Pennsylvania This is it, folks, your last chance of the season to visit the shire of Mount Hope. It’s a celebration of All Hallow’s Eve at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire in Mannheim and they’ve got a spooky good time planned for you. Save money and time when you get to the Faireby purchasing your tickets [...]
Pennsylvania There’s a Pyrate Invasion planned for the Pennsylvania Renaissance Festival and it’s happening this weekend. There’ll be sea shanties and tall tales, treasure hunts and booty to plunder, so put on your pyrate and join the Pyrate’s Parade. Don’t forget the “Child Ride Pass” for your little pirates. Just $14.95 permits one child admission [...]
Over at MobileBurn, a phone review site, Ricky Cadden posted a review of the new Samsung SGH-a837 Rugby phone. He went about the review in a unique way that I think you all will enjoy. Imagine all the things you’ve done or seen done to a phone at Faire. Yep, he did it, everything from [...]
Pennsylvania It’s the third weekend of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire and they’re celebrating Pyrates with a Swashbuckler Adventure Weekend. There’s a new way to get discount tickets and several of the options from last week are still available: Motorcycle riders get 50% discount tickets or their passenger free with a full price ticket Residents of [...]
Pennsylvania The gates to the shire of Mount Hope swing wide this weekend as the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire begins their 28th season. Join Queen Elizabeth as she finds a way to welcome the Russian Tsar to the shire and keep her Ladies safe from his wandering eye and lusty advances. Pick up special coupons at [...]
The Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire has released a peek at this year’s storyline. Her Majesty arrives in the Shire of Mount Hope to enjoy Her annual holiday and a wondrous festival day. At Court, She greets Her people and joviality abounds when, suddenly, an uninvited guest, Ivan IV, the Awesome Tsar of Muscovy and his Black [...]
Whether sitting on a patron’s shoulder or urging the throng toward the stage, the grace and agility of the stilt walkers amaze children and amuse adults. As their performance begins, the quips and antics of the three cause low chuckles here and there in the audience, swelling to all out laughter as the show progresses. Renaissance Festival Podcast listeners voted them the Best Non-Musical Group of 2007, an award they richly deserve for consistently experimenting and bringing new bits to their audiences. Let me introduce you to Barely Balanced. [...]
Dinner Impossible will air Medieval Mayhem again beginning April 2. In that episode, Robert Irvine cooks for the King and court at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. The schedule and recipes can be found at the website. Upper Canada Medieval Festival, June 13-15 in Morrisburg, Ontario is calling for vendors. Scarborough Renaissance Festival held its annual [...]
Arizona Renaissance Festival, Bay Area Renaissance Festival, and Four Winds Renaissance Faire continue this weekend with Easter celebrations predominating. The Mount Hope Winery and Estate’s Swashbuckler Pyrate Feast (Friday & Saturday nights from April 4 – April 19) tickets are on sale. The advantage to buying advance tickets before March 27th is that they’re giving [...]
Moving quickly through the lanes, the slight form wrapped in tattered clothing always seems on a mission of some importance. On her way to offer her services as a fashion consultant to a courtier or for a quick tryst with her latest conquest, she comes to a quick stop at a wave or word from a passer-by. As she turns toward you, the quick grin and cloverleaf affixed to her nose erase any doubt that you might have found the wrong bag lady. Let me introduce you to Looney Lucy. [...]
Striding across the festival grounds, oar banner in hand, the redheaded pirate grins at the ladies, throws jibes at the gents, and encourages the little ones to run away and join his crew. On stage later with his partner, he puts his wits and cutlass to work charming the audience. The roars of laughter at their escapades create the euphoria that is like nothing else in the world for him. Let me introduce you to Tom “Red” Zadoyko. [...]
