I'm one of those people who tends to live by a schedule, blocking out time to do things. I have to in my work, and it has carried over into the rest of my life. I'm getting my faire schedule put together for the year, and this is what it's looking like so far:
Sherwood Forest
Scarborough
Carolina Ren Fest / RenDezvous
Also got to try to sneak in a trip to OkRF and Spirit of Magic...may have to do them the same weekend
What are everyone's plans? This is assuming, of course, that we don't suffer another rapture or whatever...
Ours looks a bit like this.
Opening Weekend at Sherwood
All 8 weekends at Scarborough Faire
Ky Ren Faire weekend of June 30-July 1
Carolina Ren Faire Rendezvous
TRF Opening weekend, Halloween and Highland Fling weekends. Maybe more not sure.
Opening for Sherwood, maybe Closing and maybe a few weekends in between with fingers crossed.
TRF will have us for AHE most likely and I would like to attend Opening along with Closing.
Pretty Thin so far this year.
Scarborough Faire
and closing weekend at TRF.
POSSIBLY, Opening at Scarby & The Big Three(plus one) at TRF for sure.
Opening of Sherwood then we'll see about Scarby and TRF. I have to present at ASM in San Fransisco in June and most of my paycheck is going into savings for that...
Typical plans for us, Sonora, Valhalla, Fair Oaks, Folsom, maybe, but doubtful, a trip to NorCal.
Feb 18 & 19 at Sherwood
NTIF
All of Scarby
Celtic Fling in June on the PARF grounds
Opening, and possibly closing at TRF
Pirate Days of Texas
It's possible that a few others will sneak in here and there, but as it stands now, TX Scottish Fest is out for me since it's during Scarby this year, Norman is still up in the air, and honestly will depend on whether or not The Rogues will be there. Muskogee is a no-go for me since it's during Scarby as well.
Feast Of Fantasy at MNRF.
Late in the season.
Ferret
Quote from: raevyncait on January 03, 2012, 10:57:24 AM
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It's possible that a few others will sneak in here and there, but as it stands now, TX Scottish Fest is out for me since it's during Scarby this year, ...
I remember back in the mid- to late-90's that Scarby overlapped the TX Scottish Festival, and then Scarby moved their schedule up one week, so they ended on Memorial Day Monday --- while the Scottish Festival remained the first weekend of June.
Now the TX Scottish Festival has moved their dates to be right in the middle of Scarby's run --- on the first weekend of May. I don't know how many performers and vendors this will inconvenience, but I guess a number of patrons will be irked.
I'm planning to be at Sherwood Forest Faire for Opening Weekend, and the weekend that Rani & Scally will be there for Scally's Birthday.
Don't know about TRF at the end of the year, since I may be out of work after September (cut backs from two shifts of support to one shift in the Labs where I work are scheduled).
Take Care,
David Baldock
As far as planned Faire visits go for the year:
The infamous weekend trip to Bay Area Renaissance Festival in mid-March
As much of Carolina Renaissance Festival - Including Rendezvous this Autumn
Closing weekend at Texas Renaissance Festival (possible Carolina RF invasion that weekend).
This is the planned itinerary for Hubby and I for 2012:
May-first 2 weekends-Nebraska Renaissance faire-Papillion, Ne
May-last weekend-Midwest Renaissance faire-Omaha, Ne
June-first weekend-Siouxland Renaissance Festival-Sioux Falls, SD
July-Open
August-last weekend-Midwest pirate fest-Papillion, Ne.
Sept-1st 3 weekends-Des Moines Renaissance Festival-Des moines, Ia.
Oct-first weekend-Riverssance-Sioux City, Ia
Possible: KC ren fest (It's been 5 years now)
Minnesota Renaissance fest-What the hey ;D
So far, the faires I'm planning on visiting are the ones I can day-trip to:
Connecticut Renaissance Faire (Robin Hood Springtime Festival)
Midsummer Fantasy Renaissance Faire (CT)
New Jersey Renaissance Faire
New York Renaissance Faire
Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
I have a couple others that I very much want to attend but that will depend on finances since they are way out of day-trip range. I am keeping my fingers crossed and saving my pennies!
Sherwood hoping for three weekends, FourWinds at least one weekend, Scarborough all weekends, TRF hoping for three weekends.
Then out of state maybe great Lakes, or Pittsburgh depending on many things.
