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Florida Pagan & Wiccan Scene – Events and Calendar
If you would like to add or comment on these listings, please send an email to meadmuse@hotmail.com with the date of the event and name of the event in the Subject area and any appropriate website links in the body of the email.  Workshops and other types of events can be found in the Florida Pagan & Wiccan Scene Weekly article on Wednesdays.  Thank you!
(Updated: 03/28/12)

Deadlines of Note:

03/31/12 ~ Last day to register for $105 until prices go up to $115 for 05/03 – 05/06/12 Ocala – Florida Pagan Gathering Beltaine

Upcoming Sabbats:

• Beltaine – 05/01/12 Tuesday
• Litha/Midsummer/Summer Solstice – 06/20/12 Wednesday
• Lughnasadh – 08/01/12 Wednesday
• Mabon/Autumn Equinox – 09/02/12 Saturday
• Samhain – 10/31/12 Wednesday
• Yule/Winter Solstice – 12/21/12 Friday
• Candlemas /Imbolg – 02/02/13 Saturday
• Ostara/Spring Equinox – 03/20/13 Tuesday

Moon Phases:

• 1st Quarter (Waxing Moon): 03/30/12 Friday
• Full Moon: 04/06/12 Friday
• 3rd Quarter (Waning Moon): 04/13/12 Wednesday
• New Moon: 04/21/12 Thursday

Pagan Music Concerts: (Pagan Drumming Circles are listed further down)

• 03/29/12 Tampa – Red Hot Chili Peppers ~ Buy Tickets
• 03/31/12 Orlando – Red Hot Chili Peppers ~ Buy Tickets
• 04/01/12 Fort Lauderdale – Red Hot Chili Peppers ~ Buy Tickets
• 04/13 – 04/15/12 St. Petersburg – Earth Rhythms as drum faciatators, Hecate’s Wheel, Shining Wheel Pagan Chorus, Treblehawk, and Gwen at Green Song Grove Beltaine and Grand Sabbat.  Gwen Fae Pastercheck will also be making her musical debut.
• 04/14/12 – Orlando – Godsmack w/Sully Erna at James Brown Arena~ Buy Tickets
• 04/15/12 – Estero – Godsmack w/Sully Erna at Germain Arena~ Buy Tickets
• 05/03 – 05/06/12 Ocala – Dragon Ritual Drummers and S.J. Tucker (Skinny White Chick / Sooj) at Florida Pagan Gathering Beltaine

Upcoming Florida and Nearby Festivals & Public Sabbats:
(Events in bold are Pagan Events.  Other festivals have been listed due to the interest and convenience of the Community.)

January:

• 01/04 – 01/22/12 Fort Myers – Kiwanis Medieval Faire
• 01/07 – 01/07/12 Fruitland Park – The Villages Renaissance Festival
• 01/19 – 01/19/13Tampa – Gasparilla Pirate Festival
• 01/28 – 02/05/12 Gainesville – Hoggetowne Medieval Faire
• 01/26 – 01/26/13 Hollywood – Seminole Hard Rock Gasparilla Pirate Fest

February:

• 02/04 – 02/04/12 St. Petersburg - Green Song Grove Imbolc
• 02/11 – 03/11/12 Deefield Beach – Florida Renaissance Festival – Deerfield Park
• 02/18 – 04/01/12 Tampa – Bay Area Renaissance Festival at MOSI
• 02/23 – 02/26/12 Bonita Springs – Hawkfest Summerland Festivals

March:

• 03/03 – 03/04/12 Pensacola – Gulf Coast Renaissance Faire
• 03/10 – 03/11/12 Pensacola – Pensacola Maritime & Pirate Fest
• 03/17 – 03/17/12 Fort Lauderdale ~ MoonPath CUUPS Open Ritual to celebrate Ostara at the UU Church of Fort Lauderdale
• 03/15 – 03/16/13 Orlando ~ Zombicon
• 03/17 – 03/18/12 Bonita Springs – Florida Faerie Festival
• 03/21 – 03/25/12 Lakeland – Phoenix Phyre
• 03/21 – 03/25/12 Bonita Springs – Ostara Nights
• 03/21 – 03/21/12 Fort Myers ~ Fort Myers CUUPS Spring Equinox Celebration and Ritual
• 03/24 – 03/24/12 St. Petersburg - Green Song Grove Ostara
• 03/31 – 04/08/12 Miami – Florida Renaissance Festival – Key Biscayne

April:

