Renfaire 2.0

[Marvel_Tickling]

One of his videos, the tickler says “we don’t do kids, just people 15 and older”. I immediately regretted re-subscribing once I heard that. Not ideal.

He somehow got a Miss Texas pageant woman to do his tickling at one of their stops. Not sure how the hell he pulled that off, but he did. (She got tickled too and it didn’t go over well reaction-wise).

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Without having seen it (and didn't try to find it!) How do you mean it didn't go over well reaction wise?

 

[Vindiggity2]

Without having seen it (and didn't try to find it!) How do you mean it didn't go over well reaction wise?

She just didn’t really laugh. Kinda sat there awkwardly and was like “meh”. Nothing special, just like all of his content. Absolute racket he’s made as much as he has on it…basically preyed on curiosity.

 

[U.N.Owen]

You excellent guy has really highlighted a key point!
The potential feeling of getting intimidated tends to inevitably have disturbance on the ticklees' reactions.
Such a disturbance may cause some ticklees' reactions to appear to be somewhat ingenuine, or even weaken their sensations of feeling tickled!
From my perspective, ticklishness is more psychological than physical. So, a good atmosphere is rather important for tickling.

I agree. One of the reasons the Italian renfaire troupe worked so well is the comical, interactive atmosphere they created, bringing in the "victim" and the "victim's" friends and family.

 

[@AlwaysLookCool729]

I agree. One of the reasons the Italian renfaire troupe worked so well is the comical, interactive atmosphere they created, bringing in the "victim" and the "victim's" friends and family.

I miss seeing the Italian Renfaire Videos

 

[U.N.Owen]

I miss seeing the Italian Renfaire Videos

The troupe was still going through 2019 (although it seems the Canelli festival had ended before that for financial reasons), but the pandemic seems to have shut them down permanently. Their website went offline in 2020 and never came back.

 

[blargblarg]

Have we had any new content this 2025?

Ever since the pandemic, im not really sure if the group keeps doing the bit or not. No new copilations have surfaced since 2019 and im not sure if they have just stopped everything or if they simply banned cameras in the vincinity (which would be understandable seeing what happened at Casei Medievale 2013-2019)

 

[U.N.Owen]

Have we had any new content this 2025?

Ever since the pandemic, im not really sure if the group keeps doing the bit or not. No new copilations have surfaced since 2019 and im not sure if they have just stopped everything or if they simply banned cameras in the vincinity (which would be understandable seeing what happened at Casei Medievale 2013-2019)

The Italian troupe was active in 2019, then shut down during the pandemic. As far as I can tell, they never started up again. It seems no one does the tickling stocks in Italy anymore.

I don't know if the troupe in southern France is still going or not.

 

[CoatOfArms]

I don't know if the troupe in southern France is still going or not.

The last time I saw any information regarding the French troupe was in 2020, when they were suppose to take part in a festival, which eventually didn't happen, interestingly not because of covid, but due to a bad weather and strong wind. And nothing new since then.

Have we had any new content this 2025?

Ever since the pandemic, im not really sure if the group keeps doing the bit or not. No new copilations have surfaced since 2019 and im not sure if they have just stopped everything or if they simply banned cameras in the vincinity (which would be understandable seeing what happened at Casei Medievale 2013-2019)

I would say they probably stopped. Considering that nowadays nearly everyone has a phone with a camera, I can't imagine they could realistically prevent all visitor form filming it. On the other hand, I guess some people could film it, but never post it, or post it as private, or without any description, so finding it on the internet would be practically impossible. But that's just my speculation.

I saw that Stimulating Reflexology answered one comment under their video, saying that apparently they are planning to do a tour in Canada and UK with their stocks soon, but no other details. However, I would take this information with a huge grain of salt, because let's say they are not the most trustworthy people.

I also think that the Siege of Canelli festival returns this year, but there is no guarantee that the stock would return as well.

 

[U.N.Owen]

I also think that the Siege of Canelli festival returns this year, but there is no guarantee that the stock would return as well.

Really? I hadn't seen any news about Canelli starting up again. I'd heard it shut down around 2016 for financial reasons.

 

[CoatOfArms]

Really? I hadn't seen any news about Canelli starting up again. I'd heard it shut down around 2016 for financial reasons.

