Sonya Murmarek announced on February 17th that this year’s Fantasy Faire is scheduled to take place May 1st – May 11th. However due to the success of Fantasy Faire, there are not yet any open applications for merchants to display their wares, as Sonya explains:
There are currently no applications for merchants. The Faire is old and established and there are plenty of creators who are as much an integral part of it as the Fairelands themselves and we will first scribe in those registrations.
The first invitations to the merchants will be sent out by the end of February.
The open applications for merchants will begin some time after March 15th.
Obviously it will be disappointing if no new merchants get a look in, but it seems as if they will. I’ve blogged Fantasy Faire for the last three years, it’s a magnificent event, truly magnificent. During that time I’ve met the weird and wonderful creations and characters in the Second Life fantasy scene. I’ve met baking gnomes:
I’ve admired many a statue:
I’ve gone partying with The Dwarfins:
That was quite a party! There’s much much more. However we shouldn’t lose site of the main purpose of Fantasy Faire, which is to help raise money for Relay For Life. Last year’s even was a record breaker in that sense. The one of a kind auction attracted 100 people to the sim and would have attracted more if the sim could have handled it.
If you haven’t been before, it’s worth noting the dates in your calendar, it’s a wonderful event, trust me on this. We may even find some Second Life Orcs there!
My favorite event of the year in Second Life
Yep, great even and I trust you’ll be there with a store.