Lunar Faire Night Market 5/16: Fairy/tales in Freehold

Sat May 16 2026 at 05:00 pm to 10:00 pm UTC-04:00

East Freehold Showgrounds | Freehold

Lunar Faire
Publisher/HostLunar Faire
Lunar Faire Night Market 5\/16: Fairy\/tales in Freehold
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Shopping, potions, attractions, food, fairies, & the best night out you've had in at least a moon! Read on for all the details!
About this Event

This Faire is for the faeries and the fairytales they live in!

Spring is the season of the fae and rest assured we will fae up your May. Start bulk ordering your glitter and shimmer powders now. We're dusting off the old wings and fluttering down to Freehold for a fanciful flight among the faeries.


Tiff's competing theme: Fairytales!

If faeries are not your favorite or you roll with a more bookish crowd, show up in your best and Grimmest storybook character attire.

It's all happening at your favorite night market! and witchy event!


This faire's highlights
  • Theme duel: Fairies vs. Fairytales
  • Fairy float parade - details on our socials - turn on notifications or follow us on patreon.com/lunarfaire
  • Fairy hut contest
  • Story hour with a live story teller
  • Books!

Fit inspiration:
  • be a single iridescent wing
  • nightmare pixie for our goth fairies
  • this could be the Disney knock-off faire of your dreams
  • a Grimm Reaper: a hooded figure that comes and steals all your best stories

Goin to more than one? Get big savings and bonus perks with a season pass!


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Your ticket always includes:
  • The best, weirdest, and witchiest vendors around
  • Potions Lab (non-alcoholic)
  • New sparkly merch
  • Food trucks
  • Entertainment for all ages
  • Curiosities
  • Side Quest for vendor discounts and treats
  • Trinket trading
  • Collectible wristband
  • Lunar Care community outreach
  • Safe and inclusive surroundings
  • Group spellmaking with the Lunar Queene
  • The Lunar Faire Drag Show
  • Fire dancing by Diiiotima
  • The flaming letters
  • Music by Marin Contini
  • Gallery Medium Reading by Shauna the Amazing Tap Dancing Medium
  • Big 3 Roasts by Doctor Witch the Astrological Heckler
  • Sound Healing by the Divine Ensemble
  • Egg detox by Noma's House
  • Drum circle
  • Flute wizard

Sometimes Appearing 👀
  • Meadow Perry the Bubble Witch!
  • Aerial artists
  • Homespun Carousel by our pal Al Gori
  • Crow the Songbird Ryan Canuel
  • Surprise guests and characters

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That unmistakable Lunar Faire vibe comes with:
  • The aesthetic you love
  • Faire fashion
  • Photo ops with gigantic letters and neons and a million other things
  • Bracelet social experiment
  • A whimsical faire name
  • Chaos almost guaranteed
  • Sideshow acts
  • Fortunes told
  • Nighttime
  • New sh*t and old sh*t
  • Fairy hair, henna, and face paint
  • Music: scheduled and wandering
  • Cool people like you
  • Cool people unlike you

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For immediate event and ticket release info, please follow our Eventbrite host page!
Day-of Tickets

Tickets will be available at the gate for our full price: $25. That's why your best bet is to go presale. Presale ends day of faire at 3:33 am.


Kids under 10 are free
This Faire is Rain or Shine.

This is an all-weather event. The only reason we would cancel is if the weather is extremely severe or if the parking fields are snow-covered, but our blizzard wizard is on retainer to prevent this.


Parking

Free! General parking is on grass and accessible parking is on asphalt close to the entry gate. Overflow parking will be iin fields around the venue.

We have a more robust FAQ section at lunarfaire.com/attend


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Photos by Mattie Rosen

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

East Freehold Showgrounds, 1500 Kozloski Road, Freehold, United States

Tickets

USD 18.67

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