Our annual celebration of all things mead! Drink mead, learn how to make mead, celebrate mead! Also, it’s a fun excuse for a mini-Renaissance faire! Music, Vendors, Knights, Food Trucks, Belly Dancing, and more!
NEW THIS YEAR - sign up ahead of time for your Starrlight Mead tasting! No more waiting in line for mead tasting, just secure your timeslot for you and your friends! $10 at the door! Sign ups available until Wed, Sept 25th.
Mead tasting also available from Honeygirl Meadery!
Food Trucks: Porchetta (pork centric food and turkey legs) and Mama Voula’s (Greek foods)
Plus our very own Copeland Springs Farm & Kitchen will be serving up vegetarian yummys!
Entertainment: Thunder and Spice will be providing your favorite pub tunes! Also Helix ATS belly dancers will be dancing their way into your hearts!
All day long, the gallant knights of Knights of the Fiat Lux will be clashing swords and fighting kids!
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Family Friendly! Free event - except for food and drinks. Rain or Shine! Bring your friends! Come in costume! (We will be!)
Photos of Mead Fest 2018 taken by Greg Stewart
Vendors for Mead Fest 2019
American Brewmaster - brewing supplies
Baxter’s Bees - bee products - candles,
Beekeeper Inc - varietal honeys from western NC
Cauldron, Loom & Forge - candles, jewelry & crafty shenanigans
Crafty Faerie - glass etching, bird feeders, crocheted blankets
Custom Creature Creations - face painting
Dapper Kracken - fabric arts
Dodo by Doriana - crochet, soaps
Fairy Hair Flare - sparkles for your hair I want Fairy Hair!
Glimmerfae Creations - wings, ear cuffs, tutus
HammerSol - silver and bronze jewelry
Hoddmimis Holt - handcrafted runes, wood carving
Queen of Wands Tarot - tarot readings
Raven’s Keep Forge - primitive forge, metal work
Samhain Faerie Creations - crocheted critters
Spiral Grove Apothecary - herbal teas, body care
Star of Eden - silver jewelry, minerals and crystals
Sword Circle - ax throwing, candle making, archery
The Asatru Community - information
The Elk and Owl - jewelry
Three Little Birds Apiary - our favorite beekeeper with local honey
WendyMehndi - henna
ZenJumps Chainmaille - chainmaille jewelry
Schedule for Mead Fest 2019
Knights Sword Fighting - 12:30 pm
Tour Chatham Cider Works - 12:30 pm
Tour the Starrlight Mead Production – 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
Belly Dancing – 1:45 pm
Music: Thunder and Spice - 2 pm
Home Mead Making Demo - 2 pm
Knights Sword Fighting - 2:30 pm
Tour Chatham Cider Works - 2:30 pm
Belly Dancing – 2:45 pm
Tour the Starrlight Mead Production – 3 pm
Music: Thunder and Spice - 3 pm
Tour Fair Game Distillery - 3:30 pm
Belly Dancing – 3:45 pm
Music: Thunder and Spice - 4 pm
Mead Club Private Tasting - 4 pm - free, Mead Club Members Only!