In 2025 the mayor of the town announced it will be renewed. Here is a link to an article (just remove the spaces after argomenti and articolo). It's in Italian, but basically it says that the festival will start again after it stopped in 2017. But it is not yet clear how it will look like:

https://www.lavocediasti.it/2025/07/13/leggi-notizia/argomenti /eventi-18/articolo /canelli-annuncia-il-ritorno-dellassedio-la-rievocazione-storica-ripartira-nel-2026.html

But as I said, the stocks tickling most likely won't come back, because the group doing it seems to have dissolved some time ago.

 

[U.N.Owen]

In 2025 the mayor of the town announced it will be renewed. Here is a link to an article (just remove the spaces after argomenti and articolo). It's in Italian, but basically it says that the festival will start again after it stopped in 2017. But it is not yet clear how it will look like:

https://www.lavocediasti.it/2025/07/13/leggi-notizia/argomenti /eventi-18/articolo /canelli-annuncia-il-ritorno-dellassedio-la-rievocazione-storica-ripartira-nel-2026.html

But as I said, the stocks tickling most likely won't come back, because the group doing it seems to have dissolved some time ago.

I agree, it's unlikely the stocks troupe will come back. But I guess it's not impossible. The Canelli organizers clearly loved the stocks as a public event, so I suppose they might reach out and ask, if the group is still in the area and still has the stocks...

 

[blargblarg]

In the last years, it seems like the troupe was more active on Casei Medievale and secondary festivals (Insulla Medievale had one i think) than on Canelli. The thing is, when people started stalking the participants of the Casei Medievale group, all content stopped. I think they took mesures and stopped people from filming and such. The Insula Medievale videos for example are filmed from afar. And there are barely no pictures of the events.

 

[pacattack]

Have we had any new content this 2025?

Ever since the pandemic, im not really sure if the group keeps doing the bit or not. No new copilations have surfaced since 2019 and im not sure if they have just stopped everything or if they simply banned cameras in the vincinity (which would be understandable seeing what happened at Casei Medievale 2013-2019)

What happened at Casei Medievale? (And what was this event/place?)

Never heard of it and interested.

 

[CoatOfArms]

What happened at Casei Medievale? (And what was this event/place?)

Never heard of it and interested.

Casei Medievale was a name of a festival. It was nothing special, there were tents, vendors, re-enactment groups, some tournaments, so the usual stuff. The "Tickle Troupe" participated in it and it was even quite a highlight of this festival. But unlike in Canelli, they weren't only tickling people for not buying tickets, but it was a whole show called "LA DISFIDA DELLE STREGHE". I once found the post describing the rules, so here it is (translated form Italian)":

Rules for the "Witches' Challenge" Game

For the 2015 edition of Casei Medievale, there will be an attraction partially tested last year, which has been incorporated as an integral part of this year's show.
The attraction, with its light-hearted and playful tone, is designed to further engage audiences who aren't necessarily exclusively interested in the fighting, but come to sample local libations and witness something different. At the same time, even those who usually "support" the actual warriors will have the opportunity to participate more actively in the event.

Therefore:

• Each group must nominate two (or even just one, depending on the number of registered groups) young and friendly volunteer witches who will be subjected to tickling torture on Saturday in the pillory. The audience will judge their laughter, screams, and cries of repentance for their witchcraft activities. During this challenge, members of the audience will be randomly selected from time to time to further engage them and also to lengthen the skit.

• For small groups, it is possible to "borrow" volunteers from a friendly group; obviously, they cannot be the same ones competing for the native group.

• It is also possible to ask girls in the audience to voluntarily compete in the game under the aegis of the group; in this case, their scores will be averaged with those of the official contestants. This ploy serves to further engage the audience.

The challenge with all the contestants will take place on Saturday afternoon, to increase the attraction points during the event. Since the game only works well if the girls laugh and scream, any groups that provide unresponsive witches will be banished from the entire Oltrepò area for seven generations, their belongings confiscated, and their camps burned to the ground.

I'm not exactly sure what the controversy was, but some groups posted many photos from this evet, and my guess is some people started sending them creepy messages or demanding more footage. But as I said, I'm not sure if that was a case. Because otherwise it seemed that both viewers and woman being tickled really enjoy this, and I believe it continued till the covid pandemic.

