Goblin Town Fantasy Festival 2025 (The Frogening)
A chance to wander the Goblin Town with a bag of gold and to take part in workshops and shenanigans!
Date and time
Location
Taw Bottom Guide Camp
Taw Bottom South Tawton Ex20 2lp United KingdomRefund Policy
About this event
- Event lasts 2 days 3 hours
Goblin Town!
Dates: 05/09/2025 - 07/09/2025
Where? Taw Bottom, EX20 2PL, Google maps link: https://goo.gl/maps/QnjYqSv4CTpsiVZHA (Site may change due to parking)
What are we looking at?
A larp tangent event based on finding the mayor of Goblin Town, a Town full of labyrinth style Goblins! (Or any goblins really, even little pixie ones. Though family friendly is appreciated)
How does it work?
Well, in one of two ways, you can camp for the full weekend with the £50 ticket, or come for the day for £10. If you want to take part as a Goblin for the weekend then you join one of the camps and work to gather coins to bribe the council and become mayor.
In addition though you can decide to come as a "mortal meanderer" you dont have to be a goblin, but have coins to spend and can involve yourself in all sorts of Goblin activities, heading home safely at the end.
The Site:
- Camping/Motor Homes are acceptable with prior warning.
- Some covered areas which will be used for evening entertainment and workshops
- Running water, Showers, toilets
- Electricity is provided by a generator, so may be very limited
- Parking is available (Though limited)
- Fires are acceptable in the areas allocated or in raised firepits so no damage is done to the grass etc.
- There will be bins etc. on site, but the site has no large bins so all rubbish must be removed by the organisers at the end of the event, as such, it would be very useful for attendees to remove their own rubbish if possible.
The camps and Activities
The Entertainers
A raggle taggle bunch, earning coin with their "amazing" shows.
They have at their heart the town band and mortals will be able to join it and make their own instruments from pipes, bottles, cans etc.
- Playing throughout the weekend: GirdyBird
- Performing on the Saturday/Sunday: Purbeck Storm, Lady Garden Ensemble, Reviers Gallows, Lutebox
- Performances by: Rattle Box Theatres Beowulf, Storytellers!
- Drinks provided by The Cuckoo Tap Room!
- Trash Band Worshop! And the great Trash Band Meander!
Guards and justices
The serious and po-faced defenders of Goblin Town.
You can get a chance to join the militia training:
- Sword/Perioud Combat Fighting
- Archery
- Combat Games
- Goblin Jousting!
Also: You can report Goblins and have them chased around by the Guard!
The Nefarious Camp
Where villains and nerdowells reside from highway goblins to politicians.
- Face Paint
- How to be a Goblin Workshop
- The Goon Squad! Need Goons for a Shenanigan? Want to BE a goon for a Shenanigan? Then join the Good Squad!
- The Goblin Ball League!
- The Goblin Academy - Come down to the Academy to be sent on educational missions to find interesting birds, word searches, maths challanges etc.
Traders
Where anything from bobbins to beating sticks may be purchased.
These fine folks will do an amazing hat making workshop to take away and complete your outfit.
- Also visit them for the awesome hat building Workshop!
System?
A system in LARP is the format used to make decisions around Drama and Combat, everyone participating as a LARPer rather than a Mortal has a character, and some of the fun of the event is the chance to battle with your fellows. #
Because of the nature of this event, we don't have a system per se. The idea of the game is to have fun and be as fun as possible, get hit with a weapon? It will probably hurt! Give the people playing healers a chance to do their thing!
Want to play a Healer? Fantastic! You can go over and roleplay patching up poor wounded goblins! Goblin medicine is somewhat... haphazard! Feel free to bandage, splint, pull out pretend saws etc!
Magic? Of course goblins can do magic! Sort off.... Goblin magic depends hugely on people believing they do magic. You have to sell it and the person on the receiving end has to be a good sport!
Combat?
Sometimes drama in the world of LARP is created by Combat, Combat is represented using specially created prop weapons, they are designed with the combat in mind and MUST come up to the necessary safety standards. The reasons for this is the same as why you can't bring a nerf gun or an airsoft gun to a paintball game, the assumed safety is created by making sure everyone is using the same level of equipment.
If you wish to get involved in Combat you must get your equipment checked by one of our wandering town council. or at the Guard Camp and do a quick Combat tutorial, if it turns out that you have brought something unsutable, we will do our best to lend you something more appropriate.
The camps may be invaded by smells orcs and other nerdowells, particularly after the mortals have gone home.
HELP! I Dont want to do combat!
All interactions with the Goblins should be fun, if you don't want to be on the receiving end of Goblin meanness then just yell BOO at them and they should get the hint and leg it. If your a mortal you might also give them a coin for their troubles and report them to the Guard for good measure!
Helping or Trading
If your interested in helping out, or have questions, feel free to get in touch. We can always use vollunteers, traders and performers! Gideon@theoldwyvern.com
Frequently asked questions
No! All kinds of strange beasties and even normal(ish) people are allowed in Goblin Town!
Absoloutly!
Oh Yes!
No formal times, we start Friday evening start and day tickets are allowed in from 10am.
Yes! But it is limited
Yes! And Everyone can become mayor!
So you get ten with each ticket and you can use them to take part in workshops, or just pay goblins for their fun.
Sadly the site (though it does have disabled toilets) is not great terrain for people with movement difficulties, being a series of fields and woods, though the paths are clear.