For the Scottish fest thinking that will be in the evening after Scarby or do Friday.
Quote from: dbaldock on January 03, 2012, 12:06:33 PM
I remember back in the mid- to late-90's that Scarby overlapped the TX Scottish Festival, and then Scarby moved their schedule up one week, so they ended on Memorial Day Monday --- while the Scottish Festival remained the first weekend of June.
Now the TX Scottish Festival has moved their dates to be right in the middle of Scarby's run --- on the first weekend of May. ...
The Arkansas Scottish Festival also occurs during Scarby's run, in mid-April. This will be their 33rd year. I've never been, although Nimue has, I believe. I'd rather do Scarborough myself.
Merlin, you should come out and go to the Ark Highland games, its worth it, I go every year!
It looks like I got a full plate this year with all the things and places to go.
Feb, Opening weekend Sherwood
Mar, sherwood midmonth
Apr, 150th renactment of the battle of Shiloe Tn.
Apr, Scarbry
Apr, Ark Highland games
May, Ark Muzzleloading State shoot
Jul- Aug Pennsic 41 ?
Aug, Renactment of Reeds Brig, Jacksonville Ark
Sept, Living History Camp Sulfur springs Ark
Oct, Living history 1780's America Manscure Station Tn,
Oct, TRF
Nov, TRF closing
Hopefully:
Sherwood (we haven't been able to go yet & really want to)
Four Winds (again, hopefully)
North Texas Irish Festival (got to get our passes!!)
Scarborough (as many weekends as possible!)
A-Kon (not a Faire but a ton of fun)
TRF (not sure what weekend. Will depend on DDs ballet schedule)
Not much travel but hopefully a lot of fun.
Add: Clan tents-
~Central Iowa Celtic festival and highland games-Living History farms-Des Moines Iowa-mid June (no dates yet)
~Quad Cities Highland games and Celtic Festival-Sept 15, 2012-Dubuque, Ia.
I don't plan, I just improvise. However I do intend to do this in 2012............
Virginia Renaissance Faire in May
Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival in September
Kansas City Renaissance Festival in October
Pennsylvana Renaissance Faire in October.
MIGHT try and sneak in Ohio or something too this year.
Plans are to make opening weekend of Sherwood, then Scarborough Faire for every weekend except for College graduation for my twin boys.1 is in Arkansas and the other is College station. Huzzah
Quote from: Alerrick Afon Adou on January 10, 2012, 08:16:47 AM
....except for College graduation for my twin boys.1 is in Arkansas and the other is College station. Huzzah
;)
Now that is an accomplishment.
For me, it will be Sherwood (January Gathering); Sherwood, Sherwood, Sherwood, Sherwood, Sherwood, Sherwood, Sherwood, Sherwood,probably Scarby first weekend, TRF at least once. Whee!
Right now the husband and I will be at the following :
Opening weekend of SWFF ( And any other weekend he has off from work )
We're gonna try for opening weekend at TRF, and at least one more during it's run.
And a real iffy "maybe" on any Scarby weekend.
April 23rd is our one year wedding anniversary, so we're trying to plan our faires around our 2 week vacation back to my home state of NC. I know, the RF meetup is there this year, and if the Wayne County airshow isn't going to happen this year before our date then we will do Carolina for our celebration.
Quote from: scarletnyx on January 11, 2012, 08:26:01 PM
Right now the husband and I will be at the following :
Opening weekend of SWFF ( And any other weekend he has off from work )
We're gonna try for opening weekend at TRF, and at least one more during it's run.
And a real iffy "maybe" on any Scarby weekend.
April 23rd is our one year wedding anniversary, so we're trying to plan our faires around our 2 week vacation back to my home state of NC. I know, the RF meetup is there this year, and if the Wayne County airshow isn't going to happen this year before our date then we will do Carolina for our celebration.
Don't forget TRF, hun... although it probably goes without saying that we'll be there. Hopefully opening weekend and once more.
Quote from: <Alex> on January 12, 2012, 09:28:54 AM
Quote from: scarletnyx on January 11, 2012, 08:26:01 PM
gonna try for opening weekend at TRF, and at least one more during it's run.
Don't forget TRF, hun... although it probably goes without saying that we'll be there. Hopefully opening weekend and once more.
