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Archery
Drop in sessions for archery with the vikings!
Ben Jansz
Ben Jansz- one man band -As a self-proclaimed “emotional activist”, Ben is more than just a musician -he’s a storyteller
Blacksmithing
In a 1-to-1 session, you'll learn basic hammer techniques, work with a coke forge, and create a Mjolnir pendant, bracelet, food pick, or belt hook.
Blóð Dýr
Blóð Dýr is a neo-pagan folk band that explores the mysticism of ancient European cultures through a unique.........
Bog Bodies
BOG BODIES are a heavy folk outfit, from Tipperary, formed by Irish songwriter Dan Maher. Their genre.........
Cernunnos Rising
Cernunnos Rising is a dynamic Celtic Pagan folk band that blends ancient mythology with modern music,.........
Coin Striking
Strike your very own Viking or Saxon coin and learn about their history
Cookery Course
Learn about Viking-era food while cooking over a fire using authentic Viking Age replica equipment
Deer Butchery
Get hands-on experience skinning and butchering a deer while learning about the various uses for different parts of the animal...
Drumming around the fire
Bring your drum or just yourself for drumming, singing, and fire-side socialising!
Find Your Inner Warrior
Join Jan Muse for a transformative workshop to release fears, amplify your strength, and uncover your inner warrior with drum and voice
Fire Dancers
Marvel at the mesmerizing performances of our fire dancers
Fire Show
Wolf burning followed by an amazing unmissable performance by Poi Passion!
Fire Walking
Walk barefoot on burning embers and unlock your inner strength. Included with all weekend tickets!
Foraging For All
Join an expert forager on a relaxed walk around the festival to discover edible plants that thrive in plain sight, often unnoticed in daily life.
Foreign Locals
Foreign Locals started as a busker band and they can still be seen playing in the streets of Brighton with their u.........
Galdorcraeft
Galdorcraeft music has a fusion of ancient and contemporary instruments, our inspiration is gained from .........
Hand-Poke Tattoos
Pictavia Leather are selling leatherwork and offer hand-poke tattoos!
History of Mead
Bob Thornton from Afon Mêl Meadery will be giving a talk on the History of Mead, Mead in the modern world and current trends.
Honouring Oak - Meditation
Join Jan Muse for a grounding meditation at the sacred oak tree. Offer to the Oak spirit for courage, strength, wisdom, and release of fears and headaches.
Incense Workshop
Explore incense's role in rituals with Anwen Fryer. After a talk, enjoy burning 20 herbs, flowers, and resins, creating a custom blend to take home.
Kiddie Vike
Kids can join the combat arena, fight Vikings, and try a shield wall!
Mead Club
Join the Mead Club to discuss, sample, and compete for a ticket!
Nebala
Nebala means primordial mist in the earliest Nordic language, interpreted as the abyss of absolute potential.........
Reenactment Battles
Come and see our Viking reenactors battle for glory or Valhalla!
Bog Bodies
BOG BODIES are a heavy folk outfit, from Tipperary, formed by Irish songwriter Dan Maher. Their genre...
Blóð Dýr
Blóð Dýr is a neo-pagan folk band that explores the mysticism of ancient European cultures through a unique.........
Nebala
Nebala means primordial mist in the earliest Nordic language, interpreted as the abyss of absolute potential.........
Ben Jansz
Ben Jansz- one man band -As a self-proclaimed “emotional activist”, Ben is more than just a musician -he’s a storyteller
Cernunnos Rising
Cernunnos Rising is a dynamic Celtic Pagan folk band that blends ancient mythology with modern music,.........
Foreign Locals
Foreign Locals started as a busker band and they can still be seen playing in the streets of Brighton with their u.........
Galdorcraeft
Galdorcraeft music has a fusion of ancient and contemporary instruments, our inspiration is gained from .........
The Urban Druids
The Urban Druids, revive ancient sounds, sharing the wisdom of the earth and ancestors through poetry and song. Blending global genres and instruments, they create an atmospheric, electric journey that evokes trance-like states. Their music connects listeners to primal energy, making you feel as if you've stepped back in time to the realm of the bards.
The Witchcraft & Vagrancy Act
The Witchcraft and Vagrancy Act are a band that brings together dark folk, indie, and psychedelic sounds to.........
Archery
Drop in sessions for archery with the vikings!
