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Get  your concert and movie tickets before they run out!

Celebrate Autumn Fairy-Style! Live Performances! Storytelling! Classic Movies!  Magical Marketplace! Crafts and Games!

OCTOBER 25-27, 2024

Less than 2 hours from both Baltimore and DC

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The Shepherdstown Fairy Festival 2024:
Something Fairy This Way Comes

This October 25-27, 2024
Right in the heart of downtown Shepherdstown.
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The Shepherdstown Fairy Festival is an immersive energetic experience of fairies, fairy tales, and folklore for people of all ages where you can hear live music, watch movies, hear stories, and interact with all manner of Fae creatures. Saturday 10/26 10am-6pm and Sunday 10/27 10am-6pm: The Festival Proper! Purchase a Friend of the Fae Souvenir Ticket for $15 and receive a copy of our beautiful Full-Color Program featuring original stories, festival lore, coloring pages, and activites! General Admission is Free A Magical Marketplace will line King Street in front of Town Hall while McMurran Lawn will be transformed into a fairyland with carnival games (50 cents/play), crafts ($5-$10), and live performances by a whole crew of storytellers and magical characters. Special Guests: Robert Turk, The Fairy Queens of Summer and Winter, Living Gargoyles, Satyrs with Banjos, Punk Rock Puck, The Fairy Gothmother, Prince Snowflake, Avian Encounters and others. Special Ticketed Events Friday 10/25, 8:30pm: Frenchy and the Punk live at The Shepherdstown Opera House ($20, limited quantity) For movie lovers, The Shepherdstown Opera House will present special screenings of classic films. ($13, limited quantity) Saturday 10/26 8:30: Something Wicked This Way Comes A Halloween classic based on the Ray Bradbury Novel Sunday 10/27 3:30: The Last Unicorn Beloved animated classic based on the novel by Peter S. Beagle

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Did you see the enamel pin design?

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Collaborative design by Scott Von Berg (the art) and Emma Casale (layout and lettering)

Featuring my 2 favorite Festival Mascots: CrowZar and The Strange Green Guy (yes, that is what he is called.)

Pssst...you can find out the names of all the mascots if you read the stories in the program.

This is what you get as your souvenir with the Friend of the Fae ticket.  $15.  You'll also receive a copy of the full-color program with stories and fairy lore, coloring pages, and games.

There will absolutely be a clue to the mystery on Sunday in the program.

Special Events at The Shepherdstown Opera House (Tickets Required)
Opening Night Concert!
Friday October 25th, 8:30 pm
Frenchy and the Punk

With Special Guest
High Value Antics

Movies at The Opera House
Saturday, October 26th, 8:30 pm
Sunday, October 27th, 3:30 pm
Something Wicked This Way Comes

A Halloween Classic by
master storyteller Ray Bradbury

The Last Unicorn

The Classic Animated Film based on the novel  by Peter S. Beagle

The Performers
With Special Guests

The Magical Marketplace

King Street Vendors
10/26 10-6 and 10/27 10-6

Everyday Fae
Fairy Flea Market
Strange Hours Atelier
Tie Dye Adventurez
Beadwork by Faith
Wandering Wind Meadery
Ashby Henderson Glass
Dancing Hands Hair Wraps

Evolve
106 W. German St.
10/26 10-6 & 10/27 10-6

Fairy Embassy
Creative Procrastinations Handmade
Dang Good Leather

Festival Partners
The Shops of German and Princess St.

Hours determined by Individual Businesses

Creative Procrastinations & Whimsical Necessities

132 East German Street

Shepherdstown's beloved Fairy Shop. 
This is the shop run by Miss Emma (Organizer of The Shepherdstown Fairy Festival).  An extraordinary emporium offering a little bit of everything and something for everyone.

Badgerhound Studio & Gallery

110 West German Street

Art exhibits and workshops, original art and prints by Michael Davis and Miss Emily, Fox Daughter Tarot and Crochet.  Offering special events during the fairy festival weekend.

Shepherdstown Liquors

202 East Washington Street

Four Seasons Books

114 West German Street

On The Wings of Dreams

139 West German Street

          Once upon a time in Appalachia, there was a very special Traveling Show. It was made up of the strangest folk anyone ever saw. Straight out of storybooks they were, with pointed ears and gossamer wings, furry faces and tails that twitched, men with goat legs, even a mermaid. When they came to town, they brought the magic of Faerie with them: wishes could come true, animals could talk, the imaginary became real.

The Shepherdstown Fairy Festival is an immersive energetic experience of fairies, fairy tales, and folklore for people of all ages where you can hear live music, listen to magical stories, and interact with goblins, fairies, giants and other magical creatures.

For two days we'll be celebrating the beauty of Autumn and the magic of stories.​

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Photo of individual dressed as a Rosetti's (animal-like) goblin looking through vintage opera glasses.

Image Credit: Steve Parke

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