Pagans and Wiccans love to celebrate, and as the Wheel of the Year turns, a number of milestones are reached. Each is a time for gathering together with friends and family, working on our spiritual development, and feasting and merrymaking! The following is a list of dates for 2008, as well as resources for celebration in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Also, before you go to an event, make sure you read about proper Pagan and Wiccan Festival Etiquette. It'll make your experience even more enjoyable.January
- 8: New moon at 6:37 am
- 22: Full moon (Cold Moon) at 8:35 am
- 30: Birthday of Z Budapest, founder of Dianic Wicca
February
- 2: Imbolc
- 2: Lammas or Lughnasadh (Southern Hemisphere)
- 4: New moon at 10:44 pm
- 7: Annular solar eclipse
- 12: Death of Gerald Gardner in 1964
- 15 - 18: PantheaCon (San Jose, CA)
- 20: Full moon (Quickening Moon) at 10:30 pm
- 21: Birthday of author Patricia Telesco
- 21: Total lunar eclipse
March
- 6: Birthday of "official witch of Salem" Laurie Cabot in 1933
- 7: New moon at 12:14 pm
- 20: Ostara
- 20: Mabon (Southern Hemisphere)
- 21: Full moon (Storm Moon) at 2:40 pm
- 28: Death of author Scott Cunningham in 1993
April
- 5: New moon at 11:55 pm
- 6: National Tartan Day
- 19: Spiritual Arts Fair (Oneonta, NY)
- 20: Full moon (Wind Moon) at 6:25 am
- 22: Earth Day
- 25 - 27: Beltane Festival (Tampa/St. Pete, FL)
- 28 - May 3: Our Haven Beltaine Celebration (French Lick, IN)
May
- 1: Beltane
- 1: Samhain (Southern Hemisphere)
- 1: Beltane Celebration (Southfield, MI)
- 1 - 4: Florida Pagan Gathering (Altoona, FL)
- 2 - 4: Pagan Fest (Oro, Ontario, CAN)
- 2 - 4: May Moon Beltaine Festival (Newport News, VA)
- 3: The Fires of Beltane (Derry, NH)
- 3: Beltane Celebration (Portland, OR)
- 3 - 4: Fertile Ground Gathering 2008 (Dumfies, VA)
- 5: New moon at 8:18 am
- 9 - 11: Blue Ridge Beltane Festival (Stanardsville, VA)
- 10: Parapalooza (Kenosha, WI)
- 10: Beltane in the Park (Long Island, NY)
- 10: May Fire Festival (Raleigh, NC)
- 15 - 18: Pagan Unity Festival (Burns, TN)
- 16 - 18: Pagan Fyre (Guy, Arkansas)
- 19: Full moon (Flower Moon)at 10:11 pm
- 22 - 26: Heartland Pagan Festival (Kansas City, KS)
June
- 1: England's Witchcraft Act of 1563 goes into effect
- 3: New moon at 3:22
- 13: Birthday of Gerald Gardner in 1884
- 15: Father's Day
- 15 - 22: Pagan Spirit Gathering (Southeastern OH)
- 17: Birthday of author Starhawk
- 18: Full moon (Strong Sun Moon) at 1:30 pm
- 20: Litha
- 20: Yule (Southern Hemisphere)
- 21: Midsummer Faire (Derry, NH)
- 22: England's last Witchcraft Law is repealed in 1951
- 27: Birthday of author Scott Cunningham in 1956
July
- 2: New moon at 10:18 pm
- 4: Independence Day
- 11 - 14: Young Tree Camp (Ocoee, TN)
- 12: Midsummer Wiccan Exposition (Chicago, IL)
- 18: Full moon (Blessing Moon) at 3:59 am
- 19: Rebecca Nurse is hanged in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692
- 30 - Aug. 3: Wisteria Cornstalk Festival (Southeastern OH)
