Renaissance Faires and Information

Links within this document

• Beginning of the document.
• Renaissance Faire pages.
• Information about Renaissance Faires or Participants.
• Faires I've visited.
• Web Ring Indexes.
• Vendors and do-it yourself guides.
• Society For Creative Anachronism.
• Fantasy Pages.
• Information about the Medieval and Renaissance Periods.
• Miscellaneous.

Renaissance Faire pages

• Links to my Renaissance Faire digital photo album.

• Information about multiple faires

  • Scribe (Serious Creations of Renaissance Information by Electronics, which provides a list of most of the faires).
  • Mike Bonk's extensive list of faires.
  • Renaissance Entertainment Corporation (Owners of faires in California, New York, and Wisconsin).
  • Renaissance Crossroads
  • Renaissance Festivals (Minnesota, Michigan, Kansas City, Palm Beach).
  • Royal Faires (Arizona, Carolina).

• Faires in the Northeast region of the United States

  • King Richard's Faire (fan site #1, fan site #2, fan site #3) in Carver Massachusetts.
  • New York Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo, New York.
  • Sterling Renaissance Faire in Sterling, New York.
  • New Jersey Renaissance Festival and Kingdom in Somerset, New Jersey.
  • Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire in Mount Hope, Pennsylvania.
  • Greater Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival in Butler, Pennsylvania (Fan Site).
  • Maryland Renaissance Faire in Crownsville, Maryland.
  • Hammond Castle in Massachusetts has a 2 day faire.
  • Maine Renaissance Faire in Lebanon, Maine.
  • Connecticut Renaissance Faire in Hebron, Connecticut.
  • Vermont Renaissance Festival in Brattleboro Vermont.
  • Avalon Faire in Hubbardston, Massachusetts.
  • Festival of the Lion in Grafton, Massachusetts.
  • The Evil Dukes New England Rennies Page.
  • The King's Feast (dinner theater, Pawtucket, RI).
  • New Hampshire Renaissance Faire (Kingston, New Hampshire).

• Faires in the Southern region of the United States

  • Carolina Renaissance Faire near Davidson, North Carolina.
  • Georgia Renaissance Faire in Atlanta Georgia.
  • Tennessee Renaissance Faire between Franklin and Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
  • The Italian Renaissance Festival At Vizcaya in Vizcaya Florida.
  • Florida Renaissance Festival in Hollywood, Florida.
  • Ye Olde Hoggtowne Medieval Faire in Gainsville, Florida.
  • Bay Area Renaissance Festival in Largo, Florida.
  • Carolina Renaissance Festival north of Charlotte, North Carolina.
  • North Carolina Renaissance Faire in Raleigh, North Carolina.
  • Drachenburg Renaissance Fest in Sumner County near Gallatin, Tennessee.
  • Alabama Renaissance Faire in Florence, Alabama.

• Faires in the Midwestern region of the United States

  • Bristol Renaissance Faire in Bristol, Wisconsin.
  • Ohio Renaissance Festival in Harveysburg, Ohio.
  • Minnesota Renaissance Faire in Shakopee, Minnesota.
  • The Phoenix Project (help uninsured crafters rebuild after arson at Minnesota Faire).
  • Great Lakes Medieval Faire near Geneva, Ohio.
  • Ohio State University Renaissance Faire.
  • Grand Valley State University's Renaissance Faire.
  • Ohio State University Medieval and Renaissance Festival.
  • Southeastern Ohio Renaissance Faire in Cambridge, Ohio.
  • Michigan Renaissance Festival in Holly, Michigan.
  • Silver Leaf Renaissance Faire in River Oaks County Park, Galesburg, Michigan.
  • Missouri Renaissance Faire in Mansfield, Missouri.

• Faires in the Western region of the United States

  • Arizona Renaissance Festival & Artisian Marketplace in Apache Junction, Arizona.
  • The Castle of Muskogee in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
  • The Colorado Renaissance Festival in Larkspur, Colorado.
  • The Texas Renaissance Festival northwest of Houston, Texas.
  • Hawkwood Texas Fantasy Faire in Roanoke, Texas, near Dalls and Fort Worth.
  • West Texas Renaissance Faire, in Buffalo Gap, Texas.
  • Shrewsbury Faire in Philomath, Oregon.
  • Scarborough Renaissance Faire, in Waxahachie, Texas.
  • Underhill Village Faire, in Austin, Texas.
  • Northwest Renaissance Festival, Nine Mile Falls, Washington, near Spokane.
  • Newcastle Village, near Alvin, Texas.

