Jerry Penner, The Chain Mail Guy

6th Annual Royal Medieval Faire
Sept. 15, 2007 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Place: Waterloo Park West, Waterloo, Ont.

Family medieval fun! Lots of stuff for young and old. The casting call is out! If you'd like to play a part, see the website.

Fergus Scottish Festival
Friday, August 10 - Sunday, August 12, 2007
Place: Fergus Community Center, Fergus, Ont.

See http://www.fergusscottishfestival.com for details

Pipe and drum bands, heavy events, tea tents, beer tents, a scotch nosing, history and lineage tents, and more vendors than you can shake a stick at! If you're looking for a good family fun time, this is it.

The 2007 New HogsMeade Harry Potter Festival
Friday, July 20th 6:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.
Saturday July 21, noon - 6:00 p.m.
Place(s): Downtown New Hamburg & Castle Kilbride, Baden, Ontario

Before your very eyes see two towns transform for two days into the Land of Harry Potter. Buskers, musicians, swashbuckling, Hogwarts Academy at Castle Kilbride, Shrieking Shack, chocolate frogs, penny carnival, drum circle, Chinese dragon, human chess, and more! The town of New Hamburg will be renamed to New Hogsmeade by Mayor Roth for the occasion, and local merchant shops will also take on a Potterish flavour. Very kid friendly, with the high-point being the release of the new Harry Potter book at midnight July 20th at Upper Case Books.

Erotic Sex Show
June 8 - 10, 2007
Fri: 5:00 p.m. - 12:00 p.m., Sat: noon - midnight, Sun: 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Place: the International Centre, Hall 5, 6900 Airport Road, Mississauga, Ont.

Lots of vendors specializing in adult fun. I'll be participating in the Community Dungeon for Sunday only.

Spring Tune-Up
Saturday June 9, 2007
8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Place: Cookstown Curling Club, Cookstown Ont.

Knock the winter rust off your armour, or someone else's! Heavy fighting, archery, merchants, and the feast, as always, is top notch. For reservations, contact Lady Fallon of Caer Draeth at lady_english2@yahoo.ca or see the Caer Draeth web announcement for details.

Robin in the Hood
Saturday June 2, 2007
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Place: Gibson Park, Elmira, Ont.

Join us for a day of merriment on the edge of Sherwood Forest where you will witness Knights in Battle, Archery, Music, Magic, Juggling, Games, Food and a Royal Court!
Admission: $4.00 per Person, $12.00 per Family (Parents & Children, 5 people or less)
Arrive in costume and receive 10% off all Robin in the Hood Card Game Purchases
More details can be found at the Robin in the Hood website.

Fergus Scottish Festival
Friday, August 13 - Sunday, August 15, 2004
Place: See http://www.fergusscottishfestival.com for details

Folsom Fair North
July 16-18, 2004
Place: Wellesley St. Subway Station Parking Lot, Toronto, Ont.
Pricing:    $5 suggested donation for Folsom Fair North,
                $40/door for the opening party at The Roundhouse,
                $20/door for the closing party at Fly.

John and Dean are hosting another fabulous event with parties every night. The actual outdoor event is on July 18th featuring the best local and international kinky artists and vendors and a play space big enough for everyone. Leave the children at home, this is playtime for consenting adults!

See www.folsomfairnorth.com for details.

London Celtic Festival
July 9-11, 2004
Place: Covent Garden Market, London, Ont.
Tine: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. daily

This event will be running in conjunction with the London International Jousting at the John Labatt Center. The road between the Market and the JLC is going to be closed to vehicle traffic and will feature Celtic music, dance, art and musical workshops in a family atmosphere.

This is the yearly event which occupies an entire week. It celebrates men in in leather, and attendees get to vote for the two best-dressed leathermen in Toronto. These two fellows will go on to represent Toronto for the rest of the year at similar events around the world.
The vendors set up at 300 Jarvis St. on Nov. 29 to show off their best wares.

