San Jose Ren Faire 2015 gallery

San Jose Ren Faire was held Aug 1 & 2, 2015.

SJ Fantasy Faire 2015 gallery

We met the most interesting people at this event… at least, Saturday morning… The event was held April 11 & 12, 2015

Dragons! Dragons!

Are you interested in dragon insurance? Come see St. Michael’s Salle d’Armes at the San Jose Fantasy Faire.  We offer dragon insurance for princesses and commoners alike. We deal with dragons.  So you don’t have to. ™  

San Jose Fantasy Faire — this weekend, April 11th & 12th

We will be attending the San Jose Fantasy Faire this weekend.  It’s a bit of a cross between a typical renaissance faire and Disneyland.   More details at http://www.sjfantasy.com    

FCC is back!

We are looking forward to the return of the Fresno City College Faire in less than 2 weeks, March 14-15.  We went to our inaugural event there in 2004. Most of my original photos were lost when the disk was destroyed, but there are still photos on the old website.  Look at http://www.stmichaelssalle.com/oldwebsite/photos/FCC04.html to start.

Much Ado About Sebastopol 2014 gallery

Much Ado About Sebastopol was held September 13 & 14, 2014

Much Ado About Sebastopol coming up

We will be at Much Ado About Sebastopol (MAAS) in less than two weeks.  This event will be held at Ives Park in Sebastopol on Saturday and Sunday, September 13th & 14th.   Stop by to see the member of St. Michael’s Salle fence and teach and fence and craft and fence.  Did we mention there will be fencing?  🙂    

San Jose Faire 2014 – Saturday gallery

No major injuries!  (at least, none requiring medical attention) A great breeze! And a good crowd.

San Jose Faire coming up

We hope to see everyone at the upcoming San Jose Faire, which will be held at Guadalupe River Park in downtown San Jose on August 2nd and 3rd. We won’t know where our location is within the faire site until the day before. Look for the banner and the tent flags.

Tulare County Renaissance Faire 2014 gallery

I finally figured out how to get the photos posted! If you have more, please let me know so we can add them.

Tulare 2014

Working my way through the photos I took on Saturday. Still trying to figure out how to get stuff posted. I may just link to my Flickr account from here.

Much Ado About Sebastopol 2013 gallery

Much Ado About Sebastopol was held Sep 14 & 15, 2013. Finally have the photos to post. Enjoy!

Much Ado About Sebastopol 2013

This is a test of flickr photoset integration. [flickr_set id=”72157637121842463″]

Tulare County Renaissance Festival 2009 gallery

Ardenwood Faire 2006 gallery

Ardenwood Historic Farms was again host for an event in 2006. This was held June 10/11.

Hanford Ren of Kings 2005 gallery

Hanford Faire was held Oct 1/2, 2005.

Golden Gate Faire 2005 gallery

The second Golden Gate Faire was held August 27/28, 2005. We were again near the gate entrance. We had a fencing tournament on Saturday.

Central Coast Faire (SLO) 2005 gallery

SLO Faire was July 16/17, 2005. We were again tasked with guarding the back gate, as well as providing entertainment at the front gate.

Danville Faire 2005 gallery

Danville was a one-off faire, set in Faversham, Kent, along the road from Dover to London. It portrayed a chance meeting between King Henry VIII (returning from France and the Battle of the Spears) and Queen Catherine of Aragon (returning from Scotland and the Battle of Flodden Field). It was held April 9/10, 2005. Unfortunately, the venue was a sodden swamp by the time we were able to set up. It did,… Read More

Fresno City College Faire 2005 gallery

FCC was held March 12/13 in 2005. In addition to the usual things, there was the Tudor (Cast Iron) Chef competition, which Mistress Marta entered… and won. Gallery #1: Tudor Chef. The secret ingredient was mushrooms. And Mistress Marta made: Mushroom Bisque, Hens with Mushroom and Fruit Stuffing, and Pork & Mushroom Pie. The winning entry was the poultry. Gallery #2: Everything Else