• California faires

  • Northern Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Novato, California.
  • Southern Renaissance Pleasure Faire in San Bernardino, California.
  • Hanford Renaissance of Kings Cultural Arts Faire in Hanford California.
  • Willits Celtic Renaissance Faire in Willits California.
  • Hounds of Nobility Faire in Orange, California.
  • History Revisited in Fairfield, California.
  • Central Coast Renaissance Festival.
  • Central Valley Renaissance Festival.
  • Valhalla Renaissance Faire in South Lake Tahoe, California,.
  • Fantasy Faire and Craft Ware in Gavilan Hills, California.
  • Santa Barbara Renaissance Faire and Midsummer Marketin Live Oak Park, California.

• Faires outside of the United States

  • Ontario Renaissance Faire in Milton, Ontario.

• Faire Invasion Websites

  • RPFS invasion, May 28th - 31st, 1999.
  • Sterling NY invasion, July 3rd - 4th, 1999.

Information about Renaissance Faires or Participants

• General information

  • Welcome to the Renaissance Faire.
  • Virtual Renaissance Faire.
  • Other Faire information.
  • Renaissance Information Center.

• Renaissance Faire Group Participant Home Pages

  • The Knights of Trinity
  • DragonWorks Joust page
  • New Edge Adventure Theater.
  • Puke and Snot.
  • Three hams on rye.
  • The Military Order of Saint Boniface, a guild of mainly German Landsknechts.
  • The mighty sea-dogs.
  • Saint blaise guild, the town criers.
  • Saint Michael's guild.
  • The Vrijbuit Shipping Company.
  • The Pyrates of the Cardiff Rose.
  • English Renaissance Reenactment Home Page.
  • Scottish Caledonian Gamers.
  • Saint Andrew's Ancient Order of Noble Scots.
  • The Royal Chessmen.
  • The Swordsmen, Dirk and Guido.
  • The Bristol Harbour Seadogs.
  • The Texas Renaissance Festival Beefeaters.
  • The California Independent Renaissance Guilds Association.
  • St. Elizabeth's Guilde.
  • Period Events and Entertainments Re-creation Society (PEERS).
  • Molly and the Tinker.
  • Living History International.
  • Brollywacker.
  • Last Chance Forever.
  • The Yeomen of the Guard.
  • Noble Cause Productions.
  • Birds of Prey by Accipiter Enterprises.
  • The Renaissance Revels.
  • Markland Medieval Mercenary Militia.
  • Women of Whimsey.
  • International Wench Guild #69.
  • Costumer's Guide West.
  • Tudor Tartes.
  • Empty Hats.
  • Sound and Fury (Fakespearean Players).
  • The Pyrates Royale.
  • The Tribe Roman Morga Renaissance Gypsies.
  • Bedlam Boys.
  • Minstrosity.
  • Wicked Tinkers.
  • The Courtesans of RPFS.
  • Zucchini Brothers.
  • Extreme Productions.
  • Minstrels of Mayhem.
  • Society for Renaissance Performers Home Page.
  • Wine, Woman, and Song.
  • Merry Mischief.
  • Don Juan and Miguel.
  • Tortuga Twins.
  • Zilch, the Tory Steller.

• Renaissance Faire Patron/Single Participant Home Pages

  • Pictures from the Bristol Faire
  • VolkStudio's RenFest pictures
  • 1596 William Shakespeare's Diary
  • The Renaissance Faire Junkie.
  • Sir Clisto, House of Seversword.
  • Virtual Texas Renaissance Faire.
  • Pictures from various faires by Troy Jackson (greyheart).
  • DragonChylde's Ren pages.
  • Unofficial Guide to the Georgia Renaissance Faire.
  • Renaissance Pleasure Faire Highlights.
  • Wil Chrapcynski's ren/sca page.
  • Bronx Elf.
  • Axel the Sot.
  • Bargel's Ren Faire page.
  • The Renaissance Realm.
  • Gwyneth of Avalon.
  • The Glove is Up!
  • Lord Robert Lachlan Morrison and Lady Kelly Wynne Morrison's home pages.
  • Whitedragon's home page (including a ren faire purity test).
  • Robin Yarnell's page.
  • Caille's Renaissance Page.
  • ARen Faire's Page.
  • Faire God's Page.
  • BlackThorne MacGregor's Page.
  • Heavy Linkage - Renaissance/Medieval Page.
  • Ren Faire Pictures.
  • Stone and Steel.
  • The Page (All Things Medieval, Renaissance, and Fantasy).
  • Rosalily's Renfest Regalia.
  • Stuart's Castle.
  • Michael McDaine Harris.
  • Bubboon (mp3 songs).
  • Wench Maeve's Page.
  • AFR's Ren.Link & Garb Pattern Databases.

