We have our first Green Light from the City of Gloucester! Friday, May 3 2013 

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Yesterday, Bumbly Phinn (the director), myself (co-director/marketing girl), John Pettibone (curator of Hammond Castle), as well as Linda and Jay who work at Hammond Castle were asked to attend a City Meeting in Gloucester to meet with their new “Special Event” committee.

 

It took a while (okay, almost an hour) to have us discuss our event (Abbadia Mare Festival at Hammond Castle) – but I was asked to go up to the table with John P.  When it was my turn to talk, I discussed what the event would be (and I used the old 7 second approach) – A Renaissance Festival that is located on Hammond Castle grounds that will be going on July 27th and 28th from 11 am to 5 pm, that we would have Knights in shining armor battling it out (that are fully insured), Belly dancers (I brought that directly to the attention of the Police Chief – who by the way, the cop that was there last year decided on coming back both days due to our lovely ladies that did belly dancing…) Music, Magic and more.

We got the GREEN LIGHT!!! 

Now we just have one more meeting to go, with the licensing board and then we should be good to GO!   Huzzah!!!

We do have one minor glitch issue that we now need to find a Gloucester, MA Food vendor!  IF that is YOU or you know of someone that might be interested, please have them contact us as soon as possible!

Huzzah!!!

 

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NEWS!!! Change of Date due to parking situation in Gloucester! Wednesday, Mar 27 2013 

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NEWS!!!  The date of the event for Abbadia Mare Renaissance Festival has changed due to the parking situation in Gloucester!  We are now going to go on for July 27th and 28th of 2013!  The hours are still the same from 11 am to 5 pm each day with tickets at $15 for adults, $10 for kids ages 5 – 10 and kids ages 4 and under are FREE!!!  Parking will be located at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester for an additional $15 per vehicle but there is FREE busing provided!

We have asked all of our vendors and performers that were coming to our event, and we’ve had a good response so far! Most of the vendors that signed up already will be there the 27th and 28th of July!  We’ve had a good response with the performers as well so you will be well entertained!

We thank all of our supporters, fans, and friends for your understanding of our situation and hope you can attend our Faire!  HUZZAH!

 

While we are waiting, here are some vendors that are coming this season Tuesday, Feb 26 2013 

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While we are patiently waiting on July to come around (and let me tell you, if you live in the New England area this time of year, we can’t wait for the summertime!) – and also to hear back about the parking situation (trust me, we are working diligently on that!) – here are some vendors that are going to be at Abbadia Mare Festival this season for our Third Year!

More should be coming hopefully soon :D   As soon as we get word about the parking you will be ALL in the loop!

HUZZAH!!!

 

We will be going on for TWO weekends in July of 2013! Friday, Feb 15 2013 

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The Castle has requested that we do a two weekend event this July!

So, we are currently on the hunt for parking location for both weekends (and yes, our marketing coordinator has a few leads already, but will look into any/all suggestions) ;)

In the meantime, the dates of this two weekend event will be July 13th/14th and again July 20th/21st.  Time will be from 11 to 5 each day and tickets will be: $15 for adults, $10 for kids from ages 5-10.  Kids ages 4 and under will be FREE!

We’ll have some of our familiar vendors but you will see some new faces too!  We’d like to take this chance to welcome our new food vendor – Sillie Eventures- Sillie Puffs http://www.sillieeventures.com/ – :D

More information will come hopefully shortly!

Stay tuned! :D

 

Starting to get ready for 2013 season! July 20th/21st will be the dates! Tuesday, Jan 15 2013 

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Well, it’s the start of a fresh new year and a new season for Abbadia Mare Renaissance Festival that will be happening this July of 2013 on the 20th and 21st!  It seems so far away from now in this somewhat strange winter we are having…but before you know it, July will be right around the corner!

In fact, Hammond Castle WILL be open for School Vacation this February (http://www.hammondcastle.org) – From their website -

HAMMOND CASTLE MUSEUM is closed for the winter with the exception of February School Vacation week.  We will be open (WEATHER CONDITIONS PERMITTING)

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 21

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 24

11 AM to 4 PM

with special programming each of those days

at 1:30 PM

February 16 and 17 … John Hays Hammond Jr. his life, his collection

February 20 and 21 … Arms and Armour of Europe

February 22 … Knighting Ceremony in candlelit Great Hall

February 23 and 24 … John Hays Hammond Jr. his life, his collection

 Regular admission fees apply to these special programs

If you have never been to the Castle, you really need to consider going especially IF you live here in MA!   It’s an amazing place to visit and your kids (especially if they are boys) will LOVE IT!

