00-9:15 pm - Performance
Tempest and Nathaniel Johnstone
Steampunk witchery via violin, guitar, percussion, and dance. Trancy, swirly, and otherworldly.
LOCATION: HEART LODGE
9:30-10:45 pm - Performance
Frenchy and the Punk
Steampunk cabaret!
"Frenchy doesn’t shy away from theatrics: her infectious vivacity, commanding dance moves and bellowing voice weave into a mesmerizing combination. Helland anchors her with his skillful guitar work, a wonderful alchemy of complimentary energies."
Post-Punk.com"
LOCATION: HEART LODGE
11:00pm-12:15am — Performance
DJ Outersect
Genre-bending psychedelic electronic music for auditory bliss.
LOCATION: HEART LODGE
12:15am-2:00am Fire and Water
Sacred Fire Circle (Weather permitting)
Bring your drums, your songs, your prayers, your dance, and offer the gifts of your muse to the Night Sky!
LOCATION: FIRE CIRCLE
Late Night Hot Tub
Just saying.
Sunday Oct. 13th
Photo: Marcos Garzo on Pixabay
10:00-11:30am
Brunch in Main Lodge
Brunch served for those on the meal plan. If you are not on the meal plan, you are welcome to bring food from the Rainbow Bar or prepare food in the community kitchen and join your friends in the main dining area.
11:30am-1:00pm - Workshops
Heart Circle
Share what is going on for you right now in this sacred circle for sharing from the heart. Be witnessed and held in this beautifully connecting community circle.
Facilitated by JOIE WOLFWOMYN.
LOCATION: FIRE CIRCLE
The Well of Song
An interactive music experience. improvisational creative flow meditation.
Facilitated by WOMEN OF THE WELL.
AKA Sharon Knight and Alison Balano.
LOCATION: HEART LODGE
3:00pm - Closing Ritual
Closing Ritual
Fare thee well, until we meet again!
LOCATION: FIRE CIRCLE