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Scarborough Renaissance Festival, more commonly known as Scarborough Faire, is a
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. Scarborough Faire's first run was in 1981. The festival is open Saturdays and Sundays from the first weekend in April until Memorial Day Monday. The festival is historically based in the 16th century, under the reign of
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. The festival is site. There are over 20 stages with more than 200 performances. Three full combat
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shows take place each day. There are about 100 cast members that make up the characters at Scarborough Renaissance Festival. The Scarborough Renaissance Festival also features an Artisan Marketplace with 200 shops selling goods such as candles, soaps, jewelry, children's toys and even musical instruments. Many of the craftsmen selling their goods also provide demonstrations on how the items are made. The festival also features 5 food Kitchens - a selection of food stalls serving turkey legs (the festival serves over 20 tons of this signature food item per year), food skewers, sandwiches, ice cream and other items.


Special programs

Special programs at Scarborough include "Friends of the Faire", an exclusive festival membership with benefits, Group Sales and Wedding Packages, which you may purchase to have your own Renaissance-themed wedding in the festival's special Wedding Garden. Plus daily beer & wine tasting events.


Gallery

File:Scarborough-Faire-TX-1768.jpg, Harpist File:Scarborough-Faire-TX-2390e.jpg, Metalworking artisan File:Scarborough-Faire-TX-2465.jpg, Entertainer, Zilch the Torysteller, in period style dress File:Scarborough-Faire-TX-1490.jpg, Participant in period style dress File:Scarborough-Faire-TX-Joust-1687.jpg, Jousting and horsemanship File:Scarborough-Faire-TX-Joust-1690.jpg, Jousting and horsemanship File:Scarborough-Faire-TX-2772.jpg, Period style buildings File:Scarborough-Faire-TX-2756.jpg, Period style buildings File:Scarborough-Faire-TX-2449.jpg, Games and rides File:Pinwheel Sideshow.jpg, Pinwheel Sideshow 2021 Scarborough Renaissance Festival


See also

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Renaissance fair 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 ...
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List of Renaissance fairs This is a list of Renaissance faires and other Medieval-themed faires worldwide. North America United States Included below are the notable Renaissance, Medieval, and Fantasy fairs held in the United States. These include: any long running (20 ...
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Historical reenactment Historical reenactment (or re-enactment) is an educational entertainment, educational or entertainment activity in which mainly amateur hobbyists and history enthusiasts dress in historical uniforms and follow a plan to recreate aspects of a histor ...
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Jousting Jousting is a medieval and renaissance martial game or hastilude between two combatants either on horse or on foot. The joust became an iconic characteristic of the knight in Romantic medievalism. The term is derived from Old French , ultim ...
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Society for Creative Anachronism The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is an international living history group with the aim of studying and recreating mainly Medieval European cultures and their histories before the 17th century. A quip often used within the SCA describes ...
* List of open air and living history museums in the United States


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External links


SRFestival.com
Scarborough Renaissance Festival homepage Recurring events established in 1981 Renaissance fairs Tourist attractions in Ellis County, Texas 1981 establishments in Texas Waxahachie, Texas {{US-festival-stub