I may have to venture out!

[missdiane]

This Saturday is supposed to be far more reasonable by only getting into the mid-80s. I might have to see if I can find my parasol to shade from the sun and have my portable fan charged up but I might have to do this cool-as-hell sounding local event just several blocks down the street. I mean check out that picture from the last one! Check out the promo details:

What is ROT FEST? It's Ren Fair and Wasteland and Comic Con and The Highland Games. It's sword-fighting and fire-spitting, It's winning an award for the most extravagant beard or for throwing a truck tire farther than anyone else. It's author readings and live music. Collectibles, antiques, vintage clothing, and trading cards. It's cosplay. It's taxidermy and outsider art. Pre-war motorcycles and hot rods. It's blacksmithing and glass blowing. It's raconteurs and roustabouts. Rotgut and goblin pulp. It's Neil Gaiman and Dr. Who, Hellboy and Spirited Away. It's Mad Max. It's Diagon Alley meets Burning Man. It's books, books, and more books.
Why just R.O.T., when you can R.O.T. (&) FEST(er).

Hell, I'd be in it for glass blowing alone. I'm a glass loving nut

Comments

[halfmoon_mollie1]

Well... I hate crowds, but this might be fun.

[missdiane]

I have a crowd fear too but this seems SO cool. That and I've been to the Friday farmers market in the same location and there's plenty of room to move around

[spiffikins]

That sounds so cool!

[missdiane]

Check the details!
VENDORS/ARTISTS:
The Rac-On-Tour (of course): curated used book caravan built on the back of a '53 International flatbed.
Chris T. (The Nihilistics, Missing Foundation, CBS, NPR, SiriusXM, WFMU, WNYC, Writer/Producer) brings you THAT CAVE: Man Cave & More! Antiques • Books • Collectibles • Electronics • Guitars/Amps/Effects • Hand Tools • Hi-Fi • Lighters • Old Paper • Vintage Toys • Vintage Clothes, etc. Many cool, interesting & useful items – no junk.

JAVASMUGGLERS (Made Bold for Real Coffee Drinkers): Boutique coffees/teas/juices from a theatrically renovated short bus.

TACO TIME MACHINE: a dimensionally transcendental taco trailer that sells tacos, sure, but also sci-fi pbs and Star Wars figurines. With analog technology and a star chart.

PERFORMANCES:
12:30 PM - KARNEVIL SIDE SHOW: Classic carnival feats of pain proof daring and wonder (including bed of nails, ladder of blades, human blockhead, straitjacket escape, and more).
12:45 PM - JILLY MATJE: Singer/Songwriter. Original folk pop.
1:30 PM - Chris T's Truck Suit: More soon.
1:45 PM - KARNEVIL: Classic carnival feats of pain proof daring and wonder (including bed of nails, ladder of blades, human blockhead, straitjacket escape, and more).
2 PM - THE SENSATIONAL COUNTRY BLUES WONDERS: Psychedelic cowboy country w. nods to gospel, blues, and punk.
3 PM - KARNEVIL: Classic carnival feats of pain proof daring and wonder (including bed of nails, ladder of blades, human blockhead, straitjacket escape, and more).
3:15 PM- COLD SNAP: Join me and a shiver of talented young writers as we read weird wintry stories guaranteed to chill your bones. Perfect for a hot day. With Aparna Ragupathi, Maria Zhang, Ben Rivera Torres, Yash Balaji, and yours truly. Plus special guests: horror punk author Carol Gyzander and bareknuckle barbarian Teel James Glenn.
4:15 PM - CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN: Dubbed a "horror-drunk storytelling virtuoso master idiot" (Time Out New York), Clay McLeod Chapman has written for The Avengers, Spiderman, and Scott Snyder's American Vampire. His "I Walked with a Spider" (Marvel) was a top ten bestselling comic book and he created a Venomized Deadpool (aka Venompool) for "Edge of the Venom-verse" #5. Clay's six issue zombie series, Self Storage, described as "Storage Wars meets The Walking Dead," was turned into an "augmented reality comic" by director Michael Bay. His campfire anthologies, Nothing Untoward and Rest Area, collect tales of fear and trembling from his long-running, Off Broadway theatrical event, The Pumpkin Pie Show, which "channels the spirit of Lovecraft" (New York Times). His film, The Boy (from his novel, Miss Corpus), about a nine year old sociopath, stars Rainn Wilson (The Office) and David Morse (World War Z). The New York Times called it "remarkable," "gorgeous," and "stunning to behold." His recent novel, The Remaking, was called "ambitious" (Guardian), "terrifying" (Library Journal), a "masterpiece," (Kirkus), and a "chilling page-turner" (Fangoria); his next novel, Whisper Down the Lane, out in pb only just, has been called "spellbinding" (Publishers Weekly, starred), "a clever, creepy roller-coaster ride" (Library Journal), "a well-crafted thriller" (New York Journal of Books), and "ruthlessly compelling... a truly diabolical nightmare that daylight can’t dispel" (Ramsey Campbell); and his forthcoming Ghosteaters has already been called "an addicting Gothic punk graveyard tale" (Chuck Wendig). He recently co-authored the middle grade novel Wendell and Wild with Nightmare Before Christmas director Henry Selick, and Unknown, his psychological horror anthology television series, is upcoming on Amazon.
4:30 PM - KARNEVIL: Classic carnival feats of pain proof daring and wonder (including bed of nails, ladder of blades, human blockhead, straitjacket escape, and more).
4:45 - SAMMI JAMES (& CO): The host of the LGBTQ/ally comedy show Queerly Comedic, Sammie James invites you to join her on a journey as she takes you through the life of a 6’3 queer androgynous tomboy trans woman poking fun at everything she can think of. With special guests: Tiz, Tan Hoang, Martin Mgidi, Kate Nichols, and Mellissa Jouben.
5:30 PM - NEEDLEZ: Fire performance, includes eating, spitting, and other skills based on juggling, baton twirling, poi spinning, and object manipulation.

CONTESTS:
TIRE TOSS - How far can you toss a sixty pound tire with a 5-lug rim? Farthest throw gets bragging rights and ROT bux.
DARTS - Hit the cork on the side of our truck and win ROT bux.
GALAGA - Beat the ROT's high score on our Galaga arcade cabinet and win, you guessed it, ROT bux.