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Saturday, October 24, 2026
starting at 6 pm
Location: Anchorage Senior
Activity Center
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Welcome to the Samhain Fire Celebration! Join us for a magical evening filled with fire dancers, music, and family oriented fun at the Anchorage Senior Activity Center. With a theme of "Shared Guardians of the Northern Night", embrace the spirit of Samhain as we gather to honor our ancestors and welcome the darker half of the year. Dinner will be available for purchase at the Arctic Rose Restaurant on site. Let's come together to celebrate the turning of the seasons and connect with the energy of the earth. Don't miss out on this unforgettable night of community, connection, and celebration! Shared Guardians of the Northern Night is our theme for 2026
We feature the Old Year and the New Year fires, and a ceremony to transition the time of the year when the veil between the worlds is thin. Music, dancing, singing, and a cultural game! Dinner will be available for purchase.
Events of the Evening
Old & New Fire Ceremonies: The Old Fire is lit at the start of the evening, symbolizing our ancestors and the past year. Later in the evening the Old Fire shall be extinguished to light the New Fire, symbolizing our hopes for the year ahead.
Game : Shared Guardians of the Northern Night. Learn about the connections between Alaskan and Celtic animal lore.
Game : Heads & Tails - Buy necklaces to stay in longer and have better odds of winning!
Kids’ Costume Parade
Silent Auction: Many thanks to all who donated items for the Silent Auction, and to the bidders and happy winners. Our auction proceeds help fund the CCA educational fund which helps defray costs of the Celtic Fest in the Spring. Have fun out-bidding for your favorite items! Food and Drink: Food for purchase until 8:30pm. Featuring Chef Will’s autumn specials and other selections on the Arctic Rose dinner menu, and a no host bar with beer, wine, cider, & mead will also be available until 9:00 pm. Music & Dancing: Live music and free dancing during the evening, and an easy-to-learn group-participation ceili dance. Live entertainment: Fire dancers, ceili band, Samhain presentation. To end the evening, follow the procession outside, and gather at the New Fire to sing the traditional song, “Auld Lang Syne”. Entertainment for the Evening: Linda Yarborough: harp. Samhain Fire Dancers: Claire Heiken (dancer) and Dixine and Friends (marchers). Rollicksome: Ceili Band. Ceili Dances Bennett Hilsgen: sound engineer. Samhain Harvest Menu: Samhain celebrates the end of the final harvest of the year, which is primarily root vegetables, winter squash and cole crops, such as kale, collards and cabbage. For this harvest dinner, Chef Will, from the Senior Centers Arctic Rose, has prepared four special meals representing the Celtic Nations and the season we’re celebrating. Sampler platter, representing foods from many of the Celtic lands: Sausage rolls (Scotland), beef pasties (Cornwall), Welsh rarebit (Wales), boxty (potato pancakes – Ireland), apple cobbler Also: Corned Beef and Cabbage, or Irish Beef and Potato Stew. The regular menu will also be available. Anchorage Senior Activity Center, 1300 East 19th Avenue, Anchorage AK Here's a map.