My Moldy Mushroom Tent RIP at Foamhenge September 09 2008

I have done many festivals this year. Among them were Blueridge Beltane, insane with rain, The Virginia Renaissance Fair, The Stone Tower glen at the Natural Chimneys, and The Enchanted Fair at Foamhenge. This year of Fairs has been interesting and very challenging at times. My goal was to have a homemade adapted jury rigged sort of tent as my gypsy tent separate from my tree merchant tent. Kinda achieved it?

I used a patio umbrella and drop cloths for panting and hand sewed the entire thing with a needle and thread.


At the Stone Tower Glen realized I needed a top covering from the rain. I happened to have a canopy handy. I also realized the bottom was not safe from water with a tarp. Everything got wet! I had to dry it all out. So I thought no big deal. I’ll just use it for shade and rain shelter. At foamhenge I got out my moldy tent eww.

Maybe the sun would bleach the mildew. Then upon raising the umbrella one of the spokes broke. Unable to bear the weight of the heavy fabric. I took back what looked like a collasal squid.


Dragging that dead moldy mushroom tent around made me realize I would need an entire tribe to resurrect this thin with poles. So Rest In Peace moldy Mushroom Tent.

I still have a dream of creating a tent with lighter fabric. A magickal tent that pops up like a fashionable umbrella.