Saturday, September 18th 2010, Ives Park, Sebastopol, CA Step back in time… to Elizabethan England and join us for a family-friendly Renaissance Faire. Make herbal soap while listening to a wandering minstrel… enjoy some ice cold lemonade while watching a storyteller… sit back and take in a short Shakespeare performance while having a scrumptious lunch. [...]
By DASHKA SLATER Published: July 5, 2010 The gates of the Gulf Coast International Jousting Championships opened at 6 p.m. one Friday in January at a 4,500-seat arena 13 miles outside Pensacola, Fla. Some of the spectators were dressed in leather doublets and velvet gowns; some wore jeans and cowboy hats or American-flag-patterned do-rags. Most [...]
Forwarded from Carlos Penaranda: It is with great sadness and loss that the Renaissance Pleasure Faire must announce the sudden and tragic passing of Frieda Paras-Jones, Costume Designer, loving wife, dear friend and long-time member of our Faire family. She passed away peacefully late yesterday afternoon after lying down for a nap. Her influence and [...]
The premiere Renaissance Faire in Washington for 2010 will be The Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire (the short form will likely be the Midsummer Faire) at Maris Farms over the first three weekends of August. Last year the Washington Renaissance Fantasy Faire was held over the same time at the same location, but due to challenges [...]
We just finished the first run of our own version of a German gambling game called Gluckshaus which dates at least to the 1500′s. It uses dice and a betting board and is a quick, easy game to learn that could be played by participants in a Renfair pub, or even something that could include [...]
The webisode series "All’s Faire" is filming its full first season this week at the site of the Midsummer Renaissance Faire in Lehighton. It is a comedic tale of a small Renaissance Faire that is threatened to be bulldozed and turned into a Mall Mart (The Mall with Marts in it), and the cast of [...]
Ramona Bowl Renaissance Faire is holding its first annual ‘Boothie Hiring Day’ on the site of the faire this coming Saturday and Sunday 8/29 and 30th. The faire site is located at 27400 Ramona Bowl Road in Hemet, CA. Take the Columbia Street entrance from Stetson or Florida in town to the lower field. There [...]
Clockwork Salon Society, Ltd. presents a Steampunk fundraiser: The Indescribable Delights of the Clockwork Caliphate ~ An Arabian Night. The Salon promises to be a decadent evening of sumptuous Moroccan feasting and delightful entertainments in a Steampunked grand Ottoman Empire style. Berkeley, CA, August 25, 2009 –(PR.com)– This first ever Clockwork Salon will take place [...]
1305 – William Wallace, Scottish patriot, is executed for high treason by Edward I of England. Along with Andrew Moray, he defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge, and became Guardian of Scotland, serving until his defeat at the Battle of Falkirk. A few years later Wallace was captured in Robroyston near [...]
Come one, Come All! The Ramona Bowl Renaissance Faire is pleased to announce it’s first season – and welcomes everyone from near and far to join us in our Fall Harvest Celebration! The English village of Port Talbot opens at the Ramona Bowl in Hemet, CA on the first weekend of September and runs each [...]
