aid in getting your area ready, then get with one of the staff members (we will be wearing Staff badges) who can be found at the Royal Pavilion or the Information Booth. They are located on the East and West sides of the fountain, facing each other. We will aid you as best we can.
I heard there was a fountain at the park?
You have heard correctly. Normally, during this time of the year the fountain is still in operation with water shooting up to it’s top. But, we (the Roundtable) do make sure to get it turned off. There is no playing in the fountain (it does have electricity powering the lights), however, we do have several boats for kids of all ages to play with. These are hooked to sticks, that way the kids can walk around the outside of the fountain, pulling their boat.
When I arrive at Wilson Park, how do I find where to set up my booth or what stage I’m performing at?
The best thing to do is to find the Information Booth, it is centrally located on the West side of the fountain along the inner ring of the park. This is likely the best place to locate the Lady of Locations (Debbie Martin). She may or may not be there, just wait around and she will show back up. She might have been away helping another vendor. Once she has shown you where to set up at and if you want to, feel free to take a walk around the park and get an idea of where things might be.
If my booth/stage is located by the food vendors, will I have to compete with generator noise?
While there is the possibility that you will hear generator noise, it is not overpowering as our vendors do keep them out of the way behind their trailers or booths.
As a vendor or participant, I might like to catch one of the performances. Who would I ask about what shows are going on?
If you have a question about anything going on during the Faire itself, on Saturday or Sunday, you could go to the Information Booth. At the Information Booth, there is always someone there and we do have schedules that list the time and location of the performances.
What about restrooms?
There are port a potties located on the 4 outside corners of the park. Restrooms are also located in the library on the west, just across Wood Avenue from the park.
Dates: October 26th and 27th
- The faire goes from 10:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sat, and 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday.
- We are an all-volunteer event. Those who work for the faire as staff, make no money on the event. They simply have a love of the time period and a desire to share that love with others within the community.
- Our faire is way smaller compared to most smaller events, but what we lack in size we more than make up for in atmosphere and good downhome southern hospitality.
- We are a community event, and actively encourage the local community to get involved. We have several entertainment acts that are local to our area, and even host a free costume workshop where we make simple basic outfits that folks can take home and “dress up”. We have many who show up in costume and create characters and interact with us as faire performers and the general public.
- We are a not-for-profit event, founded upon education through entertainment about life and times in the medieval/renaissance period. We know that we can’t be 100% authentic to history 100% of the time. We’ve made peace with that, but we do strive to reach it when we can.
- Because we are founded on education, we regularly do interactive demos in public schools, libaries, community orgaizations, etc. We bring an assortment of weapons, armor, books, music, and other period artifacts, and more than enough trivia to go along with them. We teach simple medieval/renaissance dances, and even engage in some simple improv from time to time.
- The opening ceremony of the faire is Saturday at 12:30 p.m., at this time we have the current Monarch open with a speech, along with the Mayor of our city Florence.
- For story purposes, one of our volunteers created a backstory where our Kingdom was put under a curse many years ago, that allows our Monarchs to only reign one year. Each time we change, the hop