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 elcome to my gateway to ages past. Here reenactments, fairs, festivals and other historical entertainments throughout the UK and around the world are gathered to help bring the lives of our ancestors to life.The English Renaissance - indeed, the Renaissance in most countries - was a period of intensity in all things: work, play, music and the arts, world exploration, war, crime and punishment, love, hate, religion and superstition. Renaissance faires resurrect this, both as reenactment and as a way of life. You will find in here a large number of events in the US, commonly referred to as "Renaissance Faires" whether renaissance, mediaeval, or vaguely "old English" fantasy. These are peculiar to North America, with emphasis both on entertainment and on audience interaction. At their best they are educational, historical street theatre. Since the year 1963 when the first renaissance faire was born in California, the phenomenon has spread across North America, offering a feast of sights, sounds and smells in a world far too used to viewing history in two dimensions on a movie or television screen. In Listings you will find events by calendar or by location. In Who's Who you will find reenactment groups, craftsmen, merchants and acts. Come in, have a tankard of ale or a goblet of mead and make yourself at home. 
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