Pagan events near me If you are interested in exploring pagan beliefs and taking part in related activities, you may be wondering how to find pagan events in your area. Whether you are a solitary practitioner or part of a coven, attending pagan events can provide you with opportunities to connect with like-minded individuals, learn from experienced practitioners, and celebrate pagan holidays and traditions. In this note, we will explore different ways to find pagan events near you and how to make the most of your experience. One of the simplest ways to find pagan events near you is to search online. There are various websites, forums, and social media groups specifically dedicated to paganism and pagan events. These platforms often have event calendars or discussion threads where people can post about upcoming events in different areas.

Organize Your Own Pagan Event

Let’s face it, at some point nearly all of us have read the listings of public Pagan events and festivals taking place somewhere, and wondered, “Why isn’t there something near ME?” Chances are if there’s nothing happening, it’s because no one has taken the time to organize it yet. And if YOU think it would be a good idea, there’s a very good possibility that other people think it would be a good idea. Obviously, while we’re living in the age of the ‘Rona, there’s not a ton of events being planned, but eventually when things settle down, you might decide you’ve had enough of Netflix and Zoom meetings, and realize you’d really like to put together some sort of Pagan event for your local community.

So how do you do this? After all, in the current economy people don’t usually have a lot of money to spend, and it’s hard to organize volunteers, right? Believe it or not, if you’ve got a small but dedicated team to work with, you can put together a Pagan event (or any other kind, for that matter) that everyone will enjoy. Here are some tips on how to make this happen.

Figure Out Your Goal

The first step, clearly, is to figure out the purpose of your event. Whether you’re inviting two dozen people or two hundred, you’ll need to have a goal in mind. For some people, it may be to celebrate a particular Sabbat. For others, it might be just to bring about a sense of Pagan unity. Regardless, know what you’re aiming for going into it. This will give you a sense of direction, and a focus point for all of your planning.

Form a Planning Committee

Most people hate the idea of committees. But if you have one, stuff gets done. And it gets done by more than just one person. You don’t need a huge formal organization–you need a few people who are as committed as you are to making this event happen.

The easiest way to find people to be on your planning committee is to ask around the Pagan community. Talk to everyone you know—particularly those who know a lot of other folks, like shop owners, coven leaders, etc.—and tell them what you’ve got in mind. If they’re on board, schedule a meeting that everyone can attend, so your planning committee can start brainstorming for ideas. Six to ten dedicated volunteers can organize an event effectively. Be sure to schedule meetings in advance so people can work around other obligations.

To get the word out to members of the Pagan community you don’t know personally, ask local shop owners if you can post a notice in their store about your organizational meeting. This should, obviously, include the date and time of the meeting, and say something simple, like “Would you like to see a Public Pagan Event? We need your help! Come share your ideas at [meeting time and place].” If possible, create an online event page—Facebook comes in handy for that—to spread the news to people who might not be stopping in their local shops.

When your planning committee holds its first meeting, you’ll need to do your best to make sure no one person dominates the entire thing. Listen to everyone’s ideas, and make sure anyone who has something to say gets a chance to contribute. For this first meeting, discuss possible names for your event, dates, and potential venues.

Ideally, you should do this anywhere from three to six months prior to the event taking place. You can still make it work with a narrower window of opportunity, but it’s a whole lot easier if you plan well in advance.

Time, Place, and Theme

You and your planning committee need to figure out where and when your event is going to be held. This is crucial, and it needs to be done as early as possible, because if you need to book a location, you’ll want to make reservations soon. Figure out whether your event should be held indoors or outdoors. If it’s going to be inside, you’ll need to determine what size venue you want–are you planning on inviting forty people, or four hundred?

Outdoor venues, such as park shelter houses, tend to give you a bit more flexibility. They’re also less expensive to rent, although you may be at the risk of the weather at certain times of year.

Look at your goals that you set as the purpose for your event. This will help determine the theme of your shindig—and it’s a good idea to come up with a formal name for your celebration. Even if it’s something simple, like “Main Street Mabon Festival,” it will make you look more organized if you have a name. Not only that, it gives people something concrete to think about, rather than just “oh, we’re holding a little get-together to celebrate the harvest and stuff.”

Delegate!

Delegate, delegate, delegate! Delegation is one of the hardest things to do–not because people don’t want to help, but because organizers are often afraid to ask. A successful event has to have people working together, and the more of them there are, the better things will go.

