Witchfest Midlands

Half the tickets already gone for the Artemis Gathering in August, last year we sold out in February so do not miss the chance of attending this awesome camp in its new home! Invite your friends and join us for a long weekend of talk/workshops, live music, fire performances and loads of fun! https://witchfest.net/events/artemis-gath ering/

Dont forget that Witchfest Midlands is just around the corner, and it half of the tickets are already gone!! This event sold out super quick last year and this year it has moved again to a new and larger home, with some fantastic speakers, bands and traders! Dont miss out on any of the fun we are planning for you this year :D https://witchfest.net/events/witchfest-mi dlands/

Thank you to everyone who voted Witchfest Midlands as the Best Indoor Event on this years Pagan Events UK Awards 2018

Not long to go until our Wicca Introduced courses are here. We are running two courses this year.
First on the 23rd-24th of March in Rugeley in Staffordshire: https://witchfest.net/events/wicca-introd uced-midlands-2019/
And the second one on the 6th -7th of April in Glastonbury: https://witchfest.net/events/wicca_intro/
... Numbers are very limited and there isnt long to go, so if you are interested do not delay and get your ticket soon!!
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We are happy to announce An Evening with Inkubus Sukkubus on Saturday 26th October at the Rose Theatre in Rugeley! Tickets are on sale now!

An Evening with Inkubus Sukkubus
Inkubus Sukkubus are a Pagan Gothic Rock Band Who have been touring and releasing albums since they formed in 1989. They have played in Australia, Russia, Mexico, USA, Scandinavia, Most of Europe and the UK.
This event is part of the Inkubus Sukkubus 30th Anniversary Tour.
... There are limited tickets available for this event so buy them while you can
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Wicca Introduced 2019 Midlands A 2 day introduction Wiccan course with Merlyn and Cath of Children of Artemis Pleases are limited so book early to avoid disappointment

Pagan Events UK Awards 2018 It is that time of year again! You lovely people get to decide who the winners are for the Pagan Events UK Awards 2018, There are categories including Best Indoor Event, Band of the Year, Magazine of the Year, Organisation of the Year and new for this year is the Community Spirit Award. This award can be for anyone in the Pagan community that you think needs recognition for what they do for the community! The voting will end on January 20th and the winners will be announced on January 21st

It has taken a good while, and it is still not completely finished yet. But the main website is now back online!!! The membership forms are fully functioning again, so those that were waiting you can now join/renew your membership :D www.witchcraft.org

Professor Ronald Hutton is now confirmed as a speaker for Witchfest Midlands 2019

Damh the Bard live at The Rose Theatre, Rugeley

There will be tickets available for purchase on the door for this evening's concert with Damh the Bard

In honour of our patron goddess, the Children of Artemis are holding a wonderful outdoor event in a friendly family atmosphere camped in 98 beautiful acres of the Staffordshire countryside. http://witchfest.net/events/artemis-gathe ring/
Loads of entertainment and attractions.
... Full Cafe with food and snacks at affordable prices.
For up to date Children of Artemis event information visit: http://www.witchfest.net/
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Artemis Gathering 23rd-26th August 2019 New Location to be Announced Tickets on Sale Soon!

There seems to be some confusion regarding the location of An Evening with Damh the Bard. We want to let everyone know that this gig is at the Rose Theare in Rugeley, UK not The Alberta Rose Theatre in Oregon, USA! We are sorry to anyone in USA who is disappointed

Witchfest Midlands 2018 Pictures. The full image gallery will be available at www.witchfestmidlands.com soon! Photos Courtesy of Kev Flaherty

Lammas Blessings from everyone here at CoA Central and Witchfest Midlands (apologies for the delay but crazy busy times around here)

Speaker Focus - Byron Machin
Byron Machin is a documentary maker, writer and professional lecturer from the Staffordshire Moorlands. Byron has recently been in the news for creating a four part, eight hour documentary series containing a wealth of information on the history, wildlife, folklore and landscape of the Peak District.

Wonderful event, created from wonderful people!

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This was my first time at the Staffordshire Pagan Conference and I absolutely loved every second of it! Amazing staff who work so hard to organise and run the event. Great location. Other attendees to the event were so lovely. It was such a welcoming and lovely atmosphere. Talks were amazing, you could see the passion with every one that talked and how much they loved what they do. I couldn't fault anything throughout the day. Most of all I made a few amazing new friends who are some of the most awsome people I have met. I look forward to next year's event xxx

Thank you to everyone for organising a really good event, All the talks I attended were executed with knowledge and clarity, have set my alarm for Friday to get my tickets for next year as I think they will sell really fast, thank you again x

Thank you for a splendid day. Organising events and bringing so many people together is no easy task. A wonderful selection of stalls and intriguing speakers. I found some treasures and some answers. See you at Witchfest Midlands next year �

Once again a excellent day , good variety of interesting speakers , great stalls and the place was buzzing . My second year , I'll be back next year for sure x

My friends have gone to a lot of trouble to organise this and it has paid off - this is excellent :)

It was a very well organised event, the general atmosphere was friendly, welcoming with a positive uplifting relaxed vibe. There were a variety of talks on interesting topics that were enjoyable and informative. The organisers obviously carefully planned to include something for everyone. The venue I liked it was a nice hall for a small event, parking spaces available, we were provided with food, drink refreshments, looking forward to seeing it at the bigger venue rose theatre next year. The evening entertainment was fantastic with a great atmosphere throughly enjoyed it! Me and Judith in the diamond duet, provided the lunch time dance entertainment hope you all enjoyed it, we had been rehearsing hard over the last 3 months. Very well done to the organisers you did a great job, just remember if you are pleasing the majority most of the time you have done a good job! A huge success I think. Celebrate it. Thanks Gaynor

I throughly enjoyed Witchfest Midlands this year. What I though was so nice was That everyone was so friendly and I made a lot of new friends. Maybe because the size of the venue helped with this. The talks were all excellent and I must give a shout out to the caterers for the food which was lovely and really cheap as well. We also had a lovely time at the Vine on the friday night and I would suggest that if something like this could be organised next year it would be a good ice-breaker and gives folk the chance to get to know folk before the main event. Thanks to Elric and crew for all your hard work and I look forward to seeing you next year!

I really enjoyed this event and a huge thank you to all the organisers who turned up early to open up, the catering and bar staff... the stall holders who's diversity in their stock offerings kept my interest.

The speakers although obviously you can't please every one... as the word pagan covers a broad and long canvas of diverse people's and their spiritual beliefs... I found each one of interest.. Egyptian mythology by Mr Kevin Groves, Medieval fairies, Anna Franklin Cat Treadwell... it was all very interesting...

It takes quite an amount of dedication and courage to get up and speak to an audience so I believe that the speakers on this day deserve a great deal of respect for giving up their time to share their considerable knowledge... we went at about four after saying our farewells but look forward to see every body again... well done all, quite an enjoyable day xx

I had a wonderful day. Was laughing with the organisers as I wasnt very organised! Friendly and helpful very welcoming. The stalls were colourful, full of interesting things. Had a lovely chat with Anna Franklin, I loved her talk, very knowledgeable. Thomas Janak gave me a reading, made my hair stand on end with the accuracy. I have booked tickets for next year, can't wait. Have told everyone I know about this event. Please keep up the good work, I appreciate all that you do xx

I had a lovely day. It was friendly, informative and lots of stalls to enjoy. Also meeting up with friends and making new ones. There was food and drinks available which meant I could stay all day. I am really looking forward to the next one.

Great day out. Easy to find Elric posting pics of venue were inspired, loads of parking, great venue even had a lift, cold food available freshly made rolls made to order at very reasonable prices, bar also again reasonably priced. Great stalls with oodles of pretty and wonderful goodies. Fantastic speakers with great in depth knowledge of their subjects gave very interesting informative talks. Also loads of friendly, uniquely unconventional visitors. Yeh some are a bit crazy, but all are harmless. Already booked my ticket for next years convention and am really looking forward to it

Great 1 day event! Very much enjoyed. Lovely people to share the day with!

For me this event was amazing. I had become rather disconnected with my Pagan path. Spending the whole day with the phone switched off and listening to very inspirational speakers and talking to like-minded people was a relief and a way of re-connecting. The stalls were brilliant - as was the food, the price and the atmosphere. Definitely visiting again next year as I am feeling so much back on the right path as a result!

Excellent day! Good work Elric.. clearly a lot of hard work had gone into the day

An excellent event - the first of its kind in Staffordshire with a great variety of speakers, stalls and readers which was impressive considering it was the first one. It was well attended which added to the lovely vibe and everyone I spoke to - stall holders/speakers/members of the public who attended all said how much they enjoyed it and it was well worth going to.

Absolutely fantastic conference with a range of excellent, knowledgable speakers and a great variety of stalls selling some really interesting stuff! It was a really fun day, I bought some great handmade things and enjoyed learning from the speakers before the amazing evening entertainment. I will definately be going again next year!

A truly wonderful day, loved each of the talks I attended and the bands were fantastic. The food was great value. I cannot praise those who organized it enough, it was fabulous and I've met some amazing people because of it. Bring on next year xxx

I had a lovely day at the last Staffordshire Pagan Conference, Listened to some interesting workshops and talks on pagan themes ,met a few very friendly local pagans and enjoyed a dance with some of my favourite ladies. There were some very nice stalls with interesting wares and card readers.. I am looking forward to the next event very much and hope there might be a drum or chant work shop