July : Only 30 days to go!!

Only 30 days to go!


It is almost that time again and with only a month to go until the conference things have really started hotting up. The live band is booked and the running order for the weekend has been finalised. With eleven talks, an interactive question and answer session, a live music show on the Saturday night and a sky watch we have a non-stop, all action weekend planned!

Each delegate will receive more information on arrival and this includes a free copy of paranormal magazine, information on the conference and also the first view of the our single day conference on March 19th 2011 – Weird Equinox.  We have some great speakers lined up on various topics - don't even get me started on Weird 11 which will hold 500 people next August!  You can register your interest at Weird 10.

Weird is also launching a number of books which will be in the Gallery room next to the foyer and a good selection of stands and stalls on the first floor next to the bar.

We also have a guide to places to eat and a car-share scheme for the sky watch.

If you live locally you can buy tickets from the Warminster Tourist Information center or if you prefer you can book a coach trip from North Wiltshire with Barnes Travel. The coach will pick up and drop off each day at various locations. Please see their website for more details.

The event is being filmed and will be available on a three hour DVD set later on in the year! We will let everyone know when this is available!

Our discounted pass price is still available, but with limited time now left we advise you book your tickets before they all go!

Hope to see you in at the conference!

Saturday Timings

08:30 - 09:15 Doors open, Registration.
09:15 - 09:30 Show opens with Malcolm Robinson and Philip Mantle
09:30 – 9:45 Kevin Goodman
9:45 - 11:45 Wal Thornhill
11:45 – 12:15 Break
12:15 – 13:15 Nick Pope
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 15:15 David Clarke
15:15 – 15:45 Break
15:45 – 16:45 Andy Roberts
16:45 – 17:00 Break

17:00 – 17:30 Speaker Q&A Session
17:30 End of day one with Malcolm Robinson

19:30 – 21:00 The Programme Initiative (Live music)

21:00 UFO Warminster Sky watch on Cradle Hill

Sunday Timings

08:30 – 09:15 Doors open, Registration.
09:15 - 09:30 Show opens with Malcolm Robinson and Philip Mantle
09:30 – 10:30 Dr. Ciaran O'Keeffe
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:00 Philip Mantle
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:00 Brian Allan
14:00 – 14:30 Break
14:30 – 15:30 Ross Hemsworth
15:30 – 16:00 Break
16:00 – 17:00 ASSAP
17:00 End of Weird 10 with Malcolm Robinson

Please get in touch if you have any questions.

Best wishes,

Chris Williams
Organiser.

Weird 10 Competition

There are only two weeks left to get your entry into us to win a FREE weekend pass to Weird 10.  Simply go to the competition page and submit your answer.  The winner will be notified by email and will also be announced here on the 1st of July.

Speaker Update and Weird Competition

A small error crept into our last press release and Andy Russell was named as appearing at the conference.  Andy is not appearing although it would be great to have him of course and it should have read Andrew Collins.

There are a few ways to win free tickets to Weird 10 this year!

Our thanks everyone who has entered our competition so far, the response has been fantastic! 

Why not try to win a weekend pass to this years fantastic conference. Simply answer the question and hit the submit button.  The competition ends on the 30th of June and the winner will be drawn randomly from all the correct answers and announced here.

Paranormal Magazine and UFO Matrix will also be running competitions with Paranormal offering TWO free passes!  Make sure to check their website and the next edition of the magazine for details!

Good luck to everyone!!

Conference Update

Weird has launched the new website which we hope everyone will like. The navigation menu at the top of the page now makes it easy to find the information you want about the conference or our other events. Some of the pages still need to be updated (places to eat etc.) but we will update these as soon as possible with suggestions on places to visit during the conference, places to eat and other useful information.

We have launched a competition to win a pass to Weird 10. To enter, visit our weird competition page and send us your answer. The competition closes at the end of June.

News Headlines:

• Weird will be holding two conferences next year and speakers are already being booked for both events.
• Weird 11 will be moving to a larger venue we plan to hold the biggest conference in the UK in 2011.
• A one day conference will be held in the spring time.
• The monthly lecture series has come to a close and no further lectures will be held before the conference.
• Our paranormal investigation evenings will involve bigger and better venues which will be announced soon. These venues include Castles, Forts and Manor houses.
• You can now subscribe to our newsletter. The newsletter goes out each month and goes into more detail about our events and activities.
• The speaker line-ups are complete and published on the Weird 10 conference page.
• The report on our last paranormal investigation at the Black Swan is now available.

Why not get involved?

• You can book a merchant table for our conference.
• Do you own a café or restaurant? Are you holding an event or have a place of interest that people may like to visit? Get in touch and we can add you to our directories.
• We are now accepting submissions for publication.
• Our paranormal investigation team can also carry out private investigations in confidence. If you have had something weird happen to you why not get in touch
• We also have a good team of UFO investigators. If you have seen a UFO, why not get in touch with us and tell us about it in confidence.

If you can't find something on the webpage and want to know more about Weird then contact us or call us on 01793 484510.

New Date for Kevin Goodman Lecture

Our next lecture has been brought forward to Thursday 20th of May. The lecture, 'UFOs as a New Religion' by Kevin Goodman (pictured) will start at 7:30pm and be at our usual place at the back of the Kings Hotel, Wood Street, Old Town, Swindon.


Kevin's talk will show how the era of the hippies affected the way in which UFOs became part of the public conciousness. Kevin will explain how the subject came into being, and became part of his life, and how it replaced "normal" religion in his life.A personal perspective of UFO research in the halycon days of the late 1960s and the 1970s.

We hope to see you on Thursday night!

Only Six Merchant Tables left for the conference

With the full lineup of speakers now published (12 well known speakers are now attending the conference), our merchant spaces have started to sell.

If you are a seller of paranormal or UFO related material (books, DVD's etc), get in touch to rent your table for the weekend.  The cost is £30 per day or £50 for the weekend and also includes entry into the conference itself.

The merchant areas are upstairs this year, next to the refreshments and bar, so you are sure to attract a lot of visitors.  With extended breaks at Weird 10, there is plenty of time for customers to browse your merchandise.

Contact us at http://www.mystical-county.org.uk/contactus.htm for more details.

Brian Allan : New Book

Brian Allan has a new book available.

'From The Darkwood to Hollywood, is a Radical New Reappraisal of the Robin Hood Myth', which Brian co wrote with award winning film maker Phil Gardiner.  It is now available from all good bookshops or from Healings of Atlantis, (www.healingsofatlantis.com) and the DVD documentary made by Phil is also available from Reality Entertainment (www.reality.entertainment.com/films) or through Amazon.