From hippie to hip! …This is not your grandfather’s Renaissance Faire!
In the middle of Los Angeles County, there is a place where jousting knights, saucy wenches, regal ladies and the court of a beautiful and gracious queen mix with today’s hipsters, history buffs, fantasy lovers and families. The Renaissance Pleasure Faire is in its 52nd season at the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area in Irwindale, CA. I had a good time stopping all manner of people dressed in fantastic garb who willingly posed for their photos. The Faire was complete with 16th Century games, rides, arts, crafts, food, music and dance, while recreating the celebratory spring day in the late 1500s when the world arrived to entertain Queen Elizabeth in the English Seaport of Deptford.