Turtle Hill Events

01/07/2024

Registration for THE Beltane 2025 is now open! Grab those fancy new fireside rooms while they're still available! And get the best price possible for next year's event.

Registration does NOT include housing or food. Also, as of this writing, there are no heated or air conditioned cabins on site. The weather in May in northern Maryland is notoriously chancy. A cabin...

18/05/2024

This year was so great! We just can't wait to start working on next year's event! Here's the presenter submission form in the first comment. If you have something you're passionate about and want to share with the community, this is your chance to toss your hat into the ring to do it!

29/04/2024

You don’t have to COVID test for Beltane! You just need to bring your vaccination records. We require the initial series plus one booster.

14/04/2024

Day Passes will be available at the gate ONLY! They are $95 cash only.

14/04/2024

Pre-registration will close on April 20th, so if you haven't registered yet, you should do so now! Link in the first comment.

03/04/2024

Our draft schedule grid and program book for this year are now on our website for your planning purposes! You can find them both linked from this page:

https://www.turtlehilleventco.com/workshops--presenters.html

Please remember these are drafts that could and probably will change before the event, but hopefully only minorly.

Can't wait for CAMP!

We are excited to announce this year's presenters and planned classes! There may well be changes to this as we finalize the schedule, but this is the basic plan: Anita Wagner Polyamory Transitions...

30/10/2023

The staff application for next year's Beltane is here:

Here you can apply for a staff position for THE Beltane. Everyone who applies to be on staff but is not selected for staff will be offered a rate reset to the regular rate for the event, so please don't register 'just in case'. Don't worry we'll get you taken care of.

29/10/2023

The presenter application for next year's Beltane is here:

Please use this form to tell us about your proposed workshops for our event. We accept submissions on a rolling basis starting several months before our event. If you haven't yet registered for the event, we ask that you wait to do so. We will reset you to whatever rate is applicable to the date you...

12/05/2023

I'm excited to announce that registration for next year's THE Beltane, May 1-5, 2024, at Ramblewood, is NOW OPEN. We are again capping the event, and prices will go up as we get closer to the event, so register today to ensure your spot and get the best possible price. Go here to register:

We will be allowing at-gate registrations CASH ONLY this year. Bring a photo ID and your COVID vaccination record showing full initial vaccination and at least one booster shot to the gate to...

08/05/2023

This is a place to comment if test positive for COVID in the next five days.

08/05/2023

I want to express my profound gratitude to everyone involved with this year’s event. The staff, presenters, ritual team, fire crew, camp staff, and, of course, attendees made Beltane a wonderful experience. The weather was gorgeous. Camp is more colorful than ever. I’m left with so many wonderful memories. Thank you all!

08/05/2023

Save the date! May 1-5, 2024

02/05/2023

I’ve decided to open the event for at gate registrations. If you’d like to come please read all the info on this page.

Pre-registration for 2023 will close at 11:59 pm on April 17. We will be allowing at-gate registrations CASH ONLY with an extra fee of $50 (except for day passes, which will be charged $30 extra) if...

02/05/2023

In the beforetimes, we used to have a lovely ribbon code to indicate how approachable each of us was. It's a bit wasteful, and at THE we're always trying to figure out ways to be kinder to the planet. So this year we're going to try out a new Star Code using star-shaped stickers. You can get these stickers at check-in and there will be some at the Coffee Club as well. They should be put on your badges and you can take one for each side so if your badge flips around they're still visible. And you can wear more than one if that more accurately describes you. For example, some people are both shy and friendly.

If you don't see a star on a badge, please assume RED. Here at THE we are big on consent. Lack of information should be interpreted as lack of consent.

Here's the proposed meanings. I'm happy to hear about edits, but I have to make the signs this afternoon, so say something fast if you want to see changes this year.

Star Code:

- Red: Assume I don't want to be approached unless I invite you to do so.
- Blue: Ask before even approaching.
- Green: I'm friendly, but you should still ask before hugging or touching me.
- Silver: I'm shy, please say hello.
- Gold: Anything goes.

11/04/2023

Pre-registration for 2023 will close at 11:59 pm on April 17. We will be allowing at-gate registrations CASH ONLY. Please note there will be very few cabin beds available to those registering at the gate this year. If you haven't registered yet, here's the link:

Pre-registration for 2023 will close at 11:59 pm on April 17. We will be allowing at-gate registrations CASH ONLY with an extra fee of $50 (except for day passes, which will be charged $30 extra) if...

