Comments on: The Mission Pleasure Faire of 1971 https://evelazarus.com/the-mission-pleasure-faire-of-1971/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:16:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jean https://evelazarus.com/the-mission-pleasure-faire-of-1971/#comment-63503 Fri, 30 May 2025 09:50:17 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=14997#comment-63503 I was just going through some of my recently deceased husband’s things and found a collection of pictures and ephemera that I believe came from the Mission Faire. He was briefly associated with Deluxe Brothers…any interest?

]]> By: Diana paige https://evelazarus.com/the-mission-pleasure-faire-of-1971/#comment-62259 Sun, 15 Dec 2024 08:46:27 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=14997#comment-62259 There was one at Bear Creek in 1971 or 2.. I was there with candle makers. I read palms for barter. It was all so beautiful!

]]> By: bruce stewart https://evelazarus.com/the-mission-pleasure-faire-of-1971/#comment-61528 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 05:14:10 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=14997#comment-61528 In reply to Janet.

Hi, Janet. Sorry I missed this event at Cates Park, did not attend nor do I know of any documented material, or of anyone else who attended. I, too would surely like to see anything of the event!

]]> By: Gerry Williams https://evelazarus.com/the-mission-pleasure-faire-of-1971/#comment-61525 Sat, 14 Sep 2024 22:36:25 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=14997#comment-61525 Those are great photos. My ex and I worked on the Faire site for a few months. It was my first paid job in Canada. Go De Luxe!

]]> By: Janet https://evelazarus.com/the-mission-pleasure-faire-of-1971/#comment-61484 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 20:19:23 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=14997#comment-61484 In reply to bruce stewart.

Wonderful photos!
I have a question about another local faire from that era. Did you go to the Cates Park Village Faire which happened the Summer of 1971. I remember seeing some photographers roaming around with cameras…there was a documentary film made of that faire. I saw it shown on television one time not long after, so I know it exists or existed but I cannot find any trace of it now. Do you know anything about it?

]]> By: Gail Palmer https://evelazarus.com/the-mission-pleasure-faire-of-1971/#comment-61481 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 12:22:09 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=14997#comment-61481 Wonderful memories, but the photos don’t capture the mud. It was very muddy.
Oies anyone else remember a wedding, under a yurt type of dome? We sang
” May the long time sunshine upon you, all love surround you, and the pure light within you, guide your way home”

]]> By: Eric Veale https://evelazarus.com/the-mission-pleasure-faire-of-1971/#comment-61466 Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:18:29 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=14997#comment-61466 I don’t remember if it was this fair or the Medieval fair that the “Cosmic Space Rangers” were designed as “Security. I recall at one of them a group of people were sitting on the ground at the bottom of a small mound. On my way to deal with someone in distress I leaped over this mound narrowly missing the left hand of a very pretty young lady. To this day I thank the gods for allowing Joni to continue on with her legacy!

]]> By: Holly Fynn https://evelazarus.com/the-mission-pleasure-faire-of-1971/#comment-61457 Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:18:22 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=14997#comment-61457 Fantastic images♥️

]]> By: Graem Nelson https://evelazarus.com/the-mission-pleasure-faire-of-1971/#comment-61454 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 23:01:15 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=14997#comment-61454 I was there and Bruce was there and Joni was there… The faire was one of the best of the era. I was building a house nearby that was designed by Terry Lyster. I had to leave the faire early because my German Shepherd puppy Josh insisted on singing along with Joni.

]]> By: erik johnson https://evelazarus.com/the-mission-pleasure-faire-of-1971/#comment-61453 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 20:25:38 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=14997#comment-61453 In reply to bruce stewart.

Great shots! Curious if you have any shots of the BC Travellin’ Arts and Craft Faires? ( I was a ‘member’ of that troupe- and was a performer that the PNE Deluxe ‘faire’ with Jack Smith et al)

]]> By: bruce stewart https://evelazarus.com/the-mission-pleasure-faire-of-1971/#comment-61451 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 15:31:00 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=14997#comment-61451 In reply to Angus McIntyre.

Wonderful tip, Angus! Putting your back into it, yes! I was photographing nearby, a yurt with all its inhabitants circling around a warm fire when I saw this ‘stuck truck’ and its ‘rescuers’ struggling to get it over that wee bridge. The little dog on the lower right, looking up at them seems he could give them some wise advice! I HAD to get the shot. So many pictures, so little time . . . Cheers

]]> By: Dan https://evelazarus.com/the-mission-pleasure-faire-of-1971/#comment-61450 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 13:30:50 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=14997#comment-61450 Lovely. Thanks.

]]> By: Angus McIntyre https://evelazarus.com/the-mission-pleasure-faire-of-1971/#comment-61445 Sat, 07 Sep 2024 20:59:22 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=14997#comment-61445 Big Folks: $2.00. Kids: Free. The admission price based on the Bank of Canada inflation calculator for 2024: $15.00. Love the homemade barrel drums. I can see where some of the influence for the design of Habitat ’76 came from. I always get a kick out of people who try to push a car or truck with their hands as shown in the photo. You get far greater power by putting your back to the vehicle and using your legs to push.

]]> By: Lizanne Kikstra https://evelazarus.com/the-mission-pleasure-faire-of-1971/#comment-61441 Sat, 07 Sep 2024 19:25:39 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=14997#comment-61441 That is very cool. Have never heard of this before. I know my parents took us to medieval fair in the 70s and I must have been 10 at the time. I do remember Lady Godiva riding around in a white horse. Not sure where in lower mainland it was . But wish I’d been a bit older in those days. Now I just collect things from that era. Lol

]]> By: Jo Pleshakov https://evelazarus.com/the-mission-pleasure-faire-of-1971/#comment-61440 Sat, 07 Sep 2024 17:41:17 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=14997#comment-61440 Exactly my sentiment, wonderful.

]]> By: Dale Odberg https://evelazarus.com/the-mission-pleasure-faire-of-1971/#comment-61439 Sat, 07 Sep 2024 17:15:27 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=14997#comment-61439 This is wonderful.

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