Mar 13: A Pike County campground owner poured cold water on a renaissance festival that promised a “weekend of fun-filled debauchery” and “sexual play” by cancelling the event when he learned of details planned by the out-of-town organizers.
“That kind of thing isn’t going to happen here,” said Patrick Faircloth, owner of the property at Southern Pillar Campground on County Road 2262.
Faircloth said he and his wife, Laurel, who run the Spring Hill business, did not know what type of events were planned for the Southeast Dark Ages Festival scheduled for March 23-25 until they learned of a flier being circulated in the area last week.
The fliers promoting the event included information about “sex play” and how “consensual kink” would be monitored during the festival, as well as references to the use of intoxicants during the weekend.
“We were not asked about the flier,” Faircloth said. “We did not find out about it until Friday.”
“When I became aware of it, I immediately said I’m not in support of this,” Faircloth said. “We don’t even allow alcohol. Now, if someone wants to rent it out for a bachelor party or something, we consider that an ‘adult weekend.’ But some of the stuff in their flier could be construed as illegal.”
- troymessenger.com