Enjoy Your Faire Part 1

How To Enoy A Renaissance Faire

There are a few ways to enjoy your village but the most important one is to get involved with the Festival! Don't be shy about engaging conversation with street performers or if asked to join in a stage show. . . go for it!


Performers work all year long at refining and developing their characters and love to see others take an interest in their work. On the obverse side, one shouldn't interrupt a character who's performing or be overly demanding of their attention.


Prior to the wedding of Sir Black Fox and his lady, Noir Cyn, in September of 2004 at The Maryland Renaissance Festival, he set up a web page to help the wedding attendees get into the spirit of the faire. If you're serious about getting maximum enjoyment out of your Festival season, check out some of his "unwritten rules" of Faire.


Becoming a "Playtron" at Faire is not as difficult as you might think. We've found that there are a few stages in gathering your character and building what most playtrons call a "garb closet" (in fact some of us have whole rooms dedicated to garb!).

Stage 1: Initial Impact

The first step in getting into character is your garb (never call it a costume!). It's amazing how your personality will adapt to the outfit you're wearing at faire. . . your character should come naturally if you open yourself up to it. Your first garb could be a rental that you pick up just inside the Faire gates. . . it could be a Renaissance Hallowe'en costume . . . or if you're significantly sewing-enabled, it could be your first homemade costume of light fabrics and very few details.


We have several areas for you to check out that will help you build your character, dress apppropriately, and speak like you really know what you're doing! Within a few weekends' visits you'll find paytrons stopping you for directions to the privy or asking you if the Scottish Eggs are REALLY that good. You'll find yourself smiling and looking forward to each weekend.

Stage 2 Tomorrow