St. Augustine’s Faire 2026

Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1505 Codex on the Flight of Birds

It Flies Through the Air

August 14-16

Grafton Community Center, 202 6th Avenue, Grafton, IA

  • https://www.graftoniowa.com/community-center/
  • WARNING: some GPS have routed people coming from the east through St. Ansgar which is a little out of the way.

Fees:

  • Adult Site Fee: $20
  • Adult Member Discount: $10
  • Children 6-17: $5 (younger children free)
  • Merchants: no extra fee (we have tables for indoors)
  • Tent Camping: free (Friday night to Sunday morning)
  • Electrical Camping: $15/night (six sites, contact the event steward to reserve
    • claimed so far (S&S, St, V&K, Sh?)
  • Inns: free-will donation
  • Feast: $10 (at least 40 seats)
  • Cash or checks, no credit cards

This is a DRY site (liquor license issues).

  • Leashed pets welcome, but OUTSIDE only.
  • Unfortunately, there are no showers on-site
  • Above-ground fires permitted

Activities: Food! Arts & Sciences, Merchants, Archery, Thrown Weapons, Fighting (space for Bardic if desired)

Event Steward:

  • Mistress Juliana Macnayre

Tentative Schedule (full schedule below):

  • Friday afternoon – unofficially opens for set-up and camping
  • Saturday 8:30 am – Breakfast Inn
  • 9 am – Troll/Gate opens
  • 10 am – most activities start
  • 11:30 am – Lunch Inn opens
  • 3:30 pm – A&S Competitions judged
  • 4:30 pm – final bids for Silent Auction
  • 7 pm – Feast
  • Sunday – Brunch Inn, tear down/clean up

Food:

  • Inns (Breakfast and Lunch, menu below) Lord Randall Beaumont
  • Feast (Saturday evening, menu below) HL Anastasia da Carrara
  • Off-site Food at the Gobbler’s Roost (open Fri/Sat evenings and Sunday brunch) – https://gobblersroost.com/

A&S:

  • Warp Your Box Loom: Bring your own box loom, tablets or heddle, and yarn to learn how to warp it up correctly for your projects. Rebeca la Chienne will bring a couple different options for measuring your warps to the appropriate length, but if you have a board or peg, please bring it with you.
  • Heraldic Consult table
  • Craft Corner/Parallel Play area
  • Kite-making area
  • Pre-Print Painting Table?
  • Games area/s – Goose, Shut-the-Box, Gluckshaus…
  • Competitions –
    • Largesse Derby – Every entrant makes at least 6 “identical” items of largesse. After judging, the winner gets one of every entry. Then every other entrant can pick a single entry to keep. And the Crown gets everything left over. Populace choice. Sponsored by Brigida.
    • Hedgehog in any Medium. Sponsored by Juliana.
  • Classes:
  • In Charge: Lady Brighid Eilifrsdottir

Martialiate: Archery & Thrown Weapons:

  • Archery MIC: Lord Gobbán Mac Roibeáird
  • Saturday:
  • 10 a.m. Inspection/warm up
  • 11 a.m. Of Fool and Fowl
  • Noon Lunchtime!
  • 1 p.m. Pigeon Hunt
  • 3 p.m. 50 Cent Shoot/Open Range

  • Thrown Weapons: Lady Avelyn Carbery, Mistress Juliana Macnayre
  • Friday – Movie Trivia Throw – 7pm to 9pm: test of movie knowledge and axe throwing. Popcorn, candy and prizes.
  • Saturday:
  • 9 am- Range open
  • 9-12 Open throwing
  • 12-1 Lunch break
  • 1-2 Open throwing
  • 2-4 Don’t Wake the Dragon (prize?)
  • All day drop-in tournament any time the range is open: 6 axes & 6 knives for score. Top score wins a set of 3 plumbatas (alternate prize if under 18 years old)

  • Sunday- Um, no. Fun’s over. You go home now.

Martialate: Rattan and Steel:

  • Steele MIC: Lady Gisele de la Fontaine
  • 9:30 a.m. Inspections
  • 10a.m. Dice Tourney. mixed weapons
  • Followed by pickups for anyone wanting to try spears
  • Afternoon Raid the Henhouse melee scenario

  • Rattan MIC: HL Lennox
  • 9:30 a.m. Inspections followed by pickups.
  • 11a.m. or when Steele tourney done. No Shield Tourney
  • Afternoon: Melees if numbers and desire

Merchants (indoor air-conditioned, tentative options):

  • Brighid’s Barter Basket
  • Chasing Squirrels – miscellaneous crafty things by Sheri of Coeur d’Ennui
  • Thistlewood Manor – wonderful soaps and more. http://www.thistlewoodmanorsoap.com/
  • Fundraiser/Silent Auction, proceeds to go to “Beds for Kids”
  • Merchant/Auction Coordinator: Lady Brighid Eilifrsdottir
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Inn, Breakfast Menu (subject to change)

  • Bacon, sausage, egg , cheese runzas
  • Instant oatmeal packets
  • Yogurt bar
  • Fresh fruit
  • Mini-quiches
  • Hard boiled eggs
  • Juice
  • *NG = No Gluten-containing ingredients, may have cross-contamination
Runzas

Inn, Noon Menu (subject to change)

  • Runzas: Beef. BBQ chicken. Mushroom and onion. Others?
  • NG Build-your-own soup: vegan vegetable soup base; with rice noodles, chicken, and/or beef to taste.
  • Yogurt bar
  • Cheeses
  • Pickled veggies
  • Bread and crackers
  • Animal crackers and frosting
  • NG ‘Nilla crisps and NG frosting

Available all day

  • Coffee. Lemonade. Water. Teas. Hot water will be available.

Feast:

  • At table:
  • 1st Course: Fruit Fliers, Will’s Target, Evil Baby Birds, Cow Frisbees, Lambert Bread, No Frills Flight Butter, Bee Butter
  • 2nd Course: When Pigs Fly, Cooked Willam Tell, Green Spears, Pickled Partridge Sauce, Winnowed Grains
  • 3rd Course: Poultry in Motion, Butterfly Pasta, Umbrella Sauce, Grounded Veggies
  • 4th Course: Heavenly Bread, Plumbata Sauce, Bird Food, Bee Nut Cookies, Shoofly
  • Questions about ingredients? Contact Stasi: jerilynwaldschmidt@gmail.com