• 04/06 – 04/08/12 Plant City – Writers Retreat at All World Acres
• 04/06 – 04/08/12 Double Secret Location ~ Annual Retreat of the Everglades Moon Local Council Covenant Of The Goddess
• 04/12 – 04/15/12 Bonita Springs – Beltaine Flame - CANCELLED for 2012
• 04/12 – 04/15/12 Plant City - Beltainia at All World Acres
• 04/12 – 04/15/12 Bowden, Georgia – Hawkfest Dragon Hills Retreat
• 04/28 – 04/28/12 Fort Lauderdale ~ MoonPath CUUPS Open Ritual to celebrate Beltaine ~ Festival and Open Ritual.
• 04/13 – 04/15/12 St. Petersburg – Green Song Grove Beltaine and Grand Sabbat  
• 04/27 – 04/29/12 Silver Springs – Paralounge Drum Gathering

May:

• 05/03 – 05/06/12 Ocala – Florida Pagan Gathering Beltaine
• 05/05 – 05/05/12 Jacksonville ~ Jacksonville Zombie Walk ~ Night of the Living Dead Zombie Walk & Art Show/Auction at the Phoenix Taproom with benefits to save the Evans City Cemetery Chapel
• 05/11 – 05/12/12 Bonita Springs ~ Flowstival by The Gulf Coast Drum Foundation
• 05/17 – 05/20/12 Plant City - Southern Polyamory Gathering
• 05/25 – 05/27/12 Plant City – Women’s Retreat at All World Acres
• 05/25 – 05/12/12 Orlando ~ May-Hem Zombie Festival by Spookie Empire at the Wyndham Orlando Resort with Linda Hamilton of the Terminator series and John Astin of The Addams Family

June:

• 06/01 – 06/04/12 Fort Walton Beach – Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival
• 06/02 – 06/02/12 Tampa ~ Crawl of the Zombies Summer 2012
• 06/13 – 06/15/12 Madeira Beach – John LeVique Pirate Days
• 06/16 – 06/16/12 Clearwater - Southeast Witches Ball: Midsummer Night’s Dream Costume Ball
• 06/23 – 06/23/12 St. Petersburg - Green Song Grove Midsummer
• 06/23 – 06/23/12 Fort Lauderdale ~ MoonPath CUUPS Open Ritual to celebrate Litha at the UU Church of Fort Lauderdale. Feast

July:

• 07/21 – 07/21/12 Jacksonville ~ Ancient Zombies Walk to the Ancient City Convention at 1:00 p.m.

August:

• 08/04 – 08/04/12 St. Petersburg - Green Song Grove Lugnassadh
• 08/04 – 08/04/12 Fort Lauderdale ~ MoonPath CUUPS Open Ritual to celebrate Lammas at the UU Church of Fort Lauderdale.

September:

• 09/15 – 09/15/12 Fort Lauderdale – Pagan Pride Day Celebration Family Picnic & Food Drive
• 09/15 – 09/15/12 Hastings – St. Johns Pagan Pride Day
• 09/15 – 09/15/12 Jacksonville – JaxPPD 2012 – Jacksonville Pagan Pride
• 09/15 – 09/15/12 New Smyrna Beach – Volusia Pagan Pride Day
• 09/15 – 09/15/12 Orlando – Orlando Pagan Pride Day
• 09/17 – 09/17/12 Safety Harbor – Renaissance Night-Music Festival
• 09/22 – 09/22/12 St. Petersburg - Green Song Grove Mabon
• 09/28 – 09/29/12 Savannah – Savannah Pagan Pride Day

October:

• 10/05 – 10/07/12 Plant City - Tarot Weekend at All World Acres
• 10/06 – 10/08/12 St. Petersburg – Green Song Grove Samhain
• 10/11 – 10/14/12 Plant City – Harvest Rhythm at All World Acres
• 10/11 – 10/11/11 Tallahassee ~ Zombie Walk at FSU ~ They also have a variety of other zombie related activities such as Zombie Evasion Training, etc.
• 10/12 – 10/12/12 Jacksonville ~ Zombie Buffet 5k 2012
• 10/13 – 10/13/12 Jacksonville ~ Jacksonville Zombie Fest World Zombie Day 2012 at The Jacksonville Landing
• 10/15 – 10/15/12 Fort Myers ~ Zombicon
• 10/17 – 10/21/12 Lakeland – Autumn Meet by Phoenix
• 10/18 – 10/21/12 Plant City – Utopia 2012 at All World Acres
• 10/27 – 10/27/12 Fort Lauderdale ~ MoonPath CUUPS presents its Fourteenth Annual Witches Ball to celebrate Samhain
• 10/28 – 10/30/12 St. Augustine – St. Augustine Pirate Gathering

November:

• 11/01 – 11/04/12 Ocala – Florida Pagan Gathering Samhain
• 11/02 – 11/04/12 Tavers – Lady of the Lakes Renaissance Faire
• 11/10 – 11/18/12 Hollywood -  Camelot Days
• 11/12 – 11/20/11 Sarasota – Sarasota Medieval Fair
• 11/17 – 11/17/12 Orlando ~ Zombie Run For Your Lives
• 11/25 – 12/04/12 Key West – Pirates in Paradise Festival

