Renaissance Fairs

The Riverdale Press: Medieval times

The Riverdale Press: Medieval times.

Experience what life was like in a bustling 16th-century European village by visiting Sterling Forest’s 32nd annual New York Renaissance Faire, located at 600 Route 17A, in Tuxedo Park, N.Y. This popular event will take place on Saturdays and Sundays (and Labor Day Monday), Aug. 1 through Sept. 20, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. There will be a wide variety of entertainment for all ages to enjoy, such as a royal joust with armored knights on horseback, acrobatic performances, an ongoing Robin Hood show, a living chess game and much more. Visitors can also interact with storytellers, pirates and magicians, browse through a crafts marketplace, go on human- powered rides and participate in several games, including archery, a beanbag toss and an axe throw. In addition, there will be all kinds of gourmet food, snacks, candy and beverages available for purchase throughout each day of the festival. For more details, go to www.renfair.com.

Step back into Medieval times - The Connecticut Post Online

Step back into Medieval times - The Connecticut Post Online.

This weekend people will be able to travel to a time of sword fights, Merlin and human chess. Apocalypse Enterprises will be hosting the Midsummer Magick Renaissance Faire this weekend and on July 25-26 and Aug. 1-2, from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., on four acres at Schreiber's Farm in Oxford. Jeff Mach, the executive director for the event, said the faire, which takes place 100 years before King Arthur, is the first outdoor Renaissance Faire the company has planned, but it has hosted indoor fairs in the past. He said the fair is unique because it takes place in medieval times, whereas most fairs take place during the Renaissance. The fair focuses on Merlin, who decides to come out of the woods and annoy the local bards and druids in the village. "We were made aware of the beautiful property at Schreiber's farm, and we have always wanted to put on an outdoor Renaissance Faire, so we decided, why not take advantage of it?" Mach said. He said he liked the location because the fair will go on rain or shine and there were a lot of trees that provide cover if it rains. He said the fact that the Southern Connecticut Renaissance Faire, which has been at Warsaw Park in Ansonia for about the past five years, isn't occurring this year was also a reason for their fair. Chelsey Cayer, the vendor coordinator for the fair, said she hopes people come and visit because it's new. She said she also hopes "people get a fun, magical time" out of

Georgia Renaissance Festival | Photo 1/50 | Metromix Atlanta

Georgia Renaissance Festival | Photo 1/50 | Metromix Atlanta.

It's hard not to enjoy the Georgia Renaissance Festival, which is held each year on fairgrounds just south of I-285. The fair is packed with things to do, from cheering on jousting knights to watching the bawdy wishing well wenches. You can spend hours wandering the grounds, trying your hand at games and skills tests (archery, anyone?) and browsing through the booths featuring handcrafted goods. And at some point, though you may try to resist,

Pagan culture crossovers: Renaissance festivals

Pagan culture crossovers: Renaissance festivals.

Many Pagans love a good Renaissance faire. Good food, great costumes, lovely ladies and sweaty men fighting on horseback - what's not to love? While Renaissance festivals don't cater to Pagans, there is definitely a large crossover of Pagan culture with the ren faire scene. There are a lot of artistic Pagans who love to show off their creations including costumes and jewelry. It's also a chance for Pagan entrepreneurs to sell their wares or services such as massage therapy, energy work and body decoration including henna and face painting. The biggest faire in southeast Michigan is the Michigan Renaissance Festival in Holly. For over 30 years, this festival has entertained thousands with live shows, music and jousting. Another event outside of the area yet close enough for a day trip is the Silver Leaf Renaissance Faire in Battle Creek. This faire is smaller and cozier than the one in Holly but has plenty of vendors and events to keep attendees busy. Renaissance faires make excellent group outings for covens or groves. It gives members a chance to get to know each other outside of circle and strengthen the bond that can sometimes become stronger than that of the natural family and just have a lot of good plain fun. The local group, Federation of Circles and Solitaries (FoCaS), makes trips to both events mentioned above. For more information: * Michigan Renaissance Festival * Silver Leaf Renaissance Faire * Federation of Circles and Solitaries Events Calendar (with info for meeting place and time before the faires) * Pagan Travel Examiner - Upcoming USA Renaissance Faires

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Entertainment: Home | "Coming of NEW AGE" | The Register-Guard | Eugene, Oregon