Coin Striking
Strike your very own Viking or Saxon coin and learn about their history
Drumming around the fire
Bring your drum or just yourself for drumming, singing, and fire-side socialising!
Fire Dancers
Marvel at the mesmerizing performances of our fire dancers
Fire Show
Wolf burning followed by an amazing unmissable performance by Poi Passion!
Fire Walking
Walk barefoot on burning embers and unlock your inner strength. Included with all weekend tickets!
Foraging For All
Join an expert forager to discover edible plants often unnoticed
Hand-Poke Tattoos
Pictavia Leather are selling leatherwork and offer hand-poke tattoos!
Honouring Oak: Meditation
Join Jan Muse for a meditation at the sacred oak
Kiddie Vike
Kids can join the combat arena, fight Vikings, and try a shield wall!
Live Music
Top live acts from across Europe live in on our tipi stage!
Mead Club
Join the Mead Club to discuss, sample, and compete for a ticket!
Reenactment Battles
Come and see our Viking reenactors battle for glory or Valhalla!
Reenactment Village
Chat with reenactors, explore their encampment, and immerse in history
Seidr Throat Singing
Join Jonas for a vocal workshop on breath, sound, and throat singing.
Stone Carving
Drop in for free stone carving or book a session to take home your creation
Storyteller
Stories told all weekend by award winning storyteller Jason Buck
Tablet Weaving
Ravneskog Crafts are providing drop in sessions for everyone
The Science Viking
Learn about medieval and Viking history through the Science Viking's extensive knowledge and artifacts
Viking Feast
Gather with friends for a magical evening of feasting and merriment!
Viking Training Camp
Step into Viking life and learn shield, sword, axe, and bow skills.
Workshops
Learn new skills led by masters of their craft at the festival...
Blacksmithing
In a 1-to-1 session, you'll learn basic hammer techniques, work with a coke forge, and create a Mjolnir pendant, bracelet, food pick, or belt hook.
Cookery Course
Learn about Viking-era food while cooking over a fire using authentic Viking Age replica equipment
Deer Butchery
Get hands-on experience skinning and butchering a deer while learning about the various uses for different parts of the animal, beyond just consumption
Find Your Inner Warrior
Join Jan Muse for a transformative workshop to release fears, amplify your strength, and uncover your inner warrior with drum and voice.
Fire Walking
Walk barefoot across burning embers in this fire walking experience, included with your ticket.
Foraging For All
Join an expert forager on a relaxed walk around the festival to discover edible plants that thrive in plain sight, often unnoticed in daily life.
Honouring Oak - Meditation
Join Jan Muse for a grounding meditation at the sacred oak tree. Offer to the Oak spirit for courage, strength, wisdom, and release of fears and headaches.
Incense Workshop
Explore incense's role in rituals with Anwen Fryer. After a talk, enjoy burning 20 herbs, flowers, and resins, creating a custom blend to take home.
Kiddie Vike
Viking fun led by our reenactor team for little warriors. Free ticketed event
Mead Club
Join the Mead Club to discuss brewing, sample meads, and enter your own in the competition to win a festival ticket for next year!
Seidr Throat Singing
Join Jonas for a vocal workshop exploring breath, sound, and resonance, including traditional Nordic practices and throat singing.
Stone Carving
Learn stone carving with expert Matty Greenstone. Carve your design or choose a pattern on Derbyshire gritstone. All skill levels welcome. Take home your creation!
Viking Training Camp
Step into Viking life with our immersive training camp! Learn shield, sword, axe, and bow skills from expert reenactors.
Wild Mead Workshop
Harness the natural magic of wild yeasts, raw honey, and botanicals to craft your own mead starter. Take home a jar filled with your unique creation!
Wolf Medicine Talisman
Join Jan Muse to create your own Sigil talisman necklace, invoking ancient wolf medicine. Connect with your inner wolf. All materials provided!
Women's Herbal Walk and Talk
Learn about the history of herbal remedies, the connection between inner life phases and cyclical seasons, lunar cycles, and how to collect and make your own medicine.
History of Mead
Bob Thornton from Afon Mêl Meadery will be giving a talk on the History of Mead, Mead in the modern world and current trends.