In the meantime, we’re getting ready to meet for our first rehearsal, and we already have a few vendors that have applied like Cornerstone Creations, Lady Lethal and MoonDragon Designs (so far).

We’ll keep you in the loop when there are more updates!

 

Happy Christmas & update from last July – Holiday ideas from us to you from the vendors we had Friday, Nov 30 2012 

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So, if you didn’t make it last July to Abbadia Mare Renaissance Festival, you missed a wonderful time, some new exciting acts and a few new vendors!

Hammond Castle informed us that we did double the number of attendance from the previous year (and this included the small incidents that happened and thanks to our amazingly hard working cast and crew were on top of in seconds!) and they were so happy that they invited us to come back for Year 3!  This will now be happening July 20th-21st of 2013 from 11 am to 5 pm with more details to come probably after the Holiday season!

In the meantime, here are a few ideas to get you or your loved ones this Christmas or Hanukkah (or Yule, or whatever it is you celebrate):

That’s just some ideas!  We’ll post again after the Holidays are over!  We hope you and your family have a blessed season and joy!

 

As of tomorrow – 2 weekends to GO! Last Update! Friday, Jul 6 2012 

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This will be the final update for this blog as we only have two more weeks to go before Abbadia Mare Renaissance Festival to benefit Hammond Castle (http://www.hammondcastle.org) located in Gloucester, MA at 80 Hesperus Avenue.

We certainly hope that you and your friends and family come out to enjoy much merriment that is sure to happen for this event!

Remember, tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for kids ages 5 – 12, and kids under 4 are Free! Parking is an additional $15 per vehicle and that is located at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester, MA.

Tours of Hammond Castle will also be available during the Festival.

The Vendors for this season will be:

  1. Antika Nueva – http://www.antikanueva.com
  2. Ironwood Artisans – http://www.ironwoodartisans.com
  3. WolfsHead Whatever – http://www.etsy.com/shop/wolfsheadwhatever
  4. BlackSwann Masques – http://www.blackswannmasques.com
  5. Parrish Relics – http://www.parrishrelics.com
  6. PupDog Pottery/DeepWater Dye Works – http://www.pupdogpottery.com/category/notes-from-the-wheel-mistress/ and http://deepwaterdyeworks.com/?page_id=2
  7. Esme’s Heart Pockets – http://www.esmesheartpockets.com/esmesheartpockets.com/Home.html
  8. Cucina Aurora – http://dawnthekitchenwitch.com/
  9. The Stone Lady - http://thestonelady.net/
  10. Poetic Earth – http://www.poeticearthjournals.com/
  11. Cornerstone Creations - http://stores.ebay.com/Petes-Cornerstone-Creations
  12. MoonDragon Designs – http://www.moondragondesigns.com/store/
  13. Bonnie Weaver – demonstrations of hand woven material on a real wooden loom
  14. Silvermane/Tintagels Gate – http://www.silvermane.com/acatalog/index2.html
  15. Emazanti Creations – hand made Renaissance garb/attire for men and women
  16. Diamonds and Dinosaurs – gems
  17. Resa Nelson – author - http://www.resanelson.com/ 
  18. Lady Feyline Fantastickal Faces - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lady-Feylines-Fantastickal-Faces/104348576263708?v=wall
  19. Lady Lethal Chain Mail – http://www.ladylethalchainmail.com/default.html

Don’t forget we’ll also have plenty of entertainment from Knights in shining armor, Belly Dancers, music, magic and so much more!

Huzzah to our second year – Hope to see you there!

 

Countdown time is here – and few more updates! Friday, Jun 22 2012 

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As of yesterday, June 21st, we are a month to go before our wonderful event happens again for Hammond Castle Museum.  We just got the green light from the City of Gloucester on June 19th, so there were a few minor delays, but we’ve done our best to straighten things out!

