The Village Cooper

31/05/2026

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Saturday & Sunday Program for The Dancing Cooper Tavern at the Armour and Alchemy Winter Medieval & Folk Fair. More to come ...

19/05/2026

Fantastic news...but you can still buy tickets to the concert without the dinner option!

Breaking News!

That's right, if you've nabbed a feast ticket you are one of the lucky ones!

"But wait" I hear you cry "What about meeeee?"

(Que soundtrack)
com.au have helped out enormously today by sorting a whole new ticket category for us - fair plus concert. Those tickets are live right now!

will have you dancing your socks off, the Fayre Guiser Mummer's Players will keep you laughing..... and our fabulous food trucks will trade into the evening to keep you fed as well.

Never fear, there will be much merriment into the evening, capped off by the giant bonfire in all it's anthropomorphic glory!

10/05/2026

I can't reiterate how good this is going to be!

27/04/2026

The Village Cooper will again be at the Gumeracha Medieval and Rare Trades Festival this coming weekend! Rain is forecast, so come prepared.. Heaps to see and do, plus an amazing evening concert (extra cost.. these guys are fabulous.. Bórdo Sárkány)...
Hope to see you all there

13/04/2026

The Village Cooper will be here and the line up of Musicians, Reenactors, artisans, merchants and general fun is going to be next level! Very reasonable camping is available (with excellent showers), so make a weekend of it!

2026 Winter Medieval and Folk Fair

June Long Weekend Saturday 6th June & Sunday 7th at Wirrina Cove Holiday Park, Wirrinna, South Australia.

Tickets now on sale:
https://armourandalchemy.au/

Don your cloaks, hats and best medieval outfit, it’s time to experience the
wonders of a medieval winter at Wirrina Cove and the Armour & Alchemy
Winter Medieval Folk Fair set to go off with an explosion of medieval
mastery and mayhem!

Not only will we be filled with medieval village and mid-winter vibes, we are also
bringing the best of music and dance to our event this year with a fabulous array of performers.

Morris Dancers, Mummers Players and Minstrels. Winter fires, warming
whisky, delicious eats, hand crafts all village style. Knights in battle. Feats of
strength. And for the first time, music, live and loud into the evening with a
feast and concert with local Pagan folk rockers Spiral Dance playing music to rock
your ancestors.

Marvel at the skills of master artisans through live leather-working
demonstrations and take home a unique handcrafted piece. Learn the secrets
of wood carving from expert craftsmen as they create beautiful hand-carved
toys and kitchen tools before your eyes. Dive deep into Scottish history,
exploring tales from medieval times and beyond. Witness the fiery art of
blacksmithing on site, where iron bends to the will of the skilled blacksmith.

Show off your own skills and imagination in the inaugural costume competition!

Entertainment at this year’s Medieval and Folk Fair includes The Society of Creative Anachronism, The Craic and The Cratur, Madadh Fiadhaich, The Fair Guisers Mummers Players, Warhounds Armoured Combat, Hot For Joe Morris Dancers, The Merry Maypolers, Lyrebird, The Lowland Rogues, Ironclad Academy of the Sword, Inis Mór, The Fleurieu Fiddlers, The Valiant Order of Historical Entertainers, Mariner’s Folly, Nova Roma Praetorium Australe Inc , Necro Nature, Serenity the Fairy and Spiral Dance.
Following the concert and feast gather on the oval for our Normus Gurt Bonfire and
burning of a wickerman (no Romans will be harmed in this).
A fabulous array of food trucks and Spier & Wright Whisky Bar - more to be announced soon!!!

Camping is available and free parking is available on site. Children under 10 yrs old are free.

If you are planning on camping at this year’s Medieval and Folk Fair, please note camping is NOT included in your ticket.
To book:
BOOKINGS ARE ONLINE https://www.wirrinacoveholidaypark.com.au/

Cost of Camping:
Unpowered site $15 per adult, $10 per child, $5 per infant – Minium of 2 nights.
Powered site $15 per adult, $10 per child, $5 per infant Plus $15 per night for power – Minimum of 3 nights.

Enquiries [email protected]

25/10/2025

After a year of disjointed distractions, including a recent extended trip to Ireland, I am now attempting to re-adjust back to some form of normality.
The video shows some of my latest ‘limited release’ genuine timber veneer inlayed lidded tankards. They are of my standard 500ml capacity version with an intricate, hand done, veneer inlay design cut into the lid.
Literally taking hours to do they are a ‘special’ offering and, obviously, not mass produced - hence, limited in numbers. It is not my initial intention to make these to particular tankards to orders, simply, to sell them when available while stocks last, in person at fairs. Starting price is $250 each at present.
I should be at the ‘Armour and Alchemy’ fair being held at Wirrina next weekend (Nov 1st & 2nd).
I will have a few of the Limited Release tankards available there - start saving!!
See you there.
Cheers Steve.

06/12/2024

The Village Cooper Christmas.
To all my friends and supporters I share with you my good tidings and hopes that we all have an enjoyable and safe festive season!!
Have a great Christmas and ‘bottom’s up’ for an even better new year.
Cheers from the Village Cooper crew.

22/04/2024

Looking forward to catching up with everyone at the at Gumeracha on the 4th & 5th of May.
It clearly appears that it is going to be bigger and better than last year so should be a great weekend.
Cheers Steve

16/12/2023

Wishing you a very merry Christmas and I look forward to seeing you in the New Year! Again, I thank you all - old friends and new faces for making 2023 yet another year that blew me away. The love and support that I’m show is amazing - it’s that Village that helps keep this Coopers ‘old trade’ alive and well! On the calendar for 2024 are the Mount Gambier Fantasy Medieval fair and the Gumeracha Rare Trades Fair, so pop in and have a chat!!!! I’ll see you all then! Steve

13/09/2023

The weekend of the 4th & 5th of November, or more specifically the SA Viking Festival held in Victor Harbor will be very different for me this year.
For the first time in roughly 20 years, sadly, I am unable to be involved as a stall holder at one of my regularly attended events.
I know my absence will have little impact on the ultimate success of this festival, however, I do want to inform those who may have expected to visit my stall there - Sorry.

If you do have a specific request and were planning to get in early on the weekend, please contact me via [email protected] and I will see what I can do for you.
I hope to actually get there as a spectator, which in itself will be a bit unique for me, so I hope to catch up with everyone then.
Sorry for any inconvenience, I'll be back next year.

Cheers
Steve
The Village Cooper