Renaissance Pleasure Faire of Southern California
Renaissance Pleasure Faire of Southern California | |
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![]() Renaissance Pleasure Faire of Southern California, April 2011 | |
Genre | Renaissance faire |
Dates | April - May |
Location(s) | Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area Irwindale, California |
Inaugurated | 1962 |
Attendance | 250,000 (average) |
Stages | 11 |
Website | www |
The Renaissance Pleasure Faire of Southern California (RPFS) is a Renaissance faire that takes place at the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area in Irwindale, California. It opened in the spring of 1963 and has been an annual event since then.[1] Presently owned by Renaissance Entertainment Productions (REP), it is a commercial reenactment of a 1580s[2] market faire at Port Deptford,[3] a waterfront town in Elizabethan era England. The Faire is generally open from the first weekend of April through the weekend before Memorial Day.
History
Created by Ron Patterson and Phyllis Patterson and the radio station
In 1989, RPFS was moved to the Glen Helen Regional Park in
In 1999, RPFN was moved to the Nut Tree in Vacaville, California and later was relocated again to Casa de Fruta in the Hollister/Gilroy area south of San Jose.
In 1993, RPFS was purchased by Renaissance Entertainment Corp (REC), a for-profit corporation; and later by its current owners, Renaissance Entertainment Productions (REP) (also a for-profit corporation), under whom the Faire has claimed to be more family-oriented.[5][9]
The COVID-19 pandemic caused the faire to go on hiatus from 2020 to 2021.[10] It resumed in April 2022.
Attire
The costumes worn by official RPFS's actors are styled after those of the period of
Performers and Attendees
Notable performers and artisans that have attended the Faires:
- Buck Kartalian, as "Hercules Magnificus", 1971
- visual artist (as a printmaker) Peter Lodato, 1971
See also
- New York Renaissance Faire
- Northern California Renaissance Faire
- Renaissance fair
- List of Renaissance and Medieval fairs
- Reenactment
- Jousting
- Society for Creative Anachronism
- List of open-air and living history museums in the United States
Further reading
- Slotnik, Daniel E. (June 11, 2014). "Phyllis Patterson, who revived the 16th century, dies at 82". The New York Times.
- Williams, Ken (June 4, 1992). "Weekends of yore: Renaissance Pleasure Faire celebrates the days and knights of merry olde England". Los Angeles Times.
- Stewart, Zan (April 19, 1987). "Hear ye, hear ye: 'tis faire time". Los Angeles Times.
- Fox, Margalit (January 30, 2011). "Ron Patterson, renaissance (fair) man, dies at 80". The New York Times.
References
- OCLC 26491008.
- ^ "REC California Faire Specifics". renfaire.com. Retrieved May 10, 2008.
- ^ "Entertainment 2013". renfair.com. Archived from the original on May 17, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- ^ "Fairest Of the Faire". YouTube.
- ^ a b "RPFI California Faire History". renfaire.com. Retrieved May 10, 2008.
- ^ "Home". livinghistorycentre.org.
- ^ "Business Search - Business Entities - Business Programs | California Secretary of State".
- ^ "Renaissance Faire Ends Its Lease in Devore". Los Angeles Times. January 6, 2005.
- ^ Talavera, E. (May 16, 2007). "Renaissance Pleasure Faire is for young and old". Lifestyles. El Paisano. Whittier, CA: Rio Hondo College. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved May 10, 2008.
- ^ "2021 Cancellation Announcement". Facebook.
- ^ Mills, Michelle J. (March 29, 2008). "Come play at the Faire". Pasadena Star-News. Archived from the original on June 24, 2008. Retrieved May 10, 2008.
- ^ Taete, Jamie Lee (June 13, 2012). "What the Fuck Is a Renaissance Faire?". Vice.