Faires I've visited

• Bristol Renaissance Faire in Kenosha Wisconsin.
• Sterling Renaissance Faire in Sterling New York.
• Maryland Renaissance Faire.
• King Richard's Faire (fan site #1, fan site #2) in Carver Massachusetts.
• Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire at the Mount Hope Estate and Winery in Pennsylvania.
• Georgia Renaissance Faire.
• Northern California Faire.
• Minnesota Renaissance Faire.

Web Ring Indexes

• Medieval and Renaissance Webring.
• The League of Renaissance Merchants Webring.
• The League of Renaissance Performers Webring.
• Madrigals/Renaissance Music Webring.
• Middle Ages and Renaissance Interest Webring.
• Renaissance Faire Pictures Webring.
• Medieval Recreation Webring.
• Shakespeare Webring.
• WyndMyre Village Webring.
• SCA Webring.
• Ring of Bards Webring.
• Historical Romance Webring.
• Art Historian's Webring.
• AFR Bio Pages Webring.

Vendors and do-it yourself guides

• Multidisciplinary vendors, catalog stores, and vendor links

  • Chivarly Sports.
  • Historic Enterprises (arms, armour, costumes).
  • Renaisscance Crossroads.
  • Dragonfly Design.
  • Pillaged Village (SCA).
  • Dragon Star Creations (glassware, jewelry, leather, swords).

• Costume making (including supplies)

  • The Costume Page.
  • The Costume Source.
  • Elizabethan Costuming Homepage.
  • Costume Construction Tips.
  • International Costumers' Guild, Inc.
  • Costume Con
  • Morghana's Costume Tips.
  • Sewing Tips and Techniques for 17th Century Costume.
  • Basic Tunics.
  • Blackwork Embroidery Archives.
  • A Few Medieval Braids.
  • The Button Emporium.
  • Rakshanda's No Hem Circle Skirt (shareware pattern).
  • Chaperon's and How to Make Them.
  • How to dryclean your costume.
  • Cowls.
  • Cloak making.
  • How to make Fantasy/Medieval Clothes.
  • Costume Tips: Full Circle Cape.
  • Hand Knit Hose.
  • How much fabric to use for 16th century womens costumes.
  • How to wrap a Great Kilt.
  • Quick and Dirty Great Kilt.
  • Male Clothing and Knightly Armour of the 1250's.
  • Patterns For Renaissance Garb.
  • How to make an Elizabethan Corset.
  • The Auld Garb Monger Costumes for Manly Men.
  • A Stitch out of Time.
  • Trim Catalog.
  • Making Pouches.
  • Poulet Gauche Women's Costume (French Peasant/Lower Middle Class).
  • Shirt Making Guide.
  • Basic Irish/Scottish Leine Pattern.
  • The Tudor Flat Cap by the Auld Garb Monger.
  • Patterns of time.
  • Clothing and Costume Links (SCA site).
  • Cynthia Virtue's Medieval Clothing Pages.
  • Fabric Covered Buckram Period Hat Patterns by Lynn McMasters.
  • Thorin's Garb Pattern Database (search for commercial patterns).
  • Historically Yours (patterns).
  • Sewing Central (Historic Patterns and Fabrics).
  • Calontir Trim (Trim for costumes).
  • Make your own footwear.
  • Grand Garb.
  • Subscribe to the H-costume mailing list.
  • Garb For the Complete Novice (by Ada Cormack)
  • Kate Dicey's page (includes various fabric sublinks).
  • The Tangled Web of Lara the Lacemaker (costume construction hints).
  • Amazon Dry Goods (focus on Victorian, but they have some Renaissance catalogs).

