Join us for an IN-PERSON celebration of the festival of Lughnasadh!
Location: Meet outside the Cambridge Museum of Technology.
(Entrance on Riverside. The Old Pumping Station, Cheddars Ln, Cambridge CB5 8LD)
We usually wait for around 10-15 minutes at this location before heading into Stourbridge Common. To join us if you are running late, please keep walking straight into the Common along the road and paths from the riverside and as you enter the open fields, look to your left for a group of trees. Hopefully, you can't miss us!
To confirm attendance: Please email us at cambridgedruidry@gmail.com by Thursday 29th July to let us know who will be coming and what access arrangements you may have.
Scripts and a sign-up sheet for roles within the ceremony are now available. Please confirm your place via email to receive a copy.
About Lughnasadh
"At Lughnasadh we see the fields of corn being cut, and for some this is the true time of the festival. In the fields John Barleycorn, who laid with the Lady in the woods at Beltane, has grown old, and now stands bent and bearded with a crocked cane. He looks to the Sun as he has changed from green to gold, and he known that his time has come. His life will feed the people, and it is this sacrifice that we honour at Lughnasadh". (OBOD)
By August the footsteps of the radiant Lugh will be heard across the fields of 'gazing grain' (to quote Emily Dickinson) and the first of our three harvests for the year, lead by the corn king John Barleycorn, will begin! Those of a warrior heart now test their prowess in series upon series of vigorous athletic games, prompting us all to follow their example and take pride in the fruition and ripeness of this year's striving and subsequent achievements, thus far.
General Information
If you have never attended or taken part in a pagan/druidic/OBOD ceremony, worry not! Our ceremonies are flexible, open to whatever you would like to contribute and inclusive of all identities. There are simple roles to have a go at, with pre-prepared and printed lines to read out if so desired but there is no obligation whatsoever to do so. If you'd like to have an idea of what's involved, please get in touch with us.
For online ceremonies in particular, details of what to prepare and bring to your personal ceremony space will be emailed to attendees before the event takes place. On the day, click the Zoom link on this page to join in.
For in-person ceremonies, you won't need to prepare as much but will be given notice of a few things to prepare/bring if needed via an email to attendees. We usually set up the space on the day with everyone who wishes to add items, decoration and ritual tools.
Such ceremonies will be conducted with social distancing and other measures will be in place to protect against the spread of covid-19.
Food and drink (alcohol and non-alcohol options) are usually brought to an outdoor ceremony (and until further notice for these meetings, will not be shared) but there is no need to bring such contributions for our online meetings, unless you'd like to make it a part of the rite, e.g., grounding yourself after the ritual with a sip of mead, wine, beer or juice! Gifts of music, poetry and readings for a small Eisteddfod afterwards are always most welcome. There has usually been the option of visiting a nearby cafe or pub after the ceremony, when we have previously met outdoors.
We are usually mindful of the weather and dress appropriately, when getting together in the open, bringing water, a hat, suntan cream, coat and waterproofs, etc.
Please get in touch with us if you have questions about access requirements or other queries.
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