Ahoy there! You are invited to board the Sailorette and join the plentiful crew, 'The Old Time Sailors', for a night of footstomping, dancing and singing!

Join us under the gentle glow of the new moon as we come together, connect, craft and reset for the month ahead. Visit the farm after dark for an evening of deep connection and personal renewal.

Join award-winning storyteller Jason Buck around the crackling fire in Butser’s Great Roundhouse as he brings seasonal tales to life. Hear fantastic stories and gaze at the crackling fire, while visiting a truly unique setting.

Join us after dark for an immersive evening of stargazing and archaeoastronomy. Step into our Great Roundhouse, transformed into an incredible pop-up planetarium. Then step outside and gaze into space with state-of-the-art telescopes.

Join us around the great roundhouse hearth to share in a special celebration of the Celtic festival of Imbolc, hosted by storyteller and woodland bard Jonathon Huet.

Come make a hullabaloo in the Butser Orchard! Gather after sundown and follow our Wassail Queen in a torchlit procession through time to discover the ancient tradition of Wassailing.

Gather in the Great Roundhouse as we mark the shortest day of the year with an afternoon of storytelling and meditation. Jonathon Huet will recite the ancient stories of the Celtic traditions with gentle drumming, poetry and prose.

Discover festive family-friendly storytelling round the fire, and explore our ancient buildings brought to life by festive crafts & activities!

Join us in the great roundhouse for a festive fireside evening of Winter storytelling with Red Phoenix, a magical and enthralling storyteller. After the storytelling we will have a cheeky visit from The Prize Old Mummers.

Join us in the great roundhouse for a festive fireside afternoon of Winter storytelling with Red Phoenix, a magical and enthralling storyteller. The perfect way to start your festive season together!

Join storyteller Bernadette Russell around the fire, where you will hear ancient folk tales of great and perilous adventures, ancestors and ghosts, and fairytales full of ice palaces, wolves, snow, long shadows and the pale moon.

Looking for an unforgettable way to celebrate Halloween this year? When the veil between this world and the next is thin and the spirits of the past awaken, dive into the mystical and macabre at Butser Ancient Farm.

Join us to celebrate Samhain with an evening of storytelling and crafting in the atmospheric surroundings of the Great Roundhouse at Butser Ancient Farm.

As darkness falls on Saturday evening, visitors will have the exclusive chance to join the warriors of Herigeas Hundas around the fire for a night of mead, music and storytelling.

Lion and Unicorn bring a theatrical adaptation of five of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales to Butser’s Great Roundhouse! Expect ridiculous props, singing chickens, bare bums, audience participation, kazoos, and lots of laughter.

Lion and Unicorn bring a theatrical adaptation of five of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales to Butser’s Great Roundhouse! Expect ridiculous props, singing chickens, bare bums, audience participation, kazoos, and lots of laughter.

Come and sit around the fire in our Great Roundhouse to listen to stories of witches, cunning folk, shape shifters and deep magic from right here on the South Downs and beyond. Enjoy playful storytelling by author and storyteller Bernadette Russell in a unique setting with a truly special atmosphere.

Come and sit around the fire in our Great Roundhouse to listen to magical stories about children who turn into foxes, and those who run with the deer. Enjoy playful storytelling by author and storyteller Bernadette Russell in a unique setting with a truly special atmosphere.

Enjoy a unique show of archaeology-inspired storytelling by award-winning storyteller Jason Buck and TV presenter Mary-Ann Ochota in a unique setting with a truly special atmosphere.

Adventure through 15,000 years of archaeology in this unique show! A Time Team presenter and award-winning storyteller imagine the tales behind real archaeological treasures, and bring the past to life with vivid and educational stories.

Join award-winning storyteller Jason Buck around the crackling fire in Butser’s Great Roundhouse as he brings Viking legends to life. Hear fantastic stories and gaze at the crackling fire, while visiting a truly unique setting.

Join award-winning storyteller Jason Buck around the crackling fire in Butser’s Great Roundhouse as he brings traditional fairy tales to life. Hear gruesome stories and gaze at the crackling fire, while visiting a truly unique setting.

Join award-winning storyteller Jason Buck around the crackling fire in Butser’s Great Roundhouse as he brings traditional fairy tales to life. Hear old stories and gaze at the crackling fire, while visiting a truly unique setting.

Join author and professional storyteller, Dawn Nelson, for enchanting seasonal family stories around the crackling fire. Listen to tales of the ancient trees and the winter wildlife found within their branches in the magical setting of our Iron Age roundhouse.

The South Downs is a natural wonder, filled with tails and tales. A place where Herne is a ghostly hunter, hares can be bewitched and bears can be found in the stars. Join author and professional storyteller Dawn Nelson around the fire in the great roundhouse for stories of the animals that inhabit this special local landscape both above and below the earth.

The story of Sigurd is over a thousand years old, and is one of gods, dragons, intrigue, adventure, magic, and murder. Drawn from Norse and Teutonic traditions, award winning storyteller Jason Buck brings to life the legend that inspired Tolkien and Wagner (amongst others) in their own great fantasy epics.

See Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans screened in our Iron Age Roundhouse… the very location used to film key scenes in the movie!

Join author and professional storyteller, Dawn Nelson, for a journey through the darker aspects of stories in the unique setting of our Iron Age roundhouse.