Pagan Rave is an ongoing, performance-based project which aims to reimagine folk traditions and calendar customs of Ireland.

Using as a starting point the costumed figures of Irish and European folk theatre and seasonal festivals, it seeks to operate at the margins of place and mind, and embody the transformative and liberating aspects of masks and music in a ceremonial context.

The project manifests in different ways. Some occasions are large, community- or festival-sized events, with scores of performer-participants and hundreds of spectators. Others involve smaller groups, and may not have any audience at all. These private occasions offer an opportunity to explore ritual space, with participants making use of mask, music and movement to tap into an often primal sense of trancelike consciousness. It may also simply manifest in a party-like atmosphere, where straightforward enjoyment and fun is the aim.

Pagan Rave forms a symbiotic relationship with our sister project Aeons, the electronica band founded by Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh. We also make music with musical supergroup Mr Muntz.