Renaissance Faire- Any Guild members (wenches, etc?)

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  • AsaThorsWoman
    AsaThorsWoman Posts: 2,303 Member
    :drinker: :drinker:
  • AsaThorsWoman
    AsaThorsWoman Posts: 2,303 Member
    I'm not a part of any guilds, but have been part of the Kansas City Renaissance Festival since 2003. Huzzah! :drinker:

    Do you know Jotun's Bane Kindred and go to Camp Gaea? I got to go a few times.
  • AsaThorsWoman
    AsaThorsWoman Posts: 2,303 Member
    I think a lot of the people you're looking for are at the world's largest SCA event happening right now. Pensaic in Pennsylvania. So jealous my kinsman is there and I'm not! Love him anyways.
  • AlmstHvn
    AlmstHvn Posts: 376 Member
    LOVE Ohio Ren Fest -- it's only about 45 minutes away! Opens up Labor Day Weekend - counting the days!

    Kentucky Highland festival is a little further, just northeast of Louisville, but it's growing up nicely! Went to it a few weeks ago - mostly to see Doktor Kaboom, who I adore.

    My first one was near Houston, Texas - the huge Texas Ren Fest. THAT was amazing! It's probably been 15 years since I was there, but it was such a fantastic experience it looms large in my mind!

    When i hit my goal weight, I am treating myself to a bosomy dress - gimme another year or two and I'll be there with bells on!
  • Montegue42
    Montegue42 Posts: 98
    I perform at the Bristol Renaissance Faire in Wisconsin with the Guilde of St. George...I play a knight's wife and lady in her majesty's court. Its way too much fun! Glad to see some other people who are crazy like me :)
  • Amryfal
    Amryfal Posts: 225
    After losing all the weight I have and getting in shape over the last year I treated myself this year to custom leather armor for the local renaissance faire (New York Ren). I have wanted leather armor for like forever but it never looks right on really heavy people (plus it doesnt exactly expand or contract easily!). Last night while assembling and fitting the armor I got thinking about faire and MFP.

    So how many rennies are on this site? and what is your home faire? and how has your weight loss journey affected what you are going to do this year?

    And do you belong to any guilds (i.e. Wenches Guild, Ren Merc, Rogues Guild, Barbarian, etc) and if so what is your pin number?

    I am Ren Merc #2 and my wife (who is on MFP) is Wenches Guild #2

    SCAdians and LARPers can also join in! Lets get our geek on! :drinker:

    i used to sell garb for a relatively well-known mail-order/internet company. i was never guild, but my home faire was AZ Ren Faire, before i moved to the midwest. i briefly brushed past the SCA community in Cbus, OH, before moving from there, too. i wish there was a faire closer to me. i'm five hours away from a few of them :'( i'm soooooo close to Pennsic i can taste it. but i'm too busy to be active right now.

    i miss rapier practice and i'm pretty sure my bodices will need to be replaced if/when i have time to go back.
  • hersheythecat
    hersheythecat Posts: 117 Member
    No guild but we enjoy the NC Ren Faire. Haven't tried my clothes on in a couple of years so not sure how they will fit. I guess I should try though since it starts soon.
  • PlunderBunneh
    PlunderBunneh Posts: 1,705 Member
    We go at least once a year, and then use any other excuse to dress. Sometimes, we like to dress and just go downtown to hit the bars. We do a piratical theme, and as far as changes from weight loss, the only negative I have to say is that my $350 custom made steel boned corset no longer fits. It was measured to take my waist down to a 36, and without any help at all I'm at a 34. Bittersweet. I'm hoping that by next year, I'll be at a steady enough weight to buy a new one, but for now I'm making do with a cheapy faux-leather corset.
    We're based in Colorado, and hoping to join up with a guild once the mini-wenches are old enough to allow us grown-up time. For now, we just do at least one weekend as a full family trip, and one as adults only.

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  • Montegue42
    Montegue42 Posts: 98
    We go at least once a year, and then use any other excuse to dress. Sometimes, we like to dress and just go downtown to hit the bars. We do a piratical theme, and as far as changes from weight loss, the only negative I have to say is that my $350 custom made steel boned corset no longer fits. It was measured to take my waist down to a 36, and without any help at all I'm at a 34. Bittersweet. I'm hoping that by next year, I'll be at a steady enough weight to buy a new one, but for now I'm making do with a cheapy faux-leather corset.
    We're based in Colorado, and hoping to join up with a guild once the mini-wenches are old enough to allow us grown-up time. For now, we just do at least one weekend as a full family trip, and one as adults only.