 

[U.N.Owen]

Casei Medievale was a name of a festival. It was nothing special, there were tents, vendors, re-enactment groups, some tournaments, so the usual stuff. The "Tickle Troupe" participated in it and it was even quite a highlight of this festival. But unlike in Canelli, they weren't only tickling people for not buying tickets, but it was a whole show called "LA DISFIDA DELLE STREGHE". I once found the post describing the rules, so here it is (translated form Italian)":

Rules for the "Witches' Challenge" Game

For the 2015 edition of Casei Medievale, there will be an attraction partially tested last year, which has been incorporated as an integral part of this year's show.
The attraction, with its light-hearted and playful tone, is designed to further engage audiences who aren't necessarily exclusively interested in the fighting, but come to sample local libations and witness something different. At the same time, even those who usually "support" the actual warriors will have the opportunity to participate more actively in the event.

Therefore:

• Each group must nominate two (or even just one, depending on the number of registered groups) young and friendly volunteer witches who will be subjected to tickling torture on Saturday in the pillory. The audience will judge their laughter, screams, and cries of repentance for their witchcraft activities. During this challenge, members of the audience will be randomly selected from time to time to further engage them and also to lengthen the skit.

• For small groups, it is possible to "borrow" volunteers from a friendly group; obviously, they cannot be the same ones competing for the native group.

• It is also possible to ask girls in the audience to voluntarily compete in the game under the aegis of the group; in this case, their scores will be averaged with those of the official contestants. This ploy serves to further engage the audience.

The challenge with all the contestants will take place on Saturday afternoon, to increase the attraction points during the event. Since the game only works well if the girls laugh and scream, any groups that provide unresponsive witches will be banished from the entire Oltrepò area for seven generations, their belongings confiscated, and their camps burned to the ground.

I'm not exactly sure what the controversy was, but some groups posted many photos from this evet, and my guess is some people started sending them creepy messages or demanding more footage. But as I said, I'm not sure if that was a case. Because otherwise it seemed that both viewers and woman being tickled really enjoy this, and I believe it continued till the covid pandemic.

Thanks for that text. I hadn't seen that before.

It's great that they did a version of the tickling stocks with volunteers.

 

[CoatOfArms]

Thanks for that text. I hadn't seen that before.

It's great that they did a version of the tickling stocks with volunteers.

I think it was a neat idea to organise it. And people seemed to enjoy it and I think there were even some rewards, like a miniature statue of the stocks. So I would assume if the stocks ever returned to one of those festivals, it would be something like this. I still think it is unlikely it will return to Canelli this year. Even if the organiser liked it, it has been ten years since the last festival, so I'm not sure anyone remembers them. And the festival might probably be slightly smaller scale, but we will see.

But there would still be a problem with people who just can resist to be creepy. I'm sorry for ranting, but even under Stimulating Feet videos there were several comments like "you should have licked her feet", "what's her name" or "I wonder how her feet smell". And sure, Stimulating Feet is a fetish site, but I can only imagine how creeped out and terrified might be a woman from one of those re-enactment groups, receiving such messages. And sadly I don't think there is any method to stop this from happening.

 

[blargblarg]

Casei Medievale was a name of a festival. It was nothing special, there were tents, vendors, re-enactment groups, some tournaments, so the usual stuff. The "Tickle Troupe" participated in it and it was even quite a highlight of this festival. But unlike in Canelli, they weren't only tickling people for not buying tickets, but it was a whole show called "LA DISFIDA DELLE STREGHE". I once found the post describing the rules, so here it is (translated form Italian)":

Rules for the "Witches' Challenge" Game

For the 2015 edition of Casei Medievale, there will be an attraction partially tested last year, which has been incorporated as an integral part of this year's show.
The attraction, with its light-hearted and playful tone, is designed to further engage audiences who aren't necessarily exclusively interested in the fighting, but come to sample local libations and witness something different. At the same time, even those who usually "support" the actual warriors will have the opportunity to participate more actively in the event.

Therefore:

• Each group must nominate two (or even just one, depending on the number of registered groups) young and friendly volunteer witches who will be subjected to tickling torture on Saturday in the pillory. The audience will judge their laughter, screams, and cries of repentance for their witchcraft activities. During this challenge, members of the audience will be randomly selected from time to time to further engage them and also to lengthen the skit.

