Max HeyraudMacalla Festival returns to honour Samhain, the ancient Celtic turning of the year, when the veil between the living and the dead grows thin.
The festival, whose name means “echo” in Irish, takes inspiration from the season’s liminal energy. “Leaves are falling, rustling in the wind. Amber, red and golden brown,” the organisers write. “People gather around bonfires ablaze to combat the impending darkness of winter and keep unwanted spirits away.”
A celebration of transition, reflection, and connection, Samhain has long been a time to honour ancestors and embrace the supernatural. Macalla channels that energy through a weekend of performances, ritual soundscapes, and nocturnal gatherings in Hatfield House, Belfast, set against Ireland’s raw autumnal backdrop.
Full details, including the lineup, venues and collaborative art installations, will be announced soon, but the organisers promise a programme “rooted in folklore, electronic experimentation and communal firelight.”
Macalla Festival: Samhain Edition invites attendees to cross the threshold between worlds, blending the ancient and the contemporary in a celebration of renewal at the edge of the dark.
You can purchase tickets here.
