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{ "$type": "community.lexicon.calendar.event", "createdAt": "2026-10-20T09:53:57Z", "description": "_ **Ace Collectiv presents** _\n\n## SAMHAIN PORTAL\n\n#### **Sunday 8 November 2026** **3pm — 8pm** [**The Mount Without · Bristol **](https://www.instagram.com/themountwithout_events)\n\nAs the veil thins we gather at the threshold.\n\n[_ **Get your ticket** _](https://dandelion.events/e/samhain-portal)\n\n![](https://r2.dandelion.events/2026/10/23/14/38/02/ffd5eb93-0b15-4412-adb1-d7574dd927a9/ef59290e-5b2a-4d40-861f-3a8c66a6ba9e.jpeg)\n\n* * *\n\n## AT A GLANCE\n\n_✦ **Samhain Ritual —** _ [_ **Carolyn Hillyer** _](https://www.instagram.com/braidedriver.weaverstrail/) _&_ [_ **Nigel Shaw** _](https://www.instagram.com/carolynhillyer.nigelshaw) \n_ **✦ Ecstatic Dance journey** —_ [_ **Osara** _](https://www.instagram.com/osarasound) \n_✦ **Live Sound Bath** —_ [_ **Georgia Kate** _](https://www.instagram.com/lovegeorgiakate) _&_ [_ **Osara** _](https://www.instagram.com/osarasound) \n_ **✦ Ancestor Altar** · **Kids Space** _ \n_ **✦ d&b audiotechnik Sound System** _ \n_ **✦ The Mount Without** _ \n_ **✦ All Ages · Sober · Organic Cacao** _ \n_✦ **No Experience Needed** · **Safe(r) Space** · **Wheelchair Accessible** _\n\n## SAMHAIN CELTIC NEW YEAR\n\n**Samhain** is the Celtic new year. The night the year dies and the veil between the worlds is thinnest, when the ones who came before us come close enough to feel.\n\nBring them with you. A photograph, an object, a name written on paper. Grandparents, friends, animals, places and the people whose names you never knew. Place them on the ancestor altar at the centre. Then do we do what we have always done at the turning of the year: dance, move, sing, pray and celebrate.\n\nOne continuous journey in a deconsecrated church on the hill. We open the ceremony and speak the names of our ancestors, all of us, at once. **Carolyn Hillyer** and **Nigel Shaw** of **Seventh Wave** and the **Weavers' Trail** lead a Samhain ritual with bone whistles, flutes, drums, grief rattles and songs we can all share, some in the Proto-Celtic language (the ancient language from these lands), ending with something dynamic that carries us straight into the dance. **Osara** takes the room on an ecstatic dance journey, from the ashes into fierce, joyful aliveness, dancing for the ancestors. **Georgia Kate** and **Osara** land us with a live immersive sound bath. We close the ceremony with one word each for what we carry across the threshold. Then we feast.\n\n**✦**\n\n![](https://r2.dandelion.events/2026/01/13/22/27/40/e546a2c0-0663-48c4-968f-05a469aed17a/AceCollectivNYD_@Soulfocus_media-38.jpg)\n\n* * *\n\n## JOURNEY\n\n3pm **Doors Open** \nArrive from 3pm. Land, get cacao and add your item to the ancestor altar.\n\n3:45pm **Opening Ceremony** \nWe arrive in circle. The names of our ancestors, spoken at once.\n\n4pm **Samhain Ritual** — [_ **CAROLYN HILLYER** _](https://www.instagram.com/braidedriver.weaverstrail/) _&_ [_ **NIGEL SHAW** _](https://www.instagram.com/carolynhillyer.nigelshaw) \nBone whistles, flutes, drums, grief rattles and shared songs. Go to the altar when you’re ready or witness.\n\n5pm **Ecstatic Dance Journey (2 hours)** — [_ **OSARA** _](https://www.instagram.com/osarasound) \nWe dance for our ancestors.\n\n7pm **Live Sound Bath** — [_ **GEORGIA KATE** _](https://www.instagram.com/lovegeorgiakate) _&_ [_ **OSARA** _](https://www.instagram.com/osarasound) \nLand and integrate with crystal singing bowls, gong, chimes and more from Georgia, woven with live vocals and drums from Osara.\n\n7:55pm **Closing Ceremony** \nWe complete the journey.\n\n8pm **Dinner & Hang Out** (optional) \nVenue closes at 9pm. Food and drinks are optional and bought separately on the day.\n\n[_ **Get your ticket** _](https://dandelion.events/e/samhain-portal)\n\n![](https://r2.dandelion.events/2026/10/20/10/34/07/d58adee0-4d33-4260-8879-fa10be980572/Carolyn pic.jpg)\n\n* * *\n\n## [_ **CAROLYN HILLYER** _](https://www.instagram.com/braidedriver.weaverstrail/)_ **&** _ [_ **NIGEL SHAW** _](https://www.instagram.com/carolynhillyer.nigelshaw)\n\n### _ **Samhain Ritual** _\n\n_ **A sacred journey through wild ancient land in music: bone whistles, flutes, drums, grief rattles and songs we can all share, some in the Proto-Celtic language of these lands. From loss into mending.