Where You Can Party Like it's 1599!

Time to explore the world of "Faire"
I will be exploring a new venture on the week ends this year. During the summer months, July 5th through Labor Day Sept 5th, I will be working at The Bristol Renaissance Faire, in the mask booth. Even though I will not be selling any of my own art, it is an opportunity to explore the faire, make some interesting new friends and learn how it all works from a merchants view point. I am really looking forward to this, I have been an avid faire goer for many years and I am most interested in opening my own shop there. Faire is a place where all the merchants hand made and sold their wares during this time of festivals. Most still make their own and others purchase hand crafted items and sell them at the Renaissance Faires. The atmosphere is a total adventure in itself. Being greeted in a true Elizabethan style
where fantasy rules. Join us for a day of fun. . . tis a magical place!


Where you can party like it's 1599!
Every Faire day recreates a time when knights were noble, maids were merry, and turkey legs, titanic. Once you enter the portal gates, you travel back in time to the year 1574, and you've walked right into an exciting village festival day. And what are we celebrating? Queen Elizabeth, Herself, is visiting Bristol! It's time to eat, drink and be merry! Revelry is the order of the day!
For 9 glorious weekends starting in early July, each Saturday and Sunday, plus Labor Day Monday, visitors take a rollicking romp through Elizabethan England, complete with 16th Century games, rides, arts, crafts, food, music and one-of-a-kind encounters with a spectacular cast of characters. The Faire boasts a beautiful 30-acre site with open-air stages featuring Swordfighters, Minstrels and Jesters. Meet Robin Hood or Queen Elizabeth, in person! All entertainment is included in the price of admission.

Nearly 200 artisans display their wares in the Bristol Faire Marketplace. Potters, glass blowers, jewelers and forgers busily go about their work, as shoppers discover rare finds around every corner. Offerings range from sterling silver jewelry, hand-thrown pottery and fine crafted leather works to hickory walking sticks, rich tapestries to hammered pewter.
Easy to find - just west of I-94 at the Illinois/Wisconsin border, the Faire is open Saturdays and Sundays and Labor Day Monday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., rain or shine, from July 5 through September 1, 2008.
The Bristol Renaissance Faire! Where Fantasy Rules!