Trick or Treating in the Shire

Young visitors are invited to perform tricks to collect treats! Pick up your Shire Trick-or-Treat bag at the Informistress Booth. A map will be provided indicating which locations should not be missed to fill your bag with sweets and surprises!

Children's Halloween Costume Contest

Whether you are a pirate, princess or creature of the night, come show off all your finery for Queen Elizabeth and her Court!

Adult Costume Contest

Come flaunt your favorite costume in the Halloween Costume Contest! Participants are encouraged to wear their most creative home-fashioned costumes for fantastic prizes!

Terrible Touchy Boxes

Do you dare reach inside to discover the scary contents collected by the Shire gravedigger?

Halloween Treasure Hunt

A spooky treasure has been buried upon the Shire, and the Queen needs YOUR help retrieving it. Visit the Informistress Booth inside the Castle Gates for your treasure map. After finding all the clues, proceed to the Chess Board at 5 of the clock to speak the secret password and open the treasure chest.

Bandit Queens

The Bandit Queens are a seriously capable bellydance and music ensemble, fronted by the ‘Lucille Ball of Bellydance’, international performer and instructor Madame Onça. These artists have entertained enthusiastic mobs across the New World, creating a rapscallion’s mix of acrobatic bellydance, hilarious and virtuostic percussion, sword-dancing, saloon-tinged comedy, audience interaction, fire-eating, and family-friendly sideshow antics. In the epic three-way battle between Beauty, Danger & Bad Decisions, who will win?

Rising Regina

An exceptionally versatile band, Rising Reginas sound incorporates the best of American roots music including rock, folk, blues, jazz, bluegrass and Celtic. The band has played in many high profile venues and festivals and shared the stage with such diverse artists as Enter The Haggis, The Clarks, Guggenheim Grotto, Kaj, The Weathered Road, and Brewers Row. With their percussive, roots rock sound, tight harmonies, and upbeat, irresistible arrangements, Rising Regina will move you!

Terra Serpentis

Forged from a source of modern underground music, ethereal textures, and Europe’s neo-medieval music scene – Terra Serpentis originally began as a solo/experimental project merging thick and dark atmospheres with historical instruments. It has since grown into a fully operational recording and live project that seeks to capture the essence of middle-ages, ancient, and tribal music. While the project is comparatively young all the band members hail from various areas of performance, music, and art – each bringing a unique set of skills and having a cumulative experience of over 20 years on stage and in the studio.