Multifaith Calendar
Samhain (Pagan/Wiccan)
Date and Time
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Description
What is Samhain?
- While Halloween has become secularized over the centuries, it originated from an ancient Celtic spiritual festival called Samhain (pronounced SOW-wen).
- Many Pagans, Wiccans, and others continue view this day as imbued with spiritual significance.
- Celebrants believe that the barrier between the physical world and the spirit world is particularly thin during Samhain, which brings about increased interaction between humans and spirits.
- To honor this thinning of the veil, celebrants may gather together, feast, make offerings, or practice forms of divination.
Recurring
This event also occurs on 10/31/25 and 10/31/27