Schedule of Events

Entrance to the festival is free. However, Athens Area Pagans asks that you

Bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to Project Safe.

The Athens Pagan Pride Day 2019 Schedule of Events needs you! If you would like to perform, present, lead a workshop, etc., please complete the Performer and Presenter Registration Form! Vendors who also present get 10% off our already low price!

APPD isn't cheap to produce. Please consider donating to APPD!

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• Schedule of Events

2019 Tentative Schedule

Please see below for event descriptions.

Roving Performances: Cath & Embreis, Kenneth Williams

Rituals

These are brief descriptions of the rituals to be performed.

• Opening Ritual: Participants in the opening ritual will walk in procession around the APPD festival area beginning at the northernmost point (the corner of College and Clayton near Subway), proceeding to the East, the South, the West, and back to the North, and then to the center. There will a brief invocation at each cardinal compass point and the center, during which deities and other powers will be invoked to bless and protect the festival area. This is a version of the common (though not universal) Pagan practice of casting a circle to create a space for a ritual, adapted for a large outdoor festival.

• Main Ritual: TBA

• Closing Ritual: At the end of the festival, participants in the closing ritual will again process from the north station, this time in reverse, going from North to West to South to East, back to North and then to the Center, to release the circle created in the opening ritual.

Registered Vendors

If you are interested in vending at APPD, check out our Vendor Information section for more information about how to reserve your booth.

Vendor site locations are listed at the end of the entry if known. Please see also the Event Map.

• Athens Area Pagans - Event Co-Sponsors. A relaxed, informal gathering of Pagans of all Paths in the Athens (Georgia, USA) area. We have supported community gatherings since 2005 and are sponsors of the Athens Pagan Pride Day. Our goal is to help local Pagans obtain the resources they need, whatever their Path.

• UGA Pagan Student Association - Event Co-Sponsors. The Pagan Student Association’s primary focus is community, advocacy, and education. Offering a non-threatening environment within our meetings where beliefs can be discussed openly, we strive to build a strong community on campus and throughout the world where pagans and non-pagans can learn, network, and have fun.

• AAP Free Store and Games - Games, activities, and swag for children of all ages!

• ArtifaksByCarlie - Art pieces with a history. They have been touched by an ageless number of hands. They are tarnished or rusted by the weather. They are worn down by years of use and love. Or at least they look that way. These creations look and feel like the have a history that needs to be told. Including mixed media artwork with wood, metal, leather, and more, and incorporating Celtic and other ancient designs and motifs!

• Circle of the Risen Phoenix - We are a Wiccan coven in Northwest Georgia, currently hosting open Sabbats. We sell hand-made crafts ranging from beginner Rune sets, to Pagan jewelry, decor, and altar pieces, all the way up to hand-ground athames with custom sheaths! Nearly everything is handmade by two generations of family. (6W)

• Cat Dragon Comics + Crafts - Featuring the storyteller, artist, and galactic witch Belle Dragon, together with her talented companion Luna the Cat Dragon! "I create handmade jewelry, artwork, stickers, buttons and comic zines inspired by my beliefs as a witch as well as my favorite stories." (15E)

• Sun, Moon & Stars - Sun, Moon & Stars is an oasis for the mind, body, and spirit. We offer spiritual supplies for all! We purchase from as many local artisans and local small business as we can! Featuring metaphysical items like candles, herbs, tarot cards, incense, smudge bundles, gemstones, and much more! (8E/9E)

• Mixed Mythologies - Grace is an archaeologist, a student of ancient languages, a polytheist, a spirit worker. She's also a world traveler, and and she translates that love of the ancient world into beautiful and meaningful jewelry and handcrafts of all sorts, inspired by mythology and folklore! (7E)

• Stellar Mermaid - The Art of Kat Moore - Featuring some genuinely unique, psychedelic, witchy, and all around out of this world creations, on wood, stickers, buttons, and prints! Follow Kat on Instagram! (11W)

