Arizona Renaissance Festivals and Faires

• When: February and March
• Where:
  12601 E US Highway 60
  Apache Junction, AZ 85218
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Savor six courses of fine foods and ample drynk, served with a side order of live entertainment and Festival souvenirs! Be treated like royalty as the King's kitchen and the boisterous servers dish up a roaring good time! Limited seating twice daily makes this the most exclusive event at the Festival!

• When: One day in November
• Where:
  Estrella Mountain Regional Park
  14805 West Vineyard Avenue
  Goodyear, AZ 85338
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The Phoenix Faerie Festival, is a celebration of the myth and fantasy of the enchanted realms of Faerie right here in beautiful Arizona. Where all are invited to step merrily into the faerie ring and discover a magical place where legendary creatures of myth and fantasy become flesh and imagination takes flight.

Don your faerie finery and join us for unique crafts, artistry, music, dance, live performance theater and storytelling, in a fancifully themed atmosphere of delightful revels suitable for the entire family.

• When: One weekend in June
• Where:
  Coconino County Fairgrounds/Fort Tuthill
  Fairgrounds Rd
  Flagstaff, AZ
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Come ye good people of the realm and celebrate a most pleasurable event! Armored jousting three times a day in honor of her majesty Queen Elizabeth! Merchants and Entertainment abound for all ages, and be warned...there be pirates! Fun for all! HUZZAH!

• When: A full week in February
• Where:
  E Price Station Rd
  Florence, AZ 85232
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Estrella War is a week-long, annual event hosted and run by the Kingdom of Atenveldt, one of 19 Kingdoms (regional chapters) of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), a not-for-profit educational organization that studies western European history by recreating the "best" pastimes and crafts of the Middle Ages.

• When: Last Weekend of January
• Where:
  West Wetland Park
  Yuma, AZ
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Two Rivers Renaissance Faire was born of a love for all things Renaissance. A time when chivalry was alive and well. When people were realizing art, science and exploration. The Renaissance Faire celebrates the music, food, and fun of the olde world village marketplace. Come experience life in Renaissance Europe. This will be another fun and exciting family event, unlike anything else in Yuma.

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