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The Bristol Renaissance Faire is a Renaissance fair held in a Renaissance-themed park in the village of Bristol in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. Its 30-acre site runs along the Wisconsin-Illinois state line west of Interstate 94. It recreates the visit of Queen Elizabeth I to the English port city of Bristol in 1574.
Dates Location Period Hosts ... Bristol Renaissance Faire: July to September ... Wisconsin; Carolina Renaissance Festival, North Carolina;
Brevard Renaissance Fair: Bristol Renaissance Faire [2] Wisconsin: Bristol; permanent site 1574 Bristol, England; Tudor, some fantasy aspects; [3] 1972* 16 stages; 30 fair acres; parking ≠ (07b) July–Labor Day weekend (8 weekends) 400k [4] [5] (1990) *Opened 1972 as King Richard's Fair; renamed 1988 Bristol Faire: Camelot Days Medieval ...
A liger shown at the Faire, 2007. The Faire was founded in 1982 by the late Richard Shapiro and his wife Bonnie, who ran the original "King Richard's Faire" in Bristol, Wisconsin (which was renamed Bristol Faire when the Shapiros sold it to Renaissance Entertainment Corporation in 1988). Today, Bonnie and her daughter Aimée Shapiro Sedley ...
A Renaissance Festival (medieval fair or ren faire) is an outdoor gathering that aims to entertain its guests by recreating a historical setting, most often the English Renaissance. Renaissance festivals generally include costumed entertainers or fair-goers, musical and theatrical acts, art and handicrafts for sale, and festival food.
This is an incomplete list of festivals in the United States with articles on Wikipedia, as well as lists of other festival lists, by geographic location. This list includes festivals of diverse types, among them regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, religious festivals, folk festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays.
Fry was the Artistic Director of the Bristol Renaissance Faire, from 1989 to 2009, Virginia Renaissance Faire, Renaissance Pleasure Faire in 2006 and 2007. [1] While there, he wrote and directed dozens of staged works, designed several buildings including the charming Tuscany Tavern, two-story Public House and Cheshire Chase Action Stage.
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