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Celtic Yule Cakes
The Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere typically takes place on December 21. While the solstice is now considered the official beginning of the winter season, for many ancient faiths, it marked the beginning of the slow return of the … Continue reading Celtic Yule Cakes
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Woman-Owned Business: Cucina Aurora Kitchen Witchery
Cucina Aurora Kitchen Witchery was born in a tiny kitchen overflowing with love and magic. In 2008, self-proclaimed Kitchen Witch, Dawn Aurora Hunt happed to be on a mailing list for springtime Beltane festival that was in need of workshop … Continue reading Woman-Owned Business: Cucina Aurora Kitchen Witchery
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Midwinter’s Faire
Imagine sitting around a fire of olde, Renaissance era minstrels and bards singing and reciting love poems, or perhaps poems about the darkening of the sky in midwinter? For lovers of Renaissance festivals, we still celebrate poetry and song, fires … Continue reading Midwinter’s Faire
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Comfort and Joy: A Note From the Editor
I had my first cup of hot chocolate last night after a brisk walk in the park near my home, enjoying the cold moon hovering over the pond in the park. Living in Orlando means any temperature drop below 65 … Continue reading Comfort and Joy: A Note From the Editor
Give Me That Old Time Religion
Upon one’s first visit to a Renaissance Festival, one might wander into a book stall and be surprised at the selection of books. Fantasy novels are snugged alongside books about pagan faith and mysticism. It’s a far cry from the … Continue reading Give Me That Old Time Religion
Hanukkah’s Rays of Hope and Light
Across the centuries, and among many different societies, in the midst of the darkness of winter people look to kindle fire and light. Although not a high holy day, Hanukkah is a beloved Jewish holiday that has its roots and … Continue reading Hanukkah’s Rays of Hope and Light
A Wassail Toast to Merry Olde Christmas
Many of us who love the Renaissance Festival and the history that it’s loosely planted in observe traditions that trace back to the early days of Christian European and English rituals. We may have trees strung with ornaments of … Continue reading A Wassail Toast to Merry Olde Christmas
Playlist: A Cozy Winter
Our team curated a fabulous, diverse music playlist for you, our Renaissance Festival afficionados and readers. It’s a mix of styles and moods to help you get in touch with your festival persona, your winter witchiness, your seasonal nostalgia. We’ve … Continue reading Playlist: A Cozy Winter
How to Holiday Like a Mother
Our intention at LadyFaire is to make our readers’ daily lives a little better, because as much as we’d all love to be at a Renaissance Festival every day, it’s not reality! We all live and function in the everyday … Continue reading How to Holiday Like a Mother
Mystify: A Woman-Led Festival Disrupts the Magic World
Let me tell you about a little shake-up in the magic world that has me grinning ear to ear. It’s called Mystify, and it exists because one woman finally got fed up with the status quo. For context: magic conventions … Continue reading Mystify: A Woman-Led Festival Disrupts the Magic World
Dark Fairy Tales for Dark Nights
The sky fills with dark, smoky clouds, and the leaves combust into fiery color. A warning chill fills the air, carrying the throaty cawing of ravens on the wind as it whips past you in the quickly darkening night. In … Continue reading Dark Fairy Tales for Dark Nights
Please Good Missus, a Soul Cake!
By Christine Boyett Barr Forget the twelve days of Christmas – did you know there are three days of Halloweentide? Starting with All Hallow’s Eve on October 31st, Halloweentide also encompassed All Saints Day on November 1st, and wrapped up … Continue reading Please Good Missus, a Soul Cake!
My Culture is Not Your Costume
Renaissance faires and comic cons abound throughout the year, all popular places for our readers to don outfits that embody their imaginations. It’s a hugely popular element of Renfest culture; many of us have entire closets, even rooms, devoted to … Continue reading My Culture is Not Your Costume
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