** _\n\n**Carolyn Hillyer** and **Nigel Shaw** are renowned musician and artists who have lived and worked on their ancient hill farm in the feral heart of Dartmoor for over 30 years. Their work is inspired by the raw beauty, untamed spirit and primordial memory of sacred and ancestral land. Their live performances form a mystical weave of tender music, wild songs and sacred flutes and drums, many of which they have made themselves.\n\n**Carolyn** teaches powerful workshop journeys for women and has been instrumental in awakening the 4000 year-old Proto-Celtic language. **Nigel** has composed and produced a profound and diverse collection of music recordings during the last forty years and is founder of the techno-shamanic trance dance band, **Global Collective**. They have travelled around the world with their work, including many journeys to the Siberian Arctic. Their concert tours have carried them from mountain temple to tundra camp, from festival tent to ritual cave to high moor.\n\nCarolyn and Nigel will have their music with them on the day, along with Carolyn’s new book, These Antlered Drums (out 1 November).\n\n[**Seventh Wave Music**](http://www.seventhwavemusic.co.uk) \n[**The Braided River**](http://www.thebraidedriver.co.uk)\n\n![](https://r2.dandelion.events/2026/10/20/10/24/46/4b4ce7f6-ecbc-4927-b6c9-4d8d294dd081/Osara (photo by Claudia Gschwend).JPG)\n\n* * *\n\n## [**OSARA**](https://www.instagram.com/osarasound)\n\n### _ **Ecstatic Dance journey** _\n\n_ **We dance for our ancestors.** _\n\n**Osara** is a father, embodied DJ and founder of [**Ace Collectiv**](https://www.instagram.com/acecollectiv). With Cymreig, Scottish and Sámi roots, he uniquely blends ancient and future technologies and sound: drum, shakers and yoik-inspired vocals with organic, underground and electronic dance music.\n\nExpect the deeper, uplifting and soul-invigorating: **Folktronica** , **Organic Electro** , **Afro House** , **140** and **Techno** alongside **Folk** , **Celtic** , **Medicine** , **World** and **South American** music.\n\nOsara is one of the leading **Ecstatic Dance** DJs in the UK and is the first and longest serving resident DJ (7+ years) for the famous ** Ecstatic Dance UK** in London.\n\n[**Listen to his dance journeys on SoundCloud**](https://soundcloud.com/osarasound)\n\n![](https://r2.dandelion.events/2026/10/20/10/33/56/dab2dac8-f44f-4a8c-bfda-f50d45442754/samhain-artist-georgia-kate.jpg)\n\n* * *\n\n## [_ **GEORGIA KATE** _](https://www.instagram.com/lovegeorgiakate) _&_ [**OSARA**](https://www.instagram.com/osarasound)\n\n### _ **Live Sound Bath** _\n\n_ **Land and integrate with crystal singing bowls, gong, chimes and more from Georgia, woven with live vocals and drums from Osara.** _\n\nGeorgia Kate is a mother, meditation practitioner and space holder devoted to the path of inner awakening. Her sound baths are woven with the cellular medicine of crystal singing bowls. An ancient vibrational pathway for deep rest, release and inner alignment.\n\nAs their frequencies move through the body, the thinking mind softens and the feeling body comes forward, carrying you gently into stillness. Expect to be guided home to yourself, and to leave rested, clear and reconnected.\n\n[**Explore her offerings here**](https://georgiakate.co.uk/)\n\n### [**THE MOUNT WITHOUT**](https://www.instagram.com/themountwithout_events)\n\n_Step inside a sanctuary of soaring columns, arches and stained glass. A 900-year-old church, reborn as one of the UK's most awe-inspiring venues. At its heart: a professional sprung wooden floor, made for barefoot dancing. A cathedral of light, sound and transformation._\n\n### [**D&B AUDIOTECHNIK**](https://www.dbaudio.com/global/en)\n\n#### _ **Sound System** _\n\n_Every beat, breath and bassline delivered with clarity, depth and power._ \n_Our dancefloor is blessed with the legendary **d&b audiotechnik** sound system, bringing you immersive sonic precision you can feel in your bones._\n\n#### _Organic Café & Cacao_\n\n_Organic cacao on arrival, treats through the day and a proper dinner made with love and carefully selected ingredients. All organic, vegan and gluten-free._\n\n![](https://r2.dandelion.events/2026/10/20/13/08/23/e5ba9b8d-be46-457c-a0f1-d382966dc8f7/samhain-artist-nigel-shaw.jpg)\n\n* * *\n\n## WHO IS IT FOR?