August
- 1: Lammas or Lughnasadh
- 1: Imbolc (Southern Hemisphere)
- 1: New moon at 6:12 am
- 1: Total solar eclipse
- 1 - 2: Shreveport Pagan Pride Day (Shreveport, LA)
- 2: Lughnasadh Celebration (Derry, NH)
- 14 - 17: Merry Meet 2008 (Cherry Valley, CA)
- 14 - 17: Fire Family Gathering (Santa Cruz, CA)
- 16: Full Moon (Corn Moon) at 5:16 pm
- 16: Partial lunar eclipse
- 20: Birthday of author Ann Moura in 1947
- 29 - Sept. 1: ManiFest Gathering (Southern Ohio)
- 29 - Sept. 1: Sacred Fire Circle (Mt. Horeb, WI)
- 30: New moon at 3:58 pm
- 31: Birthday of author Raymond Buckland
September
- 6 - 7: Pagan Unity Days (Mt. Pleasant, SC)
- 6: Finger Lakes Pagan Pride Day (Rochester NY)
- 6: Chicago Pagan Pride Day (Chicago, IL)
- 9 - 14: World Men's Gathering (Southeastern OH)
- 13: Arkansas Pagan Pride Day (Little Rock, AR)
- 13: North Texas Pagan Pride (Dallas, TX)
- 13: Adirondack PPD (Warrensburg, NY)
- 13: Hamilton Pagan Pride (Hamilton, Ontario)
- 14: Birthday of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa in 1486
- 14: Southern Massachussetts Pagan Pride Day (Lakeville, MA)
- 15: Full Moon (Harvest Moon) at 5:13 am
- 19 - 21: Indy Irish Festival (Indianapolis, IN)
- 20: Grand Rapids PPD (Grand Rapids, MI)
- 20: San Diego PPD (San Diego, CA)
- 20: Rochester PPD (Rochester NY)
- 20: Pagan Pride Day Columbus (Columbus OH)
- 20: Central NC Pagan Pride (Raleigh, NC)
- 21: International Day of Peace
- 22: Fall Equinox or Mabon
- 22: Ostara (Southern Hemisphere)
- 27: Madison Area Pagan Pride (Middleton, WI)
- 27: New York PPD (New York City, NY)
- 27: Inland Empire PPD (Redlands, CA)
- 27: Las Vegas Pagan Pride (Las Vegas, NV)
- 28: Mid-Missouri Pagan Pride Day (Columbia, MO)
- 29: New moon at 4:12 am
October
- 1: Birthday of Isaac Bonewits, founder of Ár nDraíocht Féin
- 4: Stanislaus Pagan Unity Festival (Modesto, CA)
- 4: Austin PPD (Austin, TX)
- 4: South Jersey Pagan Pride (Cherry Hill, NJ)
- 4 - 5: Twin Cities Pagan Pride Day (Minneapolis, MN)
- 5: Los Angeles Area PPD (Los Angeles, CA)
- 9 - 13: Fall Gathering of the Tribes (Virginia)
- 14: Full moon (Blood Moon) at 4:02 pm
- 16 - 19: Wisteria Autumn Fires Festival (Southeastern OH)
- 18: Phoenix PPD (Phoenix, AZ)
- 24 - 26: Doom on Durham (Milwaukee, WI)
- 25: Atlanta Witch's Ball (Atlanta, GA)
- 28: New moon at 7:14 pm
- 31: Samhain
- 31: Beltane (Southern Hemisphere)
November
- 1: San Antonio Pagan Pride Day (San Antonio, TX) **Rescheduled from September 13 due to Hurricane Ike**
- 2: Birthday of Wiccan author Sirona Knight
- 2: Samhain Celebration (Manchester, NH)
- 7 - 10: Enchanted Mountain Goddess Conference (Salamanca, NY)
- 14: Full moon (Mourning Moon) at 1:17 am)
- 27: New moon at 11:54 am
- 30: Festival of Hecate Trivia
December
- 12: Full moon (Long Nights Moon) at 11:37
- 21: Winter Solstice or Yule
- 21: Dragonmarsh Yule Celebration (Riverside, CA)
- 21: NE Pagans Yule Celebration (Derry, NH)
- 21: Litha (Southern Hemisphere)
- 27: New moon at 7:22 am