Did I mention you need to delegate?

Here’s a simple way to do it. Remember those awesome volunteers you have on your planning committee?

Give them something to do besides standing around looking pretty. You’re going to put each of them in charge of a sub-committee. You don’t have to call it a sub-committee if you don’t want to; call them teams instead if you like. And each of those team leaders is going to be in charge of recruiting help for their teams. Each team is in charge of a different aspect of the event.

Here are some possible teams you may want to have:

• Public Relations: Put this team in charge of designing flyers and posters, getting the word out to local shops, and distributing press releases to newspapers.
• Fundraising: Although you can always ask for donations at the door, fundraising is a good way to raise money ahead of time. Put a team in charge of fundraising, and see what creative ideas they can come up with (see The Money Issue below).
• Cleanup: No one wants to clean up anything. But someone has to, and the best way to get it done is to assign a team to make sure trash cans are emptied, garbage is cleaned up, and floors are swept.
• Workshops/Speakers/Entertainment: Are you planning to have guest speakers or musicians at your event? Get someone in charge of coordinating them.

• Ritual: If you’re holding a ritual, someone needs to plan it. A ritual isn’t going to just happen on its own.

The Legal Stuff

One of the most important aspects of planning a public event—Pagan or otherwise—is to make sure all the legal mumbo-jumbo is taken care of in advance. And that means NOT the day before, but well in advance. If you’re in a park or other public setting, you need to find out ahead of time what the rules and regulations are as far as noise, bonfires, etc.

Some areas may have restrictions on whether or not you can permit vendors to come in and sell products or services at your event. Find out ahead of time–you don’t want to be notified the morning of your celebration that all those Tarot readers have to have a state business license on file, or that food servers need to be registered with the county Health Department.

Finally, you may want to consider whether or not it’s worth looking at to become a registered non-profit organization.

Plan Your Timetable

When you’re planning your event, you’ll need to have some sort of timetable in mind. Is your event an all-day one, at which people can come and go randomly? Or is it a set block of a few hours, where guests are expected to attend for the whole thing? Either way, you’ll need to figure out what’s happening and when. If you have guest speakers lined up, musical entertainment, or workshops, all of these need to be scheduled in a way that doesn’t prevent anyone from learning or participating. Don’t set the drum circle right next to the meditation spot and then have them going at the same time.

Most Pagan festivals include a ritual of some sort as the focus, or centerpiece, of the entire event. Whether the ritual is meant to celebrate a particular Sabbat, or simply be inclusive, make sure you time it well. It’s probably not a good idea to have a big spiral dance right after people have eaten. Likewise, leave some time before and after the ritual when nothing else is scheduled—that way, you’ve got some wiggle room in case a workshop runs over, or the ritual ends up being longer than you anticipated.

The Money Issue

Everyone knows times are tight right now. Combine that with the fact that the Pagan community tends to be very thrifty, and you may find yourself trying to organize your event with a very limited budget. Does that mean it can’t be a good event? Not at all—it simply means you’ve got to think outside the box a bit when you’re doing your planning.

First of all, consider fundraising. Fundraising isn’t just asking people for money—truly successful fundraising involves offering people something in exchange for their money.

Perhaps you can order t-shirts with your event’s information on them—sell them for a few dollars over cost, and there’s a fundraiser. Ask vendors to donate a basket of goods, and then sell raffle tickets for a dollar apiece at the event—instant fundraising opportunity!

Many times, people may not wish—or be able—to donate money, but they might be able to help out with goods and services. Need paper for your flyers? Ask someone to contribute a couple of reams. If you can’t afford to buy food for the three hundred people attending your event, no problem—turn it into a potluck, ask everyone to bring a dish to share, and then you don’t have to budget for food.

If you’re permitted to have vendors at your event (see The Legal Stuff), then collect a vendor’s fee for each booth or space. Anywhere from $25 to $75 is reasonable for a small public event in most parts of the United States. Ten vendors at $50 apiece nets you $500 that you can use to buy supplies, rent your venue, or purchase advertising.

One area where you may find yourself in a money bind is that of booking speakers or musical acts. Don’t be afraid to negotiate. Certainly, speakers and musicians need to earn a living too, and there’s nothing wrong with them charging you for their time. However, if you can’t afford it, you’re not obligated to hire them. There may well be other speakers or artists you can book at no charge at all, who will donate their time in exchange for a chance to sell their books or CDs. Instead of inviting that Big Name Pagan Author to lead your ritual and spending your entire budget, see if a well-respected local High Priestess is willing to do the work instead.

