The Darkmoon Faire's first stop in Forever is Elwynn Forest, live Monday for a week
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Wowhead reports that the Darkmoon Faire's first appearance in WoW Forever will be in Elwynn Forest, with the in-game calendar showing it active from Monday for one week. There's no Blizzard post on it yet. The Forever client does confirm Sayge's Dark Fortune of Damage, and its text says it does nothing inside raids.
The Faire sets up in Elwynn
Wowhead reports that the Darkmoon Faire's first stop in WoW Forever will be in Elwynn Forest, putting it on Alliance ground. Players in the zone can already see the Faire being set up, and the in-game calendar marks it as active on Monday (9 November) for one week.
This comes from Wowhead, based on the in-game calendar and what players can see in Elwynn. It is not a Blizzard post. We've found no Blizzard statement about the Faire in Forever.
Sayge's Dark Fortune of Damage, and raids
The buff a lot of players turn up for is Sayge's Dark Fortune of Damage. In the Forever client it increases damage by 10% and lasts 2 hours, and its text reads: "Increases damage by 10%. No effect while in a raid instance." So in Forever you can carry it in the open world, but it switches off the moment you step into a raid.
In Classic Era this same buff worked inside raids and was a staple world buff that players stacked before a raid night. The raid restriction is the Forever change, and it's written into the client's own data, not a report. Wowhead frames it more broadly, saying world buffs in Forever won't work the way they did in Classic: still active in the open world, but not allowed in raids. We can only confirm it for this one buff from the files.
What the Faire is for
In Classic Era the Darkmoon Faire has mini games, reputation to farm with the Darkmoon Faire faction, and a handful of rare items and rewards. Whether every part of that is in for Forever's first Faire we can't say yet, so treat the schedule and the location as Wowhead's report until Blizzard posts or we can check it in game.