Folklore, Music, Storytelling

Moonspinners

Corn Moon (Lughnasadh)

(Sat 6 Sep: 7:30pm)

The moon begins to form as the moon spinners wash their wool in the sea, winding it again into a white ball in the sky and re-creating the phases and cycles that guide our seasons, and our stories...

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Lughnasadh is the last of the four great Celtic festivals (after Samhain, Imbolc and Beltane), embracing the changing seasons, connecting with the rhythms of nature and the ever-turning Wheel of Life. September brings the second of three harvest moons in Lughnasadh, the Corn Moon. To celebrate we present another great Moonspinners session, featuring guest storytellers Beverley Casebow, Anne Hunter and Claire McNicol, with guidance and social flow from Linda Williamson.

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Called the Corn Moon by Native Americans, it brings a time to express gratitude for the fruits of harvest, the abundance of nature’s gifts; a time to celebrate with traditional festivals, competitive games and lunar rituals. Honouring the beauty and abundance of the autumn season during this magical time of year, the Celtic peoples referred to the September full moon as the Singing Moon. The depth, profundity and resilience of Celtic Lughnasadh is remembered with skill, enchantment and wisdom in mythological tales of the pre-Christian god Lugh, today retold, shared in story and song in the contemporary versions of Scottish, Irish and English Moonspinners.

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Moonspinners events follow two distinct phases, with the first half of performance in the Netherbow Theatre, followed by a social and conversational flow upstairs in the Storytelling Court with a chance to digest and discuss the stories amongst friends old and new.

Mark it in your diary, or just follow the moon to guide you here!

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Image credit: Hester Aspland

• Storytelling
• £14.00
• 6 September 2025
• 150 minutes
• 19:30
• Scottish Storytelling Centre
• Netherbow Theatre
• 16+