Renaissance Fairs

Renaissance Faire to showcase music, food and more - Farmington Daily Times

Renaissance Faire to showcase music, food and more - Farmington Daily Times.

FARMINGTON — Locals can celebrate the transition between med-ieval and modern times this weekend for the 10th consecutive year. Musicians will strum mandolins and play flutes and local medieval history enthusiasts will engage in mock battles at the Farmington Renaissance Faire by the Animas River. Artisans, magicians and equestrians along with the Albuquerque Vaulters will perform alongside jugglers, belly dancers and fortune tellers. Displays will explain renaissance arts and sciences and Greek food will be served. The Vivace Mandolin Consort, of Colorado, and Glastonbury Duo, of Utah, will play music. The festival serves to promote renaissance culture, said Debbie Doggett, collections manager for the Farmington Museum, which sponsors the event. "Part of it is a chance to celebrate a part of our culture that doesn't get celebrated in the Southwest," Doggett said. Around 30 vendors will sell their wares, including wood carvings, soaps, jewelry and clothing, she said. Society for Creative Anachronism members will wear armor and fight with bamboo swords and give guided tours of festival grounds. Krista Lewis, president of the local society, which re-enacts European history before the 17th century, will fight with a rapier. Society members will do archery demonstrations and allow people to shoot a crossbow, though with a plastic arrow and rubber tip, she said. "People can come and shoot an actual crossbow that's designed for combat," said

Renaissance Faire certainly has character(s) - ContraCostaTimes.com

Renaissance Faire certainly has character(s) - ContraCostaTimes.com.

IT IS RELATIVELY mild for a Saturday in September in Hollister, and that's a good thing considering what people wear at the Northern California Renaissance Faire being held here. Queen's guards don colorful, and weighty, leather pants as they patrol the dusty, shaded grounds. Knights wear real shining armor, the sun glinting off the heavy metal. And jesters pile on layers of velvet and top themselves with those silly and heavy hats with bells on the pointed ends. One of those jesters, Dave Gregory, relaxes with water in hand after his husband-wife performance on a small stage inside the fair grounds. Gregory, a Berkeley native, is in his 40s and has been attending the Renaissance Faire since he was 12. "When I first came to the fair," he says, "I said 'Oh, I am home.' It's like my people are here. This is where they converge." Gregory eventually learned how to perform and juggle, and he and his partner, Anita Gregory, are the Unruly Fools, a jester and juggling act with a bickering "The Honeymooners"-type feel. The Renaissance Faire, the largest on the West Coast, is a safe place for the Gregorys to play, they say. Dave Gregory, a usually quiet guy, kindly but loudly hassles passers-by. It's OK, he says, because his jester hat and fuzzy pants put him in character and fair visitors are tolerant, if not accepting, of his act.

In Their Words: Chivalry in full force in Tuxedo | recordonline.com

In Their Words: Chivalry in full force in Tuxedo | recordonline.com.

Damsels in distress, Nicholas Freely may come to your rescue, complete in a suit of armor and riding a speedy charger. The 22-year-old is a professional knight at the New York Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo. Think chivalry is over? Think again. Working at the Renaissance Faire is like stepping back in time. All of the people who work here stay in character — we dress our parts and we talk in that "olde English" style. If it were possible for us to be instantly transported back to merry old England during medieval times, we would blend right in. We all have a passion for what we do.

Maryland Ren Faire Welcomes Jousting and Meat on a Stick || Jaunted

Maryland Ren Faire Welcomes Jousting and Meat on a Stick || Jaunted.

Hear ye, hear ye! Time to break out your floral headdress and blouson-sleeved coats, Jaunted readers; 'tis the season for Ren Faire. For a 33rd season, Crownsville, Maryland celebrates everything from jousting to archery at their annual Renaissance Festival. The merry event will be held every weekend, rain or shine, through October 25th, with a full scroll of activities that will take Renaissance enthusiasts back to a time when knights ruled the roost. Before you don an epic costume and get your Robin Hood on, the official website reminds patrons that no costume or real weapons are allowed by guests. 'Tis a family-friendly event, after all. At the gate, an adult ticket will run you 18 ducats—er, dollars*—while a two-day pass can be purchased for $28. Wee lads and lasses the age of six and under are admitted for free. You also have the option of purchasing a cleverly-titled "Fairever Pass," which is good for the entire festival, will include your photograph, and grants you access to a private entrance to Revel Grove, where the event is being held.

Ardenwood Historic Farm Festival

Tri-City Voice Newspaper - Whats Happening - Fremont, Union City, Newark, California.

The Queen is coming to Ardenwood Historic Farm, and all loyal subjects are invited to meet Her Majesty. The royal court will make a splendid entrance dressed in colorful garments of gold, silks, and velvet. Accompanied by appropriate music, passage of Her Majesty, nobles and ambassadors will be celebrated by a show of swashbuckling, chivalry, jousting and feasts. Ardenwood Farm will be transform on September 12 into a delightful Elizabethan town filled with myriad characters and vignettes. For two days - Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13 - Shakespeare will dominate the landscape. Brave knights clad in shining armor will thunder down the list on spectacular horses at ferocious speeds as stilt walkers, jugglers, fire- eaters and jesters perform over-the-top stunts. Swordplay will be prevalent on the lawns of the stately Patterson House mansion. The Shakespeare Festival and Renaissance Faire is coming to Fremont. Knights of Mayhem, a full contact jousting troupe known for their unscripted, lance-splitting contests will amaze spectators. They guarantee a spectacle to be remembered. In addition, over 900 costumed entertainers and 100 shopkeepers and artisans will add to the ambience of the Faire. The festival is the ultimate Renaissance bash where guests enjoy turkey legs, exotic food, and drink as they banter with a myriad of performers filling the streets. One-of-a-kind shows, music, and comedy are the usual fare at the Shakespeare Festival and Renaissance Faire. This outdoor event is part festival, part fantasy and part live theater, a perfect day of fun for the whole family. Shakespeare Festival and Renaissance Faire Saturday and Sunday, September 12 - 13 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Ardenwood Historic Farm 34600 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont (888) 327-2757 www.ardenwoodfaire.com