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    I hear you!! I'm trying to get to my goal weight by january so that my new dress will be small enough...my other dress is sliding off! I use about 30 safety pins per weekend to keep it together.
  • Alzzak
    Alzzak Posts: 89 Member
    Would love to, go to a Renaissance fair but.... it was one of the many things I had planned to do with my mom... :( I played D&D as a kid, so the idea of LARP always interested me...
  • RoseAsRose
    RoseAsRose Posts: 39
    I have the same problem! I love ren faires, but yeah - not always easy to find people who want to go - would be fun to be involved with a guild!
  • kwest_4_fitness
    kwest_4_fitness Posts: 820 Member
    The Great Lakes Medieval Faire comes to my town every year and it rocks! I’ve never dressed for it, but I’m thinking I might buy a bar wench dress with a super tight corset for next year, lol!
  • RainRedfield
    RainRedfield Posts: 597 Member
    <<<Inactive member of Clan Myrtleholt, SCA.

    I used to attend the RenFaire in Colorado, but since moving to Oregon I have not sought one out.
  • peles_fire
    peles_fire Posts: 501
    Loki I will bring thunder upon you. dang, wrong thread again

    And I, Aeolus, will bring the winds to blow away the competition! Dang, wrong pantheon!

    You are seriously crackin' me up! :laugh:
  • DoomCakes
    DoomCakes Posts: 806 Member
    Pennsylvania! ^_^ I haven't made my goal to buy expensive, but I'm normally just a typical peasant/wench. lol
  • redkitty615
    redkitty615 Posts: 24 Member
    I'm a SCAdian out here in West Kingdom (principality of Cynagua) Huzzah!:smile:
  • ghostrogue
    ghostrogue Posts: 5
    Was in the SCA for about 8 years but got out of it and have been out for about 10 years now. I was a heavy fighter and also Archer Marshal. Went to Pensic Wars twice. It was fun while I lasted. Still have my sword and spear but ended up selling all my armor and garb.
  • Twilightsunflower
    Twilightsunflower Posts: 324 Member
    went to the rein fair here in NY a few weekends ago it was so much fun...


    im excitied for next year my hubby and i and my daughter are all going to get some garb and dork it up the right way :)
  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
    I attend Bay Area Ren Faire in full costume as a serving wench and my partner has a monk costume (bald head and round belly too!). We go fairly regularly, but are not members of any guilds.
  • hdsqrl
    hdsqrl Posts: 420 Member
    I'm not a part of any guilds, but have been part of the Kansas City Renaissance Festival since 2003. Huzzah! :drinker:

    Do you know Jotun's Bane Kindred and go to Camp Gaea? I got to go a few times.

    I don't know them (him?) and I've never been to anything official at Gaea, but have been to the site once for a small picnic and a dip in the lake. I know loads of people who practically live there, though, and several people in the SCA, so it's not far-fetched to think that perhaps our paths have crossed. :)
  • frazzle29
    frazzle29 Posts: 122 Member
    Love the Colorado Ren Fest!
  • Cathy_Daydreams
    Cathy_Daydreams Posts: 120
    This is the first time I've heard of this and you all seem really into it. I'd love to get involved, but I'm not quite sure about the whole thing, how it works etc.
    Can anyone give me some information on it at all ?
  • Amryfal
    Amryfal Posts: 225
    We go at least once a year, and then use any other excuse to dress. Sometimes, we like to dress and just go downtown to hit the bars. We do a piratical theme, and as far as changes from weight loss, the only negative I have to say is that my $350 custom made steel boned corset no longer fits. It was measured to take my waist down to a 36, and without any help at all I'm at a 34. Bittersweet. I'm hoping that by next year, I'll be at a steady enough weight to buy a new one, but for now I'm making do with a cheapy faux-leather corset.
    We're based in Colorado, and hoping to join up with a guild once the mini-wenches are old enough to allow us grown-up time. For now, we just do at least one weekend as a full family trip, and one as adults only.

    IMG_1227.jpg

    awww, rennie babies! <3
    these are my rennie babies:

    renniebabies.jpg
  • redkitty615
    redkitty615 Posts: 24 Member
    Don't know about any Renn Faires, but SCA has website (www.SCA.org)
  • chaoticupheaval
    chaoticupheaval Posts: 15 Member
    The closest ren faire to me is the Texas Ren Fest in plantersville.
  • PlunderBunneh
    PlunderBunneh Posts: 1,705 Member


    awww, rennie babies! <3
    these are my rennie babies:

    renniebabies.jpg

    Awwww, adorable!
  • stomachflu
    stomachflu Posts: 134 Member
    MD Ren Faire here! Usually spend a small fortune at The Brass Dragon!

    Not sure how my wench costume is going to fit me since I've lost weight in my chest *pout*

    Have also been to the PA Ren Faire but I feel the MD one is far superior..although I am not happy about the lack of Hack & Slash and The Rogues...

    I love the MD fair but haven't visited the PA one yet. I really do wish they could find another spot in MD though. It is just so crowded the last few weekends they hold it. This year the admission prices are lower for the first few weekends so that will hopefully help with the crowding problem.

    PA has paved paths, horrible liquor laws, nobody tries to speak in the Queen's tongue and hardly any shopping *laff*

    We like going on rainy weekend, still fun, nobody hardly shows up and you get covered head to toe in mud *laff* Great fun!

