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Florida Renaissance Festival – Deerfield Beach Florida: Quiet Waters Park, Deerfield Beach: 16th-century: 1993 stages (02a) February–March (4 weekends) 90k (2012) Florida RenFest: Florida Renaissance Festival – Miami Florida: Cauley Square Historic Village, Miami; semi-permanent Early 16th-century village: 2009 stages (04a) April 45k ...
Jackson Park is a 551.5-acre (223.2 ha) urban park on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of Chicago.Straddling the Hyde Park, Woodlawn, and South Shore neighborhoods, the park was designed in 1871 by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and remodeled in 1893 to serve as the site of the World's Columbian Exposition.
Jackson Park was a terminal on the Jackson Park Branch of the Chicago 'L'. The station opened on May 12, 1893, and closed on October 31, 1893, with the conclusion of the World's Columbian Exposition. [1] Station was also known as "Chicago Junction" on the Intramural
On October 9, 1893, the day designated as Chicago Day, the fair set a world record for outdoor event attendance, drawing 751,026 people. The debt for the fair was soon paid off with a check for $1.5 million (equivalent to $52.5 million in 2024). [4] Chicago has commemorated the fair with one of the stars on its municipal flag. [5]
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.
Look for another summer weekend of live music, as well as Fiesta Del Sol, Chinatown Summer Fair and a Bollywood-inspired performance in the park. Plus a Chicago automobile museum shows off its stuff.
The performance is hosted by Cattywampus Puppet Council and One World Circus, a project of Dragonfly Aerial & Circus Arts Studio.
The fall installment of the Great Plains Renaissance & Scottish Festival happens this weekend from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m at Sedgwick County Park and, as usual, will feature jousting, jesters ...