Autumn Fires
October 9th - 12th, 2025
Autumn Fires celebrates the changing of the seasons with bonfires, local music, feasting, drumming, activities, and ceremonies.
Wisteria Event Site, 39825 State Rt 684, Pomeroy OH 45769.
Autumn Fires celebrates the changing of the seasons with bonfires, local music, feasting, drumming, activities, and ceremonies.
Wisteria Event Site, 39825 State Rt 684, Pomeroy OH 45769.
Join us in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains to welcome the fall with music, arts and crafts, workshops, celebrations, community, and fun for all ages.
Our 2025 musical lineup includes Primal Rhythm – Monkeystik – Ginger Doss and Lynda Millard – Brian Henke – Colin and the Crows – The Lucky Ones – Celtic Rain – Giacomo and Friends – Spellsinger – Digger Tozzi – Sound Bath w/ Kojun – stay tuned for updates!
Highlights of the event include music, workshops, pumpkin carving, pit kiln clay firing, haunted hayride, nature hike, a Stone Soup potluck, nightly bonfires at Paw Paw Drum and Fire Circle, live performances and local draft brews at Green Man Tavern, ritual, fire spinning, and more!
Coming soon!
Preregistration prices (gate price slightly higher)
Age 13+ Full Event: $120
Child (3-12) Full Event: $45
Age 13+ Weekend: $90
Child (3-12) Full Event: $45
Age 13+ Day Pass: $45
Child (3-17) Day Pass: $22
No-camp day passes are available for locals!
$20 adult, $10 child, buy at the gate
Meal plans are also available upon checkout, and can be purchased on site (same price as preregistration)
Primal Rhythm is an all female drum ensemble that has been rocking the festival circuit and the local scene in Cleveland, Ohio since 2010. Sue Balaschak brought the band to life out of a desire to bring her studio albums to the stage and share the power of drumming in a live setting. In addition to Sue Balaschak on Dun Duns and Djembe, the band features Dawn Fritz Heartsong on djembe and percussion, and Michelle Clark holding the bottom on Duns. When we drum, we connect our mind, body, and spirit to all living things. The Primal Rhythm Ensemble brings an amazing group of women to the stage, engaging the audience in the wave of Elemental Earth Energy created by the power of live drumming.
Kojun will be presenting a sound bath, at Stone Circle (weather permitting) or Main Stage. Bring a blanket and pillow and lay back and relax as Kojun takes you on a journey of sound.
Colin blends lyrics and poems with melodies pulled from the ether to create spellbinding songs. The natural flow of the songwriting process makes room for different genres to blend together. With contributions from other musicians it culminates into an energetic and heartwarming experience to behold.
Featuring Bezl, eclectic soundscapes bridging tribal trance electrogrooves with violin with provocative lyrics.
The Lucky Ones
Beltana Spellsinger
SWAMP
Brian Henke
Giacomo and Friends
Digger T (pictured)
Plus workshops, activities, sweatlodges, arts and crafts, and more. Additional performances may be added to the lineup, check the full schedule for up-to-date programming.
Come learn the basics of handbuilding with clay and make your own masterpiece! On Saturday, the creations will be fired in Wisteria’s pit kiln.
Carve your own jack-o’-lantern! Pumpkins will be provided, and we’ll have safety carving tools for younger kids who need them
Bring your little ones’ favorite costumes so they can haunt the streets of Wisteria for our annual Autumn Fires trick-or-treating! Festival attendees are encouraged to bring their own candy to hand out. The Saturday kids activities begin at 1PM with a drumming and fire building introduction, followed by costumes at 2PM, then the trick or treat costume parade at 3PM.
Rooted in European folklore, the tale of Stone Soup has a centralized theme on the value of community and sharing to create something that all will enjoy. Gather ’round the cauldron at Heart Hearth and brew a delicious recreation of this traditional soup. Friday, 5:30PM
Wisteria’s sacred sites will be illuminated with candles, from Shrine Valley (the trail and sites such as the Hellenic Shrine toward Spirit Circle), the Ancestor Mound, Stone Circle, the Labyrinth, and more. Beginning Friday at 8PM.
Live Performance
Prepare to be lured to your demise by the Prairie Creek Sirens’ lush vocal harmonies & silver strings. Indy Potter, Meredith Laine, and Maevyn Stone invoke the spirit of the ocean as they draw you in with their unique brew of Celtic, Appalachia, and magickal realism. Listen when the moon is full, and you may also hear the doomed sailors, Jimmy Clark and Stuart Cotton as the sound of digeridoo and tribal drums rise from the depths. Once you hear the call of the sirens, you will never be the same…..
“Colin blends lyrics and poems with melodies pulled from the ether to create spellbinding songs. The natural flow of the songwriting process makes room for different genres to blend together. With contributions from other musicians it culminates into an energetic and heartwarming experience to behold”
Singer-songwriter Steve Zarate taught himself to play guitar and harmonica as a teen, emulating counselors he heard singing around summer campfires. After earning three Ohio University degrees he traveled to Alaska, making his debut CD “Homecoming” in 1995 as a Juneau resident. Since returning to Ohio in 1997 he’s released three more, including 2019’s “Patchwork Of Light.” Playing professionally since 2006, Steve has performed at dozens of southeast Ohio events and venues, gaining a reputation as a passionate songwriter and an engaging entertainer with a vast repertoire.
