Renaissance Pleasure Faire Cancelled, Citing Coronavirus Concerns.

To date many Renaissance Faires have already been canceled, and will not take place this year due to concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. 

As one large-scale event after another canceled or postponed throughout Southern California last week the Renaissance Pleasure Faire had initially said it would push back its planned opening by two weeks to April 18; however, by Tuesday, organizers decided not to open at all this year, and push off until next season, on April 3, 2021, with the 59th season.

“We appreciate your understanding and patience during this challenging time,” reads a  statement on the Renaissance Faire’s website. “Huzzah to the 2021 season! Godspeed, and stay safe!”

Exchanges, Refunds, & Options

The fair recognizes many people have already purchased tickets to the 2020 Faire. To take advantage of the offer mail tickets to Renaissance Pleasure Faire; ATTN: Tickets; 5027 Irwindale Ave.; STE 200; Irwindale, CA 91706 postmarked no later than April 1, 2020. Please allow 4-6 weeks for processing. Alternatively, ticket holders can email ticket confirmation email or mobile barcode to reception@renfair.Com along with your complete mailing address. After initiating either method of exchange, physical tickets to the next Faire season in 2021 will be snail-mailed.

If you would like a refund instead contact ShowClix at support@showclix.Com or 888-718-4253 and select option 1.ShowClix will automatically be refunding Pub Crawl tickets. 

Get To Know This Faire

The Renaissance Pleasure Fair celebrates the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and takes a trip back to the 15th and 16th centuries as event workers, volunteers and fans alike dress in period costumes and are entertained by dancers, jousters, marionettes, sword fighting and fire dancers. 

Be sure to add the Renaissance Pleasure Faire to your list for next year, which is planned to open on April 3, 2021 with the Faire’s 59th season.

Stuck at home? Browse local business sites!

Support the little guys!

While so many of us are staying home as much as possible, we've been looking to support our small businesses and local businesses. Uber Eats & Etsy are two companies that can help anyone support a variety of small businesses. As restaurants all over the US move toward take-out only, consider your for your weekly treat buying lunch from a small business through takeout or Uber Eats.

Another thing you can spend your time doing is looking into products from small businesses around the US or the world. With the virus not lasting as long as most shipping times, presents and items you already planned to purchase can still be obtained through mail or electronic files.

Educational Materials

First stop: Scholastic's Learn at Home Site is a great start! Currently starting at 20 days of educational materials for free, Scholastic's Learn at home site is an amazing contribution to our society's children.

Once they burn through those fun activities, look to Etsy & Patreon. Both platforms support the sales of electronic files that may help keep your children entertained and educated during their time at home. If you're having trouble gaining free educational sources that you appreciate, consider looking into Patreon or Etsy to support the individuals and small businesses!

Scarlet Onager's Plans

Currently, we the Onagers are chilling at home, maintaining social distancing, and making all the things we hope to sell over the summer and online afterward. We have a variety of hats in various styles, cute little hand crochet creatures, a few versions of our Gluckhaus game board, and jewelry & costume accessories. Watch for a variety of new listings as we attempt to spend our ample home time productively! Check out the Scarlet Onagers Etsy Shop or our Facebook Page for updates!

Gluckhaus Boards, Hats, and Jewelry

Some of our homemade items are up in the Scarlet Onagers Etsy Shop!

Custom Gluckhaus Game Board

Gluckhaus is a traditional German & English game from the Renaissance Era. Our Gluckhaus game board is a custom artwork board, hand screen printed onto cloth. When you buy this game board, we include a set of instructions and two dice.

*Included: 1 game board, instructions & 2 dice.

Crochet Beanie Caps

These hats are tightly knit to fit snug and form to your head. They are all roughly small adult sized. All of them have a cabled pattern as pictured. There are two listings for these caps: a standard crochet pattern, and a cable-knit pattern. There are a variety of colors, and so be sure to check out all the pictures!

FauxLeather Boards, Jewelry & More Coming Soon!

Watch our shop for things to come! Soon we'll add Gluckhaus game boards on a variety of materials. Also in the vault is a variety of jewelry, some costume accessories, and many other goodies.


Is there something you didn't get a chance to buy from the Faire? Send us a message, and we'll do what we can to slide it to the top of the queue!

Online Shop Now Open!

Buy from the Scarlet Onagers Bazaar year round at our Etsy Shop!!

We currently have some cozy beanie hats and gluckhaus game boards to keep you warm and entertained throughout the cold non-faire months. The gluckhaus boards are from our original artwork of the board, and are hand-screen printed on fabric boards.

The crochet hats come in two crochet patterns and a wide variety of colors. Each of them is handmade and is a snug fitting adult size made to keep your head warm all winter.

