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The annual Carnival of 5 Fires returns to bring in the spooky season on First Friday, October 2nd here in Historic Jackson Ward as part of the Richmond Arts District’s First Fridays Art Walk! Richmond Moon Market will be on the usual two blocks of Brook Rd from 5-10pm with local vendors, artisans, performances, tarot readers, food trucks, and more! This year we are also celebrating 20 YEARS of PLF with an extra fiery Pyro Circus on the street, complete with fire performances of all kinds, DJs to make you move n’ groove, fire sculptures, and more surprises to light up your night! Inside Gallery5 you’ll find a multi-media PLF group art exhibit with 16 artists, special performances, bands, and a PLF Variety Show with plenty of shenanigans you’ll want to witness. Visit our libation station for all the tasty bevs and travel to the second floor above G5, to the new Virago Alley HQ, where this month’s spotlight is Richmond Ren Faire’s Fire Guild/PLF and friends (stairs on to the left of the G5 entrance). There will be an installation of video projections by Todd Raviotta showcasing PLF’s two decades of dedication to participating in Richmond’s arts and culture with countless performances, workshops, events (including Decemberween, one of the biggest NYE celebration in the city)! Blue Bee Cider will also be on the top floor serving an array of options for you to enjoy as you check out photography of the Fire Guild from the inaugural Richmond Ren Faire by Dennis Garnett. Inside Stage: Athanor Dance Collective -7:30pm Blair Mountain -8pm The Embalmers-9pm PLF Variety Show-10pm Starring: Bunny Senpai (MC) Madame Spinsei Dragon Dryad Leila Lovely Lexi TinTin Sevyn and Mystique of Bandits Troupe PLF Group Art Show: Curated by Katie Kat  With artwork by: Anna Bowden Molly Chopin Josh Cromwell Parker Galore Katie Kat Emily Legge Aube Myrr Kevin Murphy Todd Raviotta Lana Reinhold Steven Warrick Liam Ward Jenny Wolf Courtney Zeitler Mariyam Zamorski Justin Zamorski PLF Pyro Circus (music 5pm, fire starts 7pm-11pm) DJs Danny Boy-5pm T RAV-6pm Reinhold -7pm Godiva- 8pm Akasha-9pm Gon-10pm Visuals by Imocean and Squash
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Drop into our vendor area by the Dakan Arena for props, accessories, threads, prints and so much more! Stay fueled with Gobbs & Gobbs of Kabobs or satisfy your sweet tooth with Mama Mousie's! Treat yo'self! ❤️‍🔥
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Best.Burn.Ever. I am so fortunate and so grateful for this burn. This is my second year as Captain of the @rednosedistrict and I leave the playa with a deeper and greater understanding of how special this place is. This is home. A rag tag group of scrappy, funny, sexy, get-shit-done carnies and clowns that create the most welcoming, loving, supportive place in the world. So many moments this year where I got to see and be a part of us all throwing down and protecting this place we all love so deeply. I am so proud of how we take new people in and make them feel like they’ve always been here. How they jump in and welcome us becoming a part of our dusty circus. This is found family and I love them all. I look forward to continuing to build this camp with all of you, I am in wonder and awe, from build to burn to tear down, we absolutely crushed it. You are my heart and soul. ~Clown Daddy
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from the burn archives. see you next year, pinky promise ❤️‍🔥🌪️✨
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Show some love for the rest of our incredible, hardworking organizer team: GATE + PARKING Moon Bear | @lib.m0ney Mark | @crackers_n_cheesed Mia Cruse | @cosflowgirl Raven | @raven_flowz_ GROUNDS + LOGISTICS Vinny Perez | @zizziedizzie Alexis Barris | @gal3x3y Charlie Kim | graffic_content Trish Fields | @controlled_kayoss FIRST AID Roya Tava | @royalteareads Bella | @bella_b1nxx RANGER Jesse | @jesoterik Emeyrs | @bodiesmakingshapes HOSPITALITY Scottie Mo | @dchawkwatcher Natalie Tiede | @natalietiede_ Noel Yee | @noeltech VENDORS + FAI REP #2 Matthew Sosticky | @matthewsosticky CEREMONIES Nes | @nesneslitattoo AFTERMATH + LEAVE NO TRACE Jeremy Mason | @saymo_saymojam Angel Real | @angelreal.me These are the first & last (but certainly not least) faces you'll see onsite, so get used to 'em! How can you show support for our team? • Shout out the flowmies! • Apply as an ambassador! • Apply as an artist! • Pick up volunteer shifts when they open up! • Like, share, comment & repost! • BUY A TICKET! ❤️‍🔥 #flowarts #flow #fai #firefestival
