Local Festival Updates:

It was a fast winter and now here we are gearing up for our third event this summer. It has been fun to see old faces and meet new friends.


Below is a picture of our booth at the 2009 Harvest Festival:



Proposed Show and Festival Schedule for 2010: 
  • Utah Renaissance Faire, May 6, 7, 8 and 11, 12, & 13 in Ogden, UT
  • Happy Canyon Mountain Man Rendezvous, May 26- May 31
  • Crawford Pioneer Days, June 12 in Crawford, CO info at  www.crawfordcounty.org
  • Paonia Pilgrim Rendezvous, June
  • Paonia Cherry Days, July 2- 4, Paonia, CO info at www.paoniachamber.com
  • Bayou Salado Rendezvous July 21- July 24, Hartsel, CO info at www.burrodays.com
  • Pagosa Springs Renaissance and Pirate  Faire, July 17- July 18, Pagosa Springs, CO info at  www.visitpagosasprings.com
  • Crested Butte Mountain Man Rendezvous, July 30 - August 1, Crested Butte, CO
  • Ravenshire Palisade Renaissance Faire, August 13 - 15, Grand Junction, CO info at www.faires.com/ravenshire
  • Mancos Renaissance Faire, August 21- August 22, Mancos, CO info at www.mancosrenaissance.com
  • Como Mountain Man Rendezvous, August 23 - August 29, South of Hartsel, CO
  • Paonia Mountain Harvest Festival, September 23, 24, 25, 26, Paonia CO info at www.mountainharvestfestival.com
We are also looking at adding a couple more events in the fall if our schedule allows.

Great Gathering Updates:  Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or input on the Great Gathering. We would love to hear from you. We have our first helper committed to the cause.  Also, the rough date of Summer, 2011 has been set.  We want this event to be something look forward to and build towards.  We want folks of lesser means to be able to have a chance to get here.  We have picked a location in Western Colorado and will get more specific as time progresses.  Contact us at festivaloffreedom@gmail.com for more info or to get involved.

We think that this should become a "once every five years" sort of thing.  But tell us what you think.  With a lot of hard work we can make this a experience the world will remember, in a good way, forever.

Remember, People from everywhere CAN live together, can find ways to bridge differences, can exist with dignity, strength and love.




The Great Gathering of the Free Peoples of North America... It Will Happen

It's Getting Closer!!!

In response to the big business that is now arts and crafts festivals and in response to how separate the people of our nation, continent and world have become, we are looking to do two things. 

One, in our own front field, start a small, local festival that good people can get into and be original without paying a wad of cash.  We expect a lot of local authoritarian opposition, which would be contrary to our rights as a free people, but is all too common in this day and age.

The second thing, we have a dream of people from every walk of life, every corner of the nation and our neighboring nations getting together to share food and music, art and craft, culture and experience. This event we have declared as The Great Gathering of the Free People of North America (other continents welcome).  All Tribes, all Faiths, all People are welcome to attend.

To this one we expect opposition on all levels of government.  Remember, the government does not exist to help the people or protect the people; its sole purpose now is to perpetuate its own authority and existence.  It is time people remember that it is OUR government, conceived in Liberty.  This Great Gathering WILL NOT ask or beg for permission; it will occur because FREE People so choose it to occur.  There will not be fees or organization.  We believe that Free people can self-regulate, can be responsible and deserve their absolute self autonomy.

We understand that there are some events that claim to do this, but the message has been lost and corrupted, drugged and made too exclusive. The people who were "fighting" the establishment, now ARE the establishment. This is NOT the Rainbow Family thing.  We welcome all those who would come with a positive Light in their hearts and respect for themselves, others and the world around us.

BRING ON THE GATHERING!!!  Look for it in Western Colorado, sometime during the Summer of 2011.  We will have more on this as time progresses.  But plan on it, it WILL happen.  Bring you and your family, friends, neighbors!  Bring your Art, Music, Food and Culture!  Bring your dignity, strength, love and FREEDOM!  We can live together, we can get along, we can be positive!  WE can stop destroying ourselves, others, ideas and the world!

We will update this page as things develop.  Please contact us at festival@dragonmooncrafts or festivaloffreedom@gmail.com with ideas or ways to help bring back an event in which PEOPLE matter!

Below is a picture of our booth at the 2010 Ogden, UT Renaissance and Pirate Faire.