Sunday ~ May 3rd, 2026

The schedule below is an early draft for our 2026 event. It will be updated, so please check back again before the big day!

PLEASE NOTE! The Park Service has notified us that we are not permitted to hold our ritual or the may poles themselves on the beach this year due to the nesting Plovers. We will therefore be holding both the Ritual and the may poles in the picnic area instead.

4:01am     LOW TIDE

5:44am              SUNRISE

9:00am            Earliest arrivals – Welcome to Beltane!

10:20am           HIGH TIDE

11:00am              A moment of silence for Fred Griffith – one of the original founders of Beltane on the Beach. The Beltane Ritual, and Dancing the Maypoles will follow directly afterwards. (in the picnic area this year! Please remember that participation in the Maypoles is AT YOUR OWN RISK)  

12:00pm-ish  Potluck Lunch – (on the grass picnic area)         

1:30pm                Gorsedd/Bardic Circle (guided by Hemlock Grove, also on the grass by the covered picnic area)

4:50pm            LOW TIDE

5:00pm                Goodbye, clean-up, and see you next year!

8:07pm                SUNSET