Faires and Costumes

Renaissance Faires, a visit to one of these Festivals can be an enlightening experience, If you want to participate you may find that Costumes may be available as a rental or may be bought, these attractions have a large following, especially in the USA,and the UK, each year people flock to these festivals for the purpose of being able to dress-up, where they can feel a part of the festival, where they can mingle with such historical figures as, Jesters, Jugglers, Fools, Minstrels, lords and Ladies, peasants, Knights, Soldiers.

A renaissance historical festival, will take you back in time, but it is set in modern days and is known as Renaissance Faires, or Renaissance festivals, usually held on weekends, some may run for a number of weekends, most Faires recreate the life of the people, and set in English renaissance days of Henry V111, and Elizabeth 1, or other such days of long long ago, there are many such faires set in most English speaking countries

Rental costumes are usually available at most of these affairs, dressing up in these costumes will enable you to partake in the fun and mingle with other costume clad courtiers, there are an abundance of such gatherings every year and each festival is unique in itself, and may stage it's historical pageant on one key event, or encompass a much larger time frame found in the renaissance period.

Many of the actors and employee,s wear their own renaissance period costumes, or the costumes may belong to the company that is hosting the show, the design and accuracy of many of the costumes have been carefully researched and recreated, you will also find cheaper garments and they will still give that feeling of living in the past. 

You may find Actors speaking in an approximation of words and accents of that time period, if you don't understand I'm sure they will explain, there may also be a book available to help you understand the spoken words, sword play ,Jousting, and dining with the lord of the manor are fun attraction.

Since the mid-nineties, they have become a very popular form of fun and recreation, the where and when of these festivals are available on the internet, costumes may be available at these functions, dress-up and enjoy the fun, meeting others and discussing the various types of costumes, sword fighting is a major attraction at these functions, another attraction is the jousting tourneys by Knights on horseback.

At days end Musicians and performers gather together for a sing-a-long where Actors and Patrons can raise their voices, and all join in the pub sing-a-long, early in the season after the show ends some of the Musicians, performers, move on to the next Festival, and so on until the season ends, eagerly looking forward to next years