• Smoky Mountain Mine Designs - Featuring a wide assortment of gems, minerals, jewelry, pendulums, and tie-dye tee shirts! (10E/11E)

• Gryphon's Moon - Offering Pagan and Celtic jewelry, handmade cloaks, leather-bound journals, candles, gemstones, sage, and more! (1W/2W)

• Conjure and The Root - Conjure and The Root is owned by proprietor, Mama Vescha, a southern root doctor, conjure woman, Haitian Vodou practitioner, and spiritual counselor. Featuring Hoodoo candles of all varieties, hoodoo spell ritual oils, sachet powders, hoodoo baths, voodoo jewelry, amulets, and voodoo orisha statues. (2E)

• Leo's Creations - Offering handmade wands, wooden rings, suncatchers, customized incense burners, apothecary materials, and wood sculptures. All products are made 100% by hand, and use recycled and repurposed materials.

• Willow Dragonstone Community - Featuring many different crafts, Pagan supplies, and specialty items, made by the members of the Pagan group Willow Dragonstone Community. Also featuring Tarot readings!

• Spirit Springs Curio - Here at Spirit Springs Curio, we have quartz crystals, amethysts, gems and minerals, handmade wire-wrapped jewelry, gifts, and much, much more! (12E/13E)

• Carmanda Arts Things - In my paintings, drawings, and writing I attempt to convey worlds of dark whimsy, to create the sort of creatures, places, and characters you can find at the crossroads of the familiar and the strange. Turn one corner and you’ll find yourself staring into the teeth of a grinning monster from the shadows of the id, turn the next and you’ll be greeted by a happy fox eating a stack of pancakes. (14W)

• Correllian Nativist Church / Witch School International - Witch School International is the first truly online school dedicated to Wiccan, Pagan, and magical thought. The Witch School system is highly interactive, providing many different ways to truly learn about the Magical and Wiccan world. In order to provide you with the best possible learning experience, we utilize the best of the current communication tools available, as well as quality materials to create a educational environment second to none. (8W/9W)

• Mad Alice Hatter Closet - Featuring quality jewelry, gel candles, banners, dream catchers, and soaps!

• Sophia Arcanum - Featuring homemade, hand poured figure candles, upcycled candle holders, charmed ribbon roses, protective Ojos de Dios, wall hangings, and incenses! (5E/6E)

• Little Tree Crafting / Ooo... Shiny... - Featuring unique, one of a kind curios and crafts, including handmade circular artwork, dream catchers, and wood burnings, made using natural, recycled, and local materials whenever possible. Also featuring quality cloaks, handmade jewelry, and assorted Pagan knickknacks, all at reasonable prices! (7W)

• The Oaken Wren - At The Oaken Wren you'll find an eclectic selection of handmade crowns and headpieces. Our unique designs are perfect for special occasions, ceremonies, or a one of a kind gift. We hope you’ll stop by to explore each piece’s various stones, pendants, and designs to find one you connect with, one that’s uniquely meaningful to you. (4E)

• Jeanne The Maskmaker - Masks can change who you are, or how others see you. They let you express yourself without fear of exposure. They are a doorway to your inner self, a glimpse into your dreams. Offering handmade paper-mache masks, mask jewelry, painted purses, hand knit ornaments, and original art prints. (14E)

• By: Spiritually Yours - Featuring divination readings, basic ritual and craft supplies, books, wands, and other oddities! (12W)

• Wicked World - Where vintage, magic, and rock & roll meet! Featuring handmade jackets, handmade handbags, handmade soaps, and body care, as well as crystal and Pagan style jewelry. (1E)

• The Wesson Project - Wesson Project provides burial blankets to veterinary offices at no cost. We sell work by local artists, as well as vintage and handcrafted items, to raise funds for these blankets. All Blankets are embossed with the word "BELOVED" and come with a flower. We hope to ease the pain of pet loss just a bit with these lovely blankets. (15W)

