Photos from the 2010 Scarborough Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie, Texas
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Scarborough Renaissance Festival is an event based on the year 1533, during the reign of England's King Henry VIII. Since 1981 the festival has operated every Saturday, Sunday and Memorial Day Monday in April and May. While sometimes called Scarborough Faire Renaissance Festival, the correct title of the event is Scarborough Renaissance Festival.
Scarborough Renaissance Festival is a Renaissance-themed festival based on the year 1533, during the reign of King Henry VIII in England. Scarborough Festival is a 35 acre 'village' (larger than most area shopping malls) within a 167 acre site, with more than 2,000 performers, artisans, food service people, grounds crew, and retail staff, and is attended by 200,000 visitors every year.
The festival features 21 stages with over 200 performances daily, with three Full Combat Jousts each day. 150 volunteers become the "characters" of Scarborough, including King Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn. Daily Falconry demonstrations are conducted by John Karger of Last Chance Forever Wildlife Conservatory. The village features 200 permanent shoppes that sell unique handmade wares made by artisans from around the country. Each day, Artisans demonstrate ancient arts such as glassblowing, blacksmithing, candlemaking, printing on a Guttenberg Press, leather crafting, armor making, and more.
More than 20 tons of the Festival's turkey Legs are devoured each season. Non-traditional foods such as hand made pastas, seafood, stir fry, steak-on-a-stick, Scott's eggs, Italian Ice, etouffee, empanadas, fajitas, meatball sandwiches, baklava, quiche, pastries, and more than 60 other hearty foods make up the culinary adventure at Scarborough Renaissance Festival. Five food court areas are located throughout the festival; eight pubs and taverns offer a variety of beers, wine, mead, and frozen favorites.
