Vakkotaur

I've mentioned that a faire in Sioux Falls, SD and a faire in Waterloo, IA happen to conflict in 2004. Yesterday, another faire - this one in Elk River[1], MN announced they would have a five(!) weekend run starting on the same weekend as Sioux Falls and Waterloo.

But wait, there's more! Not only that, now another faire in the Twin Cities area has just announced a four(!) weekend run also starting on the very same weekend as the other three.

So now four faires not all that far apart will be on the same initial weekend, and the two with longer runs are closest to each other and conflicting all along (except for the final weekend of Elk River, which is July 3-4 of all times).

The Elk River and Twin Cities faires are the fission products of Rosenthorne, so some of this is expected, but still. Sheesh.

[1] Northwest of the Twin Cities by not all that much. And for more fun, they're calling themselves the Stirling Renaissance Faire, so it sounds like Sterling as well.