\n\nFor anyone carrying someone. For families who want their children to know where they come from. For people who’ve danced with us a hundred times and want to go deeper and for people who’ve never done anything like this. You don’t need to be a dancer or a singer. Just show up and step in.\n\nHeld with love. Everything is an invitation.\n\n**4.7 out of 5 from over 600 ratings across Ace Collectiv experiences.**\n\n## **WHAT TO EXPECT**\n\n✦ Darkness. Parts of the journey are in low light. \n✦ Bass you feel in your chest. Club-level sound. Earplugs if you’re sensitive; ear defenders for under 12s on the dance floor. \n✦ Feeling in the room: tears, laughter, roaring, silence. All of it welcome. \n✦ Invitations, not instructions. Nobody will make you share, speak, sing or go to the altar. \n✦ Sober space: no alcohol, no drugs, no phones on the dance floor. Barefoot or grip socks.\n\n[_ **Get your ticket** _](https://dandelion.events/e/samhain-portal)\n\n![](https://r2.dandelion.events/2026/01/14/10/11/22/8cdc2817-f07b-410d-bb4c-12c63e359f12/AceCollectivNYD_@Soulfocus_media-15.jpg)\n\n* * *\n\n## BEFORE YOU COME\n\n### Where\n\n**The Mount Without, Upper Church Lane, Bristol, BS2 8FN** \n[**https://goo.gl/maps/KHJSWYSiRSeVRfqo7**](https://goo.gl/maps/KHJSWYSiRSeVRfqo7)\n\nPlease lift share, walk, cycle or use public transport where you can.\n\nOn-street pay and display nearby (check signs on the day) and a car park a short walk away: \n[**https://goo.gl/maps/o9Vfj6mokRyKzPJd7**](https://goo.gl/maps/o9Vfj6mokRyKzPJd7)\n\nIf driving, check whether you need to pay for [**Bristol’s Clean Air Zone**](https://pay.drive-clean-air-zone.service.gov.uk/vehicles/enter_details)\n\n### Dress\n\nDress to express. Dress for ceremony. Or whatever feels best for you. We welcome ourselves and each other as we are.\n\n### Bring\n\n✦ Something for the altar: a photo, an object, a name on paper \n✦ Layers, so you can keep warm and cool when needed \n✦ Something to lie on, a blanket and an eye mask for the sound bath \n✦ Earplugs for you; ear defenders for your children \n✦ A notebook, if you journal \n✦ Water bottle\n\n### **Children & Families**\n\nThere's a Kids Space in the corner with cushions, open through the day with a DBS-checked guardian. It's a space to play rather than supervised childcare, so a parent or guardian stays on site throughout. Children stay with their adults and are their responsibility the whole time. Under-12s wear ear defenders on the dance floor. Children are welcome at the altar.\n\n**Full arrival details are sent to you by email when you book.**\n\n## CARE & AGREEMENTS\n\n### Safety\n\n✦ **Welfare Angels** are on the dance floor throughout and there’s a quiet corner if you need it. You can step out at any time. \n✦ Safe(r) space: consent in every interaction, ask before you make contact with another, no phones on the dance floor. If something isn’t right, find a **Welfare Angel**. \n✦ Loud, dark, with lighting changes.\n\n### **Safe(r) Space Agreement**\n\nBy attending you agree to respect and follow our **Safe(r) Space Agreement**. These agreements let us be expressive and intimate while staying respectful of one another and they apply to everyone present. Participants, team, facilitators, artists and venue staff. Anyone breaching them will be asked to leave.\n\n[_**Read our full Safe(r) Space Agreement, Safeguarding and Inclusivity policies here**_](https://dandelion.events/o/acecollectiv)\n\n### Everyone is welcome\n\nAll sexual orientations, racial identities and ethnicities, gender expressions, abilities, body types and ages. Queer friendly, body positive, expression welcome. Zero tolerance for racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, body shaming, ageism, ableism or discrimination of any kind.\n\n### **Accessibility**\n\nWheelchair access throughout. Accessible toilets on site. Hidden disabilities are warmly welcomed and the Sunflower badge is recognised here. Our Welfare Angels (pink high-vis body bands) and Event Manager are there for you at any point. [**Email us**](mailto:acecollectiv@gmail.com) with any specific access needs and we will do our best to meet them. \n\n### **Photography**\n\nDesignated photographers and videographers are announced at the Opening Circle. Tell them or any team member if you'd rather not be filmed and message us any time if you want something removed. We'll do so immediately.\n\nQuestions? 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