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Minnesota Renaissance Festival – Faire Fun for September 4 – 10, 2008

It’s time to celebrate our Irish Heritage at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival. You’ll get $2 discount at the gate on tickets for wearing the green, no coupons needed. Watch Irish Dancers or the Juggling Competition. Saturday, there’ll be Sign Language Interpreters as selected shows. ClickNPrint on the web or local SuperAmerica and Walgreens all make […]

September 4th, 2008 Posted by | Faire Fun | no comments

Puke n’ Snot show will go on

The sudden and untimely death of much loved actor Joe Kudla, aka Thomas Snot of Puke n’ Snot, left some question as to whether the show would go on as the Minnesota Renaissance Festival opens this weekend. That question has been laid to rest by Mark Sieve, aka Ralph Puke, today on the Puke n’ […]

August 12th, 2008 Posted by | Proclamations | one comment

Minnesota Renaissance Festival Preview Party

From the Mall of America website: King Henry and Queen Margaret summon all patrons to attend a FREE preview party for the 2008 Minnesota Renaissance Festival at Mall of America®. All are invited to meet the Royal Court and enjoy live entertainment. Sears Court will be transformed into a magical Children’s Realm complete with coloring, […]

July 19th, 2008 Posted by | Proclamations | no comments

Wine Fest to benefit charity at Minnesota Renaissance Festival

The 2nd annual Outdoor Wine Festival will take place on the site of the Minnesota Renaissance Festival in conjunction with their Wine Gala weekend, September 13 & 14. The Outdoor Wine Festival is free with admission to the Renaissance Festival. At the Outdoor Wine Festival you’ll find wine tastings, grape stomping competition, and a Charity […]

July 5th, 2008 Posted by | Proclamations | no comments

Have you met MajikBoxMan?

Slowly wandering the lanes, waiting for something to catch his eye—movement, color, a look of joy—the Irishman is seldom noticed. With his walking stick and pixie box, he waits until just the right moment, then raises the implement and snaps, catching a look, a pose, swirl of the skirts, before moving on to find his next opportunity. Only those interested in the same things may catch the tale tell signs of an inveterate photographer. Let me introduce you to MajikBoxMan. […]

June 17th, 2008 Posted by | Have You Met? | one comment

Faire fun for May 17-26, 2008

Memorial Day weekend is upon us and many of the faires will open their gates all three days. The FaireNews crew will be at Tennessee Renaissance Festival for our Handfasting, as well as to participate in Ménage ‘Ette Trois and the 3rd RenaissanceFestival.com RenDezvous. California Koroneburg European Old World Festival continues this weekend with a […]

May 22nd, 2008 Posted by | Faire Fun | no comments

Minnesota Renaissance Festival audition update

Late breaking news, the location for tomorrow’s audition has been changed from St Paul to Shakopee. The following came through as a bulletin from MySpace: The May 17th auditions that were supposed to be in St. Paul have been moved to Shakopee at the Canterbury Inn. Same time 10am-2pm. Pass it along. The guidelines for […]

May 16th, 2008 Posted by | Proclamations | no comments

Minnesota Renaissance Festival open house interviews

photo credit: mfshadow If you’ve ever wanted to work at faire, here’s your chance to hit the mark. The Minnesota Renaissance Festival is looking for their 2008 season staff. They posted the following on their MySpace blog today. The Minnesota Renaissance Festival is looking for people to fill a various amount of job positions. This […]

April 28th, 2008 Posted by | Proclamations | one comment

Have you met Karen “Kitty” Tolson Carroll?

The sharp cries of the hunting cast overhead silence the watching crowd as the falconer, swinging a lure at the end of a line, explains what is happening. With a sudden change to the angle of the wings, one of the Harris’ hawks begins the rapid descent known as a stoop, catches the target in mid-air, and lands, mantling the prize quickly. The falconer waits a moment, allowing the hawk to break in, before calling it to the gauntlet and rewarding it with a tidbit. Moving to the edge of the field, she fists the hawk to the perch and attaches the jesses to the anklet before turning to call the other members of the cast in. The vast array of knowledge and skill needed to not only care for, but also teach about, these and other wonderful birds takes a special person. Let me introduce you to Karen “Kitty” Tolson Carroll. […]

April 2nd, 2008 Posted by | Have You Met? | 3 comments

Looking Back at March 2 – 10, 2008

Working at Faire: Good luck to all those that interviewed or auditioned for Midsummer Renaissance Festival (Pennsylvania) and Scarborough Renaissance Festival (Texas) this past weekend, I hope your dreams come true. For those in Kentucky, I’ll let you know as soon as I see an update on the audition schedule for the Kentucky Renaissance Festival. […]

March 11th, 2008 Posted by | Faire Fun | 3 comments