Hello all! I am back with a short review of Faerie Worlds Festival hosted in Veneta, Oregon.

Faerie Worlds is kind of like a Renn Faire on some sort of psychedelic drug… I showed up in a little face paint and glitter and a fairy shirt, as I only found out we were going a little bit before the fact, and figured there would be plenty of “Norms” there.

Wrong!

Literally EVERYONE was in costume, from the littlest Centaurs to the elderly Elven folk. Even the parking lot attendants were in character “A hundred years of servitude to the Faerie Queen… park the cars, she says…”

The festival consists of booths upon booths of wings, armor, dolls, masks, elven clothing, jewelry, food, tents filled with harem cushions to sit and eat, wings, furniture, wings, artists, writers, wings… and music. Very loud, very goblin-ey music from groups like “The Wicker Men” and Celtic artists.

The Froud family are very loyal contributors every year, and come in costume to sell and sign merchandise. They also offer various levels of doll making, puppet making, and goblin construction workshops. Brian, Wendy, and Toby were all very pleasant to speak with, and Brian especially took time with folks to speak with them, and comment about their lovely costumes.

One of the things done best was the area to listen to music and dance about was large enough to hold the giant dancing faerie population (who knew?) and the designated smoking areas were located away from the dancing, which was nice. Also, the main VIP guests, such as the Frouds and Amy Brown, were easy to find and quite central.

The worst thing about the festival, was that they seemed to lump all the mask people together, all the caricature artists… so vendors seemed very competitive and unhappy, although apparently wing sellers did the best of all the vendors, despite the amount of them.

All in all, it’s a great event to attend for people watching, everyone goes all out on the costumes, and if you like the fantasy genre, it’s literally like being in the fairy market in Stardust.