• For small groups, it is possible to "borrow" volunteers from a friendly group; obviously, they cannot be the same ones competing for the native group.

• It is also possible to ask girls in the audience to voluntarily compete in the game under the aegis of the group; in this case, their scores will be averaged with those of the official contestants. This ploy serves to further engage the audience.

The challenge with all the contestants will take place on Saturday afternoon, to increase the attraction points during the event. Since the game only works well if the girls laugh and scream, any groups that provide unresponsive witches will be banished from the entire Oltrepò area for seven generations, their belongings confiscated, and their camps burned to the ground.

I'm not exactly sure what the controversy was, but some groups posted many photos from this evet, and my guess is some people started sending them creepy messages or demanding more footage. But as I said, I'm not sure if that was a case. Because otherwise it seemed that both viewers and woman being tickled really enjoy this, and I believe it continued till the covid pandemic.

The game was held at least on 2015, 2016 and 2017. And it seem to have differend slightly on each ocasion.

2015 version apparently had the most participants (nearly a docen), 2016 the least (3-4) and 2017 something in between. Its this last event that had the few videos we have abailable today and i think that right afterwards its when everything was leaked and people started putting creepy post on FB and contacting the participants themselves.

Previous to that, on 2013 and 2014, the stocks were already there but only without the main event (like Canelli), and in 2018 ive seen pictures of the stocks but empty. Thats about it really.

The event was held at least until 2025, but 2019 onwards (ignoring a couple of pandemic years) they dont seem to have gone there. I think they realised the whole situation and stopped going. As i say, other events in 2018 and 2019, like Insula Medievale, had the same premise as in Canelli, but pictures and videos are taken from faaar away.

 

[CoatOfArms]

The game was held at least on 2015, 2016 and 2017. And it seem to have differend slightly on each ocasion.

2015 version apparently had the most participants (nearly a docen), 2016 the least (3-4) and 2017 something in between. Its this last event that had the few videos we have abailable today and i think that right afterwards its when everything was leaked and people started putting creepy post on FB and contacting the participants themselves.

Previous to that, on 2013 and 2014, the stocks were already there but only without the main event (like Canelli), and in 2018 ive seen pictures of the stocks but empty. Thats about it really.

The event was held at least until 2025, but 2019 onwards (ignoring a couple of pandemic years) they dont seem to have gone there. I think they realised the whole situation and stopped going. As i say, other events in 2018 and 2019, like Insula Medievale, had the same premise as in Canelli, but pictures and videos are taken from faaar away.

I think you are probably correct, they must have been spooked up with unwanted attention, because otherwise I don't see any reason why they would stop it(even before the pandemic), since it looked like everyone was enjoying it.

And I guess you might be right, if I recall correctly, during Insula Medievale there were some barriers around the stocks, perhaps to prevent people from filming too close. So who knows, maybe it worked, until covid stopped it all.

 

[@AlwaysLookCool729]

I think you are probably correct, they must have been spooked up with unwanted attention, because otherwise I don't see any reason why they would stop it(even before the pandemic), since it looked like everyone was enjoying it.

And I guess you might be right, if I recall correctly, during Insula Medievale there were some barriers around the stocks, perhaps to prevent people from filming too close. So who knows, maybe it worked, until covid stopped it all.

I always assumed that the reason why they stopped doing the tickling sessions was because it made women look weak. What I mean by that is back then, it was seen as something harmless and funny. The guys would get spanked in the stocks & the ladies would get tickled. For example, if you were to go to YouTube and type "Burg Frankenstein Tickle" in the search bar, you would used to see countless videos before 2019 of women getting tickle torture. While some still exist on YouTube, the ones I remember were removed for ridiculous "guideline reasons" 🙄

Furthermore, you now only see the ones we all know and/or some guys getting it instead. Which is pretty annoying because it sounds like a rules for thee not for me situation. Is it just me?

 

[CoatOfArms]

I always assumed that the reason why they stopped doing the tickling sessions was because it made women look weak. What I mean by that is back then, it was seen as something harmless and funny. The guys would get spanked in the stocks & the ladies would get tickled. For example, if you were to go to YouTube and type "Burg Frankenstein Tickle" in the search bar, you would used to see countless videos before 2019 of women getting tickle torture. While some still exist on YouTube, the ones I remember were removed for ridiculous "guideline reasons" 🙄

Furthermore, you now only see the ones we all know and/or some guys getting it instead. Which is pretty annoying because it sounds like a rules for thee not for me situation. Is it just me?

