Renaissance Festival

When you ever have been to a historical festival in Europe you might understand what I would expect to see on a 'Renaissance Festival'. For example on medieval market in my hometown back in Germany everybody tries to present the trades and craftsmanship of that time as accurate as possible. Or the Baroque festival is a place where everyone is running around with funny wigs and fancy dresses listening to the music of its time.


To make a long story short... the Larkspur 'Renaissance Festival' is nothing like that :-) At first you notice the medieval castles and knight joust and you think... ahhh... it is a renaissance AND medieval festival. But then you keep on wandering through this really nice decorated middle ages type-of-city they have constructed just outside of the town of Larkspur when you are runing into...


some belly dancers, elves, cave women (I am not kidding) and pirates. And then you realize that the terminology 'Renaissance' is not as literally taken over here as in Europe.
Over here it is more like a 'fantasy festival' which is lots of fun too. And very nice is that everybody in the audience seems to get into that too! At least half of the visitors are dressing up for that so the line between actors, employees and visitors is disappearing.


Even if you forget to bring your own costume don't worry! There is a costume renting place in front of the theme park where you can get your proper armor and sword for the day.

And if you like this place so much that you want to make it a special day... why not getting married in their very own wedding chapel?!

The only thing I am wondering about is if you get a group discount when you bring your relatives with you... and what my mother would say if I send her an invitation to my wedding at this place ;-)