Medieval market Remeringhausen

This month we've been to the Medieval market in Remeringhausen for the first time. In the last years we haven't been there as we were on the festival mediaval. So we were very curious to see how it is. We only know the MPS from Bückeburg, which we skipped in the last years as it got too expensive. Remeringhausen was much cheaper.

Well, I liked most bands, but it was very much irish and scottish music. But that was okay for us as we were sad that we couldn't join the Festival Medieval this year, which had a irish and scottish special. So we saw Rapalje, the Kilkenny band and heard some from far away. We also saw Saltatio Mortis, but I won't tell anything about it, I don't like them.. But I guess some of you might know that. ;) Rapalje was great and I was surprised that their cds were very cheap, so we were able to buy two new ones. :) Their evening concert was also very nice.

The location is nice for a medieval market. I have to say that I've never been to Remeringhausen, also  if I grew up not far from there. They have a lot of green and romantic places. 

And the stalls were okay. They had a lot of different stalls and the food was okay. At least it wasn't as expensive as on the Castlefest. 

I guess, if we won't go to the Festival Mediaval next year, we'll join this market again. Bückeburg is too big and expensive. This is okay for me.

Castlefest 2014

A few months ago a new penpal of me, told me, that there is a folk/medieval festival in the Netherlands which is worth to visit. Normally we wanted to make our holiday in the Harz this year, but we changed our plans then. We wanted to go to this festival. :) And it was lovely. Okay, it is much bigger than the Festival Mediaval, but it also had other things to offer. We got know some more new bands like Cesair, Trolska Polska or Amma. And we've seen old bands like Faun, Omnia and Corvus Corax. And of course we saw bands, which we knew before, but never seen before like Folk Noir, Asynje or Zirp. :) I was happy that we had three day tickets as the row in front of the ticket sale was veeeery long (esp. on Sunday). First we thought that the festival was very expensive in comparison to the Festival Mediaval. The food was very expensive (the cheapest was 3 € for a sweet pancake), but you got water for free and of course the tickets were cheaper. So maybe we paid the same as for the other festival. ;) 

We had so much luck with the weather on all three days. Hehe, first we expected to go more to a medieval festival, but we looked nearly normal in our medieval clothes. The costumes were very interesting. It was like a go and see. ;) 

I also liked to see all those different stalls. You could buy everything for Larp, medieval and wow, so many boards games (sadly those were in Dutch or English). But for our hobbies there was much to find. It was good that we didn't have so much money with us. ;) We only bought some fudge, CDs and a medieval belt for Fynn.

Result of these two festivals we've visited: Our son likes the Castlefest, my husband likes the Festival Mediaval and I'm not sure, I like both a lot. :)

Friday

The Moon and the Nightspirit

Folk Noir

Folk Noir (Kaat)

Euzen

Saturday

Asynje

Rastaban

Cesair

Faun

Sunday

Scarlet Stories

Thordis in front of Amma

Fun in front of Trolska Polska

Costumes

The Wicker Man

Part of the festival

Medieval market in Rahden

Yesterday we were at the medieval market in Rahden. There is a museum of some old houses. So it was just a perfect location for a medieval market. Sadly we were there alone as nobody was interested in that market. But we slipped into our medieval dresses and spent some hours there. They had some delicious food. I tried the feta in bread, we skipped the meat this time as we wanted to make a barbecue in the evening.

Some of the stalls we already knew from markets in Vlotho and Schaumburg. But as we haven't been to the market in Vlotho for such a long time, they were new to us again. ;) I bought some new soaps (Calendula and Verbena). We also wanted to buy an elf or fairy for Thordis, but they were very expensive. Guess that will be one of my new projects. I want to make a fairy out of felt. I have the feeling that they got very popular lately. They are too cute, what do you think?


Only bad point was one of taverns. First we asked what kind of beer it is (and they couldn't really tell) and then they never came back to us to ask what we want to drink. Six women were standing there and 5 of them doing nothing. Why should we scream at them to get a drink when they have nothing to do. So we went to another tavern.