December:

• 12/05 – 12/09/12 Bonita Springs – Yule Like It
• 12/07 – 12/07/12 North Miami ~ MoonPath CUUPS Open Ritual to celebrate Yule at the 6th Annual Turning the Tides Festival
• 12/21 – 12/21/12 Everywhere ~ The End of the World as We Know it during the Mayan Apocalypse on the Winter Solstice.   We recommend warm clothing.
• 12/21 – 12/22/12 St. Petersburg - Green Song Grove Yule & Over Night Vigil
• 12/26 – 01/01/12 Homestead ~  SWIM, the Southeast Unitarian Universalsit Winter Institute at Miami, at Camp Owaissa Bauer in Homestead.

Other Calendars & Florida Event Links:

Pagan Festivals:

• Bonita Springs – Hawkfest - website / facebook
• Bonita Springs – Ostara Nights – website / facebook
• Bonita Springs – Yule Like It – website / facebook
• Lakeland – Phoenix Phyre – website / facebook
• Ocala – Florida Pagan Gathering – website / facebook
• St. Petersburg – Greensong Grove – website / facebook

CUUPS Chapters in Florida:

• CUUPS Main – website
• CUUPS Cocoa - Circle in the Woods - website / calendar
• CUUPS Fort Lauderdale - The MoonPath Chapter of Continental CUUPS - website / calendar
• CUUPS Fort Myers - CUUPS of Fort Myers - website / calendar
• CUUPS Hollywood – Silver CUUPS of Holly – website / calendar
• CUUPS Jacksonville - Jacksonville CUUPS - website / calendar
• CUUPS Lakeland - Earth Families CUUPS - website / calendar
• CUUPS New Smyrna Beach - Mistletoe CUUPS – website / calendar
• CUUPS Tampa - Circles in the Woods CUUPS - website / calendar

Meetups.com – website

Pagan Pride:

• Fort Lauderdale Pagan Pride – website
• Jacksonville Pagan Pride- website
• Orlando Pagan Pride- website / facebook
• Pensacola Pagan Pride- website / email: acapella_rose@yahoo.com
• St. Johns County Pagan Pride – website / yahoo group

SpiralScouts (a scouting organization for Pagan Children):

• SpiralScouts International – website
• SpiralScouts Circle Locator – website 

Witchvox Calendar of Florida Events – website

Monthly Drum Circles: (Be sure to confirm all drumming circles before attending)

