The Firefly Gathering is a grassroots, community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Western North Carolina, providing educational and cultural programming to the Asheville area since 2007. By offering a cyclical sharing of traditional craft and wisdom in community, we reconnect people in the Southeast with the teachings of the past to engage with the rapidly changing present to co-create a sustainable future. Learn more about us and our work here.
Annual Gathering
The Annual Firefly Gathering: June 20 - 25 2023
The Firefly Gathering is a multi-day, family friendly Earthskills event offering hundreds of classes focused on ways of living with Earth and in community. Evening performances and camping under the stars fuels joy, empowerment, and connection in co-creating a sustainable future.
Near the summer solstice each year, over 1,000 people convene from around the world for The Firefly Gathering. Here, folks come together to connect and share skills with the common goal of expanding our capacity to live well with one another and our beloved Earth.
Days are filled with a wide variety of classes focused on deepening our relationship with the wisdom and rhythms of nature, dipping into the deep wells of ancestral knowledge, and integrating these skills into our daily lives and communities.
Evenings are filled with live music, dancing under the moon and stars, opportunities to connect with each other, and of course–the fireflies–who dazzle us with their beautiful display of light as they communicate in the darkness! A variety of nature connection programs guide children and teens to engage through learning and play. For many, coming to The Firefly Gathering is a life-changing experience that they return to year after year.
Full and Partial Passes Available Now
Near the summer solstice each year, over 1,000 people convene from around the world for The Firefly Gathering. Here, folks come together to connect and share skills with the common goal of expanding our capacity to live well with one another and our beloved Earth. Days are filled with a wide variety of classes focused on deepening our relationship with the wisdom and rhythms of nature, dipping into the deep wells of ancestral knowledge, and integrating these skills into our daily lives and communities. Evenings are filled with live music, dancing under the moon and stars, opportunities to connect with each other, and of course–the fireflies–who dazzle us with their beautiful display of light as they communicate in the darkness! A variety of nature connection programs guide children and teens to engage through learning and play. For many, coming to The Firefly Gathering is a life-changing experience that they return to year after year.
Full and Partial Passes now Available
Perennial Workshops
Firefly’s Perennial Workshop program broadens our class offerings into every season of the year. Whether you’ve been curious about our annual gathering, but haven’t yet made it; or if you’ve attended in the past but simply want more, this is a great opportunity to learn!
The Firefly Gathering has long had an intention to make the life-changing skills that we offer at our Annual Gathering accessible to more people. Firefly’s Perennial Workshop program broadens our class offerings into every season of the year. Whether you’ve been curious about our annual gathering, but haven’t yet made it; or if you’ve attended in the past but simply want more, this is a great opportunity to learn!
Donate
The Firefly Gathering is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and donations are a vital part of our operation. With the vision of growing and inspiring a strong and diverse community of earth-centered peoples, The Firefly Gathering offers multiple avenues of support to make skill-sharing more abundant and accessible. In addition to supporting our skill-sharing opportunities through the Annual Firefly Gathering and our year-round Perennial Workshops, donations also make equitable pricing options possible for these events, through our Equity Fund and Equitable Pricing Model.
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Thank you so much for your generous support!
