Winter Solstice Celebration

Friday December 20th, 2024
From 6.30pm to 11pm

A party to mark the passing of the longest night, with a short set of warm and uplifting songs from Gibbon & Goldfinch (aka Marcus Decker and Holly Cullen-Davies), fortune-telling by Kairos's own Sibyl of Cumae, a one-pot vegan supper and cocktails from the pay bar.

6.30pm: Doors open
7pm: Fortune telling in the Sibyl's cave
8pm: One-pot vegan supper
8.30pm: Songs from Gibbon and Goldfinch
10.30pm: Last orders at the bar
11pm: We say goodnight

"The Cumaean Sibyl lived in her cave near Naples. People would come to her with questions about their fate, and she would write the answers on oak leaves. There would be a pile of oak leaves at the front of her cave and people would come to get their answers. But inevitably there would be a wind which blew the leaves around – so you never knew if you were getting your fate or somebody else’s fate."

Gibbon & Goldfinch are musician/activist couple Marcus Decker and Holly Cullen-Davies who met running protest song workshops together. They now run Concerts Don't Cost The Earth and will be performing a short set of warm and uplifting songs to mark the Solstice.

Kairos, 84 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TG

Tickets: Free for Kairos members and former speakers, £5 non-members. Advance booking essential.