Date: July 13, 2024
NEW LOCATION THIS YEAR: Spiritridge Park, 16100 SE 33rd Place WA 98008
Time: Set up at 11 a.m., activities begin around noon
Cost: Event gate is no cost. A peasant supper of soup, bread, cheese, and fruit will be available. Donations are welcome to cover food expenses.
The Peasant’s Revel is one of the Barony of Madrone’s most beloved events. The Peasant’s Revel has been held every year since 1979, although the event was on hiatus from 2020 to 2022 and returned in 2023. The event is hosted by the Canton of Porte de l’Eau and the Madrone Culinary Guild.
Dress like a peasant. (Nobles, you may want to send your illegitimate second cousin twice removed who looks remarkably like you.)
Remember to bring a bowl, a spoon, a plate, and your cup and napkin. The Madrone Culinary Guild makes a picnic dinner which will include chicken soup, bread, cheese, pickles, fruit, and perhaps salad. The Guild has loaner bowls and spoons if needed. The Guild will have available water and lemonade to drink.
Bring chairs or a picnic blanket, your lunch and other hydrating beverages you prefer. This is a Bellevue city park. Wear comfortable peasant garb or OK-to-get-grass-stains garb. There is shade available under the trees, or you can bring a pop-up sunshade. Bring weights, you cannot drive stakes in the lawn. Also bring hand sanitizer or hand wipes for your comfort.
The two villages of Borton-on-the-Water and Sodbury compete in friendly rivalry to set the bounds for that productive length of field no one can agree belongs to which village. Play silly peasant games to win for your village side. Other activities include flag painting, herding sheep, carving turnips, printing with carved turnips, hunkerhausen, and socializing. Musicians are welcome.
The Baron and Baroness who own the land our villages stand on will come for a short visit to receive words from their reeve and taxes from those villagers who have not yet paid taxes. Bring your taxes if you need to pay taxes. Humor is desirable.
Event activities are primarily on grass in a mostly flat space.
Garb to borrow will be available. Parking is available in a parking lot within a block of the park and on-street within two blocks north of the park. Parking spaces immediately adjacent to the park should be for people who need close parking for access. If you need close parking, please contact Rowenna de Manning in advance, and we will make every effort to save a close parking space.
Event stewards: Edward the Stuffy and Rowenna de Manning
