CALLING ALL HEATHENS!!
Wiccid and Gray Witch Supply Company have co-created a festival to celebrate the Winter Solstice:
2nd Annual Winters Deep – A Gathering of Heathens
June 21st – 22nd 2025
9.30am Saturday – 4pm Sunday
Imbil Deer Sanctuary
This festival runs for almost 2 full days and is a journey back in time to connect with the olde ways through our Pagan Ancestors. There will be a Winter Solstice Ritual, Activities, Feasting, Workshops, Talks, Highland Games with a piper, Readers, Drumming and a handful of specially selected Market stalls where you’ll be able to stock up on your magickal supplies.
Included in your ticket is the following:
Day ticket inclusions:
Banquet Dinner Saturday
Drumming Circle, Ritual and Bonfire Saturday night
2 Workshops and 2 talks (workshops are already selected, talks you can choose)
Activities: Bonfire Building, Preparing the Feast & decorating the Yule log, Crafting head pieces or wreaths
Add ons:
Stalls (you’ll need cash)
Readers – an additional cost
Workshops that are different to what’s included in your ticket – these are an additional cost
Full admission ticket inclusions:
Camping for 1 night (Or there is a no camping option for locals)
Banquet Dinner Saturday night
Winter Solstice Ritual, Drumming Circle and Bonfire Saturday night
2 Workshops and 4 talks
Activities: Bonfire Building, Preparing the Feast & decorating the Yule log, Crafting head pieces or wreaths
Highland games Sunday morning
Aside from the 2 workshops and 4 talks included in your ticket price, you have the opportunity to book additional workshops. These workshops will be announced closer to the date.
Set in a stunning location on the Sunshine Coast with grassy areas, a running creek and beautiful animals that roam on site (deer and goats in a separate area). The whole festival will be rustic and as authentic to ancient/modern pagan as possible, so it will have an overall medieval vibe with no electricity or mod cons unless needed structurally (lighting for example). There will be communal meeting spaces for eating, workshops and ritual with plenty of space to just relax and enjoy the vibe.
Accommodation is camping (bring your own gear) with port a loos close by + good amenities a bit down the road in the complex including showers, a huge camp kitchen and a shop.
We will be arriving and beginning set up on the Friday morning. Your ticket price is for 1 nights camping covering Saturday evening, but if you prefer to come Friday night to set up earlier you are most welcome – Admission will be from 3pm and you will just be charged an additional nights camping. If staying Friday night you are asked to bring your own dinner. Also please note that there are no activities planned for the Friday night – the festival begins Saturday morning.
Festival Timetable (subject to change):
We want this to be a high vibe festival atmosphere so aside from workshops, talks and readings – we will also have some all-day activities running in the background:
- Cooking/prepping food for our feast
- Making a Yule log
- Building the Bonfire
- Highland Games (Sunday)
- Flower crown and wreath making
- A roaming jester for the kids
- A bagpipe player for our Highland Games
Saturday:
9.30am gates open
10am Welcome Ritual
Throughout the day there will be 3 talks and 3 workshops with the other all day activities listed running in the background.
1pm lunch break
5pm set up for ritual
6.30pm Feast
7.30pm Ritual
8.30pm Drumming circle and bonfire
Sunday:
8am Breakfast
Throughout the morning there will be 2 workshops and maybe 2 talks with other listed all day activities going in the background
11am Highland games
1pm Lunch
4pm Closing ceremony
Everyone (attendees) to leave by 5pm
* If you’re interested in holding a talk, workshop, stall or being a reader, please email Bella: bella@wiccid.com.au or Kim: graywitchsupplycompany@yahoo.com
*Please read terms and conditions before purchase of your ticket
Refunds:
Once your deposit has been paid refunds can only be issued as follows:If cancellation is received within 8 weeks of the event: you will receive all monies paid with the exception of $50 from your deposit
If cancellation is received within 6 weeks of the event: you receive 50% of all monies paid
If cancellation is received within 4 weeks of the event: you receive 25% of all monies paid
If cancellation is received within 2 weeks of the event: no refund will be issued as it will be too hard to fill your spot & materials/supplies will have been purchased for you
In the event of very special circumstances where cancellation cannot be avoided, you may be offered a credit to use at a later event. This will be determined on a case by case basis.
In the event of dangerous weather (see policy below) – no refunds can be issued as we will have already purchased supplies and paid for the accommodation. If you cannot make the new date selected you may be eligible to transfer your ticket to another event. This will be determined on a case by case basis.
Weather Policy:
In the event of bad weather including rain, winds and storms – the event may be moved undercover in another area of the property. This is a very large area that can easily fit a few hundred people and is close to the amenities.
All planned activities will continue with the exception of the bonfire for safety reasons (we may be permitted to have smaller fires)
This festival will not be cancelled unless we are in danger i.e. in the event of fires, floods or ice giants. In that instance another date close to this one will be chosen with all tickets transferred to that new date.
