If you follow The Magical Buffet on social media, you might have saw that I attended the event, Celebrate Samhain in Nashua, NH at the end of October. Not only did I attend, I got to moderate a panel discussion about Witchcraft in the Age of Social Media. If you’re a Patron, you got to read about my experience moderating the panel. Due to the event’s change of day of the weekend and covid, it has been far too long since I’ve been able to attend, so I figure I should bring you all up to speed on what the event is like in 2022.
Celebrate Samhain’s new home is at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Nashua, NH. It is a great venue that provides a large vendor room, with a main stage that featured musical acts, dance acts, and my panel discussion. There is an extra wide hallway that featured booths for all the presenters and authors at the event. I had a tiny table to sell my crafts that I normally sell exclusively on Etsy. The psychic readers had their own room off of the hallway, and at the very end of the hall was a room for workshops.
The vendor room and its overflow booths were amazing! I nearly wept from the warm nostalgia of seeing Jeena Greene. Her beautiful harp and voice have been at every Celebrate Samhain that I’ve attended and it did my heart good to see her, and hear her again. I got to meet the owner of The Robin’s Nest who kindly posed next to their display of Cucina Aurora products. Kyri’s Magickal Creations had these adorable poppets! I bought a Marie Laveau one that I’m still trying to decide where it’s going to live. Mystic Arcana’s booth was right across from mine. The owner Gee-Gee sells crystals so yes, your girl bought another crystal. I also got to purchase a signed copy of “New Hampshire Book of the Dead” by Roxie Zwicker (who was on my panel and so much fun) and a signed copy of “Reading the Leaves” by Sandra Mariah Wright and Leanne Marrama. Author Deborah Blake was my booth buddy and road trip companion. It was fun to see so many of her fans. It was also fun to have many attendees ask if I was Deborah Blake (tempting to say yes). When I said no, they would immediately ask if I was Elisabeth Alba (again, tempting to say yes).
There was a full slate of workshop/talks, as usual. There was Sancista Brujo Luis teaching a class on Candle Magick (he also took part in my panel). Danielle Dionne gave a talk on Ancestral Living. Ellen Evert Hopman discussed Working with Baneful Plants for Magick and Healing. Sandra Mariah Wright and Leanne Marrama taught a class on Awakening the Crystals. And finally, booth buddy and panel participant Deborah Blake discussed Everyday Witchcraft.
As always, Celebrate Samhain fosters a friendly, supportive, family friendly environment. Every time I attend, and this year was no exception, I leave feeling like I’ve made a lot of new friends. It’s a great event! Follow Celebrate Samhain on Facebook to be kept up to date about next year’s event!
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