Festiviteas

[updated 08 June 2018]

By overwhelming request, we are now focusing on the marriage of tea and mystery, as reflected in events, weekend getaways, and international excursions.

For information on upcoming activities, see our Calendar below. For the most timely updates, join our Tea Travellers, Whimsicalitea, or Siren School + AOAS Meetup groups, or follow our events on Facebook. 

Broken Silence

Sun June 24 at 11am & 2:30pm 

Paris in a Cup tea salon in old Orange

1920s audience-participatory mystery 

Period attire encouraged

Omni-Fest 2020 

FYI/FAQ
Complimentary Cream Tea (tea & scones) for Whimsicalitea's creativity celebration
Sun, July 8 at 3pm

Pamela's Tea Room in Garden Grove
Fill in interest form to RSVP
Additional food items are No-Host & guaranteed when pre-ordered

NOT TO BE TRIFLED WITH

A ladies' social group reveals what's behind their smiles and carefully crafted personas.
The claws come out, and so does the truth!
Wed, July 18 at 2:30pm 
Pamela's Tea Room in Garden Grove
$35 includes afternoon tea & activity (tax & gratuity additional)
Role limit: 6 guests. Others welcome to come & solve the crime for a prize

CROWNS
British Monarchy celebration
Sun, August 5 at 3pm
Pamela's Tea Room in Garden Grove
$40 includes special afternoon tea & activity (tax & gratuity additional)



IN TOO STEEP
Sleuth game
Wed, August 22 at 2:30pm
Pamela's Tea Room in Garden Grove
$30 includes afternoon tea & activity (tax & gratuity additional)

Red Herring 
interactive spy mystery cruise 
Sat-Mon August 24-27 
Carnival cruise from Long Beach to Baja
$495+ for accommodations, entertainment, meals & murder



CRIME BRULEE
Interactive mystery show
Sun, September 9 at 3pm
Pamela's Tea Room in Garden Grove
$37.50 includes meal & activity (tax & gratuity additional)



The Tea Cozy Mysteries 

Join author JS Devivre to catch up on the world depicted in the tearoom-based mystery series at Paris in a Cup tea salon in old Orange. FYI, book 3 is out now.
Sun Sept 16 at 2:30pm 
at Paris In A Cup Tea Salon in Old Orange
Visit Amazon to purchase Objets d'Artifice in either Kindle or paperback format. 1920s attire encouraged.
Price $TBD

PLENTY DREADFUL
Interactive Victorian spooky whodunnit
Sat, October 13 at 6:30pm
Pamela's Tea Room in Garden Grove
$45 includes dinner & emceed mystery (tax & gratuity additional)



Poetic Justice at the Rue Morgue 

Gothic audience-participatory mystery 

Paris in a Cup tea salon in Old Orange

Period attire encouraged.
Sun Oct 28 at 2:30pm

Price $TBD

FANTASTIC TEA & BEASTS
Trivia Tea & cinema screening
Sun, November 18 at 12pm

Pamela's Tea Room in Garden Grove

$35 includes afternoon tea & activity (tax & gratuity additional).

Price of movie at theater is extra



AULD LANG SYNE
New Year's themed whodunnit
Sat, December 29 at 6:30pm

Pamela's Tea Room in Garden Grove
$50 includes holiday dinner & emceed mystery (tax & gratuity additional)
Some old acquaintances should be forgot!
Dress to the nines!

And for you planners, here are a few future misadventures already on the books: 

• March 1-3, 2019 - Speakeasy, Die-Hard interactive 1920s event in Chicago
• Sept 7-15, 2019 - Art & Soul trip to Paris, the setting of Tea Cozy Mystery #4 - Esprit de Corpse
• Jan 17-20, 2020 - No Scone Left Unturned - our final coastal train trip to NorCal to celebrate the completion of protagonist Penelope's Tea Cozy Mysteries series
• July 10-12, 2020 - Omni-Fest!