Entertainment & Vendors 2024 - Realms Unknown Festival

As you traverse each portal to The Realm of Ages Past, The Time Traveler’s Realm, The Faerie Realm, and the Goblin Realm—you’ll find a wide variety of merchant booths, entertainers, stages, bars and taverns, food vendors, artistic installations, and more!

Find live music headliners on our main stage Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings. Enjoy music and performances all day on our three stages as well as wandering musicians and performers throughout the event. Participate in workshops and demonstrations.

When you’re not watching an epic performance or participating in another fun activity, peruse more than 100 of the best vendors and guilds from your favorite festivals all over the Pacific Northwest and beyond to enjoy a unique and engaging shopping and entertainment experience!

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ENTERTAINMENT: MAIN STAGE

MAIN STAGE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH - WENDY RULE - 9:00PM

Blurring the line between music, theatre and ritual, Visionary Songstress Wendy Rule weaves her dark-ambient mystical songs along pathways of Magic and mythology. With her extraordinary voice and heartfelt lyrics, Wendy invites her audience on an immersive journey of depth and passion. Over the past 25 years, Wendy has released 12 studio albums and numerous side projects, and has toured the world extensively. Wendy will take to the Realms Unknown stage on Friday September 20th at 9pm, performing songs from her new album, Meadowlark, as well as plenty of favorites from her extensive back catalogue. She’ll be joined on stage by her husband and musical collaborator Timothy Van Diest.

MAIN STAGE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH - SHIPS IN THE NIGHT - 8:00PM

Ships In The Night is an electrifying mix of haunting, dark electronic and ethereal, ambient lullabies. Alethea Leventhal’s magnetic solo project pulls from dreams, memories and echoes from the outer world to paint an atmospheric landscape with sweeping waves of synths and kinetic beats. Ships in the Night will take to the main stage at Realms Unknown 2024 on Friday, September 20th at 8:00PM.

MAIN STAGE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST - ABNEY PARK - 7:45PM

Widely known as the quintessential steampunk band and pioneers of their genre, Abney Park blends an eclectic variety of genres including steampunk, industrial dance, darkwave, intercultural world music, and more. Led by the energetic and captivating Captain Robert, Abney Park have travelled the world bringing steampunk music to the masses, and have been featured performers at festivals such as World Steam Expo, Dragon*Con, Faerieworlds, and many others. Don’t miss this rare chance to see Abney Park perform at the Realms Unknown Festival this Saturday, September 21st at 9:00PM.

MAIN STAGE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST - PORTLAND TAIKO - 6:30PM

Portland Taiko blends the tradition of Japanese taiko drumming with a sense of Asian American identity, creativity, and empowerment. Formed in 1994 by Ann Ishimaru, Zachary Semke, and Japanese American community activists, Portland Taiko started with one homemade taiko and practice drums made from car tires. With community support, the group built and purchased new drums, presented its first full-length concert in 1997, and became a non-profit organization and toured North America in the early 2000s. You can see Portland Taiko perform at Realms Unknown on Saturday, September 21st at 8:00PM!

MAIN STAGE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND - CHERVONA - 6:00PM

Chervona – Presenting the ultimate International Folk and dance party machine out of Portland, Oregon! Combining the energy and passion of Eastern European pop and polka, Jamaican ska, American jazz, punk, and disco, with Romani folk music, Chervona brings to the game a fiery new and compelling sound.

With authenticity and spirit, shining with soulful brass and sonorous woodwinds, hearts are freed by the traditional sounds of the old world wrapped in energetic new interpretations. Chervona transforms any moment into the year’s celebration!

MAIN STAGE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND - PIRATE JENNY - 5:00PM

Get your jam on to the Pacific Northwest’s own Pirate Jenny, a tasty blend of ska, rock and sea shanties that’s sure to bring out your inner pirate! Pirate Jenny has been drifting in and out of port to play clubs in Portland and beyond since the 1990s, and have established themselves as a powerful mainstay in modern pirate rock.

You may have seen Pirate Jenny perform this year at the 2024 Swashbuckler’s Ball, and now they will take to the Main Stage at Realms Unknown on Sunday, September 22nd at 6:00PM!

ADDITIONAL ENTERTAINMENT

FRIDAY

TIME TRAVELER'S STAGE

2:30PM – 3:00PM — D.R. Schreiber the Historical Conjurer

4:30PM – 5:00PM — D.R. Schreiber the Historical Conjurer

FAERIE STAGE

2:00PM – 3:30PM — Wyk the Pied Piper

4:00PM – 4:30PM — Alexander James Adams

AGES PAST STAGE

3:30PM – 4:00PM — Riona Arneson

5:30PM – 6:00PM — Riona Arneson

SATURDAY

TIME TRAVELER'S STAGE

11:00AM – 11:30AM — D.R. Schreiber the Historical Conjurer

12:00PM – 12:30PM — Sensei Strange

1:00PM – 1:30PM — D.R. Schreiber the Historical Conjurer

2:30PM – 3:00PM — Sensei Strange

3:30PM – 4:00PM — D.R. Schreiber the Historical Conjurer

4:30PM – 5:00PM — Sensei Strange

FAERIE STAGE

10:00AM – 11:30AM — Wyk the Pied Piper

1:00PM – 2:30PM — Wyk the Pied Piper

5:00PM – 5:30PM — Alexander James Adams

AGES PAST STAGE

11:30AM – 12:00PM — Riona Arneson

1:00PM – 1:30PM — Riona Arneson

4:00PM – 4:30PM — Riona Arneson

5:30PM – 6:00PM — The Switchlings

SUNDAY

TIME TRAVELER'S STAGE

10:30AM – 11:00AM — D.R. Schreiber the Historical Conjurer

11:30PM – 12:00PM — Sensei Strange

12:30PM – 1:00PM — D.R. Schreiber the Historical Conjurer

1:30PM – 2:00PM — Sensei Strange

3:30PM – 4:00PM — D.R. Schreiber the Historical Conjurer

FAERIE STAGE

2:30PM – 3:00PM — Alexander James Adams

AGES PAST STAGE

11:00AM – 11:30AM — Riona Arneson

1:00PM – 1:30PM — Riona Arneson

2:00 – 2:30PM — Riona Arneson

3:30PM – 4:00PM — Riona Arneson

5:30PM – 6:00PM — Riona Arneson

4:00PM – 4:30PM — The Switchlings