Media Relations

Make sure you have a designated media contact person. This should be the individual whose name and phone number or email address appears on all the “Get More Info” paperwork. This is the person who should be taking care of getting the word out to the local Pagan community. However, because this will also be the person who may end up talking to the press, make sure it’s someone who’s comfortable with public speaking and who will represent your Pagan community in the way you want the public to see you.

Go for outgoing and friendly over taciturn and moody. Really. It’ll make a huge difference.

Your communications team should make a point of getting posters and flyers out into the community well in advance of the event. They should be visiting local Pagan businesses—and non-Pagan businesses that have a Pagan clientele—and talking up the event. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Meetup are a great way to get the word out to people who might not otherwise be aware of your event.

Just Do It!

The big day is here! It’s time for your Merry Mabon Meetup, or your Samhain Witches’ Ball, or whatever you’ve decided to call it! Make sure that you and your planning committee arrive as early as possible to get things set up. Take care to follow your timetable as closely as possible so no one feels pushed out of the way.

When guests arrive, make sure someone is there to greet them. If you’ve got a program with the schedule, be sure to hand one to each guest.

You might even want to include some of those “Hello, My Name Is” badges—corny, yes, but wonderful when you’ve got a group of strangers together in one place. These are also a great way to let people share their pronouns, making your event more inclusive. It’s also a good idea to have a sign-in sheet where people can include their phone numbers or email addresses, so you can do follow-up later.

Keep in mind that there may be people attending who aren’t Pagan at all. Do your best to make these folks feel welcome so they can have a good time too.

Also, keep in mind that sometimes stuff goes wrong. It’s not a big deal—it’s a learning experience. If you can fix it easily, great, but if not, just chalk it up to Stuff To Do Different Next Time. Don’t be afraid to ask guests for help during your event—if you need someone to do something, simply say something like, “You know, we’re kind of short-handed on volunteers right now, would you please take this bag of recyclables to the parking lot for me? Thanks!”

Feedback and Follow Up

The last part of your event takes place afterwards. Within a week or so of your event, meet with your planning committee one last time. Brainstorm, debrief, and get everyone’s thoughts on how things went. What went well? What was a complete failure? If possible, ask guests for feedback as well, and find out what they enjoyed the most, and what they would like to see done differently as well. Use the email addresses you collected at your sign-in table, and send out a short questionnaire to find out what people have to say—and also to recruit potential volunteers for your next event!

If anyone has donated items or money, send them a thank-you note for their contribution. Likewise, if you’ve had artists, musicians or guest speakers, be sure to write them and let them know how much you appreciate their time.

A Few Miscellaneous Tips:

Consider whether your event should be a family one or adults only. If you’re going to allow children, it’s crucial that you provide something for them to do. Put one or two people—parents, preferably—in charge of a Kids’ Zone, and include crafts, coloring pages, and games to play throughout the day. Be sure to read Why Are Kids Sometimes Unwelcome at Pagan Events?

Remember there are a significant number of people in today’s Pagan community who have a disability. Pagans with disabilities find themselves facing a unique set of issues that able-bodied people don’t have to content with, and one of the best ways to make sure you don’t leave those folks out is to get them involved. Do you have a disabled Pagan helping out with the planning of your event? If not, reach out to someone in your community who has a disability, and ask them for input. Ask questions about what can be done to make the event inclusive to everyone, regardless of level of ability.

Occasionally, people from outside the Pagan community will show up at Pagan events to cause trouble. If you think this might happen to you, it’s not a bad idea to have some measure of security in place. You may want to ask your local police department to stop by and have a presence, or if you know some big, intimidating people who aren’t afraid to set boundaries, you can have them stand at the entrance and keep people out who are uninvited.

Don’t be afraid to eject someone from an event if they’ve made it clear they’re only there to cause trouble.

Be inclusive. Remember that the Pagan community consists of more than just NeoWiccans. A variety of groups—Wiccans, Druids, Heathens, and even Satanists—may show up at your event. Don’t alienate any of them by being disrespectful of their beliefs—especially of one of the themes of your event is Pagan unity.

