Millstone Derry
Resort Events Schedule


General Activities
(Activities are tenative, loosely scheduled and subject to change of date, time and location.  Check the latest issue of
The Town Crier for details.)

Friday

5PM - STOREFRONTS OPEN FOR BUSINESS (3-4hours)
All stores, shoppes and vendors will be open for inspection and purchases from 5PM Friday until normal closing hours.

6PM - WELCOME WAGON PROGRAM (2 hours)
Town center will come alive with Performers and Key Performers as well as musicians, singers, dancers and other entertainers to welcome all guests in a lively and warm fashion.  

8PM - GUEST RECEPTION (Mayor's Mansion) (all evening)
All guests will find an invitation for dinner and reception at the Mayor’s home located in their rooms.  Guests staying in other parts of the resort will receive the invitation from a valet or courier.
A buggy will take guests to the Mayor’s House before 8PM.  A buffet meal will be provided and guests will meet the prominent members of Millstone Derry Society - from government, business, the arts and other Key Performers.  Dinner will be followed by an invitation to visit the mansion library, patio, smoking rooms and other facets of the mansion.   This will serve as an introduction to life in Millstone Derry, it’s personalities, conflicts, politics and events.  Contacts will be made here and some custom adventures will begin in this setting.

10PM - FIREWORKS OVER THE CASTLE (45 minutes)
Commemorating the victory of the Town Council over the Lord of Kurnvald, fireworks will light the resort skies in a 45 minute presentation.  A champagne toast will take place on the Mayor's terrace overlooking the village.

MIDNIGHT - Last Call
All taverns and pubs will close.  Buggy service ends at 1AM

Saturday

6AM - Festival Grounds Open to Vendors and Faire Participants

6:30AM - Weekend Editions of The Town Crier arrive on doorsteps across the village

6:30AM - Carriages and Buggies begin service.

7AM - Most restaurants open for breakfast.

9AM - VILLAGE PARADE! (45 minutes)
Champions and sporting participants in the village gather for an exciting, musical parade from the Western Stagin Area, through town and to the Parade Grounds as part of the Festival Opening Ceremonies

9AM - Most shops open for business.

10AM - FESTIVAL OPENING CEREMONY (1 hour)
A festival with elements of medieval games and (a park within the park) Renaissance Faire with blacksmiths, swordsmiths, jousts, and sporting competition between six regional villages. (Lasts all weekend and has its own list of events)

10:30AM - FESTIVAL GROUNDS OPEN TO GUESTS (12 hours)
The pits, shops and attractions are open to guests of the resort.

11AM - Taverns & Pubs Open for Business

11:30AM - MATINEE PERFORMANCE AT PLAYHOUSE (1 hour)
The seasonal play/musical/review is performed along with accompanying celebration.

12PM - FESTIVAL GAMES BEGIN (8 hours)
A series of 12 events with over 150 competitors (some guests!) take place on the Festival Grounds.  Seats for spectators are available.

2PM - Street Theatre in the Merchant's District including jugglers, mimes, gypsy dancers and highland pipers.

4PM - Dinner begins at most restaurants.

6PM - TOWN HALL MEETING (1 hour)
Join the Mayor and the Town Council in their discussion of village issues and concerns.  The forum is open to the public and input by the locals is often entertaining and exciting.  Will the Town Council accept horseless carriages on the streets this year?  Will they permit the new textile factory to be build up stream?  Did the police have the right to shoot Mr. Flannery's pig that was "on a rampage" through the streets last Thursday?  Find out here.

6PM - A WALK IN THE GARDENS (5 hours)
The Public Gardens are open to the public offering a romantic gaslamp walk through a lush garden of exotic and beautiful flowers and plants.  Tea and classical music on the Imperial Palace grounds for all guests.

7PM - PUBLIC TRIALS (1 hour)
Be a part of the vox populi as the Court of Millstone Derry tries those charged with crimes before the assembled mob.  Crimes from theft to indecency are arraigned, tried and the public is given to verdicts in swift justice?  Prison?  Freedom?  Perhaps even a hanging declared for the following morning?  Anything can happen at the public trials. 

7PM - BARN DANCE (4 hours)
A party with Irish and Scottish flair takes place at the Working Farm.  Resort guests have an open invitation to the dancing, singing, drinking and celebrating along with the hard-working farmfolk who provide the lion's share of meat, poultry and milk for the village. 

7PM - MEETING OF THE MILLSTONE DERRY SMOKING SOCIETY (2 hours)
An invitation-only event where the well-to-do of the village gather to share company, smoke cigars and plot the future of the village.  A gathering for a more "mature" audience, there is usually some wagering over billiards or cards, lively political debate, intrigue, and spirits.  On ocassion, the Smoking Society invites acts from the Festival for private performances. 

8PM - THE ROUNDTABLE (? hours)
A peculiar group of thinkers and investigators gathers to share stories and information.  Some stories are too bizarre to be believed and certainly in these enlightened times, stories of werewolves and vampires can't be true...can they?

2AM - LAST CALL
Buggy Service ends at 2AM

Sunday

6AM - Festival Grounds Open to Vendors and Faire Participants

6:30AM - Weekend Editions of The Town Crier arrive on doorsteps across the village

6:30AM - Carriages and Buggies begin service.

7AM - Most restaurants open for breakfast.

7AM - PUBLIC HANGING
A local tradition and event likely to make visitors uneasy, this is the hour condemned prisoners are sentenced to hang.  Security is tight in case anyone tries to escape or free the prisoners from the gallows (it's happened in the past!)

7AM - CHURCH SERVICE - UNITY IN FAITH CHURCH (1 hour)

10AM  - BRUNCH AND CHOIR RECITAL - KURNVALD PARK (45 minutes)

11AM - CHURCH SERVICE - PIOUS CATHEDRAL (1 hour)

12PM - FESTIVAL GAMES BEGIN (5 hours)
A series of 12 events with over 150 competitors (some guests!) take place on the Festival Grounds.  Seats for spectators are available.

5PM - FESTIVAL GAMES AWARDS & CLOSING CEREMONIES
Visiting competitors are honored and winners awarded medals and prizes.  All participants are invited to a Pig Roast in the Faire Grounds.

6PM - Festival Closes, Vendors Break Camp.

7PM - FESTIVAL ROAST (3 hours)
A village-sponsored event with much food, games and celebration!

2AM - Last Call - Buggies stop service at 2AM

Monday

6:30AM -  The Town Crier arrives on doorsteps across the village

6:30AM - Carriages and Buggies begin service.

7AM - Most restaurants open for breakfast.

9AM - Shops open.

11AM - Restaurants begin serving lunch.  Taverns & Pubs Open

4PM - Restaurants begin serving Dinner

2AM - LAST CALL