See what I did there? Silly you, that's what you get when you post on the Internet half asleep! Its ok though, you reading posts while rubbing your eyes free of sleep is cute. :D
well for me no Garf this season. this is going to be the first season since i started going that i'm going to miss it but where i'm going there are no ren fest only dreams coming true
Our previous plans to visit a new faire this year are on hold as we're planning on puppies this summer. But my 15-year-old daughter and I will be getting our first season passes this year for our home faire of Bristol. We're hoping to go at least one day each weekend to participate in RenQuest! We also stocked up on day tickets for the hubby, so we can go as a family a few times as well. We'll just be playing it by ear to see if we can squeak in a weekend visit to another Faire later in the Fall.
Quote from: Rowen MacD on January 09, 2012, 12:36:08 PM
Add: Clan tents-
~Central Iowa Celtic festival and highland games-Living History farms-Des Moines Iowa-mid June (no dates yet)
~Quad Cities Highland games and Celtic Festival-Sept 15, 2012-Dubuque, Ia.
Rowan, Dubuque, IA is about an hour or so north of the Quad Cities. Davenport, IA is one of the Quad Cities. Do you mean to say the Highland Games & Celtic Festival is in Davenport, not Dubuque? I'd be thrilled if it was in Dubuque, but it's never been held there, so could you please check? Because if it is, I'd love to go!
This is what is on the schedule for me. Some of the small events may change depending on the mundane life getting in the way.
March: Faire Workshops/Rehearsals
April: School Event (Renaissance History - Living History)
April - May: 50th Anniversary Renaissance Pleasure Faire
June: School Event (Renaissance Education)
July: Old Ft. MacArthur Days (Timeline Event)
August: Big Bear Renaissance Festival
September: Northern California Renaissance Faire (4th Weekend, maybe more)
October: Age of Chivalry - Las Vegas Renaissance Festival
October: Living History Gathering
December: Dickens Fair - Northern California
Still hammering out dates, but so far it's shaping up like this:
Virginia -May 12 & 13
GLMF - entire run
Pittsburgh - September
ORF - October
MAYBE - Michigan Labor Day Weekend, and/or Carolina for Rendezvous.
I'm also looking at into Sterling or Bristol, but there's quite a bit of belt tightening to be done this year so that may only be wishful thinking on my part.
Quote from: Athena on January 21, 2012, 11:54:13 PM
Still hammering out dates, but so far it's shaping up like this:
Virginia -May 12 & 13
GLMF - entire run
Pittsburgh - September
ORF - October
MAYBE - Michigan Labor Day Weekend, and/or Carolina for Rendezvous.
I'm also looking at into Sterling or Bristol, but there's quite a bit of belt tightening to be done this year so that may only be wishful thinking on my part.
you've got a couple of the ones i wanna hit there. nice!
Sherwood
Scarby
(The rest I am not sure of the chronological order atm but....)
TRF
Mobile Ren Faire
Pensacola Ren Faire
Pensacola Pirate Festival
Tampa (BARF )
We we3re hoping to make i9t to Sherwood for Spring Break this year, since Scally's birthday will be one of those weekends, but it doesn't look like that will happen. So, at the moment the schedule is looking like this:
Norman Medieval Festival - March 30 - April 1
Scarby - 2nd weekend (for Merlin and Nim's celebration)
Spirit of Magic - May 5th and 6th (unless Merlin and Nim are in for that weekend, and then I'll be matching our schedule to theirs, if they don't mind)
OKRF (Castleton, Castle at Muskogee) - At least one weekend in May, if not more
TRF - AHE, hopefully
It actually looks like a lot more than it seems, when laid out like that! Might be something to this scheduling thing, after all! ;) :D
Early May could be problematic for us. I'll have to check to see when graduation is. I really want to do SoM this year and help Rabbi get his dream underway. Technically, we could day-trip OkRF if we had to. With all the other stuff happening, I can't nail May down yet.
No worries! If you are there then we will be only too pleased to wander the lanes with you, and if not, then perhaps we will see you at OKRF later in the month. If you two are able to make then Scally and I will be there!
In any case we will see you at Scarby in April... ;)
FOR SURE:
June/July
A trip or two to Chippewa Falls
A trip of two to Glenwood City (if they actually open, which would be awesome because it's 15 minutes from home)
August-September
Every day of MNRF I'll be running Foaming Stein again and my barbarian hawker will be back on a bench in front of it where he belongs.