I think it is probably a wrong assumption (but just to be clear, I mean no disrespect to you). I mean, what you are saying might be slightly true. For example many mainstream tickle torture scenes indeed have only men being tickled, with women either being spared this or being shown as not ticklish. This might be because the media don't want to show women having any weakness.

But with renfaire I still think it was more about the unwanted attention this was getting, and specifically from men regarding women being tickled in stocks. I have any data to back it up, but from what I've seen, nearly all creepy comments under renfaires videos (or any videos) come from men. Hell, the main reason nearly all videos from Canelli show women (even if we know men were tickled in stocks as well) is because the primary audience to watch this footage were men. I think it is also a main reason why Stimulating Feet group only tickles women (or at least only sells this footage).

No try to see it from a POV of organisers of any festival or re-enactment group. They post a video of a men being tickled and women being tickled. And only the second one gets creepy comments. It is natural they will delete it and won't post anything similar to avoid any problems. To give another example, many celebrities are nowadays extremally careful not to post any photo showing their feet, so it won't end up on WikiFeet. It is an unfortunate reality...

 

[D-Tickler]

I think it is probably a wrong assumption (but just to be clear, I mean no disrespect to you). I mean, what you are saying might be slightly true. For example many mainstream tickle torture scenes indeed have only men being tickled, with women either being spared this or being shown as not ticklish. This might be because the media don't want to show women having any weakness.

But with renfaire I still think it was more about the unwanted attention this was getting, and specifically from men regarding women being tickled in stocks. I have any data to back it up, but from what I've seen, nearly all creepy comments under renfaires videos (or any videos) come from men. Hell, the main reason nearly all videos from Canelli show women (even if we know men were tickled in stocks as well) is because the primary audience to watch this footage were men. I think it is also a main reason why Stimulating Feet group only tickles women (or at least only sells this footage).

No try to see it from a POV of organisers of any festival or re-enactment group. They post a video of a men being tickled and women being tickled. And only the second one gets creepy comments. It is natural they will delete it and won't post anything similar to avoid any problems. To give another example, many celebrities are nowadays extremally careful not to post any photo showing their feet, so it won't end up on WikiFeet. It is an unfortunate reality...

I always assumed that the reason why they stopped doing the tickling sessions was because it made women look weak. What I mean by that is back then, it was seen as something harmless and funny. The guys would get spanked in the stocks & the ladies would get tickled. For example, if you were to go to YouTube and type "Burg Frankenstein Tickle" in the search bar, you would used to see countless videos before 2019 of women getting tickle torture. While some still exist on YouTube, the ones I remember were removed for ridiculous "guideline reasons" 🙄

Furthermore, you now only see the ones we all know and/or some guys getting it instead. Which is pretty annoying because it sounds like a rules for thee not for me situation. Is it just me?

From my perspective, your assumptions can be both right and mutually complementary.
Specifically, on one hand, an increasing number of women have somewhat resentful feeling about any scenes of showing women to look weak (including those make some women appear to be ticklish).
On the other hand, many men have really shared creepy comments about the (renfaire) scenes of tickling women. Their comments have thus even triggered some women's resentments.

Consequentially, the mainstream renfaire scenes of tickling women have dramatically decreased.
Or, just as what happend in the scenes that made by the Stimulating Feet group, more & more new female models have been shaped/trained to appear to be not ticklish by virtually all the tickling tools that are used by the lers (it seems to be primarily because the lers intended to tickle them in the rather unadvanced ways).
By doing that, the Stimulating Feet group can show those women's (seeming) toughness of resisting being tickled!

 

[CoatOfArms]

Consequentially, the mainstream renfaire scenes of tickling women have dramatically decreased.
Or, just as what happend in the scenes that made by the Stimulating Feet group, more & more new female models have been shaped/trained to appear to be not ticklish by virtually all the tickling tools that are used by the lers (it seems to be primarily because the lers intended to tickle them in the rather unadvanced ways).
By doing that, the Stimulating Feet group can show those women's (seeming) toughness of resisting being tickled!