Pagan Spirit Gathering

After a week at PSG (Pagan Spirit Gathering), I landed last night at Elizabeth Sturino’s place in Dayton, OH. Since PSG had no wifi, I’ve been offline for 9 days—the longest time I can remember! I’ve spent today catching up with emails and Facebook. Now to catch up with my journaling…

Elizabeth lived in Amsterdam for a few years and served as Personal Assistant for Michael York in 2014-‘15. She has some amazing life stories! We have quite a few friends in common, and have attended some of the same festivals, but never actually met before now. We’ve been totally hitting it off. Her daughter Chloe and four grandkids are also living here, and I think they think I’m Santa Claus…

It’s been raining here since I arrived, but tomorrow is supposed to be clear, so we’re planning to drive out to visit Ohio’s Great Serpent Mound—which I’ve always wanted to see.

So, right after my last entry, I drove to Hannon’s Camp America Campground, near College Corner, OH, for the legendary Pagan Spirit Gathering, which I’ve heard about for decades, but never managed to attend before—although Morning Glory came once back in the mid-‘90s. This was their first time at this new site, and intense rain over the first few days turned much of the campground—including the main ritual area, the vendors row, and the dancing ground in front of the band stage—into a sea and rivers of mud. It made me think of Woodstock. But everyone had a positive attitude regarding this adversity—having had a PSG a few years previously completely washed out by flooding!

PSG is an annual production of Circle Sanctuary, and Selena Fox and her partner Dennis (“Dr. D.”) were omnipresent, directing, solving problems, shuffling schedules, conducting rituals, presenting workshops, and, well, everything it seemed. Most of the 600 people present were members of Circle, and this is the only Pagan festival they ever attend.

Although I knew very few of the people there, everyone seemed to know me. I was deeply moved by the warm welcome, acceptance, and honoring I felt from everyone. Many people came up to me and told me how I’d changed their lives. As at all Pagan festivals these days, “Welcome Home!” was a common theme, even printed on the complimentary guest tote bags.

Other special guest authors were the elegant Lady Tamara Von Forslun (“The Witch of Oz”), my friend Jason Mankey, and Kristoffer Hughes from Wales, whose book, “Journey of the Soul” had been an important reference for my own forthcoming “Death Rights & Rites.” We enjoyed each other’s company and conversation at the authors’ pavilion and mealtimes. Many other charming new connections: Dineh, John & Paul; Penny & Zenobia; Ash, Bob, Jim, Harry, and so many others.

Laura Gonzalez—born in Mexico City, now living in Chicago—shared a bunkhouse with me. She has shows on CircleTalk Blogpost Radio in Spanish and English, and now Portuguese as well. We stayed up late in the cabin seeing eye-to-eye on many topics. I look forward to an interview on her show.

The schedule was full of Circle events, rituals, and particularly Rites of Passage: baby blessings, girls’ and boys’ coming of age ceremonies, rites of motherhood, handfastings, ministerial ordinations, and rites of croning for the elder women. A group of older men had initiated a comparable ritual of “saging” for men, and this year I was the only candidate. Despite my being well over the traditional age of “Sage” (55), and a founder of the Grey Council, such a rite had never come up for me before, and I was deeply honored by the ceremony.

A major aspect of Circle is their commitment to total inclusivity, which extends particularly to the trans-gendered, gender fluid, etc. For every event and rite of passage, it was emphasized that people should go wherever they identify, rather than being bound to their biology.

As befitting a Pagan gathering, there was plenty of music, performed by several bands as well as lone bards, such as Louis Garou and Mama Gina, who had also performed at the last three Pagan events I’d attended. Bands included Spiral Rhythm, who had performed at PUF, Thundersirens, and Arthur (“King of the Britons”) Hinds and the Round Table. Saturday night they all came on stage for “Bardapalooza.”

In addition to the ever-popular Phil’s Grill (a staple at several Pagan festivals), there were excellent meals by Jeanette Catering of Sharonville, OH. As they were a mundane operation, I had a nice talk with Melanie S., who headed up the catering crew, regarding what she thought of this gathering of Pagans. I was pleased that she said we were just the nicest bunch of folks she’d ever served. The next day she told me that she’d looked me up, and would be following my adventures on Facebook, so here’s to you, Melanie!

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Thinking About – Pagan Events after Covid-19

As the title suggests this is an article about the impact of the pandemic on the Pagan community focussing mainly on mine and Cerri’s local groups, but I think many organisers and facilitators will also be asking themselves similar questions. I realise that many people are tired of reading about Covid-19 so if that is you, feel free to move on.

