RESCU Foundation Renaissance Entertainers Services and Crafters United The more I Learn about the Renaissance Festival community the more and more impressed I am.  For instance take the RESCU Foundation. Here is the synopsis of their goal from their own website: The RESCU Foundation is a...

Of Privies and the Privy Monster Where to go when you need to go! If you are planning on making your first visit to a Renaissance Festival you need to understand the subject of privies and the privy monster. The Privy There are very few faires that have contemporary facilities.  Yes, Rennies...

10 Rejected Street Performances But it’s a really good idea! So, I am sitting here thinking about all the great street performers that I have seen at the faire over the years:  the street urchin, the sleeping fiddler, The Raven, The Nickel Shakespeare Girls, Christophe the Insultor,...

Stronnghold Leather Item to be Auctioned for RESCU Foundation Unframed Dragon Tooling on leather This auction is being held on ebay and, here is the best part, 100% of the sell price will benefit the RESCU Foundation. The RESCU Foundation is a non-profit organization established to promote...

10 Faire Foods You Need to Try I recently asked a question in the Squire’s Tavern on the RenaissanceFestival.com Forums:  What are your top Faire Foods, those foods that you have to have each and every time that you visit a faire.  Here are the reponses that I got back. Top Ten Bread...

What is with the Ninjas? Now, I am a pirate so my natural hatred of ninjas should not seem so unusual.  But this is not about the fact that I don’t like ninjas and in the great “Ninjas vs Pirates” argument I always fall on the side of the Pirates, because pirates always beat...

10 Costumes to Make Fun at the Ren Faire Stop the Ninjas! Now, before any of you accuse me of Garb Snarking, I am talking about the people that obviously meant to arrive in what they choose to arrive in.  These are not people that don’t have the right kind of sword to go with their...

All Things Celtic To kick off our week dedicated to Highland Games and Celtic Festivals, I thought we would look at the word Celtic and everything surrounding that term.  First things first, it is Celtic (pronounced Celtic with a ‘ka’ sound.  You are talking about a group of...

Steampunk “Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.” ― Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days Steampunk is the movement in the world of science-fiction that combines the romance of the Victorian age with science and technology, not seen in that day and age....

NeidFyre “Enchanting Music for the Joyful Heart” There is something that I love about Faire Entertainment:  they bring joy and passion to their music and to the hearts of all that hear and experience their performances.  NeidFyre is no exception.  She brings her onw style of...

Just in case you get in the wrong line one day, here are 10 ways to know you are at a Steampunk Festival instead of a Renaissance Faire: The eye-patch on the pirate is moving and glowing The Satyr has bionic-cloven-hooves Ded Bob is a steam driven puppet… of death! If you decided to...

As an addendum to the Long Bow story from a few days ago, I thought I would lay a little history, or at least a really good story down for you. We have all probably seen the English version of the finger, known as the two fingered salute (seen below). Now, historians say that Churchill...

Have you ever noticed that most fairs allow the performers and the entertainer to the pass the hat at the end of the show?  There is a reason for this andd I would like to go into that now. Passing the hat is how you tip the performers.  This is no different then tipping a waiter or waitress...

I got off subject last time.  I promise to try and be a little more concise this time and stay on task. Why do I love the Ren Fair? First, would have to be the shows. I love live shows.  I love watching people with talent do what they like.  I love sittting in a crowd and even if I know the...