Hello, my darlings,
For decades now, I’ve had a front-row seat to both the magic and the mayhem of the Renaissance festival world. I’ve seen the triumphs, the heartbreaks, and the flat-out disasters that happen when people love this industry but don’t yet understand its rules.
And let me tell you: this industry has rules.
They’re not written down anywhere you can Google. They’re whispered from one coordinator to another, tested in the mud of build season, and buried in contracts and county permits that nobody bothered to explain.
👉🏻That means too many passionate founders, marketplace managers, and site managers wind up reinventing the wheel, or worse, repeating the mistakes of those who came before them.
I don’t want that for us. I don’t want that for you.
🌟My Vision for the Renaissance Faire Industry
I want our industry to be sustainable.
Not just this season, not just for one generation, but for the long haul.
I want shows to be designed with beauty and practicality.
I want vendors to invest with confidence instead of fear.
I want coordinators to have the tools to manage people (and all their drama) without losing their sanity.
Most of all, I want the Renaissance Faire industry to keep flourishing because the world needs this magic.
We’re not just selling turkey legs and trinkets. We are creating villages where people glimpse a different way of life, where imagination gets to breathe, where community feels real. That is worth protecting.
💎 Why The Foundry, and Why Now
After a lifetime of learning this business from the ground up, carpenter’s helper, booth designer, vendor, coordinator, builder, restaurateur, and now consultant, I’ve come to a simple truth:
If we want the industry to thrive, we have to stop gatekeeping the knowledge that keeps it running.
That’s why I built The Renfaire Foundry.
The Foundry is the resource I wish I had when I was thirty years old, standing in the Georgia clay, trying to explain to a county inspector why Halfwit Harbor stage needed different handrails than the deck code required. It’s what I wish my fellow vendors had when they were blindsided by construction costs or traffic flow nightmares.
It’s everything I’ve learned *the hard way and the expensive way* packaged into a place where you and your team can find answers before the fire starts, not after you’re already burning.
💎 What I Want For You
I want you to have fewer sleepless nights.
I want your teams to speak the same language.
I want your festival’s growth to feel intentional instead of accidental.
And I want you to succeed because every strong show strengthens the entire ecosystem.
When one faire gets it right, we all benefit.
So that’s why I’ve created the Renfaire Foundry. It’s not just a database. It’s not just my voice on a video. It’s a gathering place for the wisdom this industry has earned the hard way, so the next generation can step onto this stage with confidence.
Because my darlings, the show must go on, and if I can help light the way, then that is exactly what I intend to do.
⚜️ Welcome to The Renfaire Foundry.
Let’s build the future of this industry together.
