Faire Themed weekends- what would you choose?

[Craigmeister]

How about a Trebuchet Weekend?  Hang the liability lawsuits!  Let's rope off large areas & bring back these wonderful war machines en masse!  HUZZAH!

[Gauwyn of Bracknell]

How about a Trebuchet Weekend?  Hang the liability lawsuits!  Let's rope off large areas & bring back these wonderful war machines en masse!  HUZZAH!

I LIKE the trebuchet idea.

What about a "battle of the bands" - not with trebuchets, but music?

[Craigmeister]

That sounds good too.  Would they go on content or rowdiness of the music?  I mostly like Celtic bands.  If they were being judged on rowdiness, some of the pirate music & bawdy songs might get more animated responses from the crowds.

[Bronwyn Blackmantle]

My suggestions, in no particular order, would be:

1. Love and Romance
2. Fairies and Mythical Beings
3. Wizards and Witches
4. Celtic
5. Pirates
6. Robin Hood
7. Barbarians and Vikings

Some are already standards, but the others would be fun as well.

[Finnian]

I'm okay with most of the themes we have/had had.

Fantasy
Celtic
Wench weekend
Pirates
Romance (since our faire starts the weekend of Valentine's day, lotsa weddings and proposals and such)
This past year we had our first Pet's weekend, since pets aren't usually allowed, and a lot of people had adorable pets to match their garb, but I am not a fan of the risk of larger animals like great danes in such confined spaces like the crowded lanes, so maybe we could bring back wine and food weekend, or find something new...maybe a viking type thing would be interesting.

[DonaCatalina]

OOOOh... I bet there are not a lot of Faires that have a Scandanvian or Viking weekend.

[Circa]

I LIKE the trebuchet idea.

What about a "battle of the bands" - not with trebuchets, but music?

I like this idea!

I'm also very much in the favor of Viking Weekend.
Persian weekend would also be quite nifty, methinks.

[Delireus]

KCRF goes into mid-late October, and this year they're doing a weekend called (IIRC) "Hauntedly Ever After."  So excited!!

The thing I would love to see is something based around the Venetian Carnival (think of the masks!!).

But what I really want Kansas City and other fairs (Florida, the East Coast, etc) is something that covers the actual location during the Renaissance. The Kansas site was occupied by the French and Spanish during the Renaissance, and both nations sent teams of explorers and missionaries to the area. And think about the permanent settlements in Florida, at Roanoke, etc!

Yes! It's called Scarily Ever After and I am so looking forward to that weekend as well as the 3rd weekend, Dead Men Tell no Tales.

KC's first weekend is called Tales of the Scheherazade, and it's middle east themed. I'm excited to see how this turns out too. When I think of any renfest, it's not complete without some deep drum beats and the clinking of those little coins on a belly dancers hips.

I'd love to see an over the top Fantasy weekend, fairies and all that, as well as a celtic one and a romance one sounds adorable.

[Morrigan]

We've had theme weekends at TRF for about 5 years, getting ready to do the sixth...   Some themes (like French and Spanish) have gone by the wayside, mainly because they didn't garner much audience participation.   The ones we've settled on over the last few years really pull alot of participation from patrons, mainly in the form of patrons who wouldn't normally come in costume showing up in a costume appropriate for the theme.   

The interesting thing is that the different themes attract distinctly different crowds.   The Fantasy and Christmas themes are really the biggest weekends for families with small children.   Pirate weekend tends to be more of a mixed crowd, but still a lot of children participating in it.   Oktoberfest, Roman Bacchanal, and Highland Fling weekends really bring out your drinking crowds...  Barbarian invasion brings out the biker crowd, and Halloween weekend... well, anything goes and the wierdos really come out of the woodwork.  But we love our weirdos, don't we?

[Mairte]

I like the Scandinavian idea too...
My thoughts on this:
Highland Fling
Love and Romance
Pirates
Scandinavian(would that go under barbarians and vikings or no?)
Fantasy
Roman Bacchanal
A weekend for Halloween, provided the faire is during that time or if not then, Wizards/witches...

[DonaCatalina]

If you could pick 7 themed weekends for your home faire, what would they be?
1.
2. Highland Fling
3. Pyrat Gathering
4. A Day in Spain
5. Roman Holiday
6. Oktoberfest (even is it is May)
7. French is Fun (Love & Romance)

Ok- #1 is still open for me. Would a Polish weekend sound good to anyone?

[Merlin the Elder]

That could be a lot of fun. The community I live in is adjacent to an old Polish community in central Arkansas called Marche (Mar-shay). Having grown up a Catholic, attending Catholic schools, I knew a lot of the folks there from the schools.

They like to party. Three day wedding celebrations weren't unusual. That could make for a really fun festival weekend!

[SirBlackFox]

My seven weekends would be:

1. Spanish
2. Celtic
3. Italian
4. German
5. French
6. Fae (Magik)
7. Pyrate