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Oxford Renaissance Festival: Cooks Creek Medieval Festival Cooks Creek, Manitoba, Church of the Immaculate Conception: 2004 End of July (every even year) Cooks Creek Medieval Festival: Feste Médiévale de Saint-Marcellin Saint-Marcellin Quebec 5 Rte de l'Église, Saint-Marcellin, QC G0K 1R0 Medieval and viking 2003 One week-end Mid august ...
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 or fair-goers, musical and theatrical acts, art and handicrafts for sale, and festival food.
The Feira Franca is a medieval festival held in Pontevedra on Friday afternoon and Saturday of the first weekend in September.It is set in the Middle Ages and includes a medieval market, a chivalry tournament, falconry shows, food stalls, street entertainment, juggling, music, workshops, leather, wood, textile and natural products crafts, and more.
The Tewkesbury Medieval Festival was an original idea of then husband and wife, Len and Peggy Clatworthy, in 1984. They were joined by a small group of others including Rachael Mason as a simple fair with 10 stalls, a beer tent, and a small-scale re-enactment of the Battle of Tewkesbury, [2] the town of Tewkesbury, United Kingdom.
Among the activities undertaken are medieval music concerts, plays, performances, jugglers from different backgrounds, shows about Don Quixote and Tirant lo Blanch, Druid magic show, jugglers, parades, medieval markets, cinema and workshops. In 2010, the festival celebrated its 20th edition.
A medieval pageant is a form of procession traditionally associated with both secular and religious rituals, often with a narrative structure. Pageantry was an important aspect of medieval European seasonal festivals, in particular around the celebration of Corpus Christi , which began after the thirteenth century.
The medieval era started in the 5th Century with the collapse of Roman civilization, lasting all the way to the Renaissance. When exactly the Middle Ages ended varies depending on what historian ...
The series of six fairs, each lasting more than six weeks, were spaced through the year's calendar: the fair of Lagny-sur-Marne began on 2 January: the fair at Bar-sur-Aube on the Tuesday before mid-Lent; the "May fair" of Provins on the Tuesday before Ascension; the "fair of St. John" or the "hot fair" of Troyes on the first Tuesday after the fortnight of St. John's Day (24 June); the fair of ...