Our annual celebration of all things mead! Drink mead, learn how to make mead, celebrate mead! Also, it’s a fun excuse for a mini-Renaissance faire! Music, Vendors, Knights, Food, and more!
Featuring music by Thunder and Spice and back this year An Gorta Mor Memorial Pipe Band. Sword fighting demos by Knights of the Fiat Lux!!
Mead tasting by Starrlight Mead and Honeygirl Meadery
Drinks - BMC Brewery - try out a collaboration of a braggot (beer and mead)
Fair Game Beverage - grab a mixed drink
Koshu Sake Bar — try some sake
Food - Kingston 99 Kitchen - Jamaican food
Ta Contento - Mexican fast-food
Metal Brix Cafe - coffee, snacks and fair food
Little Havana Cafe - bakery and gelateria
Tasty Turkey-Q - turkey bbq and turkey legs
Sheila’s Aussie Bakery - meaty hand pies
Family Friendly! Free event - except for food and drinks. Rain or Shine! Bring your friends! Come in costume! (We will be!)
Want to skip the line for a Mead Tasting at Mead Fest? We’ve got you covered! Sign up for a VIP Mead Tasting experience with mead wench Jessica. This mead tasting is a seated experience including samples of 8 meads and one reserve mead. (Walkup mead tasting also available in the Mead Hall.) Advanced purchase required! Sign-ups coming soon!
Photos of Mead Fest 2018 taken by Greg Stewart
Vendors Confirmed for Mead Fest 2026
Glimmerfae Creations - art prints, jewelry, fantasy horns
The Dapper Kraken - fabric arts
Finklepott’s Fairy Hair - sparkle for your hair, appointment signups here (Type in Pittsboro)
Custom Creature Creations - face painting, henna, glitter tattoos
Beekeeper, Inc - assorted varietal honeys
CLAWS - information on wildlife rescue, birds
Blue Ridge Pepper Patch - hot peppers, jellies
Chatham Axes - try ax throwing, throw a few or throw all day
Lockheart Design - woodworking - cutting and charcuterie boards
Chimerical Reaction - leather and chainmail clothing and accessories
James Maxstadlt, author - fantasy author
Samhain Faerie Creations - crocheted critters
American Brewmaster - get your home mead making questions answered
Hawkins’ Honey - very local honey from Chatham County
Venus and Vitriol - electroformed raw crystal jewelry
Shrike & Sundry - wire wrapped jewelry
Red Tree Leather Works - leather items
Knotbeard’s Jewelry - metal jewelry
James Maxstadt - author - fantasy
Calile’s Creations - NEW this year - vivid painted art, leather masks
Blue Bluer Books - NEW this year - handcrafted books and note pads
Budda Bee Apiary - NEW this year - professional beehive management
LiteEmUp Bottles - NEW this year - reclaimed glass bottle art
The White Sparrow - NEW this year - acrylic and watercolor paintings on wood
House of Blossom & Bone - NEW this year - fairy wings & adornments
Gretchen & Ben Kapity, Artists - NEW this year - painting, fiber arts & metal work