We have a few more vendors coming in:

Poetic Earth Journals – http://www.poeticearth.com  NEW – they make beautiful hand made leather journals and bags.

Lady Lethal Chain Mail – http://www.ladylethalchainmail.com/ – chain mail

Diamonds and Dinosaurs – gems and rocks and jewelry

NOT CONFIRMED YET, but we believe are coming:

Cucina Aurora http://dawnthekitchenwitch.com/ yummy oils and dips – possible sandwiches

Lady Feyline’s Fantastical Faces – face painting

 

All in all 18 vendors :D   The Map of where all the vendors are located  is up as well on our website which you can find here: http://www.abbadiamarefestival.com/map.html

We’re getting ready for the countdown and we hope to see you there – we will post one more time before this amazing event goes on.

 

Renaissance Festival to storm Hammond Castle a second year Wednesday, Jun 6 2012 

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PRESS RELEASE

Contact: PhinnVolt Enterprises

44 Main Street, #13

North Reading, MA

http://www.abbadiamarefestival.com

abbadiamarefestival@gmail.com

Name: Gia Volterra de Saulnier

Renaissance Festival to storm Hammond Castle a second year

Abbadia Mare Renaissance Festival year 2

By: Gia Volterra de Saulnier

June 6, 2012 :Gloucester, MA –PhinnVolt Enterprises and The Hammond Castle Museum in Gloucester, MA are proud to announce the second year of Abbadia Mare Renaissance Festival for the second year!

From July 21st to July 22nd, Hammond Castle Museum will be transported back in time to 1600s with maidens, knights in shining armor and music from that time period.  Humor, fantastic food (provided by Nourish Lexington – http://www.nourishlexington.com), live music, Knights in full armor battling it out and so much more for you and your family to enjoy both days of this fantastic event.

PhinnVolt Enterprise’s Director Richard Saulnier and his wife Gia are thrilled about helping promote such a historic landmark, “We are just so delighted that Hammond Castle has given us another incredible opportunity.” Gia Saulnier stated.  “Since the first year was such a success, the Castle is extremely excited to do this year”  Her husband Richard agrees “Since we are doing it again, the Castle seems to be doing better and we hope that it continues to do so.”

There are 18 vendors coming to this event, including: Silvermane http://www.silvermane.com/acatalog/index2.html , The Stone Lady http://thestonelady.net/ and much more.

There are also 12 performers confirmed which includes: The Neville Companye http://www.rainasmind.com/neville/index.shtml  doing hand to hand combat in shining armor, Misfits of Avalon http://www.misfitsofavalon.com/ , The Harper and the Minstrel http://www.theharperandtheminstrel.com/ (for one day) are a few mentioned. There will also be fabulous food from Nourish Lexington, http://www.nourishlexington.com/, along amazing frozen lemonade from Del’s Lemonade and Kettle corn from The Kettle Master.

The two day event will be from July 21st and 22nd of 2012 from 11 am to 5 pm each day.  Admission is $15.00 for adults and $10.00 for kids ages 5 – 12 and kids under 4 will be free.  Parking will be located at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester for a fee of $15 will be charged per car to park and that a free shuttle bus will be taking visitors to the Faire at the castle.  People may not park at the castle or on Hesperus Avenue as they will be ticketed and towed, and that the Museum and PhinnVolt Enterprises are not responsible to pay their fines and towing fees.

For more information about the event, please go to the website at http://www.abbadiamarefestival.com

 

After today – less than a month to go! Updates! Thursday, May 31 2012 

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So, finally we have some updates, and we’re planning on meeting with The City of Gloucester after June 15th to discuss this event.

In the meantime, we can tell you the few updates that we have:

For vendors:

  • Mehndi Spirithttp://mehndispirit.webs.com/ that does an amazing job with hand painted Henna (all natural)
  • Dell’s Lemonade- frozen lemonade & watermelon drinks – need I say more?
  • Kettle Master - Kettle Corn – fresh and HOT!

For performers we’re adding a returning group:

Diabolis in Musica  : This group has medieval type instruments and takes Rock and Roll to a Medieval level…yeah…they are fun!

More details will be coming very shortly so stay tuned!  We’ll also have the press release ready to go once the City gives us the green light (which we are hoping does happen).

 

 

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