You know, I don't think there is some sort of dark conspiracy surrounding renfaire tickling. I think it is much simpler. The number of videos decreased simply because the whole activity seemed to die out during the pandemic.

As for Stimulating Feet, I don't think it's the case. The main reason they organised it in a first place was to sell this footage as fetish videos. So I don't think they would purposefully try to show women as not ticklish or resisting tickling to prove anything. On the contrary, they would probably make much more money selling videos with really ticklish women. Also the volunteers were not paid models, but real visitors, so they couldn't "train" them to react in any specific way. Also the participants most likely didn't have a full knowledge what they were getting themselves into. Therefore I would say that people doing the ticking were just really bad at it. Or maybe they were trying not to push it too hard, since they wanted to make "full videos", and the participant could stop this challenge at any second. Or they were simply afraid that if they tickle too hard in a public place, it could cause them problems.

 

[U.N.Owen]

Whether because they were holding back or because they were just bad at it, the SF people were ineffective... but then the whole setup was pretty dodgy, given that the women were being filmed for monetized fetish content without their knowledge. It's not like the Italian and French faires where it really was a public entertainment, before the pandemic pretty much ended it.

 

[blargblarg]

I have seen the same stocks in faires AFTER the pandemic, as late as summer 2024, but no people in them in the pictures. So there is hope that they are still using them.

 

[D-Tickler]

You know, I don't think there is some sort of dark conspiracy surrounding renfaire tickling. I think it is much simpler. The number of videos decreased simply because the whole activity seemed to die out during the pandemic.

As for Stimulating Feet, I don't think it's the case. The main reason they organised it in a first place was to sell this footage as fetish videos. So I don't think they would purposefully try to show women as not ticklish or resisting tickling to prove anything. On the contrary, they would probably make much more money selling videos with really ticklish women. Also the volunteers were not paid models, but real visitors, so they couldn't "train" them to react in any specific way. Also the participants most likely didn't have a full knowledge what they were getting themselves into. Therefore I would say that people doing the ticking were just really bad at it. Or maybe they were trying not to push it too hard, since they wanted to make "full videos", and the participant could stop this challenge at any second. Or they were simply afraid that if they tickle too hard in a public place, it could cause them problems.

Well, concerning the stop of most renfaire tickling projects (Canelli, Casei Medievale, etc), the primary cause might be simply concerned with the pandemic.

While, with regard to the project of Stimulating Feet (Reflexology Researching), I personally think that its condition may be more complex.
For I've perceived the potential shift of its projectors' intention throughout years.
Specifically, the SF projectors might primarily intended to show the research-aimed productions of tickling their participants (when they just began launching the renfaire project & prior to that).
In the early time of their launch of the renfaire project, they'd made some adjustments about their tickling ways & tools on different participants, which showed some variety of their tickling ways & tools and of different participants reactions.
Such adjustments seemed to peak in 2024 when the name of their channel changed from 'Stimulating Feet' to 'Reflexology Researching'.
In the earliest footages of the current channel 'Reflexology Researching', the participants of the renfaire project tended to show some obvious ticklish reactions.
Even in one early footage, the RR ler tried to tickle a participant with her fingernails (and this participant only had obvious ticklish reaction when she's tickled by fingernails but not by the other tools):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmUCZkmUq38
However, since 2025, the newly shown footages have been presented consistently similar tickling ways with virtually the same tools.
Accordingly, the new participants have shown generally & significantly less ticklish reactions (especially in the footages that're published in the very late 2025 & 2026).

For me, such a significant shift of presenting scenes indicates a potential shift of the intention of the SF/RR projectors.
That is, those projectors have seemed to have their increasing intention of presenting the seeming non-ticklishness of the female participants.
On the other hand, they can still sell much money with such videos, because many men still enjoy just watching the females lees being tickled with no obvious ticklish reactions.

In a word, from 'Stimulating Feet' to 'Reflexology Researching', the projectors (of the renfaire project at least) have been likely to make their productions with an increasing intention of showing the fetish-related theme & the female participants' (seeming) toughness of resisting being tickled.
Anyway, these above are based on my personal speculation. I (and probably nobody) can offer any solid evidence for them.
So, I welcome to receive the disagreement on my speculation.