Enjoy our premium ticket for some special after-hours activities. We’ll have advanced classes, a masquerade ball, cool activities, and much more going on from early morning into the wee hours of the next one!

If that’s more than you can handle, you can still enjoy the “business hours” of the Marketplace. Pretty much the same hours and price you’ve become accustomed to, but now on Sunday as well. We’re expanding with new and better activities, but not cutting back anything you’ve grown to love over the last six years.  Still, we think the full weekend pass will be well worth your time!

Friday:

Dance Showcase and Performance

Come and experience a unique After Dark offering where the worlds of dance, music, community and spirituality converge in a community friendly dance performance. We start the evening with dance performances as an offering to the community. Enjoy the works of local belly dance and fusion dance artists from all around New England. We honor the elements through music and the visual art of dance. Then stay for a Drum Circle lead by professional percussionist, Dave Curry. Become part of the heartbeat of the Magickal Marketplace Community. Dance the night away in an open and freeing dance space. Step into a world of magick, music, percussion, and community.

Zabel and The ZaBellies are a theatrical belly dance inspired performing troupe who have had the pleasure of performing with each other for the past 10 years! They travel all around New England performing everything from traditional inspired Middle Eastern choreography to modern theatrical and spiritual original works of performance art. Zabel and the ZaBellies hope you will enjoy their original story telling through dance at their next performance!

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Drum Circle lead by Dave Curry

Dave will lead an open drum circle that welcomes all ages and skill levels.  He will start things off with some basic instruction on how to play some of the common drum types, as well as teaching you some of the most recognizable drum rhythms that are popular in drum circles.  There will also be an opportunity for people to “freestyle” or spontaneously improvise rhythms on the spot.  If you have your own drum or percussion gadgets, bring them along.  There will be loaner drums available for borrowing on a first come, first serve basis.  Dancers are also welcome in the circle, and poi spinners or hoopers are welcome outside the circle so as not to bonk anyone on the head.

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The Jenna Greene Band

The Jenna Greene Band will take you to mythic realms with their ethereal yet powerful Celtic Fantasy, Prog Rock, and Goth soundscapes. Their style has been described as “Loreena McKennitt meets Nightwish.”

Emmy-nominated Jenna Greene leads the band with haunting vocals, lilting harp, and mystical lyrics. Ed Newton plays acoustic folk guitar with emotive chord progressions. Derek O’Sullivan brings the thunder with a unique blend of World Folk percussion. Caith Threefires brings depth with Gothic keyboard layers, mandolin, Irish bouzouki and Native flute, and driving electric bass. Robert McClung joins the band on fiery electric fiddle, as well as a symphony of harmonic strings.

The band is currently working on an album titled Deeper Waters, which explores shadow work, consciousness, and the spiritual elements of water.

Based in Boston and Nashua, you can find them performing around New England and beyond. Website: www.greeneladymusic.com

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Opening Blessing Ritual

On our 11th year, there will be an Opening Ritual on Friday evening at this year’s Magickal Marketplace. Join musician and ritualist Jenna Greene for the Opening Blessing Ritual.  We will be honoring the spirits and elementals of our brand-new space.  We will also raise positive energies of wellness, abundance, inspiration, and joy for our patrons, artisans, musicians, readers, presenters, and volunteers!

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Saturday:

The Seasons Masquerade Ball with the Nathaniel Johnstone Band!

Dress as a Season for the costume contest, enjoy incredible music, and spend the evening dancing and having fun.  Small munchies will be provided, and there will be a cash bar.

Nathaniel Johnstone is a multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter who sings about humanity, myth and whimsy. His unique sound is inspired by metal, jazz, punk, folk, rock, and blues from all over the world, resulting in music that transcends boundaries of genre or theme. Joining him on stage is his partner and collaborator Laura Tempest Zakroff (critically acclaimed dancer and artist), and his band. With a full rocking complement of guitar, violin, keys, saxophone, bass, drums, and multiple vocalists, The Nathaniel Johnstone Band brings a high-energy, dance-inducing, mythical, and magical experience.

There will once again be prizes for the best costumes.  This year’s theme is the Wheel of the year: The Four Seasons. These can be defined as the standard four – Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall.  Costumes should be designed with these in mind! So put together and wear your best interpretation of a Season.  Prizes will be based on the following categories: Best Seasonal Group (max 5 people), Most Creative Overall Season, and the Best Representation of a Single Season.

