Two Rivers Renaissance Fair: Featuring the famous duelists of Yuma, Arizonia, the festival takes place over a weekend in January. Artisans also offer their wares as guests watch them create. Patrons can enjoy games of chance, archery, and test their strength. The festival features a human chess game and a falconer exhibition as well as a number of other entertainers and musicians throughout the day. Musicians and dancers entertain on in 100 shows on 11 stages through the day.įlorida Renissance Festival: In Februrary and March guests visit the Florida Renaissance Festival in Deerfield, Florida. Ohio Renaissance Festival: Located in Harveysburg, Ohio, this festival runs in September and October. A pirate stunt show is featured as well as flame throwing and jousters on 2000 pound warhorses. The grounds also feature 21 royal kitchens in which to sample rich and sumptous midevial food. There are gardens through which one can leisurely wander, and games which one can play. Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire: August through October, one can visit Manheim, Pennsylvnia, and revel in the majesty of Renaissance musicians, artisans, and entertainers with over 90 shows daily. It features an invented village named “Hollygrove,” and currently about 240,000 patrons visit each year, many costumed in midevieval garb. Michigan Renaissance Festival: This festival is featured on 100 acres in Holly, Michigan, and takes place in August and September. Entertainers fills the streets and the 16 stages. Crafts such as glass blowing, candlemaking, and metal forging are featured, as well as artisans with wares for sale. The grounds feature gardens such as The Roman Basillica, Titania’s Bower, and the Magic Garden. Nearly 400,000 people attend yearly in Plantersville, Texas, on weekends through October and November and on Thanksgiving Day. Texas Renaissance Festival: The Texas Renaissance Festival is the world’s largest Renaissance Fair. There are over 600 employees of the Maryland Renaissance Festival, and 1,300 people particate in the activities of the faire which include archery, jousting, artisans, sword swallowing, and music and dancing. It runs from August to October, on weekends and Labor Day. It is the second largest Renaissance Festival in the United States, and it spans 25 acres. Maryland Renaissance Festival: Located in Crownsville, Maryland, this festival is a recreation of the 16 th Century English Village of Revel Grove. Volunteers make up most of the “cast,” which features about 150 members. There are 21 stages featuring 200 performances throughout the season, and jousting takes place three times a day. The festival is set in the year 1533, the reign of King Henry VIII. It opens in Aprils and continues each weekend through Memorial Day. Scarbourough Renaissance Festival: This festival, held in Waxahachie, Texas, boasts approximately 200,000 attendees yearly. It also, though, offers parties for Bar Mitzvahs, Bridal Parties, Girls Day Out Parties, and Anniversaries, or just for no particular reason but to have fun in the spirit of the Renaissance. Louisiana Renaissance Festival: This festival was voted in 2009 by the American Bus Association as one of the “Top 100 Events in North America.” Located in Hammond, Louisiana, this festival features the usual artisans, entertainers, and games. Every weekend the Sterling Renaissance Festival Features a theme weekend such as Romance Rendezvous, Pirate Invasion, and Wine Lover’s Bacchanal. It features games and rides, arts and crafts, and 12 stages for Renaissance entertainment. Sterling Renaissance Festival: Held near Fair Haven Beach State Park in New York, this festival runs on weekends in July and August. It is held on 80 acres of wooded village in Carver, Maryland. At this celebration, which takes place on weekends in September and October, one can find food, entertainment, games, and even a zoo featuring lions, tigers, Chinese leopards, snow leopards, golden tigers, and ligers. King Richard’s Faire: King Richard’s celebrates the 16 th Century English marketplace at its finest festival time. The following are only a sample of the Renaissance fairs that are available across the United States. These festivals take place usually just on the weekends, but they take place in different months, depending on the location. Over the years such fairs have become very popular and usually feature a mix of Renaissance entertainment, old-fashioned and hand-made artistry and crafts, jousting, sword fighting, and many other activities that would take place in medieval times. Each year tens of thousands of people put on their proper medieval dress and join others at festivals all over the United States in Renaissance Fairs.
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