Faires In Washington?

[Lady Neysa]

Not sure if this is the right place for this, moderators, move if need be.
I'm going to be in Washington state in the Sequim/ Port Angeles area from June 27-July 10. Does anyone know of any faires close to the area during this time frame?

[Elennare]

Sadly, I don't think so.     The only one I know of that's "close" (~2 hours away) is the Washington Renaissance Fantasy Faire in Gig Harbor, but it's not until August.  There are a couple of faires in that time period, but they're all on the eastern side of the state and thus 5+ hours away.

It also looks like there was a faire in Port Angeles, but all the references I can find to it are from past years, so that one may have died out.

Maybe someone who's lived in Washington longer than I can provide some more information, or know about a faire I don't, but that's all the information I've been able to find.

[Escarlata]

Elennare, I'm guessing the two faires you reference are the Northwest Renaissance Faire in Spokane and Ye Merrie Greenwood Faire in Richland. Those are the only two I have found for the FaireNews calendar also.

Lady Neysa, it's too bad you're not going to be there a week later. The Mediterranean Fantasy Festival will be in West Seattle and Camlann Medieval Village will hold their Summer Festival in Carnation the weekend of July 19/20. Both of those are just at 100 miles, but in both cases you're looking at about 3 hours travel time anyway due to ferry crossings.

[Lady Neysa]

Thanks for the input anyway!  It would have been nice to experience a different faire, but I guess I'll just have to "settle for"  the stunning WA scenery instead. 

[Escarlata]

Lady Neysa, It's not what you were looking for but I just came across something you might find interesting. Tacoma is having a Tall Ship Festival July 3-7. Looks like it's about a 2 hour trip, don't know if that's reasonable for you or not. Anyway, you can find more info at Tacoma Tall Ships 2008

[Lady Neysa]

Oooooooh, thank you Escarlata!!!  This sounds fabulous!  I don't have any pyrate garb though, darn it! Ah well, gotta pack light anyway..
At some point we'll be heading down to Bremerton, so this might actually be doable.
THANKS!!!!

[Escarlata]

*grinning* You're welcome. I checked the website, they didn't say anything about doing a pirate festival in conjunction with it, though I expect there'll be pirates about *chuckling* aren't there always, garbed or not.

ohhh, the water at Bremerton as the ferry comes in, it looks like liquid malachite

[LadyFaire88]

Two things:

1. The Washington Renaissance Fantasy Faire is now in Belfair

2. There will be people from said faire (in garb of course) at the Tall Ships festival