Faire

Faire may refer to:

  • Renaissance fair
    • Renaissance Pleasure Faire of Southern California a U.S. annual event
    • Bristol Renaissance Faire, a U.S. major event in the Midwest
    • New York Renaissance Faire, a U.S. annual event
    • Northern California Renaissance Faire a U.S. annual event
  • Chicago TI International World Faire (1983 - ), annual event for owners and users of TI-99/4A and Myarc 9640 Home Computers
  • Heloise and the Savoir Faire, a madonna-punk outfit based in Brooklyn, New York
  • How Weird Street Faire, an outdoor street faire and electronic music festival held every May in San Francisco
  • Laissez-faire, a French phrase meaning "let do, let go, let pass", borrowed into English to describe hands-off approach
    • Laissez Faire Books, an online bookseller of the libertarian movement
  • Savoir-Faire, a piece of interactive fiction written by Emily Short
  • Scenes à faire, a principle in copyright law
  • Science Faire, a compilation album by indie pop group The Apples in Stereo
  • Vintage Faire Mall, a shopping mall located in Modesto, California
  • Virginia Browne Faire (1904-1980), American silent-film actress
  • West Coast Computer Faire (1977-1989), former annual computer industry conference and exposition
  • Maker Faire, an DIY related event created by Make Magazine

Famous quotes containing the word faire:

    “Shee said, Lullabye, my owne deere child!
    Lullabye, deere child, deere!
    I wold thy father were a king,
    Thy mother layd on a beere!

    ‘Peace now,’ he said, ‘good Faire Ellen,
    And be of good cheere, I thee pray,
    And the bridall and the churching both,
    They shall bee upon one day.’”
    —Unknown. Child Waters (l. 157–164)

    “But Jonnë had a bright sword by his side,
    And it was made of the mettle so free,
    That had not the king stept his foot aside,
    He had smitten his head from his faire bodde.”
    —Unknown. Johnie Armstrong (l. 45–48)

    “Joy may you have and gentle hearts content
    Of your loves couplement:
    And let faire Venus, that is Queene of love,
    With her heart-quelling Sonne upon you smile,”
    —Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)