Des Moines Renaissance Faire Vendors and Shopping
Last Updated: Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:37 PM
Products
Looking for something specific? Be sure to use a Contact Us form and let us know! Our merchants want to carry items you want to buy!
Village Vendors
Some of the Festival Park merchants are listed below (photos taken at 2009 season). See Also: Food Vendors
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NEW for 2009! Dead on Target - Pistols, knives and swords (costume and real), and bows. |
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Dragon Mine - jewelry and dragon eggs (geodes). |
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Dorlemagne's — A Renaissance for Home & Garden. Featuring fine handmade wares for house and yard, jewelry, soaps, gifts, and much more. |
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Fyne Hats By Felicity - Period Headgear for Past Ages. We have hats to fit peasant, noble and royalty -- all handcrafted to the highest standard by our expert milliner at the best price including Elizabethan Tall hats, Ladies' Riding hats, flat caps, children's Robin Hood hats and various hand blocked felt hats. A wide variety of accessories are also available. Fyne Hats has served Renaissance participants and patrons from coast to coast with continued high quality and excellence. |
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Hammer And Thread - Purveyors of fine, handcrafted leather goods and medieval garb. Quality cloaks, dresses, leather mugs, pouches, and much more! |
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Lady Lana's - fairy floss (cotton candy - maple
flavor and one other flavor), salted pretzel & cheese, jalapeno& cream
cheese stuffed pretzels, cinnamon cream cheese stuffed pretzels, caramel
apples (on a stick or sliced), wax hands, silver jewlery & pearl necklaces, crafts, kids misc. stuff. |
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Likely Lotus - clothing. |
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Lords of Leather - leather goods. |
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The Potter's House - Stoneware pottery, both functional and whimsical ware. Ongoing pottery demonstrations daily. This year we are adding a clay making demonstration once daily. We use our feet to mix the clay. |
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Des Moines Renaissance Faire's First Official Merchant! The Scots Dragon - A Full-line clothing merchant. Though specializing in court gowns and great kilts, we also feature bodices, chemises, skirts; men’s clothing including shirts, trousers, jerkins and tunics, hats for women and men, children’s clothing, flower roundlets, pouches, animal face sporrans and other Renaissance and Celtic accessories. All clothing sold by the Scots Dragon is designed and made by Joanna Alexander. If we don’t have exactly what you are looking for, we will gladly custom make a garment to your measure and specifications. |
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Viking Pavilion - Buffalo burgers, dogs, and jerky. Viking themed items. |
- ...and many more visiting merchants in our Main Street area (10 shops) and Village Marketplace.
- See Also: Food Vendors
Canterbury Plaza (High Street)
Some Main Street merchants will change from weekend to weekend. As we
receive descriptions from the merchants, this page will be updated.
- Boars Head Leather - Home of the exclusive Des Moines Renaissance Logo Leather Mugs!!! Other Celtic, and pirate styled leather mugs, journals, bracelets, business card cases, checkbook covers, key chains, wallets, purses, pouches, hats, frogs and sword hangers. Please stop by to say good-day! We're on the the corner of the main street shoppes. Tom & Terry Evans Contact us at 651-227-3955 or boarshead@usfamily.net
- Dire Atrium - Dark fantasy art by Alissa Rindels. Original artwork, prints, and merchandise available for purchase.
- McGriffin Games and Gifts - Official Des Moines Renaissance Faire T-shirt, fantasy T-shirts, wooden roses, dragon and fairy statues, wreathes, etched mirrors, and candy.
- Thyme2dream - Circlets, crowns, tiaras, fairy Elven jewelry and buccan-ear adornments.
- Tinne Lune (third weekend) - Medieval, Rennaissance and Fantasy Accessories for Faire and for Fun. Floral headwreaths, pirate beads and dreads, hairsticks, jewelry, purses, fairy horns, sashes, four-point overskirts, hats, trinkets, doo-dads and gee-gaws.
- Wizard Face Painters - Face painting, and daily "kiddie jousts."
Village Marketplace (Guild Hall)
The Village Marketplace received a new permanent roof for the 2009 season.
Some visiting artisans will change from weekend to weekend.
- A Celtic Tradition - (first weekend only) Scottish, Irish and Welsh apparel and gifts including kilts and accessories, and History of Names. They also have a local Des Moines business at 7672 Hickman Rd in Sherwood Forest, Windsor Heights, IA 50324. 515-278-8302.
- Steel, Skins and Scents - Leather goods, dragons, tapestries, and silver jewelry.
