Population: 34,600
Social Class: Upper Class
Character: Amphitheatres, opera houses, museums and open-air theaters
District Type: Theater District
Buildings: Faction headquarters, upscale entertainment, average entertainment, museums, exotic trades, upscale trades, average trades, upscale services, average services
First Impressions: Jugglers, poets, and performers all fill the streets around Crystal Dew Lane with their various tricks and performances. The buildings around this district are mostly geared towards entertainment; even the taverns and restaurants are decked out to please their visitors with more than simple foodstuffs.
Surrounding the Civic Festhall, in the rough triangle of the ward between Crystal Dew Lane, Hull Road, and Thistlewind Way, the Festhall District does its best to enliven the orderly and sometimes bland Clerk’s Ward. Shops selling fine wines, curios, and artwork, as well upscale taverns and the like dot the district like many a street in portions of The. The Civic Festhall’s proximity ensures frequent street festivals, live musical performances in the outdoor arenas in the district that can be heard for blocks away, and wandering performers along the wide district streets.
Spireward from the Civic Festhall and further adding to the festive atmosphere of the district is the Lazz School of Vivid Unpleasantness, a more avant-garde center for the graphic and performing arts in Sigil. Members of the Bleak Cabal and Free League tend to be attracted to the school and its frequent, often controversial performances.
A scant few blocks from the Civic Festhall lies the fenced in kip and surrounding grounds of Jeena Ealy, the former adventurer and famous author of In Darkest Sigil. One of the wards more famous citizens, she found herself elected to the Sigil Advisory Council in large part because of the ward’s citizens themselves. Despite her position, she can still be found in her kip from time to time, though at her advancing age she prefers her own company more than in earlier years.
The Greengage Tavern, across the street from the Civic Festhall, caters to Sigil’s gnome and halfling communities; most others have a hard time simply squeezing through the doors. The famous Greengage cider has become such a commodity in the past year that the owner, Marda Farambler, has built a outdoor patio for larger customers to keep up with the booming demand. [And to keep them from packing the inside of her inn. From Pennyroyal’s Orchards to your tankard, she serves a fine cider. – The Editor]