2026 LILY DALE

Pre-Symposium Workshops & Special Events
July 20–23

Monday, July 20

2:00–5:00 PM
Spiritualist History Revealed with Historian Paul Gaunt
Parts 1 & 2: Spiritualism Before 1848 and The True Story of Hydesville and the Fox Sisters
Admission: $30, Assembly Hall

Tuesday, July 21

9:30 AM–12:30 PM
Mediumship 101: An Introduction to Mediumship for Beginners, with Registered Medium Willa White
Admission: $60, Assembly Hall

2:00–5:00 PM
Spiritualist History Revealed with Historian Paul Gaunt
Parts 3 & 4: A History of Psychic and Spirit Art and A History of Psychic and Spirit Photography
Admission: $30, Assembly Hall

Wednesday, July 22

10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Spiritualist History Revealed with Historian Paul Gaunt
Part 5: The Materializations of Helen Duncan
Admission: $20, Assembly Hall

2:00–5:00 PM
Spiritualist History Revealed with Historian Paul Gaunt
Parts 6 & 7: A History of Physical Phenomena and A Live Reconstruction of Rare Phenomena: Spirit Wax Molds
Admission: $30, Assembly Hall

2:00–3:00 PM
The Academy of Magical Arts Presents: Zabrecky on Houdini and the Spirits
Admission: $15, Assembly Hall

3:30–5:00 PM
Séance Song: Historical and Creative Approaches to Spiritualist Music, with Matt Marble and Doug Skinner
Admission: $25, Assembly Hall

5:00–7:00 PM
Supernatural Machines Preview Party, with Brandon Hodge
Admission: Free, Sacred Grounds Coffee House

Thursday, July 23

 

Symposium Main Events
July 23–25

8:30–10 PM
The Academy of Magical Arts at the Magic Castle Presents: The Zabrecky Hour
Admission: $40, or with $225 Symposium Pass, Lily Dale Auditorium

Thursday, July 23

 

Friday, July 24

DAY ONE
Admission: $100, or $225 with 3-Day Symposium Pass, Lily Dale Auditorium

9:00 AM
Breaking the Fourth Wall: Understanding the Paranormal Through Fiction, with Joshua Cutchin

10:00 AM
Fraud and Performance in Mediumship and the Paranormal, with Jack Hunter

11:00 AM
The Materializations of Franek Kluski, with Paul Gaunt

2:00 PM
Spitting Out the Apple: Psychedelics and Psychical Capacities, with Maria Mangini

3:00 PM
The Stone Tape Theory and the Sonic Uncanny, with Leila Taylor

4:00 PM
"A Place Known Only to the Spirits": A Fortean History of Pennsylvania with Timothy Grieve-Carlson

5:00 PM
OTHERWORLD: Podcast host Jack Wagner in conversation with Shannon Taggart and special guests

 

EVENING EVENT

Symposium Fundraiser After Party with Table Tipping Special Event
Admission: Love Donation *** Time and location to be announced.

DAY TWO
Admission: $100, or $225 with 3-Day Symposium Pass, Lily Dale Auditorium

9:00 AM
Magic Maker: Artist as Magician, with Pam Grossman

10:00 AM
Bibliophantoms, with Asti Hustvedt

11:00 AM
Heathens of the Heavens: Filmmaker George Kuchar on John Keel, Whitley Strieber, and Jacques Vallée
with Andrew Lampert

2:00 PM
Listening to the Cosmos with Andrew Jackson Davis: Creative and Social Liberation through the Spiritual Spheres, with Matt Marble

3:00 PM
Electric Dreams: George Van Tassel, Solgonda, and Their Integratron, with Daniel Paul

4:00 PM
Weird Studies Live, with J.F. Martel & Phil Ford

Saturday, July 25

 

EVENING EVENT
Symposium Closing Celebration After Party
Admission: Free *** Time and location to be announced.