NEPA Pagan Pride Day 2025 – Festival Schedule

7/24/2025

Join us on Saturday, August 9th, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 5:30 PM at Kirby Park in Wilkes-Barre, PA for a full day of workshops, rituals, music, and community celebration.

Admission is free, with a suggested donation of non-perishable food items for Bread Basket of NEPA. In past years, we’ve raised over 600 lbs of food—let’s keep the tradition going!
Here’s the full schedule of workshops and events:

Pavilion One

11:30 AM: Vibrations & Healing: A Sound Bath and Crystal Energy Experience with Kris Geary
1:30 PM: Weave the Liminal: Crafting Authentic Witchcraft with Laura Tempest Zakroff
3:30 PM: Introduction to Shamanism within the United States with Rev. Monika Kojote

Pavilion Two

12:30 PM: Lunasa Ritual
2:30 PM: Live Music – Field of Embers
4:30 PM: Drum Circle

Pavilion Three

11:30 AM: Heathens Against Hate in Hostile Times with Robert Schreiwer and the Heathens Against Hate Team
1:30 PM: Frith in Volatile Times: Heathens, Animists, and the Sacred Duty with Stacey Stewart & Robert Schreiwer
3:30PM: Witchy Crafting: Make Your Own Tree of Life Pendant with Robyn Mackey

The day will open with a community procession at 11:00 AM at the main entrance and close with a final ritual led by Grove of the Ancient River Coven at 5:00 PM.

Full workshop descriptions, presenter bios, and vendor details will be available soon.

1 Comment

Mike H

8/5/2025 03:22:00 pm

Look forward to attending! Is there a vendor list for this event? Will there be food for sale?

Wyoming Valley Chapter of the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans

An open and inclusive Earth-Centered Community based in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area.

We offer open public rituals, meditations, celebrations and gatherings grounded in Witchcraft and Pagan practices.

We provide support to all seeking to live a life more in balance with nature by exploring the teachings and traditions of various Pagan and Earth-centered religions and philosophies

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We are located here:

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Wyoming Valley

20 Church Road
Wyoming, PA 18644

Prefer Email? Check out our Mailing List.

Wyoming Valley CUUPS Recommended Books

Many of us are frequently asked what books we recommend for people beginning to explore Earth-Centered Spirituality. Here are a few of our suggestions :)

Beginner's Texts
Blackfeather Mystery School: The Magpie Training by Irene Glasse and Caine Dreamwalker

The Inner Temple of Witchcraft by Christopher Penczak

Paganism: An Introduction to Earth-Centered Religion by River Higginbotham and Joyce Higgenbotham

Wicca for the Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham

Shamanism as a Spiritual Practice for Daily Life by Tom Cowan

Spiral Dance by StarHawk

The Sabbats by Edain McCoy

Good Magic by Mariana Medici

Circle Round by StarHawk (great resource for families)

Pagan History & Culture
Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler

Reference Books
Animal Speak by Ted Andrews

Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic by Scott Cunningham

Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs by Scott Cunningham

The Complete Book of Incense, Oils & Brews by Scott Cunningham

A Book of Pagan Prayer by Ceisiwr Serith