COVID-19 UPDATE. Public gatherings through the end of May 2020 are cancelled. For ceremonies, our members plan to perform OBOD's Solo Rituals at the same date and time that we had planned to gather. For moots, we will adopt an online conference model, probably Zoom. For gatherings planned in June and after, we're waiting to see if stay-home orders will be extended that far. Email us for more info on any events.

Visitors may attend our social moots and public ceremonies; please email us for details of the location.

Private ceremonies may be attended only by members. How can you become a member? Meet with us at any three public events, and if you and we agree it's a good fit, you can join!    Membership FAQ

 

Ceremonies, Moots and Festivals

This year, some of our members are planning to attend OBOD and neopagan festivals, if they haven't been cancelled. These are marked on our calendar below in green.

	Ceremony	Moot	Festival	Date	When	Where
		Moon talk		Sun, Jan 19th	afternoon	Private, at a member's home
	Imbolc			Sun, Feb 2nd	morning	Open to visitors, at a member's home.
		Water weaving ritual		Sun, Feb 23rd	afternoon	Private, at a member's home
Equinox	Alban Eilir			Sun, Mar 22nd	morning	Public gathering cancelled; rites performed individually from home.
		Social		Sat, Apr 11th	afternoon	Zoom
	Beltane			Sun, May 3rd	morning	Public gathering cancelled; rites performed individually from home.
			MAGUS	Thu, May 14th - 17th	multi-day	Postponed till 2021; Gore, VA
			Untamed	Fri, May 29th - 31st	multi-day	Postponed till 2021; Berthoud, CO
		Social		Sun, May 31st	afternoon	Cancelled
Solstice	Alban Hefin			Sun, Jun 21st	morning	Open to visitors with face masks; in a public park in Arvada
		Air Weaving ritual		Sun, July 12th	afternoon	Zoom
	Lughnasadh Games			Sat, Aug 1st - 2nd	overnight	Private, at a member's home
			Dragonfest	Thu, Aug 6th - 9th	multi-day	Virtual
		Social		Sun, Aug 30th	afternoon	Zoom
			Elemental Workshop	Fri, Sep 11th - 13th	multi-day	Private, at a member's home
			Dragon Oak	Thu, Sep 17th - 20th	multi-day	Open to OBOD members; Milford, PA
Equinox	Alban Elfed			Sun, Sep 20th	morning	Open to visitors; at a public park, Arvada
		Fire Weaving ritual		Sat, Oct 10th	afternoon	Zoom
	Samhuinn			Sun, Nov 1st	evening	Private, at a member's home
		2021 Planning		Sun, Nov 22nd	afternoon	Zoom
Solstice	Alban Arthan			Sun, Dec 20th	morning	Open to visitors; at a public park in Arvada
		Drumming Up the Sun		Mon, Dec 21st	sunrise!	Open to public; at Red Rocks Amphitheater

 

A Moot is a meeting of grove members to perform a group practice, or just to have social time. Visitors may meet us at Social moots.

What are the Lughnasadh Games? In 2018, we held a day-long event that included friendly competitions of knife-throwing, axe-throwing and archery, plus labyrinth-walking, drumming, and more, followed by a potluck feast, culminating in a marvelous Lughnasadh ceremony, with representatives from three OBOD groves. Overnight camping was also an option for those who came from far away. The second annual games in 2019 were also a great success, even extended the second day to host micro-workshops to learn or create. This event is for members only.

At the Elemental Workshop, grove Druids will teach a weekend intensive workshop on Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit, diving deep into their symbolism and energies, exploring how to work with them in our lives. This event is for members only.

Drumming Up the Sun is a unique opportunity--each winter solstice, over a hundred people gather before dawn in the upper rows at Red Rocks to drum our hearts out in anticipation of the sun's return. Bring your djembe, bodhran, dunun, doumbek or tambourine and join in this joyful celebration of the great wheel turning. This year our Yule ceremony falls on the same date, so we'll plan it to mesh with this early event, yet you can attend either one or both according to your desire. This event is open to the public.

For more information, send us an email at [email protected]