Inaugural Northlands Lanterns and Legends medieval fayre in Geraldton a hit with the community

Geraldton’s Blue Heelers Square was transformed into an alternate reality on Saturday full of vikings, knights, maidens, sword fighting, jousting and axe throwing.

Geraldton’s inaugural Northlands Lanterns and Legends medieval fayre was declared an olde world triumph, with a strong crowd turning out to take part in the unique event.

The fayre gained traction with the local community, with many people dressing in their finest medieval attire.

After a coin donation for entry, attendees stepped into another world far removed from Geraldton, with fur items and animal skulls for sale and entertainment ranging from sword fights and stilt walkers to live performances.

“The fair went really well,” event organiser Breanna Ferris-Weddell said.

”We heard nothing but positive comments and hopes that we’ll return and go bigger next year.”

Ms Ferris-Weddell was a massive fan of everyone’s costumes and it was a joy to see the community’s creativity.

“It was much fun seeing people enjoy themselves and escape into another realm of reality,” she said.

“We can’t wait to do this again in the years to come.”

Stew wafted through the crowd, and food truck vendor Kiri Bolton explained that she had nearly sold out just three hours into the eight-hour event.

Attendee Brendan Geisler bee-lined straight to the medieval bar with his friends and enjoyed drinking spiced mead out of a horn he had brought from home.

“It’s just great to see that this little community is popping up in Geraldton, and just hopefully . . . being in the first year, in years to come, that it grows,” he said.

For Ellie Lowe, it was her first medieval fayre, and she came along as, “the idea of dressing up sounded really fun, something different to do.”

While many attendees were locals, there were visitors from Perth and other areas of WA who travelled to Geraldton to be part of the inaugural event.