Tales of a Technogypsie

Stonehenge Festival, a set on Flickr. Via Flickr: The Summer Solstice Stonehenge Celebration at Stonehenge, Salisbury, England, UK. June 20-21, 2012. To learn more about Stonehenge, visit my page at: www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=126 In the near future, photos and articles relating to the 2012 festival will be posted here (estimated July 2012) www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=3365 Photos by Leaf McGowan [...]

Shakefest 2012May 26-27th, 2012 * Charleville Castle * Tullamore * Ireland * Shakefest.net * This year will be Shakefest’s “7th” Annual Dance and multi-cultural festival held at the historic epic Charleville Castle. The festival grounds is starting to bustle with activity as preparations are in the flow to welcome local and international community, visitors, friends, [...]

This year, Technogypsie Productions, Pirate Relief, and The Tree Leaves’ Oracle & Folk Fellowship are helping with the production of “Shakefest by creating a children’s (and adults) fun area as the “Faerie Glen” with a Wishing Well, Rag Tree, and a Madhatter’s Tea Party and much much more. After hours, we’ll be doing a sorta- [...]

The Saturday March 17, 2012 St. Patrick’s Day Festival and Parade in Dublin, Ireland. Video clips of various Steampunk themed art and floats presented in the Parade.

http://www.dragonofshandon.com/ * Dragon of Shandon Samhain Parade in Cork, Ireland on Halloween * Monday, October 31, 2011. This year’s parade featured creations from hundreds of community group participants, Irelands largest articulated sellotape Dragon, scary characters, musicians and an illuminated river parade by Naomhóga Chorcaí and Meithal Mara up the River Lee.

Lake Light Sculpture* www.lakelightsculpture.com.au, Lake Jindabyne, New South Wales, Australia * This giant round metal artistic ball sculpture was a bit of intrigue for me and Marco as we drove by it while travelling from Cooma to Lake Jindabyne. “What in the world?” as it was fenced off and located in the middle of nowhere. [...]

I’m tagging many movers and shakers from various communities, event coordinators, festival planners, discussion group organizers, entertainers, and/or vendors because I think this may be beneficial to you from one organizer / entertainer / and vendor to another. However, I realize I may be stepping on the toes of some who don’t agree with my [...]

Brethrencon 2010 ~ A Pirate’s Life For Me! * Denver Airport Marriott * 16455 E. 40th Circle * Aurora / Denver, Colorado * http://www.brethrencon.com/ * Phone: 720-841-8959 * Email: captaindrake@sunkenbones.com * A first ever Pirate Conference in the Rocky Mountains’ Metropolis “Denver, Colorado”. Hosted at the Airport Marriott in the suburb of Aurora, pirates and [...]

Excellent Adventure Excellent Adventure* Burning Man 2010 * Black Rock City, Nevada * Contact: bm10 (at) carbonworkshop (dot) com * A art piece near the Temple of Flux stands voice-reacive audio-visual laser-blastin’ phone booths created by Gustavo Huber and Shelly Brown of Carbon Workshop. In tribute to the time travelling “Bill and Teds Most Excellent [...]

The Temple of Flux Burning Man 2010 * Black Rock City, Nevada * www.temple2010.org * Designed and constructed by Rebecca Anders, Jessica Hobbs, Peter Kimmelman and their crew from Berkeley, California. This year’s temple stands as a counter-monument rather than the usual Burning Man temple that echoes the churches and mosques of history. It serves [...]

Saturday at the Burn 2010: Bodypainting, Dust Storms, Art, Music Saturday, 4 September 2010 * Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada, United States of America * Awakening with a bit of a hangover, Sir Thomas Leaf set out to open up the Tree Leaves Body Painting Station before setting out for his day. He wandered [...]

Thunderdome / Death Guild * Burning Man * Black Rock City, Nevada * http://www.deathguildthunderdome.com/ * Every year many Burners look forward to the infamous “Thunderdome”, the interactive art project of San Francisco’s famed “Death Guild”. It is one of Burning Man’s most famous landmarks and one of its most exciting projects/theme camps. Operating for 6 [...]

Burning Man 2010: Metropolis * Black Rock City, Nevada * Monday, 30 August 2010 through Monday 6 September 2010 * Every year, in the heart of the Nevada Desert, a city known as Black Rock City is constructed to host the Burning Man Festival. It is a human created world with a dream of teaching [...]

Thursday at the Burn 2010: Goddesses, Bodypainting, Playa, & Thunderdome Thursday, 2 September 2010 * Utah-Nevada, United States of America * Sir Thomas Leaf awoke and setup the Body Painting Station. Lots of wanderers coming in to get painted and painting each other when Leaf was gone. Leaf took a wander-a-bout in search of his [...]