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Some fire photos and music for people for people that liked to get yelled at by humans and robots. Beep Boop AHHHHH or whatever. #Shotbydennisdamenace
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Tuts Tuesday is here! Matthew SoSticky @matthewsosticky is here teaching a double staff move! 📹Video by @fishshapes Filmed at @flame.festival ➡️You can check out the full video over on our YouTube! Link is in our bio or click here: https://www.youtube.com/@FlowArtsInstitute & subscribe to support all future projects! #TutsTuesday #FlowArtsInstitute #DoubleStaffTutorial #DoubleStaff
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Some of my favorite vertical shots from @rvarenfaire which was an absolute BLAST. So many thanks to @viragoalley for pulling this together, and hopefully it's safe to say we can get our hopes up for next year. The performances and participation were just outstanding, I wish I had been able to do both days. My favorite place was the Fire Stage with @party_liberation_foundation and @banditstroupe 🔥🔥🔥 SO much insane talent in one place. Hope to see you all at future events!!! If you know any of the performers not tagged, please tag them! If you are in one of these photos, shoot me a message and I can send you all of the full resolution photos I have of you (free). #rva #rvaphotographer #rvarenfaire #photography #renfaire
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Scenes from the @party_liberation_foundation #FireGuild at the @rvarenfaire #ShotByDennisDaMenace
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Had the most amazing time at @flame.festival channelling my FMC warrior queen fire dancing energy! Thanks @maddie_boomboom for taking me to my first flow festival and encouraging me to light it up! You’re the best bestie a girl could ever hope for 💚💚💚 couldn’t have done it without you! And Thank you @matthewsosticky and @ms.sylvia.sprague and @djgonofficial and @christianwyeth and @maeganrose8_ and @itsvicv19 and @dazee.demonic and @playcraze for being amazing 💜💙💚 can’t wait to see you all next year
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📣 Next up in the PLF Workshop Series: Fire Safety 101 🔥✨ Join us 4/25 at Dogwood Dell to learn the ins and outs of safe fire handling from our expert fire leads @matthewsosticky and @stove_ovenmitz ✨ Attendees will learn how to safely handle and extinguish props as well as safetying for other fire spinners. Fire safe clothing is a MUST! Bring you fire props if you have them, if not we’ll have some to share! This is a great workshop for those looking to begin fire flow or needing a refresher on safety practices! ❤️‍🔥
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TAG A FLOWMIE! This is an appreciation post! Shout out your favorite instructors, performers, facilitators & funniest flowmies from our sister fest, Flame! We hope our @flame.festival @flowartsinstitute fam had an incredible, safe & spicy weekend! We’re living vicariously through your silly stories, showcase clips & more as we patiently wait for September to come! Luckily, @kineticfireretreat is right around the corner- let’s see who can crush more cans! We’ve also got @sunsetandchilldmv ramping up for the season with The Thaw on May 2nd! We’ve had a lot of Flame fam ask to keep instructor applications open until after the soot settles & we’re happy to oblige! They’ll stay open until the end of the month! Content courtesy of @maddie_boomboom 🔥 Vibes courtesy of @flame.festival @flowartsinstitute #fai #flame #firefestival #fire #burn festival firearts firedancing flowarts flowartist
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