17/03/2023

You can now view our draft grid for THE Beltane 2023 here:

https://tinyurl.com/mr3s2cmw

This grid may change before the event, but it gives you a good idea of what the programming for the event will be like.

16/03/2023

COVID policy for THE Beltane 2023:

Before I go further, please note that major changes to the COVID landscape may force us to change this policy. If you are registered for the event, you will receive email notification if this changes. Having said that...

This year we will be requiring proof of vaccination (at least the first round and one booster, so both Moderna or Pfizer shots and a booster or the J&J shot and a booster). Your booster will need to have been administered more than two weeks before the event. If you cannot vaccinate due to health issues or other issues, we unfortunately will have to ask you to take this year off.

We will not be requiring testing this year, however, we may choose to check you for fever when you arrive and then require a test if you have one.

We will not be requiring masking indoors but do encourage you to mask anyway. In any event, it is against the rules of the event to hassle someone else about whether or not they wear a mask. You will not be required to wear a mask in the dining hall or playspace.

If your cabin group includes people with immune issues, we will have a sign you can put on your door to keep other campers who aren't staying with you from going into your sleeping space. Ask for one at the gate. By the same token, if you are tenting, please be aware that you may not be allowed to use the bathrooms in some cabins. The bathrooms in the quads (7,8,9,10 and 11,12,13,14 and ABCD and OPQR) will always be available for tenters as will the two bathrooms in the Horseshoe (G-N).

If you have any questions about this policy, please let me know. And, again, bear in mind that we may need to adjust this policy as we get closer to the event.

26/09/2022

The presenter application for THE Beltane 2023, being held May 3-7, is now open. To apply to present, go here:

Please use this form to tell us about your proposed workshops for our event. We accept submissions on a rolling basis starting several months before our event. If you haven't yet registered for the event, we ask that you wait to do so. We will reset you to whatever rate is applicable to the date you...

25/09/2022

We are now accepting applications for THE Beltane 2023, being held May 3-7. To apply, go here:

Here you can apply for a staff position for THE Beltane. Everyone who applies to be on staff but is not selected for staff will be offered a rate reset to the earliest rate for the event, so please don't register 'just in case'. Don't worry we'll get you taken care of.

28/05/2022

For next year's event, we have decided to change our pricing tiers. They are no longer by date, but instead the first 50 registrants will get the lowest price, and then the next 50 will get the middle price, and the last 50 will get the final price (which, yes, will be higher). You can read all about it using the link. So it's definitely to your advantage to register early!

Registration does NOT include housing or food. The weather in May in northern Maryland is notoriously chancy. Reserve a bed in a dormitory-style cabin for $90 (the price will increase to $110...

02/05/2022

Please reach out to me, privately or not, if you receive a positive diagnosis of COVID within a week of having been at our event. I will not use your personal information, but I will let attendees know (via email and also here in this thread and on FL) that there was a case. If you want to post directly here, that is fine, too.

02/05/2022

THE Beltane 2023 will be held May 3-7, 2023. Save the date!

02/05/2022

Hi, Beltane campers! I'm just up from a good night's sleep at home and hope you made it home safely. I feel the need to express unbounded gratitude to all of you who made the event so wonderful. I'm a salty old event producer (I'm older than I look, I hope) who rarely gets misty-eyed over things any more, but I found myself tearing up over and over at the event this year. My tears of joy and thankfulness go out this morning to the attendees who filled the camp with their joy and their tolerance of the chilly nights. They go out to the presenters who shared so generously of their knowledge and passion. They go out to the ritual team who perfectly and lyrically expressed what was in my (and many of our) hearts and raised the Spirit of Ramblewood up for us to celebrate with. They go out to the staff who unstintingly gave of their time and energy so that the event could be smooth and successful.

You are all Beltane to me, full of the awakening of the earth and passion of the fire and the cleverness of the air and the love of the water. Thank you. Thank you. THANK YOU!

Only 366 days til Beltane 2023! (May 3-7, 2023, save the date!)

01/05/2022

Thank you to all of the staff, presenters and attendees who went above and beyond to make this year’s event extra special and wonderful. Happy Beltane to one and all!

26/04/2022

I'm going to use this thread to try to keep you updated about programming that we have to cancel because of positive covid test. I'll comment below with them as they come in. Unfortunately, we have already had two presenters cancel as of the time of this writing. I hope there won't be more.