# Is anyone else going to Pirate Faire in Ojai CA
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-going-to-pirate-faire-in-ojai-ca/419626
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 18, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-going-to-pirate-faire-in-ojai-ca/419626 "2007-09-18T16:55:44Z")
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### Author:  [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-going-to-pirate-faire-in-ojai-ca/419626/1 "2007-09-18T16:55:44Z")
Or in troth, any pirate faire.
[Ojai Pirate Faire](http://www.goldcoastfestivals.com/piratefaire/piratefestpg1.html) be this weekend and next weekend.
See the bawdy juggler! Watch the pirate ship! Buy shiny pointy things! Buy really really expensive shiny pointy things!
Arr, I’ll be there with me guild (at least for this weekend). I be the cute, shy, well-armed (broke) one. We shall be singin’ and drinkin’ and carousin’ far inta the night.
Well, I’ll be doin’ one of those anyhow.
Come by our site, ‘tis the second when ye come in, next t’ Hobby Horse. Ask fer Kitty O’Connor (that be me) and be not surprised when I turn as red as me bodice.
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### Author:  [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-going-to-pirate-faire-in-ojai-ca/419626/2 "2007-09-18T17:14:51Z")
Arrrgh!
I’ve recognized the need for a pirate fair, so I’m glad to see one going. It’s too far away, for me, though. Well, maybe, I’ll ask the wife.
Is this connected in any way to Southern CA Ren Faire (or whatever it’s called now)?
Hijack: How does one go about organizing such a thing? (I’m thinking it could be a money maker.)
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### Author:  [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-going-to-pirate-faire-in-ojai-ca/419626/3 "2007-09-18T17:33:41Z")
Yarr, I don’t know about organizing one, but some other people having been talking. There was a Pirate Faire in Bakersfield (I think) earlier this year. ('twas Queen Bess & the Pirates, if ye be wanting to look it up)
Southern Faire was with… um… I dunno, we don’t go because its more of a party faire than we like. Ojai Faire is through Gold Coast Festivals. And it’s really nice because it’s right on the lake, so it’s cool, and it’s actually on grass rather than hay and dirt.
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### Author:  [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-going-to-pirate-faire-in-ojai-ca/419626/4 "2007-09-18T17:42:11Z")
Sounds like fun, but Google says it’s about a 4 hour drive from here. I have to work the next day, so it’s a no-go for me.
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### Author:  [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-going-to-pirate-faire-in-ojai-ca/419626/5 "2007-09-18T18:23:28Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Tyger Girl]
Southern Faire was with… um… I dunno, we don’t go because its more of a party faire than we like. Ojai Faire is through Gold Coast Festivals.
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SCRF (Southern Faire) is run by REC, or Renaissance Entertainment Corporation. If Gold Coast Festivals knows what’s good for itself, they’ll avoid any relation with REC.
Yarr…
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### Author:  [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-going-to-pirate-faire-in-ojai-ca/419626/6 "2007-09-18T18:33:32Z")
I went to one of their first Pirate Festivals - might have even been the first one - held at one of the Ventura beaches back around maybe '96 - it was great! The follow-up year was kind of a let-down, though. Having it right there on the beach really added atmosphere. Wish I could visit and hit a festival again.
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### Author:  [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-going-to-pirate-faire-in-ojai-ca/419626/7 "2007-09-18T20:44:06Z")
[QUOTE=gotpasswords]
SCRF (Southern Faire) is run by REC, or Renaissance Entertainment Corporation. If Gold Coast Festivals knows what’s good for itself, they’ll avoid any relation with REC.
Yarr…
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It sounds like you had similar experiences as us (no need to say more)
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### Author:  [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-going-to-pirate-faire-in-ojai-ca/419626/8 "2007-09-18T20:51:57Z")
I would love to attend, but alas i will not be able to. ☹
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### Author:  [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-going-to-pirate-faire-in-ojai-ca/419626/9 "2007-09-18T21:37:30Z")
I have no interest in such an event but I know the venue. It’s fairly close to where I live. I was there a couple of months ago for a concert festival. Anyway, it’s a real nice place with grass and picnic tables and plenty of shade if it gets too hot. The parking set-up is convenient too.
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### Author:  [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-going-to-pirate-faire-in-ojai-ca/419626/10 "2007-09-18T23:38:18Z")
Red as your bodice, eh? Count me in.
And if you’re only going to be doing one of the three, I vote for drinkin’ or carousin’. Yarr.
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-going-to-pirate-faire-in-ojai-ca/419626/11 "2007-09-19T00:54:44Z")
Wow, my old home town is having a Pirate Faire? Cool! I wish I could go.
They never did anything cool like that when _I_ was growing up! 🙂
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### Author:  [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-going-to-pirate-faire-in-ojai-ca/419626/12 "2007-09-19T01:33:22Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Tyger Girl]
[Ojai Pirate Faire](http://www.goldcoastfestivals.com/piratefaire/piratefestpg1.html) be this weekend and next weekend.
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Last year was fun. This year, we’re just too far away, unfortunately. ☹
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### Author:  [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-going-to-pirate-faire-in-ojai-ca/419626/13 "2007-09-20T01:15:52Z")
Do you know if they have lockers or something similar? I’d like to ride down and stash my gear someplace. Black leather jacket does not exactly scream “Pirate!”
Alternatively, if some friendly doper is going to be attending and wouldn’t mind me borrowing their trunk for a little while… I would be amenable to buying a round at Elsie’s, for instance.
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-going-to-pirate-faire-in-ojai-ca/419626/14 "2007-09-20T02:24:07Z")
My enthusiasmt for ITLAP day today was not shared by any of my workmates…what can I say, they’re just boring.
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### Author:  [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2007, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-going-to-pirate-faire-in-ojai-ca/419626/15 "2007-09-20T04:35:23Z")
I’m amazed that there is something going on in Ojai.
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### Author:  [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-going-to-pirate-faire-in-ojai-ca/419626/16 "2007-09-20T16:24:17Z")
[QUOTE=Tenebras]
Do you know if they have lockers or something similar? I’d like to ride down and stash my gear someplace. Black leather jacket does not exactly scream “Pirate!”
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There’s no lockers, but if you ask, I can safeguard it for you. It’s a good bunch of people and things don’t disappear.
Err… now that I think about it, I’m not certain we’re going to have a site in Faire. We didn’t last year… I’ll check my email at lunch to make sure (I, uh, download it and then don’t read it) and PM you. Even if we don’t, I can stash it in my tent if you ask nice.
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> And if you’re only going to be doing one of the three, I vote for drinkin’ or carousin’. Yarr.
Actually, I be singin’ (and flirtin’). And wishin’ I could buy more shiny pointy things. (Fer those that be interested, [here be a pic of me](http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/silvercat17/pirate-2005.jpg) at Ojai Faire in 2005. Me chemise has changed, and I not be armed, but tis a fair likeness)