• Bee & Blossom Jewelry / RUNEDOG ART - Handmade jewelry with crystals, gemstones, and sterling silver - many pieces suitable for ritual use, but also made to be worn daily to bring magic and protection into your life. Designed by a local shaman, Bee & Blossom Jewelry includes necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and rings with a mystical yet modern vibe. Check them our on Facebook! RUNEDOG ART will feature art, hand-printed shirts with Rune, Pagan, and Dog-inspired artwork, and an art book of rune poems - The Language of Secrets, Interpreting the Runes of the Elder Futhark in Verse. (3E)

• Wanderer's Wares - Digging up crystals and carving runes! Featuring crystals, spellcraft, and rune readings. (10W)

• Ecclectic Whimsy - Featuring Witchy treasures and curios, including oils and sprays, jewelry, accessories, crystals, herbs, books, and a festival makeup station! (3W)

• Sweet Retreat / Motion Sickness of Time Travel / Elle Grove - Featuring oils, scrubs, stones, crystals, hand-crafted wands, smudge sticks, custom Tarot decks, jewelry, magical music (cassettes and CDs), and bottle spells! Also featuring organic jewelry pieces in brass and sterling! Check out MSoTT's boutique record label, Adversary Electronics! (4W/5W)

• Threaded Tarot - Providing Tarot card readings, Lenormand Oracle readings and rune casting.

• The Happy Empath LLC - Featuring Pagan inspired jewelry, tiaras and headdresses, wands and other altar tools and treasures, and home decor! (13W)

• moialGlaiom - Offering fairy wood building blocks, wood necklaces with times / glyphs, yogi pants, hand painted shirts, Venus Calendar readings, and Tarot!

• Outre - Featuring wood burned items, magickal tools, trinkets, jewelry, and reading bones!

• Tarot Reading by Angelic Shaman - Offering donation-based Tarot readings. Perfect for helping to find clarity with all life's questions!

• Southern Mystic - Featuring Witchy art, magick tools, herbs, incenses, and oil blends! A local artisan, who's willing to work with the customer.

• Wicked Mojo - Offering traditional Hoodoo, Conjure, and Witchcraft treasures and trinkets. Candles, beads, baths, and much, much more, all made in house!

Workshops

If you're interested in hosting a workshop, please let us know.

• • Rune Chant: Ancient Magic for Contemporary Ritual (6:30-7:00) - RUNEDOG ART’s Timothy H. Patton, author of "The Language of Secrets, Interpreting the Runes of the Elder Futhark in Verse," will offer a brief discussion of the history of runes and their applications for the modern practitioner. Timothy will then lead an audience-participation rune chant, as an example of how contemporary pagans can “Send” runic energy with the collective will of a group.

• Portals Demonstration: Exploring the intersection of landscape and self: Artist Beth Thompson has created a deck of cards and companion book to inspire practitioners with Thompson’s photographs of the southeastern landscape, kaleidoscopic possible perceptions designed from each photograph, and a question for contemplation. In creating the Portals deck, Beth followed in the footsteps of William Bartram with his book Travels (1791) in her hand. From this journey Beth Thompson created a blog that included photographs, kaleidoscopic possible perceptions, and writing. This demonstration will include an introduction to Portals: At the Intersection of Landscape and Self by the artist, a chance for audience members to interact with the cards and book, and a Q & A session if time permits. There may be a few Portals decks available to purchase and possibly some books, too.

• • Wildcrafting for Pagans: How to find delicious edible plants and medicinal plants in the wild for Fun, Health, $$$, and why you should want to learn Wildcrafting. Presented by Polymath, Former USAF Survival Instructor and USAF GLCM Ranger Trainer

Scheduled Performers

If you or your group would like to perform at APPD, please let us know.

• • MOTION SICKNESS OF TIME TRAVEL

    • Ritualistic neo-classical experimentation presented by local sound sculptresses Rachel Evans and Leslie Grove. The two team up to present a unique sans-electricity version of Motion Sickness of Time Travel’s signature dronescapes. At the Workshop Tent 5:30-6 pm, beginning after the Opening Ritual.

Festival Policies