• Brooksville – Brooksville Community Drum Circle – website / facebook
• Carrollwood/Citrus Park – Yoga Lotus Pond – website
• Casselberry – Secret Lake Drum Circle at Secret Lake Park – website
• Clearwater – Clearwater Beach Drum Circle – website
• Clearwater – Jacks Joint Drum Circle – website / facebook
• Clearwater – Ringside Studio – website / facebook
• Cocoa Beach – Nature’s Call Drum at the Osceola Ave Beach Access – website / myspace
• Coconut Creek – The Broward Drum Circle – website / facebook / email:  sophialinus(at)hotmail.com
• Coral Springs – Women Only New Moon Drum Circle at Nature’s Emporium – website
• Coral Springs – Nature’s Emporium Drum Circle – website
• Crystal River – Citrus County Drum Circle at Crystal River – website / email: keyccrazy(at)yahoo.com)
• Davie – Griffin’s Loft Drum Circle – website
• Deerfield Beach – Jack & Tarcilia O’Connell’s Drum Circle & Sacred Space @ Key Largo Framing – website / myspace
• Deland – Deland Drum Circle at Merlin’s Vision – website  
• Dunedin – Dunedin Brewery Drum Circle – website
• Englewood Beach –  Englewood Beach Drum Circle – website / facebook
• Eustis – Eustis Sunset Drum Circle at Ferran Park – website / email: sunsetdrummingcircle(at)yahoo.com
• Flagler Beach – Flagler Beach Florida Drum Circle – website
• Fort Lauderdale – Tequesta Drum Circle – website
• Fort Lauderdale – Ft Lauderdale Drum Circle:  Last Quarter Moon Drum Circle – website
• Fort Lauderdale – Famous Fort Lauderdale Drum Circle – website / yahoo group / facebook
• Fort Lauderdale – Gilda’s Club Drum Circle (Cancer Support Group) – website / email: lkwdrum(at)bellsouth.net, Info: 954-763-6776
• Fort Myers – Lee County Drum Circle – website / meetups
• Fort Myers – Drum Circle at Manna’s Reading Center – website
• Gainesville – Gainesville Drum Circle at Studio Percussion – website
• Gulfport Women’s Drum Circle – website / email denaleb(at)gmail.com
• Hollywood – Hollywood Drum Circle at Holland Park – website / yahoo group
• Hollywood – Goddess Store Drum Circle & Classes – website
• Hollywood – Wednesdays Essential Complementary Wellness Center – Drum Circle – website / email:  mluria(at)bellsouth.net, light8181(at)aol.com
• Hollywood – Crystal Vision Store Women Only Drum Circle – website / email: crystalvisionLTC(at)aol.com
• Hollywood – Hollywood Open Drum Circle @ Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of South Florida – website / email: Debe Fisher  debe24(at)aol.com
• Jacksonville – Florida Drum Circle at Unitarian Universalist Social Hall – website
• Jacksonville – Drum Circle at Riverside Arts Market – website / email: drumjamm(at)yahoo.com
• Jupiter – Drum Circle at Corners – website
• Jupiter Beach – Jupiter Beach Drum Circle – website / yahoo group
• Lake Worth – Palm Beach Full Moon Drum Circle at Barton Park – website / email: tantra(at)cheerful.com
• Lakeland – Lakeland Circle of Rhythm Drum Gathering – website / facebook
• Lakeland – Mirror Lake Community Drum Circle – website / email: znjenyoga(at)hotmail.com
• Loxahatchee – Sunsport Gardens Drum Circle (Clothing Optional) – website
• Melbourne – Melbourne Drum Tribe Drum Circle – website
• Miami – Virginia Key Beach Drum Circle – website / email: HVKBEvents(at)gmail.com
• Miami – Unity on the Bay Community Drum Circle – website / email: carlosdrums(at)atlanticbb.net
• Miami Beach – Miami Beach Drum Circles – website / facebook
• Naples – Naples Drum Circle at Cambier Park – website
• New Port Richey – Be The Light Metaphysical Center Drum Circle – website
• New Port Richey – New Port Richey Drumcircle & Workshop at Bobagree’s Downtown Music School – website / myspace
• New Port Richey – Pasco County Drum Circle Java N Jam at Starbucks – website / email: phyrestorm08(at)yahoo.com
• New Smyrna Beach – Drumming for Peace at Mainland Shuffleboard Clubhouse – website / email: Drum4p(at)aol.com
• Orlando – New Full Moon Drum Circle at Dandelion Community Cafe – website / email: centralfloridadrums(at)gmail.com
• Orlando – Drum Circle at the Brewery – website
• Orlando – Drumming at Florida School of Holistic Living at Hawkins Education Center  - website
• Orlando – Native American Women’s Medicine Wheel Circle -and- Native American Full Moon Sacred Pipe Ceremony and Medicine Wheel at Spiral Circle – website
• Orlando – Three Trees Drumming – website
• Ozona, FL – Ohana Café Drum Circle – website
• Palm Coast – Palm Coast Community Drum Circle at Merlin’s Mercantile St. Joe Plaza – website
• Pompano Beach – Broward County Full Moon Drum Circles held at Pompano Beach Pier – website
• Port Richey – Pasco County drum circle @ Unity Church of Port – website
• Safety Harbor – Safety Harbor Drum Circle at The Taste – website
• Sarasota – Siesta Key Public Beach Drum – website / facebook
• Satellite Beach – Our Pelican Park Drum Circle – website / facebook
• Sebring – Open Community Drumming by Primal Connection Percussion Ensemble at Highlands Hammock State Park – website
• St. Augustine – St. Augustine Full Moon Drum Circle at Davenport Park a/k/a the Carousel – website / email: dsampiero(at)gmail.com
• St. Petersburg – St. Petersburg Drum Circle – website
• St. Petersburg – Soulfire’s Rhythm Rally – website
• St. Petersburg – First Unity’s Drum Circle at Wings Bookstore – website
• Stuart – Shepard Park Drum Circle  Drum – website / facebook
• Tampa -–Tampa Community Drum Circle – website
• Tampa – Gandy Bridge Drum Circle – website / email: elopmanu3(at)aol.com
• Tampa – YOUniversal Rhythms at the Boba – website / email: info(at)youniversalrhythms.com
• Tampa – Sacred Grounds Coffee House  - website
• Tampa – Davis Island Drum Circle – website / email: linda.parrish(at)HCAHealthcare.com
• Tampa – Tampa Drum Circle 3 Palms Restaurant – website
• Tampa – Raydiance Teahouse and Wellness Center – website
• Tampa – Tampa Bay Monthly Native American Drumming – website
• Tampa – Tampa Drum Circle at The Shops of Wiregrass Mall – website
• Treasure Island – Treasure Island Beach Drum Circle – website
• Vanderbilt Beach – Vanderbilt Beach Drum Circle – website / facebook
• Venice Beach – Venice Beach Drum Circle Nokomis Beach – website
• West Palm Beach – West Palm Beach Drum Circle at Harold’s Coffee Lounge – website
• West Palm Beach – Livin’ The Rhythm Drum Circle at Tsunami’s Bar & Grill – website