North Bay Reclaiming’s Yule/Winter Solstice

Sebastopol Grange Hall 6000 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol, CA, United States

As the wheel of the year turns once again, we are excited to share the sacred ritual of Yule with our community.

North Bay Reclaiming’s Yule Ritual

Sebastopol Grange Hall 6000 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol, CA, United States

Join Starhawk and friends in the North Bay this Winter Solstice as we experience the darkest hour, sing back the sun, and dance the spiral dance.

$10

Yule with San Francisco Pagan Society

Sidney Walton Park Front Street and Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Welcome brothers and sisters of the path. We will meet up here for Yule. Our altar will be green and red candles, a pine cone, and a picture of Elda Nissa; who is the Scandinavian Father Christmas.

Free

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.

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

Pan’s Garden Yule Ritual

private home in Palo Alto 416 Chaucer Street, Palo Alto, CA, United States

A Traditional English Fireside Story Telling Motif!

Free, please bring a potluck dish to share

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

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!