The fairies who live in the planters of town are back with one magical day of celebration — this time it's a wedding. 

The fourth annual Fairy House Day on Avenue A will take place at Peskeompskut Park on Saturday, Sept. 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. 

“It is family-friendly and very much for all ages,” Hannah Brookman, a co-organizer, said.  

The magical event started in 2018 when a group of friends worked together to make a children’s television show called The Lovelights, which is on Montague Community Television. During the production of the show, the creators realized they needed a village of fairy houses in the planters of town for a scene. In the show, the live-action fairies lived in the homes in the planters; The fairies were filmed for the scene using a green screen and then were superimposed on the fairy homes for the production.

Instead of making the houses themselves, they decided to host a day-long event inviting the local community to share in the fairy magic, thus Fairy House Day on Avenue A was born. The first year of the event included fairy house-making, story time, and the prettiest picnic contest. 

The creators had so much fun they decided to make it an annual event, though they had to take a few years off due to COVID, pregnancies, and the broken bone of a key member.

The second annual event included a screening of the completed first episode of the television show. The episode includes one scene with a mermaid waving on a rock to another mermaid. The two mermaids, who never met each other in real life, were edited together during post-production. The mermaids then had the opportunity to meet each other at the screening during the second annual fairy house day. 

“During the second event, there was an explosive thunderstorm, it was a magical feeling,” Brookman said. 

That magical feeling was certainly felt by the two people who played the mermaids because after they met that day, they fell in love and have been together ever since. “We are having their fictional wedding a month before their actual wedding,” Brookman explained. 

Those in attendance at this year’s event will be guests at their wedding. “All magical creatures are invited,” Brookman said. “We would like lots of sea creatures to come.” According to the poster for the event, the dress code is “Magical Formal,” although it may not be strictly enforced. 

The day will feature all the landmark events from past years including the prettiest picnic contest, the green screen where footage will be shot for the second episode, a butterfly release including butterflies provided by Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory in South Deerfield and live music.

“Dressing up is very much part of the day,” Brookman said. “It is very much a set for the Lovelights TV show.”

To enter the picnic contest, simply bring a pretty picnic, set it up and eat it. The prettiest picnic of the day will win a prize. 

River Culture, Montague Community Television, and Looky Here help produce the event. 

The Lovelights show was created at the same time and by the same people — Brookman, Beverly Ketch, Abby Rusk and Sarah Lanzillotta — as Looky Here on Chapman Street in Greenfield. Looky Here is an art thrift store, risograph print shop, workshop space and art gallery. The space has workshops that can be found on their frequently updated website, lookyheregreenfield.com. The four organizers all have roles in the show, board positions for Looky Here, as well as production crew positions for the Lovelights. 

Information about the day and the Lovelights can be found on their website, lovelightstv.wordpress.com. 

Brookman has a background in stagecraft and theater production and explained the event is like making an entire theater set in one day.

“It is so joyous,” she said. “It is so chaotically beautiful.”

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