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Advanced Classes and Lectures

Candlelight Labyrinth Walk
with Tracy Andryc

Walk the labyrinth in this After Dark workshop and experience the meditative magic of the labyrinth.  Beautifully setup in the Federal room, candles and music bring the experience to life.  You can walk the Labyrinth anytime during the time it is open.  Allow yourself 10-20 minutes to do so.

Labyrinth walking is an ancient practice used by many different faiths for spiritual centering, contemplation, and prayer. Entering the serpentine path of a labyrinth, you walk slowly while quieting your mind and focusing on a spiritual question or prayer. Walking a labyrinth is a form of active meditation which is unique from meditation while standing still, sitting, or lying down. Active meditation provides many benefits, and labyrinth walking is a unique spiritual experience. Learn more about labyrinth walking meditation and its potential benefits.

Tracy Andryc has been sharing her love of the labyrinth since her first walk on its path in 1998. She sees the labyrinth as a universal tool that can be used in a magical/spiritual context, regardless of your religious path. Tracy received her training from The Labyrinth Guild of New England and the Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress, author and founder of Veriditas. She takes a holistic approach to her labyrinth work by incorporating other modalities such as Reiki, crystal grids/healing, breath work, sound and sacred dance. For over two decades, she has facilitated workshops and rituals on the labyrinth and other topics at venues along the east coast of the US.

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Sex Café
with Wrentek MacGowan

Coming explore topics of sex, sex magick, sexuality, alternative lifestyles, gender, communication and more. Do you have questions? Do you have answers? This workshop will have no nudity or sexual contact; however, you must be open to discussing topics of a sexual nature. All are welcome to come, share and experience in a safe and inviting space. This is for those over 18.

Wrentek is a lifelong explorer and practitioner of primal earth energies. He utilizes multiple earth – based traditions including Celtic, Norse, African, Mayan as examples in his training and healing sessions. Additionally, he uses somatic body work, elements of Tantra, breathwork and more to support seekers. He is Reiki Master Teacher in the traditions of Usui Tibetan, Karuna and Shambala. Wren has many years of Runic Study. He is a certified Global Fire Walk Instructor and facilitator. He is Pagan Priest having graduated seminary training with the Temple of Witchcraft. Wren uses all these energies and more in the facilitation of Ordeal path, Leather / BDSM, Sacred Sexuality Trainings, Sex Magic Workshops, Earth Energy Retreats, Runic Initiations, Vision Quests, Ritual and more. Wren creates an open & safe environment for clients and students regardless of sexual orientation, lifestyle, gender identity, or gender expression. Wren is available to speak or facilitate workshops on any of the above in a class or private environment setting.

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Just The Facts, Ma’at: Ancient Egyptian Magic, Plain and Simple
With Sophia Kelly Shultz

Just as the wonders of ancient Egyptian culture need no embellishment, the complex and fascinating magical practices of the ancient Egyptians do not need the imaginative embellishments envisioned by modern authors and practitioners. This workshop explores the core concepts surrounding ancient Egyptian magic, providing information about core beliefs and practices that spanned the 30 centuries of ancient Egyptian civilization.

Born and raised in Pennsylvania, artist and author Sophia Kelly Shultz has led what can only be described as a colorful life. Educated in the hallowed halls of the University of Pennsylvania, she studied Egyptology with a particular focus on the language, and spent many happy hours in the storage areas seldom seen by outsiders. A lifetime later, her love affair with all things ancient Egyptian has not waned, and she loves opportunities to do research on different aspects of the discipline.  Sophia has followed a non-traditional shamanic path which connects particularly with rocks and running water. Her practice also includes counseling others and teaching that “creativity” does not mean “creating things that other people will like.”  Sophia lives in the hard coal region of Pennsylvania with her husband, a super-enthusiastic Springer Spaniel, and a very small, very bad cat.

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Exorcism: The Art and Science of Dealing with Unwelcome Spirits
with Irena and Valentine Stormcrow

Join Valentine Stormcrow for an introduction to spiritual warfare. We will be covering topics such as non-human entities, attachments, haunted places and how to deal with them. Val has participated in over 30 Exorcisms of people places and things using techniques both ancient and modern. This is an 18+ workshop.

Irena and Valentine Stormcrow lead Serenity Circle coven based in Marlborough, NH and have 28 combined years of active Pagan practice. Serenity Circle is a second generation eclectic coven that practices a blend of several European traditions. Valentine is a Norse godhi (priest) with a root in European shamanism who has been walking the Pagan path since the age of 13. Irena who grew up in a practicing Pagan household, is a Hekatean priestess and practitioner of both green and hearth witchcraft. She is an adept of the healing arts.

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