Cerri and I have, for many years, been organising events and groups here in Sussex. We started the Anderida Gorsedd at the Spring Equinox of 2000 and have gathered as a group for every seasonal ceremony since then, up until what would have been our 20th Anniversary on the Spring Equinox of 2020. We hold a conference every year at Imbolc at our local Community Centre, we have a Druid Grove who have met monthly since 1997, and of course, I play my music at conferences, but also run my own musical tour dates. With the arrival of Covid-19, all of that changed.

I’ve missed meeting together for the seasonal ceremonies at the Long Man of Wilmington. Anywhere from 50-100 people, rain or shine, gathered together to share in the celebration of the season. For the Spring Equinox, we decided not to go the Zoom ritual route. Instead, Cerri wrote a ceremony that anyone could do in their homes or gardens, then, at 2 pm on the date the Gorsedd had been due to meet anyone who wished could join in and do the ritual. As part of the opening, we closed our eyes and imagined standing in Circle with our friends on the hill below the Long Man, feeling that sense of community that still exists, even though we are maybe far apart, then open our eyes and continue the ceremony. We have a Facebook group so people then posted photos of themselves after the ceremony, and of the ritual spaces, they had created. Ok, it’s never going to be the same as being together in each other’s company, but it has continued the Gorsedd’s tradition and has brought people together as best it can under the circumstances. We focussed on Beltane and the Summer Solstice in the same way.

The Grove didn’t meet for a month or so, but then we missed each other too much so had a Zoom meet up, and decided we would meet monthly to continue our Druid Journey together, sometimes online, sometimes apart but tuning into each other nonetheless. For me, it’s been wonderful to reconnect to the Spirits of our Sacred Grove.

The same with our monthly moot. With the closure of the pub where we met we had nowhere to gather, but as the lockdown continued, and it became apparent that those doors would not be opening any time soon, we took the moot online, and like many groups, met up on Zoom for a ‘Talking Stick’ moot. We’ve only had one but it worked very well, so it’s now back to a regular monthly thing.

I feel so lucky and blessed that I had the opportunity to go to three Pagan events this year before the lockdown. The Enchanted Market in Bracknell, our own AnderidaFest conference here in Sussex, and the Pagan Phoenix South West conference in Cornwall. There must be thousands of you who didn’t get that opportunity and have seen every Pagan event gradually cancelled. When we gather together in our groups and share space and time together, that is when we can truly know that we are part of a wider community. Pagans, like so many other groups, are often not at our best in Facebook groups. With no face-to-face contact we can argue, fall out, clash on almost anything, but these things don’t happen as frequently at physical gatherings. As a community, we need to feel that sense of coming together and mass celebration.

When I looked out from the stage at Bracknell and in Cornwall I had no idea of the impact the approaching lockdown would have. Pagans hug each other as greeting. It’s one of the things I’ve always loved. It’s hard to imagine a Pagan event where hugging is absent. But there are other things that, for so long, I have simply taken for granted, and this makes me now look to the immediate future.

So this leads to the questions I spoke of in the first paragraph. As the lockdown eases, any organiser, of any event, will probably be asking themselves similar questions. What can we do, what needs to happen, and what changes will need to be made, for us to begin to return to this ‘new normal’ we’ve been hearing about?

Already, me and Cerri have been asked when the Gorsedd will return to the Long Man? Will there be an AnderidaFest 2021? When will the pub moot return? Good questions. And right now the only thing we can say is that we are watching how things develop. There simply can’t be an unequivocal response, because anything can change, at any time.

Maybe it’s best to look at some of the challenges we face.

For 20 years the Gorsedd has been meeting, hugging and welcoming, standing close in a circle, holding hands, sharing food and drink, then going off to the pub for a social pint. How on earth can those things happen right now?

How hard is it going to be to meet, but not hug each other in welcome? It sounds easy, but when it is part of a way of life, I’m not sure it is.

The hill we meet upon beneath the Long Man just about holds 80 people standing close enough together to hold hands. That same circle standing 1 metre apart to respect ‘social distancing’? That would be difficult, especially if more people turned up. There’s never any knowing how many will be there as it’s a completely open ritual. It’s always been the foundation of what it’s been about. Friends have met there, people have met their life-partners there, we have all shared so much.

