Renaissance faires
Medieval theme gatherings
Renaissance faires are outdoor festivals recreating the atmosphere of early modern Europe, typically featuring costumed performers, period crafts, jousting, turkey legs, and faux-Elizabethan speech.
Attendees often dress in costume themselves.
The spelling "faire" adds antiquated flavor, though the events blend historical periods liberally: We go to the Renaissance faire every summer.
- meadHoney-fermented alcoholic drink
- turkey legsPoultry limb portions
- turkeyWattled North American fowl
- corsetsBoned, laced bodice garments
- period costumesEra-appropriate theatrical clothing
costumes · reenactors · royal court · crown · hobbyhorse · shield · sword · alehouses · jousting · minstrelsy · huzzah · good morrow · funnel cake · wenches · cloak · archery · chainmail · knight in armor
- historical reenactmentRoman legions, SCA, battle reenactments
Renaissance fairesacademic history
Record of formal education
archaeological sites · museum exhibitions · historical reenactment · Colonial Williamsburg · museum exhibits
Renaissance fairesmemorial services
Ceremonies honoring deceased persons
funeral rites · state funerals · Bayreuth Festival · academic conferences · religious observances
Renaissance fairesscience fiction conventions
Fan gatherings for speculative genres
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