But still it was a very nice market. And I especially liked the one band that was playing there "Waldkauz". They played pagan folk and reminded me a lot on Faun or Omnia. ;) I don't know if they are selling a cd, I need to find out.
So I hope that we can go there again next year, too. :)

Festival Mediaval 2013 - Nordic Special

This last weekend we've been to Selb to the Mediaval Festival..This year they had a "Nordic" special, so many great bands played those days.

Omnia

First we saw Omnia. It was our first concert of them. They often played at placed nearby, but we always thought, "we'll see them again this year" but then we didn't go there. And last year we had to drive home just before their concert. So this was our first concert. It was really great. They played some songs that we didn't know (we don't have all cds). But it was a great atmosphere. :D




 

Faun

The second band was Faun. As you might have heard I wasn't happy about their new cd (which sounds like german folk-pop). But I always wanted to give them a chance. The acoustic concert in April was already great, but I haven't heard a normal concert since they published their cd. So it was afraid they could play many new songs on their concert. But the total opposite happened. They only played one song of the new cd and the others were so great, many of my fave songs "Rhiannon", "Iyansa" and the great "Wind & Geige" which I haven't heard for a while in their concerts. And not to forget "Iduna" which I've never heard on a concert before. For me it was the best concert ever. Was it because of my expactations? I don't know..

Kauna

The next day we saw Oliver Satyr with the new project "Kauna". Sadly there was no cd existing otherwise I would have bought it. They played swedish/nordic folk. :D

Dandelion Wine

Dandelion Wine

Then we saw Dandelion Wine, a band from Australia. Hm, the music is hard to decribe. It was kind of medieval with electro. It was a bit strange, but at the end I liked it and was a bit sad that I didn't buy a cd. The funny was the female member, before the show you could vote for some weeks, which hair colour she should have at the concert. You can see the result.

Euzen

The singer of Euzen and Omnia

After that show we saw Euzen. Well, this year we liked many bands. Euzen are from Denmark and they also made a great concert. It sounds a bit like Björk in my ears. ;) Normally I don't like that kind of music, but this band I can recommand. We've also bought the cd, but the concert was much better, esp. the beats and atmosphere (sadly they didn't play in the night, the concert would have been even more better).

Poeta Magica with Saga

In the evening the first band we saw was "Poeta Magica". They have changed so much since we last saw them (in 2003). They made music to the islandic saga "Edda". The ensemble exist of 9 people (including a narrator). First I thought it was a bit for a concert with chairs. But after this thought it completely changed and we saw a mix of a medieval/rock-legend. :D I wish there would be a dvd on this concert.

Garmarna

Emma Härdelin

The best concert of the whole weekend was in front of us. -GARMARNA- I guess I've never been that curious before of a concert. The soundcheck was already great (they played one complete song) and yeah, the concert. I cannot tell it. The band haven't played a concert for around 12 years in Germany and it was the only one for past and future. They played songs like "Herr Mannelig", "Vänner och frände", "Herr Holger" and many more great songs. They also played a "new" song. Well, it wasn't new as it was written many years ago for a new cd, but it was new to the fans. And I was surprised that the other band members (I only knew Emma Härdelin from a Triakel concert before) were so much "rocking". ;) It was a big fun to see them perform on the stage. I really hope they'll make a new cd and more concerts in the future. I will never forget this concert. :D

Strömkarlen

The last day we saw some more bands like Cara, little of BerlinskiBeat (didn't know that those are the members of Corvus Corax),..
And we saw "Strömkarlen", who also played folk music from the North. They were calmer than the other bands that played that weekend, but still very nice.

Valravn

Valravn

And in the evening our last band of the festival were "Valravn". It was their last concert and they play pagan folk with electronic beats. It was something else than I had expected here, too. But some music was nice, so I bought one of their cds as well. ;)




I can say that I liked this festival even more than the one last year (which is because of the wonderful concerts of Faun and Garmarna). I saw many interesting bands and so many different people. This year it wasn't so authentic like the last year. It was a mix of hippies, medieval, normal and fantasy people. ;) The food smelled nice, unfortunately I couldn't eat a lot of it because of my gall bladder. But this bad topic will be hopefully over as I'll get a surgery next week. :D 

The first time Volker told me to buy something.. wooden rubberstamps.. :D