Samhain Portal: Ecstatic Dance, Ancestor Ritual & Live Sound Bath · The Mount Without · Bristol in Bristol

Name: Samhain Portal: Ecstatic Dance, Ancestor Ritual & Live Sound Bath · The Mount Without · Bristol
Start: 2026-11-08T15:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-08T20:00:00+00:00
Location: The Mount Without

Know before you go

When: Sunday, November 8, 2026, 3 PM to 8 PM
Where: The Mount Without, 23 Lower Church Lane, Bristol, BS1 5, United Kingdom
Length: About 5 hours
Ages: Family-friendly
Type: Halloween Event

Details

As the veil thins we gather at the threshold.
Samhain is the Celtic new year, the night the veil between worlds is thinnest. We build an ancestor altar together, then we do what we have always done at the turning of the year: gather, dance, move, sing, pray and celebrate.
One continuous journey in a 900-year-old church with a sprung wooden floor and a d&b audiotechnik sound system.
3pm Doors open. Cacao and add your item to the ancestor altar
3:45pm Opening Ceremony
4pm Samhain Ritual · Carolyn Hillyer & Nigel Shaw (Seventh Wave Music · The Braided River). Bone whistles, flutes, drums, grief rattles and songs we can all share, some in Proto-Celtic. From loss into mending.
5pm Ecstatic Dance Journey (2 hours) · Osara. We dance as we honour our ancestors.
7pm Live Sound Bath · Georgia Kate & Osara. Crystal singing bowls, gong and chimes, woven with live vocals and drums.
7:55pm Closing Ceremony
8pm Dinner & hang out (optional, venue closes 9pm)
Bring a photograph, an object or a name written on paper for the ones who came before you. Place it on the altar at the centre.
Sober · all ages · no experience needed · wheelchair accessible · organic café & cacao · kids space
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Safe(r) space, with Welfare Angels available throughout. Full details, access info and our Safe(r) Space Agreement are on the ticket page.
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