Bay Area Reclaiming Winter Solstice Ritual

Ocean Beach Great Highway at Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join us on the eve of Winter Solstice as we gather to celebrate the longest night of the year. We honor the time of darkness as well as the turning of the Wheel of the Year back toward the light.

Christmas Revels – A Theatrical Celebration of the Winter Solstice

Scottish Rite Center 1547 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA, United States

This year’s Revels opens in the 1930s, where our protagonist meets a mystery man who sends him on a journey east to Appalachia, south through the bayous of Louisiana, north to the mid-Atlantic states, and finally westward ho to California!

See website for detailed ticket prices and parking information.

Diana’s Grove Winter Solstice for Women

Sebastopol Odd Fellows Hall 195 North Main Street, Sebastopol, CA

Celebrate Winter Solstice! The darkest point in the Wheel of the Year, a time of dreaming, a place of spirit and silence, the time of conception for the solar cycle. It is the time of the Hag, as She dreams Herself into re-birth and begins anew. Join us as we honor Her wisdom within ourselves, like a winter star’s light to guide us through the void.

$10 – $50

Celebrating the Spirit of Green Man

Corte Madera Community Center 498 Tamalpais Drive, Corte Madera, CA, United States

The Holly King is at his peak of power at the Winter Solstice. Celebrate our beloved green earth and the birth of the new light with us at this ancient holiday time.

$20 – $25

CAYA Coven’s Solstice of Eternal Renewal

Home of Truth 1300 Grand Street, Alameda, CA, United States

Join us as we call out to the Gods of the Norse Pantheon, asking them to help bring bring back the Sun, to renew our hopes and dreams, and help us find our way to the new year ahead. Together we will sing for the return of the Sun, and light our traditional Yule Log to keep us warm on this, the longest night of the year.

$10

A Winter Gift: Legends of the Celtic Harp

Occidental Center For The Arts 3850 Doris Murphy Court, Occidental, CA, United States

A marvelous blend of music and oratory, falling somewhere in between concert and theater, A Winter Gift presents joyous pieces of beloved holiday music woven into seasonal Celtic legends, Irish and English stories of winter, and traditional folk beliefs.

$15

East Bay Sing Up the Sun 2014

Inspiration Point Tilden Park, Berkeley, CA, United States

Join us again in the East Bay hills to greet the sun on Solstice morning!

Solar Cross Winter Solstice Devotional with Sharon Knight

Terra’s Temple 3051 Adeline Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

As this month’s devotional falls on the morning of the Winter Solstice, we will gather in kinship and music to celebrate the longest night of the year and the rebirth of the Sun. We’ll raise our voices in song, laughter, and blessings as the Wheel turns, and connect with the divine light within and around us.

Free, donations accepted

CLouD 9 Holiday Bazaar and Soulstice Celebration!

CLouD 9 1320 9th Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

Come and get your last minute shopping on! There will be many different vendors selling lots of cool stuff and clothing to choose from. We will also have an open mike… so come share a song or dance and be merry!

Free

Christmas Revels – A Theatrical Celebration of the Winter Solstice

Scottish Rite Center 1547 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA, United States

This year’s Revels opens in the 1930s, where our protagonist meets a mystery man who sends him on a journey east to Appalachia, south through the bayous of Louisiana, north to the mid-Atlantic states, and finally westward ho to California!

See website for detailed ticket prices and parking information.