• Sources of leather for costumes

  • Tandy Leather company
  • Applachian Leather company
  • Brettuns Village Leather

• Premade Costumes and Accessories (except footwear)

  • Hidden Treasure's Costume Web Page.
  • Pendragon Costumes.
  • House of Dra costumes.
  • Making Time (designers of pre 1840's clothing and accessories).
  • Green Duck Design.
  • Distant Caravans.
  • Lavendar's Pincushion online shop.
  • The Biggins Family.
  • Fancy Fantasies.
  • The Lady and the Fool.
  • Purple Unicorn Costumes.
  • A Wardrobe in Time (Pendragon Costumes).
  • Half Moon Leathers.
  • Auras Custom Clothing and Accessories.
  • Moresca Clothing.
  • Seams Like a Dream.
  • Chainmail and More.
  • Dragonshire Hall (chainmail).
  • Shadow's Treasure Chest.
  • Lady Morrigan's Catalog.
  • Moonstruck.
  • Artigiano Ruvoletto (Masks in the Grand Venetian Style).
  • Erin Vinger, Custome Costumer.
  • Ana's Accoutremounts.
  • The Celtic Weaver.
  • MoiRandall's.
  • Round Two Costume's.
  • Leather Dreams.
  • Rhavyn's Keep Chainmaille Design.
  • Fancy Fantasy.
  • The Garb Shop.
  • Silvermane Unlimited.
  • Black Fairy (Future Web Site).
  • Sofi Stitches.
  • Fashions in Time.
  • Jekyl the Hidesmith (leather clothing and accessories).
  • The Needle Fairy.
  • Very Merry Seamstress.
  • Grey Cat Designs.
  • Potomac Leather.
  • The Realms Finest (leather costume accessories).
  • Lusty Leather (leather costume accessories).
  • The Potted Fox (leather accessories).
  • Bloomers4U (bloomers).

• Footwear and tights

  • Bald Mountain Moccasins.
  • Catskill Moccasins.
  • SodHoppers Custom Leather Footwear.
  • Son of Sandlar.
  • Minnetonka Moccasins.
  • Dream Shoes (shoes, mugs, and pouches).
  • Faire Pair Tights and such.
  • Renaissance Dancewear.
  • Sunstrider Rope Sandals.

• Armor and pointy things like Swords

  • Dark Horse Realm.
  • Starfire Swords.
  • Museum Replicas Limited.
  • LaForge Armory.
  • Kirby D. Wise arms and armor.
  • Sir Lancealot's Armory.
  • Arms and Armor.
  • Blades of Tara.
  • The Apprentice Armorer's Illustrated Handbook For Making Mail.
  • Ye Silver Castle.
  • Lundegaard Armory.
  • Chainmaille Fashions.
  • Swords 'n' Stuff.
  • The Forgery.
  • Medieval Replicas.
  • By the Sword.
  • Syke's Sutlering.
  • Maspien Armours.
  • Authentic Forgeries.
  • Sword and Stone.
  • Omega Art Works.
  • Hollow Earth Sword Words (wooden swords).
  • Wolfgaard Armoury.

• Jewelry, Cups, Coins, Pewter, and Dolls

  • Elegance at a Glance.
  • Fellowship Foundary.
  • The Celtic Heart - Handcrafted Jewelry.
  • Snapdragon Gifts and WitsEnd Productions.
  • Sozra Jewelry.
  • R. E. Piland Goldsmiths.
  • Turning Point Woodworks (wooden gobblets/steins made to order).
  • Midsummer's Knight Dream (puppets).
  • Steve Millingham Pewter Replicas (replicas of historic pewter).
  • Kirks Folly (fairie/angel/animal jewelry).
  • Fantasy Lane (copper garden fairies).
  • EJH Leathercrafts.
  • Dragon Jools (fantasy jewelry).
  • Martin Wood Works (custom wood working).
  • Goodly Woods (wooden mugs).
  • Faery Jewelry (jewelry and art).
  • Shining Moon (jewelry and sculptures).

• Music and Tapes

  • The Jester's Court (recordings).
  • Lark in the Morning (World music, instruments, recordings).
  • Nightwatch Recording (recordings).
  • Sound Creations (handmade instruments).
  • Unicorn Strings (bowed psalteries).

• Juggling Equipment

  • Renegade Juggling Catalog.
  • Dubé Juggling Equipment.
  • Todd Smith Products.
  • Crystal Stix.
  • The Compleat Gamester (shop in Massachusetts).
  • The Juggling Capitol (shop in Washington, DC).
  • The Juggling Zone (shop in Iowa).
  • The Juggler's Mall (part of The Juggling Information Service).

• Books and Magazines

  • Master Huen's Boke of Gode Cookery (cookbooks).
  • Page after Page (renaissance and medieval books).
  • The Renaissance Herald (magazine).
  • East Coast Ren Rag.

• Walking Sticks

  • Omega Art Works (door knockers, walking sticks).
  • American Stickmakers Association.
  • Walking Equipment.com.
  • Down east walking sticks.
  • Whistle Creek.
  • Harris Walking Stick company.
  • Spirit Creek Walking Sticks.

