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Mead Day Celebration and Fall Festival

  • The Plant 220 Lorax Lane Pittsboro, NC, 27312 United States (map)

Join us for a special day celebrating the making, drinking and sharing of Mead! We will have sword fighting knights, Renaissance music, turkey legs, arts and crafts vendors, Fairies, face painting, and more! Event Free and Family Friendly! Rain or Shine!

Nazz'd Brew Works Food Truck are bringing turkey legs, burgers and kids selections! Our friends from Porchetta Food Truck are showing up with pork sandwiches and those amazing rosemary potatoes!
Thunder and Spice will be entertaining us with their music!

Confirmed Vendors

Honeygirl Meadery - local Durham Mead!
Fairy Hair Flare - sparkle up your hair, appointments and walkups
WendyMehndi - lovely henna
HammerSol - silver and bronze jewelry
Custom Creature Creations - face painting
Lake Fairy Creations - flower and feather crowns
ZenJumps Chainmaille - chainmaille jewelry
Burning Sphinx Studios - fairy wings and jewelry
American Brew Master - home brew equipment
White Hart Haunt - clay critters and fairy homes
Samhain Faerie Creations - crocheted friends
Dinalae Designs - jewelry
The Crafty Faerie - glass etching and repurposed bird feeders
SnoEscape - shaved ice
Iron Clown Studios - art pieces and tarot decks
The Asatru Community - information
Avalon Arts & Apothecary - herbs, crystals, jewelry
Pastimes Perfected - handmade game boards
Massage Muse - wholistic herb kits
Hoddmimis Holt - crafts and rune sets
The Dapper Kracken - fabric artist
The Elk and Owl - metal and stone jewelry
Two Brothers Jerky - amazing local jerky
Hempsmith - local hemp t-shirts

Plan your day!! So much to see and do!

Schedule of Events:

Knights Sword Fighting - 12:30 pm
Tour Chatham Cider Works - 12:30 pm

Tour the New Starrlight Mead Facility – 1 pm
Music: Thunder and Spice – 1 pm
Locally Available Meads Tasting - 1:30 pm - free, limited to the first 40 people
Tour Fair Game Distillery - 1:30 pm

Tour the New Starrlight Mead Facility – 2 pm
Home Mead Making Demo - 2 pm
Knights Sword Fighting - 2:30 pm
Tour Chatham Cider Works - 2:30 pm

Tour the New Starrlight Mead Facility – 3 pm
Music: Thunder and Spice - 3 pm
Tour Fair Game Distillery - 3:30 pm

Tour the New Starrlight Mead Facility – 4 pm
Music: Thunder and Spice - 4 pm
Mead Club Private Tasting - 4:30 pm - free, Mead Club Members Only!

Earlier Event: September 21
Closed for Mead Day Setup
Later Event: October 2
Chatham County Farm and Industry Tour