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The 2012 Scarborough Renaissance Festival starts this weekend April 7th & 8th and runs every weekend 10AM to 7PM through and including Monday Memorial Day May 28, 2012.

Here’s what their Facebook page says:

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 year 1533, under the reign of King Henry VIII. The festival is 35 acres (140,000 m2) in size, taking place on a 165-acre (0.67 km2) site. There are 21 stages with more than 200 performances. Three jousting shows take place each day. There are about 150 cast members that make up the characters in Scarborough Faire. Almost all of the cast members are volunteers.

Tickets are just $24 for teens and adults (13+) and $9.00 for children 5 to 12 years of age. Children 4 and under are admitted free. Various season passes and discount tickets are available by checking the website.

Here’s a video I found at YouTube from the 2011 festival. It’s pretty good quality considering it was uploaded from an Android phone.

While the festival will allow you to have swords, knives and other weapons as part of your costume it is officially discouraged. This is part of the weapons policy from the website.

The management discourages the use of weapons as costume adornments, as the safety of our patrons is our utmost concern.

Any weapon adornment must be “peace-tied” and otherwise protected so any sharp edges are covered, and so it cannot be drawn or wielded while on the grounds. Due to the wide variety of potential “weapons” each item is handled on a case-by-case basis when the patron enters the festival.

 

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