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Aug-28-2008

Des Moines Renaissance Faire Starts this Weekend


Are you looking for something different to do this weekend or the next three weekends? 

Just outside of downtown, on the east-side we have this annual Des Moines Renaissance Faire and this Labor Day weekend kicks it off. For the next three weekends, you can join in a celebration of European history & culture with 10 stages of entertainment, a vast food court, beer garden, wine villa, hundreds of costumed characters, rides, games of skill and authentic equestrian jousting — all within a replica olde English castle town. This year there will be about 300 costumed characters, along with 50 artisan merchants and food vendors and more than 100 performances daily.

Here are some schedule highlights:

  • August 30, 31 & September 1 (Labor Day) - Pirates, Heroes & Daring Duels (1st Weekend)
    The good folke of the Des Moines Renaissance Faire invite you to walk the plank August 30 and 31st as well as September 1st! Rub shoulders with the scurviest dogs you’ve ever met this side of the high seas. Or toss back a tankard with the prettiest and liveliest wenches in all of Christendom. Aaargh, mateys!
  • September 6 & 7 - Highlanders, Celts & Lucky Lasses (2nd Weekend)
    Honor is not dead at the Des Moines Renaissance Faire! Partake in the pageantry of noble knights vying for fair damsels. Compete in games of skill and chance and show off your prowess. Collect tokens of esteem and be dubbed “the most chivalrous man or woman” by Queen Catherine. Proudly sport your clan’s tartan colors and proclaim your heritage September 6th and 7th! All hail the Queen!
  • September 13 & 14 - Romance, Wine & Royal Revelry (3rd Weekend)September 13th and 14th can be also called the “weekend of wine, women, and song”—for these are the days to celebrate the best in grape-stomping, romantic-nuzzling, and nuptial ceremonies. Come, join in the authentic English court dances, savor fine wines and ales, and steal kisses from the one you love! Yonder comes my lover!

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