PubSing at the Bay Area Renaissance Festival
Florida
Tampa’s Bay Area Renaissance Festival closes each day with a PubSing, usually held at the largest gathering place available. For the last two years, that has been in the seating area of the Flagship Pub. It’s a logical choice, given its location just inside the main gate.
Bay Area RenFest’s PubSing is a final chance to see many of the musicians and dancers who perform throughout the shire each day. It’s not unusual to see members of many bands playing together in a kind of jam session. The talented Demzarah Gypsies were entertaining us when this picture was taken, with Jen Shumilak providing additional accompaniment on his mandolin. It’s hard to see in the background but CDs from the various groups are displayed for sale.
Even the Royal Court gets into the spirit of things as the day comes to a close. Either King Henry VIII or Queen Catherine Parr will thank us for attending and bid us farewell. They encourage our exit with the thought that “in order to come again another day, we must first leave on this day.”
Pub Sing is a great place to meet for a final Huzzah, find your friends, catch one more show, and then head for the gate.
Does your Faire have a final show like Bay Area Ren Fest’s PubSing? Tell us about it and just maybe … we’ll see you at Faire!!
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