A May Day Merriment

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Our community May Day celebration in Prospect Park!

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Join us at the Park Circle Lawn in Prospect Park for a free, family-friendly afternoon of guided circle dancing, May Pole decorating, and tarot card reading!

Alkemie members will also be joined by students from two local universities for this special event. Brooklyn College undergraduate students will demonstrate aspects of medieval asceticism by re-performing the behavior of medieval stylites and anchorites. Interpreters will be on hand to help you understand how medieval ascetic practices can still teach us a lot in 2026 about the human condition.

The Fordham Medieval Dramatists will present the spectacular, interactive outdoor staging of the 13th-century animal fable, The Fox and the Wolf, bringing Reynard the fox, Sigrim the wolf, Chaunticleer the cock, and a flock of befuddled friars to present-day NYC.

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SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2026

Tickets are free, but please register in advance for schedule and location updates!

REGISTER: May Day // Sunday, May 3 from 2:00-5:00 pm // Prospect Park, Brooklyn REGISTER: May Day // Sunday, May 3 from 2:00-5:00 pm // Prospect Park, Brooklyn REGISTER: May Day // Sunday, May 3 from 2:00-5:00 pm // Prospect Park, Brooklyn
REGISTER: May Day // Sunday, May 3 from 2:00-5:00 pm // Prospect Park, Brooklyn
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Tickets are free, please register for event and location updates.
General = Free, Supporter = $25 donation

Time/Date: Sunday, May 3 from 2:00-5:00 pm
Location: The Park Circle Lawn, Prospect Park
by the intersection of Parkside Avenue and Prospect Park Southwest, Brooklyn, NY 11225

Meet Eleanor Lincoln — Our May Day Dance Caller

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SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

May Day and/or Medieval-inspired garb & personal effects are heartily invited, though of course not required. We also encourage you to bring a picnic + blanket if you are so inclined - consider grabbing a bite at Smorgasbord aka “The Woodstock of Eating” before making your way over! 

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2:00 May Day opens!

2:00-5:00 Temporary tattoos, face painting, and trivia scavenger hunt concurrent with other activities all afternoon

2:00-3:30 Performance by Brooklyn College of Medieval Anchorites & Stylites (concurrent with other activities)

2:30-3:00 May Day Dancing Round 1

3:30-5:00 Tarot Card Readings begin, concurrent with other activities

3:30-4:00 May Day Dancing Round 2

4:00 Performance by Fordham Medieval Dramatists of scenes from The Fox & the Wolf

4:30 Revelation of Scavenger Trivia Answers + Prizes!

5:00 May Day concludes (until next year…)

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ARTISTS

     Tracy Cowart (harp, percussion)

Ben Matus (recorders, bagpipes, percussion)

San Ricketts (bagpipes, recorders, douçaines)

Spiff Wiegand (percussion)

~with~

Eleanor Lincoln (dance caller)

Brooklyn College

Fordham Medieval Dramatists