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🌿 Two Weekends. One Beautiful September.

Sep 8
2 min read

MAKE • SING • WEAVE • CONNECT

Two very special weekends are coming up this September — and we'd love you to join us.

As summer begins to turn towards autumn, we're looking forward to two weekends filled with traditional craft, music, creativity, community and time spent in beautiful surroundings.

First, we'll be heading to the hills with CELT for their special

Weekend in the Hills Harvest Celebration.

Then we're heading to Sligo for our own Singing & Weaving Retreat — a weekend of willow, song, nature and rest.

 


WEEKEND IN THE HILLS

Celebrating the Harvest with CELT

18–20 September 2026

Slieve Aughty, Co. Galway

We're delighted to be teaching willow weaving at CELT's Weekend in the Hills this September.

This year is particularly special as CELT celebrates its 25th anniversary, bringing people together for a weekend celebrating traditional crafts, skills, community and the harvest.

Over the weekend, you can choose from 10 different crafts, with options for adults and children, plus music, storytelling, dancing, food, and evenings around the fire.

And, of course, we'll be there with plenty of willow!

COME AND WEAVE WITH US

Whether you're completely new to willow or already have some experience, this is a wonderful opportunity to spend time learning a traditional skill in a relaxed, friendly and inspiring setting.

Friday 18 – Sunday 20 September 2026

👉 BOOK YOUR PLACE WITH CELT





RECONNECT & HARMONISE

A Singing & Weaving Weekend in Sligo

25–27 September 2026

Bru Moytura Retreat Centre, Co. Sligo

After our weekend in the hills, we're heading west for something a little different.

A weekend to slow down, make things, sing, rest and reconnect.

Imagine waking beneath mountain skies, warming your hands around a cup of tea, picking up a bundle of willow and settling into the rhythm of weaving.

Then, when the day's making is done, coming together in song.

This is Reconnect & Harmonise — our residential weekend retreat combining willow weaving, singing, nature and deep rest in the Sligo mountains.

It's a chance to step away from the noise of everyday life and reconnect with:

🌿 The land

đź§ş Your hands

🎶 Your voice

🔥 Other people

❤️ Yourself

The retreat runs from 4pm Friday 25 September until 5pm Sunday 27 September at Bru Moytura Retreat Centre in Co. Sligo.

€450 + booking fee

Numbers are limited, so if you've been thinking about joining us, now is the time to book.

👉 BOOK THE RETREAT



 
 
 

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