Fire at Twin Oaks. QF24 is canceled, here’s how you can help with the recovery efforts

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Dear QuinkFairers, As some of you have likely heard, Twin Oaks Intentional Community (the site of QuinkFair 2023, and current and/or former home to the majority of QuinkFair organizers) was impacted by the devastating 450-acre W Old Mountain Rd wildfire on March 20. The people, pets, and farm animals who live at Twin Oaks are …

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Update #5- Directions, Survival Guide & Packing Lists, workshop & event schedules, talent show signups, and more!

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Headlines If you missed them, you can read Update #1, Update #2, Update #3 and Update #4  on our blog. QuinkFair 2023 is July 20-24th in Louisa, Virginia. Online ticket sales will end at 10 pm Eastern (7 pm Pacific) on Wednesday, July 19th. If you haven’t done so already, please remember to buy your …

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Tickets NOT Sold at Door!

No tickets at the door

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We have a conversational style when it comes to selling tickets for QuinkFair.  People who have been to past Quink events we have organized, or have expressed interest thru Facebook or Eventbrite in this year’s event basically open themselves to a dialogue with us. “Can we get you a ride from Baltimore?” “Do you know …

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Tinkering a Quink

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This festival, QuinkFair, starts with two unusual challenges:  embracing a new word and a dare. The first idea is that there is an opposite of trauma: a specific event occurs and afterwards you experience healing or a shift in your life in a more positive direction.  We have invented a new word to describe this …

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Meet the Disorganizer: Strings

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The group of disorganizers for this year’s QuinkFair is so interesting and so unusual, we have decided we are going to feature them in interviews. Today we’re showcasing Strings, who is organizing this year’s Effigy Burn- the QuinkFair version of Burning Man’s Saturday night burn. QFC (QuinkFair Chronicles): Why are you disorganizing for QuinkFair? Strings: …

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A Festival with Homework

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[Update May 2023: This post was originally posted here in 2021, and has been updated for this years dates and new site.] This is an ambitious event. We are striving to create a temporary community celebration where we positively change the lives of participants.  This experience strives to strike the delicate balance between joyous celebration …

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