New shows at the Arizona Renaissance Festival in 2013
This year, enjoy a new entertainment stage and new street shows featuring comedy and music.
The AZ Festival has 12 stages of continuous, live entertainment, each packed with a unique mix of comedy, music and antics throughout the 30-acre village marketplace. There is also an Outdoor Circus, a Medieval Arts & Crafts Fair and a Jousting Tournament with three performances each day.
Be transported back to the 16th century as one of the largest and most picturesque Renaissance Festivals in the nation prepares for raucous revelry below the foothills of the Superstition Mountains.
A cast of nearly 2,000 costumed characters roam the streets among more than 200 artisans, crafters and food vendors. Artisans are housed in the market lanes filled with storybook shops and medieval tents.
Stroll through the Renaissance grounds
Mythic heroes slaying dragons, steel clad warriors jousting atop mighty steeds and knights in shining armor saving damsels in distress…this can all be found at the Arizona Renaissance Festival.
There is definitely something for the children and the kid in all of us to be found at the faire; experience your best day out in history!
Arizona's annual festival is one of the largest in the nation, held on weekends in February and March in its fanciful European style village constructed on a 30-acre site just below the foothills of the Superstition Mountains, east of Phoenix.
This is where you’ll find theater, circus, an arts and crafts fair, a jousting tournament, people-powered rides, and a feast – all rolled into a nonstop, day long family adventure!
Merchants hawk their wares, selling everything from clothing to custom ceramics. Several offer interesting demonstrations displaying skills of blacksmithing, glassblowing and pottery throwing.
Entertainment at the 2013 Ariz Renaissance Festival
Prepare for new shows, new stages and don’t forget to reserve your seat at the Pleasure Feast - the most exclusive event within the Festival with a six-course dinner and variety show!
Cheer for brave knights and roam a 30-acre festival village filled with castles, cottages, pubs and 12 stages of nonstop performances of music, dance and comedy.
There are a dozen open-air stages where you can listen to raucous music and roaring comedy. Catch the foul puns, swordplay and wordplay of festival favorites Don Juan and Miguel. It’s hard to miss the wild antics of The Tortuga Twins (three unrelated men in tights), and more then amusing to decipher Zilch the Tory Steller (the misspelling, like his miss-speaking, intentional).
The birds of prey flights provided by the royal falconer and the spectacle of knights in heavy armor charging through their tournament jousts, each performed three times daily in the arena, often attracting the largest crowds, and deservedly so.
As a traditional minstrel, Bathos the Muse entertains his audience with stories and songs both thoughtful and amusing.
The Clan Tynker family of siblings perform "Old World" European style of entertainment. Specializing in whimsical variety of talents, their show is an enchanting kaleidoscope of skills from around the world. This fun and lively show is appropriate for audiences of all ages and is always well received by families.
With vaudevillian style, Dextre astounds his audience, executing acrobatic feats including slack rope walking, juggling fire and walking an incline rope with a deftness that belies his surname.
Two tons of horse, knight and armor gallop onto the field prepared to do battle with ten-foot lances for a lady's honor. And when the joust is done, you can visit the "The Royal Stables" and meet your champion from the era of chivalry. Jousting is held three times daily in the King's Tournament Arena. Continue reading...
Saturday and Sunday,
February 9- March 31, 2013
including Presidents’ Day Monday, February 18, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Rain or Shine • No Pets • Free Parking
Discount Tickets for the Arizona Renaissance Festival in the new Entertainment Book
There are children discount Arizona Renaissance Festival tickets in new 2013 Tucson and Phoenix Entertainment Books. Get one complimentary adult or child admission ticket when a second admission is purchased. Each entertainment book has two coupons. Buy your 2012 Entertainment Book online and save with this week's offer.
What: The 25th Annual Arizona Renaissance Festival 2013. Rain or Shine - No Pets - Free Parking
Where: LocatedEast of Apache Junction on US Highway 60, just past Gold Canyon Golf Resort, near the Superstition Mountains.
When: AZ Renaissance Festival is held on Saturdays, Sundays and Presidents’ Day Monday, February 9, 2013 - March 31, 2013, from 10:00 am - 6:00 pm.
Advance Discount Tickets: available at Fry’s food stores statewide is $20 for adults, $10 for kids ages 5-12. Children under 5 always free. Admission is $2 more at the gate, except seniors, when purchased at the Festival Gate. Discount senior tickets (60 and older) are $19.00 at the gate.
A variety of food and drynk is available to satisfy your appetite; bread bowls, stews, steak-on-astake, and so much more. In the midst of this enormous feast you'll find the king of festival foods- the huge roasted turkey leg.
Tempt your diet plan with desserts from the Monk’s Bakery, the Cappuccino Inn, or the Chocolate Shoppe. Pubs serve beers, wine and soft drynks to quench your thirst.
A most special event within this giant event is The Pleasure Feast.
This is a two hour six course medieval feast with live music and comedy entertainment, all you can eat and drink, plus festival gifts and souvenirs.
With limited seating twice daily, advance feast reservations are recommended. Call 520-463-2700 for more information on The Pleasure Feast.
KIDS OF ALL AGES ENJOY THE ROYAL FAIRE
And kids love this place! Dozens of activities bring out their smiles. A Festival favorite with children is Mother (and Father) Goose brought to life, with their costumed ducks and geese, Maggie, Mimi and Matilda. Kids will cheer for their favorite knight or try their hand at archery.
Children delight in the return of a falcon, the king of sports, at the Falconer’s Heath. Kids also, love riding the people-powered Da Vinci’s Flying Machine, the Swan Swing, Christopher Columbus’ “Voyage to the New World”, the Slider Joust, as well as, the Piccolo Pony, a rocking horse bigger than an elephant.
In addition to the people-powered rides, the Festival offers interactive games like the dragon climbing tower, the castle siege, Jacob’s Ladder, a maze and an archery range. Kids will surely be asking for a hat, wand, wooden sword, shield, or to have their face painted, or to make a sand dragon, along with other items available for purchase at the Festival. What’s more, kids will marvel at the tightrope antics of Dexter Tripp. Those bolder of heart may feed the dragon or play king of the log.
Mythic heroes slaying dragons, steel clad warriors jousting atop mighty steeds and knights in shining armor saving damsels in distress…this can all be found at the AZ Renaissance Festival. There is definitely something for the children and the kid in all of us to be found at the faire; experience your best day out in history!
Arizona's annual renaissance festival is one of the largest in the nation. The ARF is held on weekends in February and March in its fanciful European style village constructed on a 30-acre site just below the foothills of the Superstition Mountains, east of Phoenix, AZ. This is where you’ll find theater, circus, an arts and crafts fair, a jousting tournament, people-powered rides, and a feast – all rolled into a nonstop, day long family adventure!
AZ Renaissance Festival Coupons in the Entertainment Book
The new 2013 Entertainment Book has coupons for the AZ Renaissance Fest. This year's coupon book also has hundreds of discounted 2-for-1 dining, amusement and travel for over 150 cities. Buy your 2012 Entertainment Book online and save with this week's offer.
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Mythic heroes slaying dragons, steel clad warriors jousting atop mighty steeds and knights in shining armor saving damsels in distress…this can all be found at the Arizona Renaissance Festival.
m the Monk’s Bakery, the Cappuccino Inn, or the Chocolate Shoppe. Pubs serve beers, wine and soft drynks to quench your thirst.
And kids love this place! Dozens of activities bring out their smiles. A Festival favorite with children is Mother (and Father) Goose brought to life, with their costumed ducks and geese, Maggie, Mimi and Matilda. Kids will cheer for their favorite knight or try their hand at archery.