We are just a few weeks away from the start of our season of Renaissance Fairs. This summer will hopefully be a great opportunity to meet customers and enjoy all the fun these shows provide. If you are new to events like this we recommend checking out our Dudes Guide to the Renaissance Festival for survival tips and best practices. We have been doing them for quite a while and have some good tips for you. If your interested in our history at shows check out this blog post.
Another good thing is to check out our Most Asked Questions post as this will not only answer many things folks ask us, but it will allow you to jump the knowledge queue and not sound like a newby.
So with all this great prep here are the details on when we hope to see you at the show!
Bristol
July 6th & 7th is the first weekend of the Bristol Renaissance Faire 2024 near beautiful Kenosha, WI. Our booth will be welcoming folks right through till September 2nd this year. We have a friendly staff of experts to help you with your A&A shopping and we love to talk swords. We always hope for good weather, but are there rain or shine, light or dark. We hope to to see you enjoy a bustling, happy, and whimsical village full of renaissance fun and shop some swords.
The crew at Bristol ready to help you with their excellent knowledge and good cheer!
Nathan Clough, Ph.D. is Vice President of Arms and Armor and a member of the governing board of The Oakeshott Institute. He is a historical martial artist and a former university professor of cultural geography. He has given presentations on historical arms at events including Longpoint and Combatcon, and presented scholarly papers at, among others, The International Congress on Medieval Studies.
Craig Johnson is the Production Manager of Arms and Armor and Secretary of The Oakeshott Institute. He has taught and published on the history of arms, armor and western martial arts for over 30 years. He has lectured at several schools and Universities, WMAW, HEMAC, 4W, and ICMS at Kalamazoo. His experiences include iron smelting, jousting, theatrical combat instruction and choreography, historical research, European martial arts and crafting weapons and armor since 1985.