Arizona Renaissance Festival

Arizona Renaissance Festival
Jousting tournament at Arizona Renaissance Festival, March 2014
Genre Renaissance fair
Dates Late winter to mid spring
Location(s) Gold Canyon, Arizona
Inaugurated 1989
Attendance 250,000 (average)
Area 30 acres (120,000 m2)
Stages 14
Website www.arizona.renfestinfo.com

The Arizona Renaissance Festival is a Renaissance-themed amusement park and Renaissance fair in Arizona located in Apache Junction east of the Phoenix metro area near Gold Canyon. The Renaissance Festival usually runs from late winter to mid spring every year, as the winters and springs in the area are actually very mild and pleasant. The Festival is open Saturdays, Sundays, and President's Day Monday.[1]

General information

The Festival is reminiscent of a 16th century European village[2]. The fairgrounds feature a 14-stage theater, a 30-acre (120,000 m2) circus, regularly scheduled jousting tournaments and a feast.[3] Also provided is the Artisan Marketplace, an outdoor arts and crafts market located throughout the park in which merchants from around the nation sell many different kinds of hand-made or period-themed goods.

Other staples of the park include a petting zoo, several live performances, and a selection of food such as 'steak on a stake', sausages, turkey legs, and others. Patrons are welcome to wear costumes and costumes are available to rent at the festival.

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.visitarizona.com/events/fairs-and-festivals/31st-annual-arizona-renaissance-festival. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "Visit Phoenix AZ Renaissance Festival".
  3. ↑ http://emol.org/azrenfest/index.html

Coordinates: 33°19′13″N 111°25′47″W / 33.320175°N 111.429838°W / 33.320175; -111.429838


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