6th Annual Royal Medieval Faire
Sept. 20, 2003
Place: Waterloo, Ont.

Family medieval fun! Lots of stuff for young and old. The casting call is out! If you'd like to play a part, see the website.

Pipe and drum bands, heavy events, tea tents, beer tents, history and lineage tents, and more vendors than you can shake a stick at! If you're looking for a good family fun time, this is it.

A weekend of adult discovery and loving couples looking for more from their playtime together. This show is more than just a really big sticky-floored sex shop. It features fashion shows, furniture, services, as well as the usual toys & videos.

Yes! The Chain Mail Guy will be helping young ladies play dressup and be responsible for three fashion shows.

Party: House of Props, 55 St. Lawrence St.
8:00 p.m. - Late O'clock.
$15 in advance, $25 at the door.

Bazillions of dollars in door prizes, oodles of vendors showing off kinky sexy fetish gear, clothing and accessories.
Bring your new-bought toys to the fetish party afterwards and Stand & Model.

More info at the Whiplash Magazine website, including a web-only deal on the party pass.

Snow-Bound
Friday, April 11 - Sunday, April 13, 2003
Place: See www.snow-bound.ca for details

Some are comparing this event to Black Rose in Washington. This is the first pan-sexual convention to be run in Canada by volunteers. An entire wing of a hotel located on the shores of Gerogian Bay are book for this event. This ensures the privacy of the convention and allows for uninhibited play. The calendar calls for play parties every night, workshops all day, and vendors in between.

Until Feb. 16, 2003: $150 (Cdn) per person plus room
After Feb. 16, 2003: $200 (Cdn) per person plus room

If you like men in leather, this is the place to be this weekend. Contests, merchants, symposiums, the Leather Ball, more fun than you can shake a cowhide at. See www.mrlt.com for details. You can even download the entire 35 page event handout and see where you want to go before you get there.

King Bertram, the King of Mearth, invites all his loyal subjects to a day of fun. Fencing, fighting, honour, evil Princes, fairies that only children can see, drumming circles, morris dancers, and merchants selling period items. Fun for the whole family.

See a full weekend of jousting tournaments of real contenders REALLY trying to knock each other off. This is not a scripted match, like that unnamed overpriced medieval dinner & show in Toronto. This is the real stuff, where people get hurt.

If you only get to one Celtic music festival this year, go here. Ok, they kind of goofed up last year when they hopped up the entrance fee to $12 per day, but this year they've learned their lesson. More bands, more music, more beer than you'll know what to do with. Held in the spacious front parking lot of the Windsor Casino, this festival has roped off the entire area and made it into one big Celtic playground. Beer tents for sitting and enjoying the day, several stages playing live music all day and well into the night, including such bands as Celtic Fury and Tartan Army, Ann McCallum, Celtic Cross, and more.
Merchants selling chain mail clothing and accessories, Rune readings, carved and cast icons of Celtic history to decorate your home, and more.

Rent a hotel room, stay the whole weekend. Skip work, call in sick Friday. Start working on your excuses now!

I'll be the live portion of the medieval exhibit, where you can try on chain mail, learn to knit, and pick up some of the history of one of the most versatile personal defence mechanisms ever developed.

More than a dozen of London's newest designers showcase their talent. Most will be available for sale after the event, either at the Junior Achiever's store, or Studio Celtia; both in the mall. The clothing ranges from funky clubwear to conservative fetwear. Proceeds go to the John Gordon Home, London's AIDS hospice.

Wow! Twelve fashion designers both new and established, a bazillion sponsors including Entrenous fashion salon, Frilly Lizard and L'oreal Professionnel, all assembling for the first ever fashion show fundraiser for breast cancer research in London. A mighty fine show. This is my favourite picture, all 10 of my models posing at the end of their scene, end of the show, just before they turn out the lights.

All that chain represents more than a year's work. For a picture like this, I can wait.