updated 03.11.23
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - re Solstice overnight event:
1. Q: Sacred space?
…warm, relaxed, joyful atmosphere in keeping with the energies of the Solstice… Stillness…awareness…letting go and aspiring to creating a more harmonious world for the year ahead.
2. Q: Food, hot beverages, juices & drinking water.
Food will be at set times and is included in your booking.
Hot beverages, fruit and small snacks will be available through the night.
Feel free to bring your juicer & fruit/veg (for non-sleeping hours)
This is a vegetarian event like all our events. And Vegans are catered for (usually dairy-free soup for dinner).
Drinking water: Millhouse, Slane - tap water.
3. Q: Getting inside Newgrange?
It is 12 min drive from here to Newgrange. However, access to the inside of Newgrange at the exact time of sunrise is decided by lottery. On 21 Dec when the lottery winners come out (approx. 10mins after the sunrise) Newgrange is open to everyone and free to go in.
4. Q: How long is it?
The second half of 20th of December to the first half of the 21st of December.
Each year the timetable changes slightly, please check.
The arrival is at the Dowth monument for the Solstice Sunset Ceremony, and then over to the venue for the check-ins.
***This year (2023) there is ‘Morning-Only Pass’ & ‘Evening Pass’ - which are suitable for those who cannot make the full gig.
5. Q: How much is it?
95€ | 75€ | Pre-booking required | All workshops, Communal Supper & Communal Sleeping space are included in the price. | Tickets are transferable and non-refundable. If you can’t make it, let us know: your place will be passed on to another person. Your own ticket can be carried forward and re-used at any of our events: Conscious Concert, Power of Love New Years, Summer Solstice, Winter Solstice.
****TBC: Add-on beds are available at an extra - it is provided by the 5 star venue, 2-min walk: with heated glamping, and ‘Wedding Venue’ en-suite rooms.
6. Q: How to get there / car share
The exact fuel-share/car-pooling post link is updated annually (TG, FB, Whatsapp). If the year you are attending has ‘Morning-Only’ ticket - we meet at the Venue early am (see timetable) and then carshare to the Newgrange monument.
Please follow the directions carefully:
First: Dowth Monument (20th of Dec). Then: Millhouse, Slane (20th & 21st Dec). Then Newgrange (21st of Dec).
Once you pre-book you’ll receive the UPDATED information pack (with directions & other useful info).
On the day of the event you will observe Solstice Experience signs at the local junctions (Celtic spiral). If you need help with personal traveling arrangements please use the wall of our current [2023] FB event.
7. Q: Children allowed?
This event is suitable for over 14 year olds.
8. Q: Accommodation
Communal sleeping space is provided for all and included in the price of your booking. The floor is covered with duvets all around the fireplaces for the night, people bring their own sleeping bags and pillows.
In 2023 The Millhouse, Slane is our venue. Right on the bank of the river Boyne. The owner offers rooms / shared rooms (bridal suite, family/group) to those attending this solstice, please read their info here www.wintersolstice.ie/venue-beds and if resonates add it when booking. She charges €95 on average per person sharing.
Your Millhouse bedroom check-out time is 11:30am. We generally do not come back to the rooms after the Newgrange & head for breakfast into Slane Village.
9. Q: Is the Sauna on this year?
Nope. If anyone manifests holistic insurance - for an outdoor hot tub & sauna - then this would be possible. It’s our dream to be able to offer this again soon!
10. Q: Millhouse Slane: indoors / outdoors?
Millhouse Slane is a top-notch wedding venue. We are holding the overnight experience in the two adjacent ‘Yoga Rooms’. Some of you might remember the Harvest Moon Gathering we held there indoors/outdoors right on the River Boyne.
Wooden floors, two fireplaces. At our disposal: mini cafeteria, toilets, sleeping by the fireplace (floor covered with duvets). Some guests who are not into communal sleepover are booking accomodation here: www.wintersolstice.ie/venue-beds
The venue is a 12 minute drive from Newgrange monument and 10 minutes drive from Dowth. Here's the Millhouse Slane website: https://www.themillhouse.ie/ +353 (0)41 982 0878
