Summer Solstice Family Festival

Saturday, June 24, 2023 from 10 am-4 pm

In-person
Locations: Ropes Mansion Gardens & Salem Common

Celebrate with us as we honor the summer solstice – a time of great abundance in the natural world and the official beginning of summer!

PEM PALS + FAMILY YOGA
PEM Pals and Family Yoga with Tachou Brown
10:30–11:30 am | Ropes Mansion Garden, 318 Essex St, Salem, MA
Free to attend | No registration required
All ages welcome!

Join Beverly native Tachou Brown for a multigenerational yoga experience in honor of the summer solstice. Move, breathe and then settle in for a reading of You Are Light, by Aaron Becker.

DROP-IN ART MAKING
Pride Pins
11 am–3 pm | Salem Common | Free to attend

Pride is about celebrating who you are, while also spreading love, remembrance and hope for the future. Design a colorful pin to wear with the LGBTQ+ pride symbolism of your choice.

WORKSHOP
Queer Forest Bathing with Tam Willey of Toadstool Walks
2-4 pm | Ropes Mansion Garden, 318 Essex St, Salem, MA
Free to attend | Preregistration required

Join us for forest bathing from an uplifting queer perspective as we celebrate the beginning of summer! Slow down and awaken your senses on a guided walk and therapeutic experience in the Ropes Mansion Garden. Forest bathing is part of a global effort to tend to our own well-being amid the stress of living in modern industrialized civilization.
FOREST BATHING WORKSHOP TICKETS