Visit the Scarlet Onager Etsy Store to view what's for sale!

Looking for More?

Let us know what you're missing from the Scarlet Onagers Bazaar booth, and we'll see if we can pull it out of the catacombs and list it. Lots of stuff will be added periodically, and so you should bookmark and share the Scarlet Onagers Etsy Store to keep up to date. This will also help others who want to find it to do so more easily!

Comment, message, or email us! What are you missing? 

Shop with our guild & other small businesses on Etsy. 

Canterbury Photos Are Up!!

Still-Memories Photography & Graphics has posted well over a thousand photos of all the characters and shenanigans of Canterbury Faire in Silverton, Oregon.

Remember & Share!

Head over to the facebook page of Still-Memories Photography and Graphics. Tag yourself and your friends, share the memories, and spread the love of all that is Canterbury.

The Renaissance Faire season may be coming to an end, but Still-Memories is around to keep our memories vivid and artistic. With amazing skill, characters and scenes are captured and framed perfectly.

With so many great photos to look through, you're sure to see someone you recognize!

We're Breaking In To Online Sales!

No joke, friends! We're working behind the scenes to set up an Online Store for the Scarlet Onagers items you know and love. Help support the Onagers yet another way.

To show your support for the Scarlet Onagers, you can currently do any of the following actions:

• Volunteer with us in Silverton, Oregon each July!
• Purchase items from our vending tent in Silverton, Oregon each July
• Follow & share our Facebook Page
• Subscribe to & share this blog
• Share & purchase a Scarlet Onagers Shirt, Sweatshirt, or Water bottle!
• Share & purchase from our coming online store! (Shop Now Open!)

Why Online Stores?

We're really working hard to maintain & update our inventory, supplies, equipment, and of course: volunteer meals & snacks! Hopefully, this online store will take off and allow us to get everyone's costume accessories to them well before Faire!

Of course, online shopping does mean paying shipping & handling charges. To avoid these come see us at Faire, or contact us about how to volunteer with the Scarlet Onagers Guild!

Items of Our Vending Booth

The Scarlet Onagers are always looking to add items to our vending booth. The vending booth gives space to Scarlet Onager members and volunteers for little to no commision, and gives space to any local crafty-persons and artists for a slightly higher commission. If you're interested in adding your items to our booth, message us on facebook or send an email to: ScarletOnagersGuild@gmail.com

What We Sell

Every year our inventory changes depending on inventory brought in by Guild Members. There are quite a few returning items that help us shape the feel of our shop. We try to remain a kid friendly booth in item and price, but also do our best to have products for all ages and personalities. We also sell some select pieces on the Scarlet Onager's Etsy Store. Check out the blog post about our online shop!

Accessories!

We have sturdy skeleton keys that remove bottle caps, and a variety of fabric pouches to hold all of your goodies. We have incense holders shaped as bottles with great designs etched into them.

For the Littles!

Various colors get mixed in to molds to create coloring sticks. These have various shapes, but the returning favorites are a skull and crossbones coloring blocks, and an easy to hold triangle for toddlers learning how to hold while they color.

Another fun favorite are our Alchemy ingredients. Stop by for dragon blood, ogre ear wax, goblin guts, and all of your alchemy needs! Each bit of slimy alchemic paste comes in either small resealable pouches or a few ounces in a jar. Grab multiple to share with friends, or to mix together and see what colors they turn.

We also have various jewelry that fit little ones as well!

Jewelry

Our jewelry takes many forms from microbeads in colorful patterns to chainmaille, gear charms, and tiny bottles on a simple necklace. We also have a small assortment of earrings and keychains, and leather bracelets as well. Our chainmaille necklaces and bracelets are made from standard aluminum or sturdy and heavy steel.

Some years we have simple stone wrap necklaces, but even if they don't appear in our booth, we can direct you to the vendor that has them. Similarly, fine jewelry is not our specialty, but we can help you find the vendor who makes amazing high end jewelry.

Hopes For More!

We often reach out to those we see with similarly bazaar goods, but feel free to reach out to us as well. We'd love to add kid friendly art prints, alchemy related goods and toys, a variety of costume accessories, and more kid-friendly jewelry.

We also want our friends to succeed. If you're not sure your inventory will sell, reach out to us and we'll see how we can help. Volunteer with us and we'll set aside a place for some of your inventory in our booth. If it's a hit and you can scale it to fill a whole booth, we'll talk you through how to do just that for the next year. We want our group to grow, but also the Faire as a whole to be a growing place for all of us odd ducks and misfits to gather every year.

Join the Onagers, or at least, join in the fun of Faire!