Welcome! For 2026 we have a line up of intriguing, joyful and challenging talks, walks, workshops, exhibitions and performances about the places we love. We’ll be exploring all kind of subjects including archaeology, nature, history, mysticism, poetry, paganism and folklore with a range of fascinating people including mythologist Martin Shaw, photographer Chris Chapman, writer Fiona Robertson, rewilder Derek Gow, archaeoastonomer Carolyn Kennett, Shaman Peter Knight and green witch Rebecca Beattie.
Talks and conversations will take place at Ashburton Arts Centre, starting in the afternoon of Friday 1st May at 15:30, with Chris Chapman and Alan Endacott, and will continue on Saturday and Sunday, finishing with Martin Shaw in conversation with Lucy Cooper at 14:00. Walks will be all over Dartmoor, over the entire weekend and into the following week.
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Featured image: Beltane Border Morris. Image above: Garry Fabian Miller. Photographs taken by, and kindly donated by, Festival Photographer Emma Stoner
