INKCANTATIONS (an immersive Samhain gathering)

You know The Beacon up on the hill? Well, the folks at The Candle Orchard and Hagstone & Hemlock are completely transforming the place for Halloween from 5 pm today.

This is a fully immersive Samhain gathering, with live tattooing and occult workshops happening throughout the evening. There is music and performance too, plus tarot and other readings if you fancy seeing what the rest of the year has in store for you.

Workshops start at 5:30 pm and run through to 9:30 pm. They cover everything from palmistry and astrology to magical herbs, folklore and occult landscapes. Some of the sessions are led by practising witches and recent graduates from the University of Exeter’s Magic & Occult Science MA.

Then at 9:30pm, Antonia Pandazedes leads a full Samhain ritual in the Western European witchcraft tradition. It’s centred on honouring the dead and marking the turn into winter.

Food and drinks will be available from 5 pm to 10 pm and there are only around 100 places so be quick! Tickets are £27.80.