Burning Man Festival Black Rock City, Nevada Burning Man is a week long arts and entertainment, sustainable and self-reliance festival that occurs every year embracing Labor Day. From 1986 until 1989 there was a Summer Solstice bonfire ritual held on Baker Beach in San Francisco by Larry Harvey, Jerry James, and their friends. Here they [...]

“The British Tree Leaf”a.k.a. The Tree Leaves’ Merchanting or Bodypainting Camp Tent 2001 C.E. to Present. : It was in 2001 that Sir Thomas Leaf was blessed with this new festival tent. The tent was created by the infamous seamstress “Bonefinder” for Leaf in Vancouver, British Columbia. It consists of a historic British Columbia Forestry [...]

Packing Up For Burning Man … 29 August 2010 * Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America * Sir Thomas Leaf arose early to drag out his festival tent, Burning Man survival gear, equipment, and camping supplies. This was the first time he would be taking his new (well very old, but new to him) [...]

Radio London Radio London @ the 2010 Colorado Faerie Festival * http://www.reverbnation.com/radiolondon * Performed 2010 Colorado Faerie Festival * Vermijo Park, Old Colorado City, Colorado * Saturday, 7 August 2010 * Radio London is a local Rock/Blues/Funk band out of Woodland Park, Colorado. They offer a vintage and hard rock n’ roll blended with Rhythm [...]

Exploring and Vending the Colorado Faerie Festival Saturday, 7 August 2010 * Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America * Sir Thomas Leaf packed up his Steampunk Time Travelling “Isis Adventure” Van/vardo with Tree Leaves Oracle merchandise and at the wee hours of the morning, heading out to Vermijillo Park where a supposed portal would [...]

Faerieworlds 2010 * Friday, 30 July 2010 – Sunday, 1 August 2010 * Mt. Pisgah, Eugene, Oregon * www.Faerieworlds.com * Every year the portals between the worlds of mortals and faeries open in Eugene, Oregon. For these last two years, this magical space has manifested itself at the Buford Recreation Park in the Mount Pisgah [...]

Faerieworlds 2010: Day 3 – Family Faerie Day * Faerieworlds 2010 * Mt. Pisgah Arboretum * Eugene, Oregon * Sunday, August 1st, 2010 * The third and final day to the annual escape to Faerieworlds. The Final day is traditionally dedicated to children and families. Its a great day to see the children in their [...]

Colorado Renaissance Faire Colorado Renaissance Faire 2010 * Larkspur, Colorado * Colorado 2010 Renaissance Faire * http://www.coloradorenaissance.com/ * (303) 688-6010 / Toll Free (877) 259-3328 * 409-F South Wilcox Street * Castle Rock, CO 80104 * Every year we pilgrimmage to the Colorado Renaissance Faire for a step back in time to celebrate the “Renaissance”, [...]

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The Three Wishes Faerie Festival* http://www.3wishesfaeryfest.co.uk/ * Colliford Lake, Bodmin Moor, Bodmin, Cornwall, England * June 18-21, 2010 * One of Europe’s most infamous and exciting Faerie Festivals, Three Wishes does not disappoint in the Realms of Enchantment. It was my first (of hopefully many) Three Wishes Faerie Fests. A gathering place for the faery [...]

Faerieworlds 2010 Slide Show: Photos by Leaf McGowan, technogypsie.com If Slideshow doesn’t appear, please follow This Link. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22521837@N02/sets/72157624532071155/show/)

The Handfasting Saturday @ Beltania 2010 Beltania 2010: Overview* Florence Mountain Park * Florence, Colorado * www.beltanefestival.com * All across the world on May 1st, or the beginning of May, Beltane or May Day is celebrated. Here in Colorado, two enchanted souls – Joy and Walden – from the Living Earth Church, put on a [...]

Friday @ Beltania 2010 Beltania 2010: Days 1-2* Florence Mountain Park * Florence, Colorado * www.beltanefestival.com * A beautiful sequel to my May Day festivities in Colorado as fond memories of last year’s festival whirl around my mind …. and the third year for the festival. Beltania is a family-friendly May Day Celebration and Music [...]

Abney Park Abney Park* Faerieworlds Winter 2010 Celebration * McDonald Theater * Eugene, Oregon * January 30th, 2010 * 9:00-10:30 * I’ve always been a fan from of Abney Park’s music, but this was an absolute pleasure to see them live, especially at Faerieworlds where the Faeries and otherworldly folk seasoned their outfits Steampunk style. [...]

Faerieworlds Winter 2010 Market Faerieworlds Winter Celebration Market 2010 * January 30th, 2010 * Lane Center * Faerieworlds Winter 2010 * Eugene, Oregon * Out of the two days of the Faerie Market, I was only able to do Saturday as I had a flight out of Portland on Sunday. Alot of the wonderful Faerie [...]