Winter Solstice Renaissance Celebration in the Redwoods | Muir Woods

Celebrate the longest night of the year with the tallest trees on earth.

Join the California Revels choristers and the Muir Woods staff as they “burn beseeching fires,” carol and dance the mysterious Abbots-Bromley Stag Horn Dance (an English folk dance dating to the 1600s) amid the ageless Redwoods.

Activities and events include the making of solstice crowns, a stage performance of songs, stories, and puppetry, and walking the trails of Muir Woods lit by luminaria.

• Event Cost: Free. No reservations required
• Date & Time: December 21, 2009 (daytime activities are from 3pm to 5pm, solstice activities & celebration runs from 5:30pm to 8pm)
• Directions: 11 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Take Highway 101 to the Highway 1/ Stinson Beach Exit. Follow the signs to Muir Woods. Roads to the park are steep and winding.
• Parking: Parking is free, but very limited

About The Christmas Revels: The Christmas Revels is the annual performance celebrating the Winter Solstice featuring holiday traditions of all sorts. From a medieval English court to an Appalachian homestead in Kentucky, from a Russian village to the land of the midnight sun, each year the Christmas Revels celebrates traditions of another time and place.

Links: Event details

Cost: FREE

Tags: Celebration, Dance, Free, Live Music, Muir Woods, Performance, Solstice
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