Summer Solstice Bonfire
June 20, 7:30 p.m.
It’s called Summer Solstice, Midsummer, Litha, and the Feast of St. John the Baptist. Whatever you call this time of year, celebrate at Allerton starting at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 20 in the Allerton Meadow. Cleanse your spirit, get rid of the negatives winter has given you and watch the sun set before a bonfire is lit at 9 p.m.
A cash bar will be available starting at 7:30 p.m. Feel free to arrive early to go on a hike or a stroll through the Formal Gardens.
Registration is not required to attend the bonfire.
Threshold, Hearth & Home: A Solstice Papermaking Workshop
June 20 and 22, 6-9 p.m.
Before the bonfire, consider taking part in a special solstice-themed papermaking workshop, Threshold, Hearth & Home, led by local paper artist E. Ainsley. Bring your own documents, poetry, journals, notes and images to shred and beat into a pulp, which will infuse more meaning into the paper you create.
This is a two-day workshop, and participants will need to attend both sessions from 6 to 9 p.m. June 20 and 22.
$120/person. Register here.
All sales are final.
Extend your stay
Hotel rooms are available on solstice night (Tuesday, June 20). Make your reservation by calling 217-333-3287.
Sunrise Group Hike
June 21, 6:30 a.m.
Join Allerton staff member Olivia Bunting on an early morning group hike to welcome the first full day of summer and reconnect with nature along her favorite trail. The hike will start at the Sun Singer on the Purple Trail, then take part of the Brown Trail to the Death of the Last Centaur sculpture and back to the Sun Singer. The hike will be between. 2.5 and 3.5 miles.
$5/person. Register here.
All sales are final.
If you have questions or will need disability-related accommodations in order to participate, please email Olivia at owarren@illinois.edu.
