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