Midsummer Faerie Faire

**This event is rain or shine**

We have room for all of our programming and vendors inside – so come rain or shine

The Main Library will be closed on June 27 for the Midsummer Faerie Faire

Click here to download a map & event schedule

Celebrate midsummer, the festival celebrating the summer solstice, with a dreamy day of fairytale fun for all ages, including live music, shows, crafts, activities, vendors, and more!

The faeries have arrived at the Library!

Visit the Library and count the faeries in the main area (NOT in children’s or teens areas). Count the number of faeries and fill out a slip at the Information Desk by June 21st. Correct answers will receive a gift at the Midsummer Faerie Faire.

Attention all fair folk: SBPL is celebrating midsummer with a dreamy day of fairytale fun. Grab your wand, spread your wings, and flutter over to the library. We’ll have activities for all ages, including crafts, live music, shows, vendors, garden visitors, and more!

Event Schedule (subject to change)

Faerie Faire Performers and Presenters

Michele Mountain, Harpist:

Michele Mountain brings lilting harp melodies including traditional Celtic, Medieval, Renaissance, and fantasy-inspired music

Morris Dancers:

Millstone River Morris is New Jersey’s finest Morris team. They dance Cotswold Morris, an English folk dance tradition originally from villages in the Cotswold hills of England.

Rimli Roy (Surati for Performing Arts):

Born into a family of artists and brought up in Kolkata, Rimli Roy is the Founder and Artistic Director of Surati for Performing Arts and is a recipient of the 2024 Individual Artist Fellowship award from the NJ State Council on the Arts. She has been engaged in promoting Indian art and culture across the United States and beyond by means of stage performances, educational collaborations with various institutions (museums, schools, libraries) as well as teaching and working for over three decades to take arts to the community.

Insectropolis (bug tent):

Insectropolis brings a variety of live bugs and exotic pinned specimens so that fairgoers can learn more about the Faeries’ garden and forest friends! Displays will encourage guests to investigate and celebrate the diversity of life.

Avon Faire:

Avon Faire is the New York City area’s fun, female vocal harmony group, reimagining traditional Celtic folk songs, medieval story ballads, rousing pub tunes, romantic classics and sea shanties from Ireland and the British Isles!

Crossing Fight School:

Witness live swordplay and learn more about how knights fought. Crossing Fight School is a branch of the Medieval European Martial Arts Guild (M.E.M.A.G.) based in based in Southampton, NJ, devoted to the study of Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA), with a particular focus on German Longsword.

Pickle Priest:

Viral sensation The Pickle Priest is a fixture in the Renaissance Faire circuit in the tri-state area and beyond. His Brininess spreads the good news of all things pickled

LuAnn Adams, Storyteller:

Multi-cultural stories of children & animal characters in folklore/literature celebrating things that children & families treasure all over the world. The Stories celebrate friends, teachers, grandparents, food, stories, the environment & the unique dreams & important things we hold dear in our lives & in our hearts.

SBPL Children’s Department:

Staff from the SBPL Childrens’ Department is offering a variety of craft activities and storytimes for children. Join them on the lawn and in our special storytime yurt!

SBPL Teen Volunteers:

Our dedicated teen volunteers will be providing FREE face painting for kids while supplies last.

Craft Vendors

Food Vendors