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Welcome to the fantasy

Why?  For Whom?
8pm, November 19, 2022 at Westminster Hall, Baltimore
Doors Open at 8pm
There will be Dancing to Brinjal, a Fairy Court to close the Seelie, or Summer Fae, where  King  J'Vonte may give or receive Gifts, the Royal Bards will sing, and We will ask for a Costume Parade. The Power of the Faerie Kingdom of Baltimore will be transferred to Queene Naimah, Unseelie ruler of the Winter months.
The Big Band will play for your dancing Pleasure! All night the photo booth will be open in the Unseelie Balcony and Vendors of magical crafts will be present. There will be Wine.
At last the Unseelie Queene will hold her Court and gifts to her include a Dance by the Contessa.
Queene Naimah will oversee the Costume Contest Winners.
Will you take home a Prize?

Far from the streets you know, yet right here beside you, lies a world of enchantment. Gone will be the Summer Fae, for the Winter Fae are come! On this night, the Unseelie Court takes over. Come to dance, come to laugh, come to mingle with those of other races: Elves, Mermaids, Faeries, Gnomes... Goblins, Orcs and Trolls are all invited... to dance into the night.
Tickets from $35-$110- scroll down for tickets.
 Tickets start at $35 in advance. If tickets are available at the door, they will cost more.

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Westminster Hall Dance Floor

TICKETS

Tour of the Catacombs available!

Dance on the original wooden floors, walk the Burying Grounds of Edgar Allan Poe, and heroes of the American Revolution & War of 1812! Optional tours of the Catacombs available!  See the fully-restored 1882 Johnson pipe organ.  Enjoy Live Music, Costume Contest, Faerie Court, and a dozen Vendors! Wear your FINERY! Come experience ancient Westminster Hall.
Don't have a Costume? Vendors standing by. There will be 2 Courts, as King J'Vonte' steps down, and the Unseelie King or Queene takes the throne.  Witches and Poets are invited! Costumes that please the Faerie Court will be rewarded.

World Music band Brinjal plays pulsing and lyrical songs from Nations real and Imagined. Fresh from playing Maryland Ren Faire, Culturefest, and Cleveland Pagan Pride!

  The human Clipper City Crew Band (formerly Big Band Theory of Baltimore) will move your feet!
Think Pre-Modern Jukebox!  We all love that full horn sound of a big band! With music from the 20's to today; they will make you dance. Whether you want to or not. It IS  faerie party after all. We hope your shoes aren't too tight.

Noble Patron of the Fairy Court: A Ticket to the Ball, Your Name in the Program, a Photographic Portrait With Whichever Court you Prefer, Seelie or Unseelie and a Tour of the Catacombs, and a glass of Amontillado. You will also be announced by any title you choose as you enter. Please have your Name and Title typed on a card to be read by the Herald. $105 now/110  later
The Ticket Fortunado: A Ticket to the Ball, a Tour of the Catacombs, and a glass of Amontillado. You will also be announced by any title you choose as you enter. Please have your Name and Title typed on a card to be read by the Herald. $65 now/70 later
Eye of Newt: Ticket to the Ball.  $35 now/40 later.

Tickets

 Our Sponsors:
Joanna Barnum: ILLUSTRATION & FINE ART IN WATERCOLOR, Emotional Portraits, Dark Fantasy, Halloween Joy
Royal Rabbit Vineyards: Enjoy our world class wines crafted in small lots from our own grapes!
AND: The American Eldritch Society for the Preservation of Hearsay and Rumor - creating the Printed Program!

Last Court of the Seelie King J'Vonte' Lee - who will be crowned next?

Former Queene Rosa Moscato, picture taken at an earlier Fairy Scary Ball

Countess Camilla Noir can tell your Fortune