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“Our life really changed,” she said of her father’s transformation. “I don’t know how to feel about it. There were a lot of things that went on in the ’60s. “To be around that as a child then was really weird. I was exposed to some weird stuff.” Loud sex. Drug use. Overdoses. Angry rants. But once her dad “dropped out,” he also started spending more time with her. “I don’t remember ever being held, but when he started to relax and kick back and enjoy the scenery, he found me and found out I was an interesting person,” she said. “It was a nice change to have my dad around. “The fair was something that he and I went to. The fair was kind of like a getaway.” Smith has had many jobs at the fair over the years, but her favorite was when she was something of a free-lance cheerer-upper. She had bubbles and puppets for the kids, and extra food and water. Smith said she enjoyed being able to make people happy. “If I could just do that, and just be some light, I would love to be there and camp there every year,” she said. But she has a teenage daughter and son now, and they likely will go as “tourists” this year. Smith also enjoyed being on the traffic crew, waving at people as they arrived. Her first love got her that job, when she was 16. “That’s when I got my first taste of working for the fair, and that’s when I first started exploring the midnight show,” she said. “When you are in love, you have a whole different dreamy view of the fair.” There are the bad memories too, such as when a man threatened to kill her because her car was parked where he didn’t think it should be. Or when she spent a frantic hour running around cleaning up garbage from the midnight show at the meadow Sunday morning at Main Stage. Smith didn’t want people to wake up to a nonmagical field of litter. So she filled four bags of garbage; she had run so hard that her hands steamed when she washed them in the cold water. But instead of everyone waking up in peace to a tidy meadow, a loud garbage truck came through. Its crew demanded everyone get off their blankets so they could collect the trash beneath them. “My most positive and my most negative things have happened at the fair,” she said. Reality colliding with the dream world can be an emotional challenge. Sometimes, “It’s not so butterfly,” Smith said. “You have to take off your wings, and that’s hard.”

Renaissance fair scheduled for next two weekends | StatesmanJournal.com | Statesman Journal

Renaissance fair scheduled for next two weekends | StatesmanJournal.com | Statesman Journal.

The Canterbury Renaissance Faire will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 18, 19, 25 and 26 at 6118 Mount Angel Highway

Renaissance Faire Starts This Weekend | Newsradio 620 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin News, Talk, Sports, Weather | Local Headlines

Renaissance Faire Starts This Weekend | Newsradio 620 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin News, Talk, Sports, Weather | Local Headlines.

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) -- The year is 1574 every weekend through Labor Day at the Bristol Renaissance Faire in Kenosha. The 21-year-old event along the Wisconsin-Illinois border re-creates a summer day in 1574 when Queen Elizabeth visited the English hamlet of Bristol. Stages feature sword fighters, minstrels, jesters and re-enactments, as well 16th century games, rides, food and music. Nearly 200 artisans have items for sale. The event runs every weekend through Labor Day. The renaissance faire concept began in 1962 in southern California and since then has grown into a multimillion dollar entertainment industry across the country.

Go back in time at Bristol Renaissance Faire

Go back in time at Bristol Renaissance Faire.

If the only men your kids have ever seen in tights are superheroes, take them back in time to Elizabethan England during the 22nd annual Bristol Renaissance Faire. Every weekend from July 11 through Labor Day Monday, Sept. 7, more than 1,200 period performers, artisans and merchants invite visitors to experience a reenactment of the 16th Century. (The festivities take their framework from a summer day in 1574 when England's Queen Elizabeth visited the hamlet of Bristol.) The Faire features games, rides, arts, crafts, food, music and eclectic entertainment, including jousting knights, swashbuckling swordsmen, mud beggars, rope-walkers, dancers and musicians. New this year, a Shakespearean troupe that uses physical comedy to tell the Bard’s Twelfth Night in less than an hour. Especially for kids, the Faire’s Kids Kingdom features oversized sand boxes, a huge climb-aboard pirate ship, interactive games, crafts and other child-friendly diversions. For more info: Bristol Renaissance Faire (847) 395-7773 Just west of I-94’s Russell Road exit, near Kenosha, WI Open rain or shine, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., every weekend, July 11 - Sept. 7 Admission: $18.95 for adults; $9.50 for children age 5 to 12. Advance ticket discounts are available online

Facebook | Romance Weekend at The Renaissance Faire

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Facebook | Romance Weekend at The Renaissance Faire.

Romance Weekend at The Renaissance Faire Love is in the air, Old School Host: The Sterling Renaissance Faire Type: Other - Festival Network: Global Start Time: Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 10:00am End Time: Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 7:00pm Location: The Sterling Renaissance Faire Street: 15385 Farden Road, City/Town: Sterling, NY View Map Google MapQuest Microsoft Yahoo Phone: 8777725425 Description Be sure to catch the Lovers Picnic at the Bad dog tavern. Also Shakeseare himself will be present. Or perhaps you wish to renew your vows. All this and more can be found this weekend only at the Sterling Ren Faire. Be sure to Visit your favorite Gypsy Nicolae near the Mud Show Stage. Stay tuned for more theme wwekends.

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Silver Leaf Renaissance Faire is back | battlecreekenquirer.com | The Enquirer

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Silver Leaf Renaissance Faire is back | battlecreekenquirer.com | The Enquirer.

The Silver Leaf Renaissance Faire returns to Battle Creek every weekend starting Saturday, with weekend themes ranging from classic medieval to pirates. "It's like a medieval Disneyland or Disneyland in tights," Betsy Deneau, Silver Leaf's marketing director, said. "You step through the gates and it's a whole new world." While the Faire has tried to ease economic troubles by having free admission for kids ages 12 and younger the first two weekends, Deneau hopes the atmosphere won't scare off patrons already stressed by the "real" world. "Keep in mind that this is meant to be silly, fun and lighthearted," Deneau said. "It's a place where people expect to see something different. You expect to see fun."