The first Wicked Faire was held in February 2006 at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center.

[3] In 2017, Jeff Mach launched the Glimmerdark festival[4] in Princeton, which was presented as the successor of the Wicked Winter Renaissance Faire.

Jeff Mach said the Glimmerdark festival retained the best elements of the Wicked Winter Renaissance Faire.

[3] Tammy Shipps, president of Silver Phoenix, purchased the intellectual rights of the Wicked Winter Renaissance Faire on 13 March 2018 and renamed JME from Jeff Mach Events to Just Magical Events.

[5] In 2018, allegations of exploitation, harassment, falling through on financial agreements and sexual misconduct by founder Jeff Mach[6] were posted by venders, volunteers, employees, event guests, and partners on social media and gathered on an anonymous Blogspot called Owl Eye View and in the Daily Beast.