Seeds of ASH
"Seeds of ASH" offers a captivating introduction to the belief system of our early English/Anglo-Saxon ancestors. Together, we will explore their origins, the festivals they celebrated, and their deep connection to the Otherworld—mystical realms where gods of strength, power, and warfare stood alongside deities of fertility and wisdom.
Wisdom of Woden
"Wisdom of Woden" traces the rise and evolution of the Germanic god Woden, exploring his symbology and origins connected to death and the underworld.
Women's Herbal Walk & Talk
Learn about the history of herbal remedies, the connection between inner life phases and cyclical seasons, lunar cycles, and how to collect and make your own medicine.
Afon Mel Mead
Premium, pure Honey meads, made with passion and a commitment to quality and excellence.
Airy Fairy
Selling local arts, crafts and jewellery, magical supplies, candles, essential oils, books, crystal
Bibby's Beans
Serving luxury teas, coffees and hot chocolates from our classic VW Campervan .
Food Truck
This food truck offers loaded macaroni cheese, pizzas, jerk chicken with coconut rice, katsu chicken curry, chips, and drinks, with seasonal slush puppies or soft serve ice cream.
Hillbilly Forge
Hillbilly Forge is a family-run blacksmithing business led by Graham and Emily Davison. We create handcrafted items using traditional techniques. Visit us online or at events to explore unique creations, custom commissions, and live forge demos.
Icelandic Wool Art
Felted products made with the wool of our own flock of Pedigree Icelandic sheep
Intrepid Brewing Co
Intrepid Brewing Co. is an 8 BBL brewery crafting fearlessly tasteful beers in Cask/Keg/Bottle in the Hope Valley on the edge of the High Peak
Jacklyn Hyde
Handcrafted leather goods. Pagan and fantasy ranges. Leather pouches, Jewellry bags, wristbands.
Mama's Cottage Mushrooms
We create medicines with all that Mother Gaia provides using ancient methods to assist in a modern world where is it definitely needed!! We are the only large scale spagyrics medicine alchemists in the UK. We follow the influences of the Sun, Moon and planets to create medicines far beyond the the standard remedies/tinctures and powders being marketed today. We infuse all our medicines with love, passion and intension. We also work with a beautiful cacao from a single origin farm in Junin Province, Peru. We forage ourselves for our mushrooms/herbs, and also have trusted and loved medicine brothers and sisters collecting sacred herbs and mushrooms for us in Siberia, Lithuania, Portugal, Ecuador, France and Peru. We choose to work with mother nature and not against her. we also create beautiful, tonics, balms, salves, the list goes on and changes,
Nina's Taco Truck
Mexican restaurant
100% plant based 🌱
TACOS + BURRITOS
100% plant based 🌱
TACOS + BURRITOS
Norsvana Medieval Crafts
Hand-made shields, wooden crafts, spoons, bowls, drinking horns, Viking style jewellery
Penn Props
I make witchy/festivally/ fae headresses out of found and new materials. Featuring mushrooms, foliage, runes and flowers, with occult imagery.
Pictavia Leather
Bespoke Pictish leather goods, jewellery, and tattooing
Portable Weirdness
OOAK wood, bone, antler, and fiber personal accessories, home decor, ritual and altar tools, rocks and fossils, and books by Miles Batty
The Myrkvidr Temple
Selling hand crafted ritual items including handmade viking beads as found in Birka and Ribe, items for use in ritual, artwork created in trance and also rune readings.
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Fire Walking!
Step into a powerful and transformative journey at our Sacred Firewalking Ceremony, where all are welcomed with open arms and supported in this ancient rite of passage.
Only for Solskin 2025
As part of the programme this year, everyone with a weekend ticket can experience this ancient rite.
2024 Montage Video
We have put together a montage video of some of the highlights from 2024. The clips were kindly provided by our visitors and the music is by The Roving Crows
Enjoy...
Solskin Festival is located in the Peak District National Park Derbyshire UK. We have 6 fields of pure bliss to have the festival on
Festival address: Fields off Sir William Hill Road, Grindleford, Derbyshire, S32 9HP
Getting here by car
Parking is included in the price of your ticket. To get here simply enter Sir William Hill Road, Grindleford into your sat nav, once here simply follow the signs to Solskin Festival
Getting here by train
Getting to the festival by train is possible by getting off at the Grindleford Station, from there it is a 45 minute walk! Even though this is possible I wouldn't recommend it especially if you have lots of gear with you as it's mainly up-hill!
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