HOPEFULLY (all dependent on budget):
Bristol- one weekend in July
TRF- 2 weekends in November
Military History Fest (was Reenactor Fest)
February 3-5, 2012 Chicago, IL
Echoes of the Past Living History Trade Fair:
February 25-26 2012 Oshkosh, WI
New Ulm Trade Fair
March 10-11 2012 New Ulm, MN
Kalamazoo Living History Show
March 17-18, 2012 Kalamazoo, MI
Minnesota Renaissance Festival
7 Weekends: Aug 20. through Sept 30
Feast of the Hunter's Moon
Sept 22-23, 2012, West Lafayette, Indiana
Mississinewa 1812
Oct 12-14, 2012 La Fontaine, Indiana
Teslacon 2012
Nov Madison, WI
Solid plans for the following:
July/Aug - GLMF - Opening & Closing Weekend with a possible 3rd visit in there somewhere ;)
Labour Day Weekend - Pittsburgh or Michigan *wherever my friends are :D
October - Ohio *again, whenever my friends are heading there!
On the Wish List:
Sterling
Pennsylvania
No solid plans this year but since we have lost so many local faires we will also probably be travelling out of province. Lady Aelyn and I are proposing an invasion to Sterling.
Please be in touch with us with dates that you are thinking of, Arianwyn. Maybe we can join you?
I'll be going to the following shows.
Ashville Viking Festival - April 28
Kentucky Highland Renaissance Festival - June 2 - July 8 Every weekend ( I have a booth there )
Ohio Renaissance Festival - Sept. 1 - Oct. 21 Every weekend including Labor Day ( I have a booth at this one too )
I REALLY need to reconsider GLMF.
Quote from: kcdcchef on February 21, 2012, 01:29:35 AM
I REALLY need to reconsider GLMF.
Their initials alway make me think Gay/Lesbian Medieval Fair... ::)
Here is the tentative plan:
- Georgia Renaissance Festival
- Tennessee Renaissance Festival
- Highlands Renaissance Festival
- Carolina Renaissance Festival
This is the minimum... i hope i hope i hope
time to give this one a bump and make it plans for 2013!
i hit pittsburgh and kansas city and still intend to hit PA.
have 2 weeks to hit PARF still........
still have a couple trips to TRF and then Dickens on the Strand in Galveston for 2012.
Then in 2013; Sherwood Forest Faire, Galacticon 3, and Space City Con 2 .... so far
Pittsburgh a couple of times
Going to try and visit ohio
I may do a maryland parf weekend but may only go to one or the other
Considering carolina and georgia
Since pittsburgh airport (southwest) is adding daily direct flights to houston starting in april i am going to finally vist texas
Quote from: Hoowil on January 03, 2012, 10:26:07 AM
Typical plans for us, Sonora, Valhalla, Fair Oaks, Folsom, maybe, but doubtful, a trip to NorCal.
Well, kind of a bust this year. We hit Sonora. Amara's dance recital had its one dress rehearsal on the big stage the first weekend of Valhalla, and the actual recital the second. Fair Oaks is temporarily (we hope) siteless and canceled. And I had an accident at work 4 days before folsom, and wasn't really up to going.
As the year approaches its end, I have but one certain trip left, not to a faire per se, but a feast on the grounds of faire, and one possible.
We made all of our planned schedule this year, save one.
Sherwood Forest: We made opening weekend, and brought a friend for his second visit to a faire ever, and got two of his "faire virgin" nieces from San Antonio to come attend for their first.
Scarborough: We made three weekends. Opening, because that's just got to be; 2nd weekend, when we had our 40th wedding anniversary Vow RenNewal ceremony, complete with Tartanic playing for the reception; and 8th weekend to attend the 25th wedding anniversary Vow RenNewal ceremony of our dear friends Lady Kett and Sidekick.
Castleton–Oklahoma Ren Festival: Made one weekend there.
RenDezvous at Carolina Ren Fest: Just got back! Great time, great company!
We'll be returning to Castleton for the Boare's Heade Feaste on Nov 17th. I am due to be inducted that trip into the Knights of Castleton.
We are also HOPING to attend the Renaissance and Fantasy Faire of the Ozarks on Nov 10th or 11th.