Arizona Renaissance Festival- Our Trip and Giveaway- Multiple Winners!

 This year's 24th Annual Arizona Renaissance Festival, runs every Saturday and Sunday, February 11 through April 1,  

from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. (Win tickets below)

• 2,000 brightly costumed actors, dancers, and musicians who roam the medieval replica village. 
• Over 200 elaborately adorned shops offering an array of traditional goods. 
• A selection of over 150 shows every event day. 
• Adult tickets are $22 / Kids 5-12 are $12 and kids 5 and under are FREE
• To purchase tickets at a $3 discount go HERE

 My family and I went to the Arizona Renaissance Festival on Sunday and we had a good old fashioned time.

We arrived at the festival at 2:30pm and stayed through closing at 6:15pm.  For us, that was a nice amount of time.  There were certainly many more things we could have seen if we had spent more time but with a 2 year old and a grandma it was just fine!

WELCOME!

 As we headed back in time, one of the first stops was the Black Swan Company ~ Wooden Swords and Shields!  

My son made a bee line inside and instantly found a realistically painted sword.  He handed it to my 2 year old daughter and she didn't want to let it go....the very friendly craftsman proceeded to gift my daughter a small sword with a pink handle ! 

The Black Swan Craftsman with Adrian.

That is when the first impromptu sword fight took place (nothing uncommon in this village) when my husband borrowed my daughter's sword!

We were then off to play some games- knife throwing, star throwing and some other kind of throwing in which my husband had a good time doing but didn't have much success at.  I guess those Medieval games are harder than you would think- not as easy as some video game LOL!  After that defeat, hubby needed some reinforcements- a TURKEY leg of course!  We sampled some other treats: pizza, roasted corn, roasted cinnamon crunch almonds and frozen oranges with a yummy orange slush concoction on top.

As we strolled through shops on our way to watch some fun family shenanigans. We stopped to listen to a beautiful lady and her harp!  The shady area was a nice place to rest for a bit.  

When we made it to the Rialto Stage, we watched the comical and courageous Dextre Tripp,   "play" with fire and walk a tight-rope engulfed in flames.

The Clan Tynkers Family Circus whose hijinks, juggling and eclectic mix  of numbers kept the whole family laughing and awe- seriously a great show- Don't miss them!

After the circus we went to visit the camels, elephants and llamas- and although my daughter claimed she wanted to ride a camel this is as close as she got.  

 We watched some belly dancers near the Joust arena and my daughter loved playing in the dress shoppe.

The Final Joust-fun and fanfare- even though it was "to the death" my 5 year old was cool with it.

One of the best things about being at the festival at the end of the day was the farewell at the exit- songs and merriment.

As we left, my daughter and I stopped to get some magical fairy dust and gem! Until next year or maybe next week ;) Arizona Renaissance Festival! 

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