eve_prime | Faerieworlds (Reply)

As promised, my account of the Faerieworlds Winter event. I only went to the Marketplace, which was a whole lot like Saturday Market but with more of a faerie/Ren Faire theme. There were musicians on the stage, and a children's corner with wand-making, and there were a whole lot of vendors. Altogether about a third of the people were in costumes - mostly faeries, I suppose, though there was a sorcerer and at least two green men, and one couple appeared to be hobgoblins or something much like it. My favorites were a young couple dressed as steampunk faeries. The guest of honor, Amy Brown, is an incredibly prolific faerie artist; the Frouds (as in Labyrinth) were also there, with a prominent booth.

So, anyway, there was a lot of great stuff for sale. Jewelry, of course, and art; feather masks, baubles, metalwork, glasswork (I bought a small flower on a stem); musical instruments; flitter faeries; lots and lots of clothing. My favorite stand was Samiah, which sold beautiful dresses with brocade coats. And now that I've looked up the coats, I can see why they had no price tags: They cost $1,150. Okay.

The band! I was there for one set, which was Man Over Board. They played quite a variety of jigs, and many little girls (and a few older folk) danced with abandon. I would have thought their genre was something like "amplified Celtic," but I see online that they were missing several of their key performers and consider themselves a "pirate" band. Lots of fun, even with a smaller crew.