As we prepare for StaarCon 6 and get ready to launch StaarCast, our new online platform, I am particularly excited for some of our more recent additions to our StaarCon traditions.
At StaarCon 2024, we held our first Bardic Circle, with Christine Leiser as our host and Master of Ceremonies. A bardic circle is exactly what it sounds like; a time for bards to share their stories and songs. Think of it as a talent show. After its success in 2024, we asked Christine to come back and do it again for StaarCon 5. Now, we think the Bardic Circle will be a StaarCon institution!
For StaarCon 6, Christine will return to host the Bardic Circle and assist with our Opening Ceremony. Christine is the perfect person to help us with these tasks, since she works as a performing musician, tarot reader, and magical creator!
If you are coming to StaarCon 6, join us Saturday evening for the Bardic Circle. If you have a public-domain song, story, dance, skit, poem, or other short performance to share, Christine will put you on the roster!
When we first began holding StaarCon in person, we invited vendors to set up in the presentation rooms so that our attendees could shop between sessions. We realized that many of our local community who could not attend the conference were anxious to come and shop with our amazing merchants too!
For StaarCon 5, we launched the StaarCon Marketplace, a full expo and psychic fair, free and open to the public all three days! This means that our attendees can enjoy an enhanced shopping experience, and that our local community members can join us anytime throughout the weekend to support our vendors, have readings, and shop for the perfect tarot deck, book, crystal, or piece of jewelry.
At StaarCon 6, we will have many great readers, artisans, and merchants at the Marketplace. If you would like to be a vendor, all you need to do is apply! And, if you are someone who likes readings enough to come to a psychic fair but maybe not enough to come to a whole conference, the Marketplace is free for you to attend and bring your friends!
If you are coming to enjoy the conference, you will also enjoy the expanded opportunities to shop and enjoy the StaarCon 6 Marketplace, the Bardic Circle, over 30 great presentations, and more!
