19/04/2025
Are you thinking of coming to Glastonbury for our annual Beltane Celebrations? 🌼🌼🌼
Find the list of the events taking place during the day 🌼🌼☀️☀️☀️🐝🐝🐝
☀️🐝🌻 Glastonbury Beltane Celebrations Thursday 1st May 2025🌻🐝☀️
5.00am - Sunrise ceremony on the Tor.
From 6.30am until midday - Chalice Well for Fire Ceremony, meditation, music and more.
✨️💚 All further timings are subject to our very own 'G.M.T' - Glastonbury Maybe Time, a.k.a Green Man Time 💚✨️
🌻At the Market Cross🌻
10am - Town Criers announcement and welcome to May Day followed by Bardic performances and spoken word.
11.30am ish - Glastonbury Border Morris.
11.45am ish - Avalonian Free State Choir.
12.15pm ish - Dragon Drummers.
☀️ Outside the Town Hall ☀️
10.30am ish - welcome from the Mayor of Glastonbury, followed by a Celtic Blessing from the Gorsedh Ynys Witrin and poetry, performances and music.
12noon ish - our new May Queen arrives and is blessed by the Flames of Avalon.
💚 The Procession of the May Pole 💚
12.15-12.30pm ish - the Green Men led by the current May Queen and King will bring the May Pole to outside the Town Hall for the Renewal, Blessing and Hail of the new May Queen and her King.
By 1pm the May Pole will be processed up to Bushy Combe.
Order of procession -
The new May Queen and King
The Greenmen and the Pole
The Flames
The Beltane Women of Avalon
The Avalonian Drummers
The Rainbow Serpent, Flags and Banners
Robed Orders
Community, pilgrims and visitors
The Dragon Drummers.
🐝 Bushy Combe 🐝
The community respectfully discourages filming of our sacred ceremony. Our official community chroniclers will share highlights of the day for those who cannot be here in person.
All attending will be invited to walk through the Bower and be ceremonially smudged before joining the circle.
✨️ Order of ceremony ✨️
The Avalonian Drummers and Dragon Drummers.
Opening of the Circle.
The Marriage of the May Queen and King (please sit for this, so hopefully everyone can see).
The May Queen and the Beltane Women of Avalon prepare the Hole for the Pole.
The May Pole is raised.
As a community we take a moment to call the Druidic Oath, ‘We swear by peace and love to stand, heart to heart and hand in hand, mark O Spirit and hear us now, confirming this our sacred vow.’
The community is invited to ‘Dance the May’ with music and general merry making.
Morris Sides are invited to dance to the side of the circle after the ceremony and throughout the afternoon picnic.
💚 Closing the Circle 💚
6pm ish - The old May Pole will be ceremonially burnt off and offerings can be given.
☀️🐝🌻 Blessings to everyone who is involved in, or comes to enjoy the Glastonbury Beltane Celebrations. We ask that you 'leave no trace' when you leave ☀️🐝🌻
