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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.
Included below are the notable Renaissance, Medieval, and Fantasy fairs held in the United States. These include: any long running (20 plus years) fairs, and established fairs (5 plus years) that have a two-weekend or more annual run. Generally, U.S. renaissance fairs are open weekends only (including holidays) during the periods indicated.
Battle / fair Templecombe Medieval Pageant June 1 & 2 Templecombe, England Middle Ages Phoenix Warlords n/a Renaissance fair / battle Battle of Tewkesbury reenactment: 2nd weekend in July Tewkesbury, England 15th century Battle of Tewkesbury: Battle The Virginia Renaissance Faire Mid-May through mid-June; weekends near Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
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Break out ye olde clothing, grab a goblet of mead, and prithee attend a pair of local family-friendly medieval festivals this spring. Up first is the inaugural Wyndonshire Renaissance Faire next ...
The Stourbridge fair, authorised by King John I of England by royal charter in 1199, provided for the building of this leper chapel in Cambridge, and became the largest medieval fair in Europe. In England, fairs began to develop in the early Norman period, reaching their heyday in the 13th century. [4]
The following is a list of tourist attractions, by country, that regularly use "living history" or historical reenactments either with professional actors or amateur groups.
The River Thames frost fairs [1] were held on the tideway of the River Thames in London, England in some winters, starting at least as early as the late 7th century [2] until the early 19th century. Most were held between the early 17th and early 19th centuries during the period known as the Little Ice Age , when the river froze over most often ...