updated 10.11.24
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - re Solstice overnight event:
1. Q: Sacred space?
…warm, relaxed, joyful atmosphere in keeping with the energies of the Solstice… Stillness…awareness…letting go and aspiring to creating a more harmonious world for the year ahead.
2. Q: Food, hot beverages, juices & drinking water.
Food will be at set times and is included in your booking.
Hot beverages, fruit and small snacks will be available through the night.
Feel free to bring your juicer & fruit/veg (for non-sleeping hours)
This is a vegetarian event like all our events. And Vegans are catered for (usually dairy-free soup for dinner).
Drinking water: Glebe House’s well system.
3. Q: Getting inside Newgrange?
It is 20 min walk from here to Newgrange. However, access to the inside of Newgrange at the exact time of sunrise is decided by lottery. On 21 Dec when the lottery winners come out (approx. 10mins after the sunrise) Newgrange is open to everyone and free to go in.
4. Q: How long is it?
The second half of 20th of December to the first half of the 21st of December.
Each year the timetable changes slightly, please check.
The arrival is at the Dowth monument for the Solstice Sunset Ceremony, and then over to the venue for the check-ins.
***This year (2024) there is ‘Morning-Only Pass’ & an ‘Evening Pass’ - which are suitable for those who cannot make the full gig. (Our preference is that you allow yourself to join the full experience immersion. There are only a few morning/non-overnight passes (to keep the main energy of the event going).
5. Q: How much is it?
108€-44€ | Pre-booking required | All workshops, Communal Supper & Communal Sleeping space are included in the price. | Tickets are transferable and non-refundable. If you can’t make it, let us know: your place will be passed on to another person. Your own ticket can be carried forward and re-used at any of our events: Conscious Concert, Power of Love New Years, Summer Solstice, Winter Solstice.
6. Q: How to get there / car share
Attendance by pre-booking only. 2024 Venue is Glebe House, Dowth, Boyne Valley, eircode is:
PG3W+JX
The exact fuel-share/car-pooling post link is updated annually (TG, FB, Whatsapp).
If the year you are attending has a ‘Morning-Only’ ticket - we meet at the Venue early am (see timetable). Parking inside Glebe House (not on grass/neighbours lawns). After the morning prep is complete we form a procession to the Newgrange monument. Walking single file, on one side of the road.
Once you pre-book you’ll receive the UPDATED information pack (with directions & other useful info).
On the day of the event you will observe Solstice Experience signs at the local junctions (Celtic spiral). If you need help with personal traveling arrangements please use the wall of our current [2024] FB event.
7. Q: Children allowed?
This event is suitable for over 14 year olds.
8. Q: Indoor of Outdoor? Re 2024 Sleeping, Gathering, Toilets
It is an indoor & outdoor experience. The Solstice Sunset (Dowth), and Solstice Sunrise (Newgrange) Ceremonies are outdoors (you'll need waterproof, grippy footwear). All the other immersive experiences are indoors (timetable line-up preview). There is a community cafe area, ceremony / drumming / dancing indoor heated area, with an outdoor toilet access.
Communal sleeping space is provided for all and is included in the price of your overnight booking. Wooden floors (upstairs & downstairs) are laid out with duvets. (See photo below). You'll need to bring own pillow, sleeping bag, meditation blanket & indoor footwear.
We'd only be sleeping a few hours between the end of the bedtime sound bath and before the morning chigong gentle wake-up.
There are no private rooms / dorms / add-on glamping available in this particular venue.
2024 Venue is Glebe House, Dowth, Boyne Valley, eircode is:
PG3W+JX
9. Q: Is it Beginner-friendly?
Yes. Over 14’s for Solstice 2024. Alcohol-free space. Previous experience of Meditation is beneficial.
People from all over Ireland come to this night / morning. Healers & Wellness Practitioners, Shamans & Priestesses, Youth and Elders-in-training…all of us ordinary happy folk - who are all here to mark the key point of the year! It is our big annual gathering, our little quiet moment of Celtic Christmas…among the kindred souls 🔥
A time of pause & self-care, service to the planet and recalibrating, synchronizing our intents as a Community.