So the circle with social distancing is one thing, but the holding hands? It’s part of almost every Pagan circle – joining…as a circle! We hold hands to say the Gorsedd Prayer, we hold hands to say the Druid Vow and chant the Awen, we hold hands to share three breaths together. Three breaths together! “We swear, by peace and love to stand, heart to heart and hand in hand,” but not standing hand in hand? Weird.

Then of course there is the sharing of food and drink. Something central to so many spiritual traditions. There is not a chance we would be able to do that right now. And all of these things are the moments that join the community together. So these are challenging times for any community.

These moments are common to so many Covens, Groves, groups, events, conferences, open rituals, I’m sure I can’t be the only person asking myself these questions. Of course there may be some people who might just say “Oh get on with it!” But I’ve never been that kind of organiser. If I just said “OK, let’s just meet up and see what happens” I would never forgive myself if someone, or many people, caught Covid-19 because of that decision. At the end of the day the responsibility rests upon the shoulders of the organiser/s, and me and Cerri have never taken those decisions lightly.

As time moves on, and the restrictions are gradually lifted, we will all know more about the measures that need to be taken so that this ‘new normal’ can begin to emerge. But right now it is simply too early to know exactly what those measures might be, or what that ‘new normal’ might look like. In the mean time we continue to nurture our communities online, on Zoom, with Facebook Live concerts, online conferences and gatherings. We are so blessed to have this technology available, and it’s been amazing to see the creative ways people have been using it.

When I saw all of my concerts disappear literally overnight I was worried. In truth I still am because that’s another whole lot of questions about when small Arts Centres might open, and how we will be able to see live music again. But I thought, why not do an informal house concert on Facebook live? It might be fun. I had no idea how many people would watch it but we’d have a good time, despite the lockdown. Well, those little house concerts have been amazing, not only for me as a singer but also for the community. I just didn’t see it coming – that I would be playing to my largest ever audiences, whilst sitting in the peace and quiet of my own home! I’ll continue to do them, even when I can get back to playing live in person. They’ve been a light in the darkness.

One day I am sure we will all be able to stand in Circle again, holding hands, sharing food and drink, and hugging each other. Until then we will have to get creative and re-imagine what it means to be a Pagan, in community, sharing space and time with each other. I adore our community. I love the way we have risen to the challenge we have faced. And I look forward to the day we can sit down together over a bottle of mead, or a glass of ale, and reminisce over the year 2020, and how the Pagan community arose to the challenges it faced, and moved through the crisis.

These platforms often have event calendars or discussion threads where people can post about upcoming events in different areas. You can search for pagan events based on your location, interests, and the type of event you are looking for. Additionally, many pagan organizations or groups have their own websites or social media pages where they share information about upcoming events or gatherings.

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1. John - 2 stars - I attended a Pagan event near me and I found it to be underwhelming. The atmosphere was chaotic and disorganized, with nobody seeming to be in charge or providing guidance. The content of the event lacked depth and felt more like a commercial gathering than a genuine spiritual experience. Overall, I left feeling disappointed and with the sense that the event was more interested in making money than fostering a true sense of community.

2. Sarah - 1 star - I had high hopes for the Pagan event I attended near me, but unfortunately, it was a complete letdown. The organizers seemed more focused on creating a spectacle rather than creating a meaningful and inclusive experience for attendees. The event lacked any sense of spirituality and felt more like a carnival rather than a gathering of like-minded individuals. I was especially disappointed by the lack of knowledgeable speakers and workshops that could have provided educational or insightful experiences. Overall, I would not recommend this event to anyone seeking a genuine and enriching Pagan experience.

3. Alex - 3 stars - Although the Pagan event I attended near me had potential, it fell short in several areas. The location was not well-suited for the event, as it lacked the necessary space for workshops and activities. Additionally, the event scheduling was poorly organized, with overlapping sessions and a lack of clear communication about the program. While some aspects of the event were enjoyable, such as the vendor marketplace, the overall experience left much to be desired. I hope that future events can address these issues and provide a more organized and fulfilling experience for attendees.

4. Emily - 2 stars - I was disappointed with the Pagan event I attended near me. The lack of variety in workshops and activities was underwhelming, and many of the presentations felt repetitive and uninspiring. The event felt more like a gathering for beginners rather than a platform for experienced practitioners to share their knowledge. Additionally, the lack of diversity in terms of spiritual paths represented at the event was disheartening. I hope that future events strive to offer a more comprehensive and inclusive experience for all attendees.

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