Healing and Expressive
Forestdance Fire Circle Ceremonial Gathering & Rite of Passage 2026
August 19th-23rd
This gathering is a celebration of all that we are and all that we can be.
This is a place where we carry and catch songs of the elements, as we dance around the fire. Forestdance is a safe container to express joy, grief, and praise, to speak truth, and to honor and love the world as deeply as you have longed to.
The history of this gathering shares lineage with various spiritual fire circle traditions, including Starwood, Firedance, Phoenix Fire, Celebrate the Spirit, Spiritfire, Illumination and Cascadia Fire.
"Your culture is welcome. Your ethnic origin is welcome. Your race, your skin hue, your accent, your food preferences, and all of the complexities that make up your cultural identity are welcome here. The histories, herstories, and experiences of your ancestors are honored and welcomed." --From the co-created The Big Welcome
Welcome to the 42nd Forestdance Fire Circle Ceremonial Gathering.
This is a place where we carry and catch songs of the elements, as we dance around the fire. Forestdance is a safe container to express joy, grief, and praise, to speak truth, and to honor and love the world as deeply as you have longed to.
The history of this gathering shares lineage with various spiritual fire circle traditions, including Starwood, Firedance, Phoenix Fire, Celebrate the Spirit, Spiritfire, Illumination and Cascadia Fire.
"Your culture is welcome. Your ethnic origin is welcome. Your race, your skin hue, your accent, your food preferences, and all of the complexities that make up your cultural identity are welcome here. The histories, herstories, and experiences of your ancestors are honored and welcomed." --From the co-created The Big Welcome
Welcome to the 42nd Forestdance Fire Circle Ceremonial Gathering.
MaMuse w/ special guest James Bird @ Montague Retreat Center
October 1st, 6:30-10pm
Doors: 6:30PM
Showtime 7PM
Tickets: $35 in advance, $40 at the door,
All Ages
Kids 12 and under free
Kids 13+ $15
Showtime 7PM
Tickets: $35 in advance, $40 at the door,
All Ages
Kids 12 and under free
Kids 13+ $15
The HeARTbeat Collective and Montague Retreat Center invite you to join us for
heart-opening harmonies, soul-nourishing songs, and a night to remember.
Beloved folk-soul duo MaMuse - that’s “Ma” like Mamma, “Muse” like the one who inspires - are bringing their full band to the Montague Retreat Center for an evening celebrating the release of their seventh full-length album: This Is the Venue.
The evening will feature new music alongside beloved songs such as We Shall Be Known and Hallelujah, which have found their way into community choirs, weddings, funerals, birth rooms, and gatherings around the world.
Special guest James Bird is a poet/musician/bard local to Western Massachusetts, whose ethereal folk music has mythic and timeless themes.
Beloved folk-soul duo MaMuse - that’s “Ma” like Mamma, “Muse” like the one who inspires - are bringing their full band to the Montague Retreat Center for an evening celebrating the release of their seventh full-length album: This Is the Venue.
The evening will feature new music alongside beloved songs such as We Shall Be Known and Hallelujah, which have found their way into community choirs, weddings, funerals, birth rooms, and gatherings around the world.
Special guest James Bird is a poet/musician/bard local to Western Massachusetts, whose ethereal folk music has mythic and timeless themes.