    I doubt they will ever move...all that property is theirs and they won't give that up any time soon!
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    Love the Ren Faire :drinker: My boyfriend and I are going to the Bristol Renaissance in Wisconsin this Sunday. We have Faire garb...but have never been brave enough to wear it there, although more people are dressed in 'costume' then not!!!! I love all the people in Steampunk clothes too! So much fun!! Can't wait!
  • hdsqrl
    hdsqrl Posts: 420 Member
    This is the first time I've heard of this and you all seem really into it. I'd love to get involved, but I'm not quite sure about the whole thing, how it works etc.
    Can anyone give me some information on it at all ?

    I checked your profile and it seems you're in the UK, yeah? If so, this may seem pretty silly to you. For some reason, we here in the US like to pretend it's the 1500's (or similar century) and we'll dress up in clothing that fits that time period, assume names that fit back then, and in some cases, actually assume the persona of someone who lived back then. I'll let the SCA people more accurately describe what that's all about, but in the case of Renaissance Festivals, entire villages are created, usually with the idea that it's a harvest festival, at which all manner of walks of life have come together to celebrate. Much drinking is done, jousting, archery, and swordsmanship tournaments are held, there are muscians and magicians and jugglers, etc. Imagine the old Safety Dance video come to life.

    It's cheesy and fun and gives us a chance to be kids again, in the sense that it's almost like Halloween - we dress up, assume a new identity, etc. Some people get really into the concept and live it year round, and several of the entertainment acts will travel the country and make an actual living by performing at faire after faire.

    Some faires (festivals) are more authentic than others, for sure. If you're shooting for authenticity, the "Disney-esque" ones will annoy you. But if you're going just to have a fun time, you totally won't mind the mermaids floating in the stock tank, or the fact that Queen E has a dozen different suitors following her around, or that King Henry is wearing shoes from totally the wrong time period. MOST patrons of a festival just go to breathe in the atmosphere, drink down some ale, root on some knights, and let their kids have a go at shooting an old-time crossbow.

    You don't have to dress up to go to these things - I'd say at the Kansas City one, we see more people in regular clothing than we do of people who "garbed up". Last year, a little boy tugged on my skirt and asked me if, "Next year, can I come dressed as a ninja?" I smiled and nodded and told him he could come dressed up as ANYTHING he wanted. He grinned and ran back to his mom with the happy news. We see little girls in Disney Princess dresses ALL the time, and we always bow and scrape as if they're really princesses...because for each little girl...at that moment in time...she IS a princess. :)

    Can you tell I love it?
  • Cathy_Daydreams
    Cathy_Daydreams Posts: 120
    This is the first time I've heard of this and you all seem really into it. I'd love to get involved, but I'm not quite sure about the whole thing, how it works etc.
    Can anyone give me some information on it at all ?

    I checked your profile and it seems you're in the UK, yeah? If so, this may seem pretty silly to you. For some reason, we here in the US like to pretend it's the 1500's (or similar century) and we'll dress up in clothing that fits that time period, assume names that fit back then, and in some cases, actually assume the persona of someone who lived back then. I'll let the SCA people more accurately describe what that's all about, but in the case of Renaissance Festivals, entire villages are created, usually with the idea that it's a harvest festival, at which all manner of walks of life have come together to celebrate. Much drinking is done, jousting, archery, and swordsmanship tournaments are held, there are muscians and magicians and jugglers, etc. Imagine the old Safety Dance video come to life.

    It's cheesy and fun and gives us a chance to be kids again, in the sense that it's almost like Halloween - we dress up, assume a new identity, etc. Some people get really into the concept and live it year round, and several of the entertainment acts will travel the country and make an actual living by performing at faire after faire.

    Some faires (festivals) are more authentic than others, for sure. If you're shooting for authenticity, the "Disney-esque" ones will annoy you. But if you're going just to have a fun time, you totally won't mind the mermaids floating in the stock tank, or the fact that Queen E has a dozen different suitors following her around, or that King Henry is wearing shoes from totally the wrong time period. MOST patrons of a festival just go to breathe in the atmosphere, drink down some ale, root on some knights, and let their kids have a go at shooting an old-time crossbow.

    You don't have to dress up to go to these things - I'd say at the Kansas City one, we see more people in regular clothing than we do of people who "garbed up". Last year, a little boy tugged on my skirt and asked me if, "Next year, can I come dressed as a ninja?" I smiled and nodded and told him he could come dressed up as ANYTHING he wanted. He grinned and ran back to his mom with the happy news. We see little girls in Disney Princess dresses ALL the time, and we always bow and scrape as if they're really princesses...because for each little girl...at that moment in time...she IS a princess. :)

    Can you tell I love it?

    Yeah, I'm British through and through and it's not too silly a concept really.
    I don't know if it's a big thing in the US so forgive me if you already know about it, but Steampunk (Very similar to this but geared more towards the Victorian sci fi than the renaissance) is a big thing among a few of my mates and a lot of pepole near where I live.
    and this sounds really good actually :) I'm known at school as a bit of a Shakespeare geek and it sounds like my sort of thing.
    Thank you for the information, it's something I'm definitely going to look into :)
    Thank you x

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