June Festivals

1998

June 1

Kalends of June
Carna

Roman Festival dedicated to Carna, goddess of doors and locks.

June 2

June 3

June 4

June 5

June 6

June 7

June 8

Lindisfarne Day
Mens

Old Roman festival of consciousness, personified by the goddess Mens (the mind).  It is intended to remind us that our consiousness makes us human.  It is celebrated by Odinists as Lindisfarne Day, commomerating the first Viking raid in Britain.  Also, a weather day...

If on the eight of June it rain,
It foretells a wet harvest, men sain.

June 9

June 10

June 11

June 12

June 13

June 14

June 15

Vestalia
Ides of June

Roman Women's Festival of first fruits.

June 16

June 17

Ludi Piscatari

Roman festival of fisherman.

June 18

June 19

Juneteenth

The world wide celebration of the end of slavery. Click here to learn more about this interesting celebration.

June 20

June 21

Summer Solstice
Midsummer
Islamic New Year

Midsummer, Druidic Festival of Alban Hefin--this is the longest day of the year, and the time of sanctification.  At Stonehenge, the heelstone marks the midsummer sunrise as seen from the center of the stone circle.

To learn more about Summer Solstice, click here.

To join the Midsummer Festival, click here.

June 22

June 23

June 24

St. John the Baptist
Old Misdsummer

The official Midsummer's Day.  It is customary to light midsummer bonfires on high points to celebrate the high point of the year and of solar light.  Traditional locations for St. John's Day fires are often places where sun was observed in former times.

June 25

June 26

June 27

Intium Aestatis

Roman festival of the beginning of summer.

June 28

June 29

June 30

June

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