You Get Eight Hours of Everything!

Let’s do the math on your admission ticket. Adults are $40, seniors and kids 6 to 15 are $35, and children under 6 get in free. That one ticket covers everything from the moment the gates open until they close — a full eight hours of live entertainment for about five dollars an hour. Less than a cup of coffee.

Step through the gates in the morning, and you’re in another century. The village is alive with costumed characters who never break, music drifting from every direction, and the royal court making its way through the lanes. Spend your first hour just wandering — there’s a falconry demonstration where birds of prey soar right over the crowd, dancers pulling onlookers into country reels, and fiddlers and minstrels playing on stages and street corners all day long.

At noon, make your way to the arena, because this is the real thing: full-on armored combat, knights in steel trading blows in battles you’ll feel from the stands. And if you miss the first clash, the fighters take the field again at 3:00.

In between, you’ve earned a turkey leg and a cold drink, and while you eat in the shade, the entertainment comes to you: pirates trading insults, jesters working the crowd, daredevils doing things their mothers surely warned them about. At 1:30, bring the kids to the costume contest, where every child who enters walks away with a nice prize — no losers at this faire. The rest of the afternoon belongs to whatever catches your fancy: puppet shows and storytellers for the little ones, comedy that gets a bit sharper as the day goes on for the grown-ups, a blacksmith hammering glowing steel into shape, crafts made by hand the way they were four hundred years ago, and artisan vendors selling treasures no mall has ever carried.

Stay through the afternoon for that second arena battle and the closing acts, sing along one last time, and head home dusty and happy, already planning next year.

Dozens of professional acts. Armored battles at 12 and 3. Continuous entertainment from open to close. All of it included in one admission. And here’s the best part: buy your tickets before July 18 and Sunday admission is an extra $5 off — just $35 for adults, $30 for seniors and kids 6 to 15. Under 6 is always free.

$40. Eight hours. One unforgettable day. Get your tickets now — we’ll see you at the Faire!