• Other Vendors

  • Ye Dragon and Unicorn (drinking mugs).
  • Greyheart Enterprises (wood products).
  • The Scriptorium (fonts).
  • Multiple Era Stress Disorder (t-shirts).
  • Celtic Creations (Handmade Stained Glass).
  • Diamond Knights (various).
  • MacGregor Historic Games.
  • Dragon Realm.
  • Samrah's Spicebox.
  • Crystal Mountain Essential Oils and Fragrance Oils.
  • Colorado Wind Songs.
  • White Wizard (wizard statues).
  • Dragonflyers (Flying dragon toys).
  • Fairywinks (Handmade fairy wings).
  • Ravenwood Castle (Renaissance themed Bed and Breakfast in New Plymouth, Ohio)
  • Instant Attitudes (bumper stickers).
  • Faeries, Ink. (fairy wings).
  • The Glass Spider (stained glass).

Society For Creative Anachronism

• SCA official home page
• Rialto Index & Archive.
• SCA: Complete Anachronist Index.

Fantasy Pages

• Faeries.
• Alt.fan.dragons.

Information about the Medieval and Renaissance Periods

• Soc.history.medieval FAQ
• The Art of Renaissance Science.
• Articles concerned with the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
• NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
• Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy.
• Early Modern Literary Studies: Home Page.
• Feudal Dictionary.
• Medieval/Renaissance Food Homepage.
• Medieval & Renaissance Studies at Washington and Lee University.
• Beinecke Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts.
• Exemplaria.
• Electric Renaissance (a course that was taught over the internet).
• Elizabethan_Smoking.
• Hwæt! (old english in context).
• MEDIEVAL Studies Bibliography.
• Paradoxes of Defence, by George Silver (1599).
• Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe.
• Renaissance and Baroque Architecture.
• WebMuseum: La Renaissance.
• WWW Medieval Resources.
• Labyrinth: A World Wide Web Server for Medieval Studies.
• Shakespeare, the man.
• The Luminarium.
• 16th Century English Literature.
• Richard III and Yorkist History.
• The Play 's the Thing (Shakespeare's Plays): from Matty Farrow, and from MIT.
• The Shakespeare Web.
• Medieval Games.
• Currency Values In Elizabethan England.
• Medieval/Renaissance/Baroque Music Links.
• A Compendium of Elizabethan Knowledge.
• Lady Jane Grey website.
• Castle Interactive by Educational Management Group.
• A Brief History of Codpieces.
• Scottish Men's Clothing.
• Scottish Women's Clothing.
• Sumptuary Laws.
• The Jester Pages.
• The complete works of William Shakespeare.
• Encyclopedia Britannia's History of English Monarchs.

Miscellaneous

• Renaissance Purity Test courtesy of the White Dragon.
• CA Shakespeare Festival Home Page.
• Medieval Recipes.
• Medieval Brewing.
• Castles on the Web.
• Digital Tradition Folk Song Full Text Search
• Irish Folk Songs index.
• Renaissance Faire Songs.
• Captain Alfred Hutton's "Old Sword-Play"
• How to wrap and wear a great kilt.
• Medieval and Renaissance Wedding Information.
• Resources about Medieval and Arthurian Literture.
• Medieval and Renaissance Games.
• The Caledonian, a Celtic site.
• Recreating History magazine web page, and their Renaissance/Celtic links.
• Celtic Net.
• Chronique, the Journal of Knighthood and Chivalry.
• Morris Dancing Home Page.
• Medieval Pick Up Lines.
• Renaissance Dance.
• A Rennie Alphabet.
• The Medieval and Renaissance Web ring.
• The Tartan Pages.
• The Internet Renaissance Band (midi files).
• Celtic Midi files.
• Renaissance Dance Group Domenikaner (in german).
• Virtual Tour of the Tower of London.
• Ye olde game of Rat Puck (tm).
• What is your Pirate name?
• Alt.fairs.renaissance Frequently Asked Questions.
• Insurance options for Renaissance Faire Participants.
• Historical Reenactor's Library.

Links within this document

• Beginning of the document.
• Renaissance Faire pages.
• Information about Renaissance Faires or Participants.
• Faires I've visited.
• Web Ring Indexes.
• Vendors and do-it yourself guides.
• Society For Creative Anachronism.
• Fantasy Pages.
• Information about the Medieval and Renaissance Periods.
• Miscellaneous.