Join us under the gentle glow of the new moon as we come together, connect, craft and reset for the month ahead. Visit the farm after dark for an evening of deep connection and personal renewal.
Join us in the great roundhouse for a festive fireside afternoon of Winter storytelling with Red Phoenix, a magical and enthralling storyteller. The perfect way to start your festive season together!
Join us in the great roundhouse for a festive fireside evening of Winter storytelling with Red Phoenix, a magical and enthralling storyteller. After the storytelling we will have a cheeky visit from The Prize Old Mummers.
As winter wraps us with her icy cloak, step into a world of yuletide tales by the glowing hearth, told by award-winning storyteller Jason Buck!
Come make a hullabaloo in the Butser Orchard! Gather after sundown and follow our Wassail Queen in a torchlit procession through time to discover the ancient tradition of Wassailing.
Join us for a midwinter evening of warm-hearted theatre, with Leela Bunce beautifully bringing to life a Saxon woman's day in the times of Viking invasions.
Join us around the great roundhouse hearth to share in a special celebration of the Celtic festival of Imbolc, hosted by storyteller and woodland bard Jonathon Huet.
Join storyteller Bernadette Russell around the fire for celestial stories about the stars during the South Downs Dark Skies Festival this February half term.
Join us for a unique overnight storytelling and music experience in our beautiful Iron Age roundhouse. Explore the profound wealth of Celtic stories as doorways to your inner worlds.
Celebrate spring and the spellbinding sounds of the harp in the ancient setting of Butser’s Great Roundhouse, with renowned concert harpist Keziah Thomas.
Join Jason Buck and Dave Tonge for an afternoon of culture and comedy, from the annals of Chaucer's medieval writing, rebooted and reshod for modern audiences.
Join Jason Buck and Dave Tonge for an afternoon of culture and comedy, from the annals of Chaucer's medieval writing, rebooted and reshod for modern audiences on a warm summer evening.
To celebrate the construction of Butser’s Wyke Down House, join storyteller Jon Norman-Mason for a foray into the beliefs and myths of the past!
Join us under the gentle glow of the new moon as we come together, connect, craft and reset for the month ahead. Visit the farm after dark for an evening of deep connection and personal renewal.
Join us to celebrate Samhain with an evening of storytelling and crafting in the atmospheric surroundings of the Great Roundhouse at Butser Ancient Farm.
Looking for an unforgettable way to celebrate Halloween this year? When the veil between this world and the next is thin and the spirits of the past awaken, dive into the mystical and macabre at Butser Ancient Farm.
An incredible two days of entertainment and inspiration with bestselling writers! Join us for talks, poetry readings, storytelling, workshops, book signings, hands-on crafts, and more, with some of historic fiction's bestselling authors.
As the seasons turn, settle into the great roundhouse for an evening exploring spooky, spellbinding ancient British myths!
As the seasons turn, settle into the great roundhouse for a cosy autumn afternoon diving into spellbinding ancient British myths!
Step into an eerie world of spine-chilling beasties with the Travelling Talesman for an evening of spooky fireside storytelling!
Join us under the gentle glow of the new moon as we come together, connect, craft and reset for the month ahead. Visit the farm after dark for an evening of deep connection and personal renewal.
Unveil the history of hags, witches and wild women through enthralling myths by the glowing hearth of our Iron Age roundhouse. In this unique performance, spellbinding storytellers Dawn Nelson and Jason Buck will team up to take you back in time through magical tales.
Unveil the history of hags, witches and wild women through enthralling myths by the glowing hearth of our Iron Age roundhouse. In this unique performance, spellbinding storytellers Dawn Nelson and Jason Buck will team up to take you back in time through magical tales.
Join us under the gentle glow of the new moon as we come together, connect, craft and reset for the month ahead. Visit the farm after dark for an evening of deep connection and personal renewal.
Immerse yourself in a carefully curated myriad of myths and folktales about the mother goddess energetically retold by master storyteller, the Travelling Talesman, in our great roundhouse this summer!
Join us under the gentle glow of the new moon as we come together, connect, craft and reset for the month ahead. Visit the farm after dark for an evening of deep connection and personal renewal.
Join us to celebrate the ancient Celtic Festival of Lammas or Lughnasadh, a celebration of the summer and the gathering of the first harvest. Music, storytelling and crafting will take place to celebrate the abundance of the earth and a successful harvest.
Join incredible storyteller Jason Buck around the fire this summer for a myriad of adventure-filled stories following heroes and villains, loves, losses, dooms and triumphs!
Immerse yourself in the ancient sounds of Seventh Wave, two international musicians bringing their shimmering songs to our Great Roundhouse on a summer evening.
Join us for a unique Summer Solstice experience where we will gather around the fire in our Iron Age roundhouse to hear stories and bathe in the sound of gongs.
Join storyteller Bernadette Russell around the fire for stories, poems and incantations about the little people.
Ahoy there! You are invited to board the Sailorette and join the plentiful crew, 'The Old Time Sailors', for a night of footstomping, dancing and singing!
Join us under the gentle glow of the new moon as we come together, connect, craft and reset for the month ahead. Visit the farm after dark for an evening of deep connection and personal renewal.
Join award-winning storyteller Jason Buck around the crackling fire in Butser’s Great Roundhouse as he brings seasonal tales to life. Hear fantastic stories and gaze at the crackling fire, while visiting a truly unique setting.
Join us after dark for an immersive evening of stargazing and archaeoastronomy. Step into our Great Roundhouse, transformed into an incredible pop-up planetarium. Then step outside and gaze into space with state-of-the-art telescopes.
Discover festive family-friendly storytelling round the fire, and explore our ancient buildings brought to life by festive crafts & activities!
Join storyteller Bernadette Russell around the fire, where you will hear ancient folk tales of great and perilous adventures, ancestors and ghosts, and fairytales full of ice palaces, wolves, snow, long shadows and the pale moon.
As darkness falls on Saturday evening, visitors will have the exclusive chance to join the warriors of Herigeas Hundas around the fire for a night of mead, music and storytelling.
Lion and Unicorn bring a theatrical adaptation of five of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales to Butser’s Great Roundhouse! Expect ridiculous props, singing chickens, bare bums, audience participation, kazoos, and lots of laughter.
Lion and Unicorn bring a theatrical adaptation of five of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales to Butser’s Great Roundhouse! Expect ridiculous props, singing chickens, bare bums, audience participation, kazoos, and lots of laughter.
Come and sit around the fire in our Great Roundhouse to listen to stories of witches, cunning folk, shape shifters and deep magic from right here on the South Downs and beyond. Enjoy playful storytelling by author and storyteller Bernadette Russell in a unique setting with a truly special atmosphere.
Come and sit around the fire in our Great Roundhouse to listen to magical stories about children who turn into foxes, and those who run with the deer. Enjoy playful storytelling by author and storyteller Bernadette Russell in a unique setting with a truly special atmosphere.
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