The Magic and Pageantry Returns to Beautiful Folsom City Lions Park

Magic and Merriment the Renaissance will return to the city of Folsom on October 16th and 17th. This year’s Folsom Renaissance Faire will feature four stages of continuous entertainment, action packed shows, music, dancing, jesters, 900 costumed actors, Shakespearian vignettes, expertly staged battles, storytelling for children and adults, archery tournaments and much more. Shop over 100 merchants selling a wide array of arts and crafts, one of a kind jewelry items, woodcrafts, artwork, ceramics, clothing, historic weapons and leather goods. And to top it all off, a hard hitting joust. This is a place to be!

Over the weekend the Folsom City Lions Park will be transformed to a delightful Elizabethan town filled with myriad characters and vignettes resembling those of Shakespeare’s plays we so dearly love. In addition, over 900 costumed entertainers and over 100 shopkeepers and artisans will add to the ambience of the Faire. The Festival will be the ultimate Renaissance bash, a lively Dionysian party, where the guests enjoy turkey legs, exotic food, and drink as they banter with the myriad performers filling the streets. The event sports one-of-a-kind shows, music, and comedy.

The rising young star of London’s theatre scene, Will Shakespeare, faces a scourge like no other: a paralyzing bout of writer’s block while the great Elizabethan age of entertainment unfolds around him. Will is without inspiration on material. What Will needs is a muse–and in an extraordinary town whilst on progress with Her Most Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, he finds himself surrounded by numerous quirky characters who draw him into an amazing, dramatic adventure of action and love. Their stories make their way into his plays and into our hearts.

One of the weekend’s highlights will be the Knights of Avalon, a full contact jousting troupe made up of internationally acclaimed heavy armor competitors who actually do this for REAL. The onlookers will be astounded by the action of the hard-hitting lance – splitting jousting and the humorous interplay.
Hundreds of pounds of man and a ton of horse will collide and do battle right before your eyes.

Tickets are available at the gate and range from $14 for adults to $9 for children and seniors. Kids under 6 are free.

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Posted by Heather Bercker on Oct 12 2010. Filed under Events, Featured, Viewpoints. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.