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Here's something I really meant to post several days ago, but there's still time to get word out: this Saturday, 21 May, is the Maryland Faerie Festival at the Patuxent 4H Center (18405 Queen Anne Road Upper Marlboro, MD 20774). This should be a lot of fun and very colourful, so come on out and indulge your sense of whimsy, your sense of mystery, or both. Or just enjoy the Spring weather, the various entertainers, and peoplewatching (the similar event in Pennsylvania is a delight for the eyes, with entertaining garb and faerie wings galore; I expect that this Saturday will be as well).

I'll be performing with Thrir Venstri Foetr / Three Left Feet on the main stage at 3:00 PM. If your friends list overlaps mine, you might appreciate a heads-up that gorgeousgary and maugorn have solo sets at 10:30 AM and 4:00 PM respectively, in addition to performing with Thrir Venstri Foetr at 3:00. And if you don't already know them, here's a chance to find out why you should. And I know a bunch of people reading my journal are familiar with Clam Chowder, who will be on the main stage at 12:30 PM, and storyteller Bill Mayhew, who will be in the Storytellers' Pavillion at 4:00 PM. A complete entertainment schedule has been posted at the festival's web site.

The festival runs from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Admission is $7 for ... well, as the web site puts it, "kids age 12 to 99", $3 for kids age 3 to 11, and free for folks under three or over 99. I don't know how much they're charging for adults of any age, so it's probably safest to plan on arriving as your child-self (though I don't think they'll be testing for grown-up-ness at the door...) Take a dollar off for coming in costume, and if you find one of these faerie creatures before the festival, escorting it back to the land of faerie (that is, bringing it to the festival) will be rewarded at the gate.