Ye Lords & Ladies- this Weekend is for ALL of You in Wrightstown

Support the public library & have fun too! It’s an authentic, affordable, and local Renaissance Faire with a CAUSE----ALL proceeds go to the public library. This all volunteer community event attracted over 9,000 in one weekend last year. Please come join us. An event for all ages and affordable to all. It’s hard to believe, but once you come it’s even harder to leave.

The 19th Annual Village Renaissance Faire creates an interactive world where attendees of all ages are asked to suspend disbelief and take an entertaining, educational, and engaging stroll through the arts, history, and glory of the 16th century. For a mere pittance and under 5 FREE, faire goers encounter jousting knights, dangling aerialists, and flying birds of prey. But that’s not all! Shows and activities cover a range of ages and interests and surround the faireways, on the stages and all around. Performers from Period Productions, LLC, bring literature to life throughout the day with shows and faire ground encounters based on a new storyline each year. Danger shows feature a working trebuchet, living chess, archery matches, and fire breathers. For the music lover, there are dancers, musicians, and madrigals at every turn. The lovely ladies of Chaste Treasure, like the faire itself, offers interactive music that is fun for all ages. While the wee ones are preoccupied with free children's crafts, a kids kingdom, Gnome Depot, and children’s shows, like juggling, story-telling and Punch & Judy, there are plenty of fine artisans featuring clothing, jewelry, pottery, and giftware to browse. Visiting historians are treated to our large living history square and working artisans featuring blacksmithing, glass working, and woodworking. The Fun for all is not yet over, as all ages can enjoy our medieval gaming glen, thrown weapons, Fight-a-Knight booth, pony and carriage rides, a royal petting zoo, and so much more. When the need for a rest overtakes our guests, they can enjoy a festive turkey leg while listening to music at our covered lyrical stage or gazing upon our annual heraldry display. From the welcome one receives from our village platers at the opening of the gate, to all of the activities and shows, an enjoyable day is sure to be had. And BEST OF ALL, not only is entrance only $10 for adults, $5 for students, under 5 FREE....but ALL proceeds benefit the public library!

We average over 9,000 attendees annually, and we want to welcome you into our family this year. The faire is limited to one weekend every September, so come this September 15 & 16, and find out what thousands before you have discovered and returned to year after year – a special event where history and literature are brought to life by volunteers, artisans, and performers, alike.

WHEN: September 15 & 16, 11:00 A.M.- 6:00 P.M. DAILY

WHERE: Middletown Grange Fairgrounds, 576 Penns Park Rd, Wrightstown, Pa.

Cost: $10 Adult; $5 a student, and under 5 FREE, FREE Parking

INFO: Tele: 267-304-8060; website: www.villagefaire.org

ACTIVITIES:

• Flying Birds of Prey @ High NOON & 4:00 p.m.
• LIVE Horseback Jousting- twice Daily
• Living Literature by Period Productions
• 10 stages of live song, dance, theatre, puppetry, juggling, and more
• 3 free craft pavilions & 2 living history demonstration areas
• A walking tree, roaming wishes, and Pyrates of Fortune’s Folly
• Chaste Treasure- 4x a day, seriously
• Fall In-Love with Fire-Fire breathing, Blade walking, & Hot Coals
• Working Trebuchet Catapult & other Weapons of War
• Aerialist shows every hour
• Human Chess, Archery
• Games, contests, workshops, lessons, carriage rides, pony riders, interactive play
• Merlin’s Mystical World of Captured Air (a.k.a. inflatables for modern sorts)
• Wrightstown’s Own Medieval Fantasies- Tic-Tac-Cluck, Assault the Keep with Crossbows, Chickenshot into a Pot, Ring Toss, Jacobs Ladder, “How Fast you can throw a Fit.”
• Children’s Quest, Dragon sized Games, Kids’ Kingdom
• Human Flail & Merlin’s World of Captured Aire
• Petting Zoo, Carriage & Pony Rides
• Crafts, Games & Inflatables