• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Recreation / Entertainment / Renaissance Faire takes up residence on fairgrounds

Renaissance Faire takes up residence on fairgrounds

May 30, 2004 By admin

Fair maidens and honorable knights may find an appropriate home in central Iowa this weekend. Today (Saturday) marks the start of the Renaissance Faire at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. Spokeswoman Lynne Melssen says it’s a three-day event that recreates a European royal pageant — and she plays the queen in the reinactment group. There’s full-contact jousting by a group that uses pine lances to knock each other off their horses. Other attractions include musicians, pirates, storytelling and magic. Melssen says local students will be competing in a catapult-building contest in addition to Shakespeare monologue competitions. The Salisbury Faire held its last renaissance festival in Des Moines in 2002. Melssen’s group, Festivals International, started the tradition in Des Moines a decade ago, then moved the event to the Amanas. After a year break, the fest is now back on in Iowa’s capitol, though the festival director has been forced to change the location. She says the first year the group held the event, they wanted to use Waterworks Park but couldn’t because it had flooded. That was 1993. Now, they have to again move the festival to the Iowa State Fairgrounds because of flooding. For more information, surf to “www.iowafestival.com” or call (515) 331-8211.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Recreation / Entertainment

Featured Stories

Iowans 65+ now eligible in next phase of Covid vaccinations

Bill would remove transfer limits in five Iowa school districts

Former Iowa sports talk host sentenced to federal prison for ticket scams

Feenstra only member of Iowa delegation not at Biden’s inauguration

Congresswoman Axne favors Biden pandemic relief plan, Hinson not ruling out a ‘yes’

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

UNI adds two nonconference games to basketball schedule

Iowa State-Kansas postponed

Iowa-Michigan State postponed

Fire damage to Riverfront Stadium electrical system will cost Waterloo thousands

Iowa State at Kansas State postponed

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2021 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC