Congratulations to Christina F. on winning the Renaissance Festival pass for two to the 2012 Minnesota Renaissance Festival! Thank you to everyone who participated!
Hear ye! Hear ye! By request of King Henry, you are hereby invited to the 42nd annual Minnesota Renaissance Festival!Mall of America® guests are invited to enjoy a sneak peek of the festival in the Royal Court (more commonly known as the Rotunda) on Sunday, July 22nd from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Immerse yourself into the 16th century Elizabethan village and enjoy medieval dancers, along with live entertainment every 30 minutes. Crafts and games will also be available for kids.
Located in Shakopee, the Minnesota Renaissance Festival begins August 18th and will run weekends until September 30th, including Labor Day and Friday, September 28th.
We’re giving away a certificate that allows entry to two guests to one lucky blog winner! How do you enter? Comment below on this blog post by Friday, July 27 at noon and tell us your favorite part of the Renaissance Festival OR, what you’re most excited to see. Please leave a VALID EMAIL ADDRESS in your comment so we can contact you should you win. Official Rules
For more information on the Renaissance Festival Preview, visit www.mallofamerica.com. For more information on the Renaissance Festival, visit www.renaissancefest.com or call 952-445-7361.
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I have never been there before but I would be excited to do wine tasting, and of course the live jousting!! tony_hilmoe7@hotmail.com
My favorite part of the Minnesota Renaissance Festival is the lively atmosphere! It’s a great getaway to medieval times. I look forward to purchasing soaps, incense, etc., and of course the entertainment and food is always great!
megan0486@hotmail:disqus .com
I’m excited to dress up for it. I’m considering buying a full suit of armor. I have until 8/18 to learn how to joust. I am also excited to feast.
cldenissen@gmail.com
I LOVE IT ALL! send it my way
yaboyrich@gmail.com
It is such a carefree atmosphere! I love to walk around and see all of the things that people are selling. The merchants are such talented people. It is great to see the new things they bring with them each year!
doggiesgirl@hotmail.com
What isn’t there to love about the ren fest! I couldn’t just pick 1 thing lol. The food is awesome, the shopping, the shows. I can’t just pick one lol.
bell.morte78@gmail.com
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My favorite part is definitely the food. Turkey legs and huge ice cream cones! Yum! Also love the costumes and the jousting. It’s all great!
I have finally a whole costume and I’m so excited to go and wear it!!! ahakfsdj. This year is going to be awesome! ahaha. I love how nice the actors are..hmm. I like the arguer…(:
tasharaejohnston@gmail.com
The food is like no where else! And I enjoy the artisans and finding new treasures! christinafortier@gmail.com
Congratulations, you’re our winner! You’ll be contacted shortly via email with instructions on how to claim your prize.
Thank you!!
Food. Need I say more?
Kassandra.langum@gmail.com
I’m sooooo excited for Ren Fest!!!!!!!! This year will be my very first year going!!!! I’m most excited about dressing up and seeing other people dressed up as well!! I’m also psyched to watch any jousting tournaments!! It’s going to be EPIC!!!!
animagus687@hotmail.com
Fairies, clothing, and food!
andreaf1992@msn.com
How everyone, participants and public alike are so dressed up for it and definitely the comedy shows and who can not love FOOD!
ngsgene@gmail.com
I’m looking forward to being old enough to try their wines and ales this year with my boyfriend who tries to make it out there every year. I can’t wait to try some of the food as well!
betsy8491@gmail.com
The FOOD is my fave part
Sooo good. Also the little shops get me every time.
akveberg@yahoo.com
many years ago i beat the chess champion. ILUVCATS503@MSN.COM
LAst time we really enjoyed the wine tasting!!!!
Lived in Minnesota my whole life and never been! Heard lots of hilarious stories about it but always been too broke to go! I love crafts of most any kind and would be my main interest!
malik.martinez360@gmail.com
I want to see a culture that changes through the ages, I want to experience something is still unknown to my knowledge. I want to learn how people lived their lives without the advancement of technology that we have. I want to know the feeling of being in suit of armor. I also want to have a memory of at least eating in a feast.
Jamie.hvo@gmail.com
The food, the people, and every thing else there! I enjoy feeling like I am back in the medieval era!
I am most excited to see the look on my son’s face when he enters this magical world that he has never seen! He LOVES all that kind of stuff and is finally old enough to get into it and I am taking him but I am not going to tell him anything about it so he is surprised by how crazy its going to be! Its the one place where an odd bird like him can be an exaggerated version of himself and not be seen as weird
kbc00778@gmail.com
I love spending the day with my mom eating Popovers, spinach pie, apple dumpling w/cinnamon ice cream and visiting our favorite artisans. All set in my favorite time period is the icing on the cake!
currier.megan@gmail.com
I have not been to the Renaissance Festival since I was in high school 20+ years ago! I remember really enjoying the costumes, and I would like to see the jousting.
heathered72@sbcglobal.net
Have to go this year
owi2808@gmail.com
It is the family time time that it offers. There is so much that everyone in the family is sure to see and do something they enjoy. It my be the entertainment because there is so many great acts as well as the fun of seeing the people in costume and character. But we can not leave out the great food and shopping. Really something for all.
My favorite part is the food! Turkey legs and beer cheese soup in a bread bowl are my must-haves!
My favorite part of the Renaissance Festival is the fact that it’s a getaway for people living in the city. I grew up in the country and have so many fond memories of being outside in the woods, pretending to shoot bows, napping on the ground…Ren Fest is an opportunity for me to do all of that again. I’ve gone every year for at least a decade, and am trying to convince my parents to come with this year for the first time.
Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
keyblade_girl@yahoo.com
I haven’t been in almost 15 years! I remember loving all the stage (and non-stage!) performers. And the pickle vendors! How could I forget the pickle vendors?!?! But I think the thing I’m most excited about is to be able to actually drink beer out of the cool mugs!
elizabeth pavlica at gmail dot com
It is the family time. There is so much there that everyone can find something they enjoy. There are many different acts that are very good and the people in costume interacting with the crowd. We can not forget the delicious food and fun shopping.
It is difficult choosing only one favorite thing at the Renaissance Festival- I have so many memories of the kids getting knighted by the queen herself! Riding the elephant, trying our hand at an actual dual, life size chess and exploring the magical gardens hidden through out the Festival. Excited for 2012…
The glass blowers and other trades offering demonstrations on how they make items using techniques from the time period.
joel_cd@yahoo.com
food .. so much variety!! email = madstevemad@yahoo.ca
The entertainment that they have.
leskov29@mac.com
My favorite part of the Renaissance Festival is that it allows me to escape back into time to savor the foods, sights, and sounds of medieval days, all while mingling with the dazzling display of folks dressed in wide varieties of costumes.
babybeargirl83@gmail.com
Last year was my very first Renaissance Festival and I feel like I only saw half of it. I loved the performers Moonie and Tuey the Juggler. Such a great spectacle!
My favorite part is getting one of the turkey legs! tara_alyssa28@yahoo.com
I’ve never been to the Renaissance Festival but have heard great things about it. I’d love to experience it for myself!!
jamie (at) toysinthedryer (dot) com
2 words: TORTUGA TWINS!!
2 years ago, my boyfriend and I watched every single show they performed. (: Seriously the best part of my summer.
mgnstwrt19@gmail.com
We love this. Our favorite show would have to be “Puke and Snot”. Also love all the customes. tomdawnevans@msn.com
The bread bowl soups!! scastrodale@yahoo.com
I’m looking forward to seeing all the people and what they wear there, and of course the food!
punkinpatch2002@yahoo.com
Whats NOT to love about the Renaissance Festival? They have something for every age group. kpopluver09@ymail.com
What’s not to love about being insulted while eating a large turkey leg?! ginjer03@hotmail.com
I love taking a day out from normal life and being immersed in cultural history!! Most excited for a smoked Turkey leg, and of course puke and snot!! rosewhitlock@gmail.com
My daughters enjoy going just to see all the people in costumes! There hasn’t been a part of it yet that they haven’t enjoyed! tfr55309@yahoo.com
I love all the food!
Email: myaddressiscurrently@hotmail.com
costumes, singers, and huge turkey legs!!! christopherhelena (at) gmail (dot) com
Although I have never been there, I have heard that the costumes are beautiful and the food is delicious! I would love to experience these things for myself!
Email: vrrichman@stkate.edu
I’ve never actually been there, so I kinda want to see everything. sydneyeatspeople@gmail.com
I think I am most excited to see the Danger Committee and Zilch the Tory Steller. o0oheffylumpyo0o@gmail.com
I actually love the shopping and the jousting and the play acting. Haven’t gone in so long need to go again.
mnjenlittle@gmail.com
I love watching how people get dressed up in all kinds of cool renaissance garb because they, like me, love the fest! Also, the people they hire to mix and mingle with the crowd are very entertaining! It’s a great time all around! ivyubtripin at yahoo dot com
I love everything about the fest. My husband and I go every year, we are on our 7th year going. I love the shopping, food, and shows. My favorite has to be that it seems like my husband has a target on his head. He ALWAYS get’s pulled on stage durning an act or show. Last year he was pulled out of the crowd during the “Dirty Wet Wenches” show. He ended up carrying one of the performers through the crowd, yelling that he loved her, and then he had to take a flower out of her mouth. She dropped the flower and pretended (I hope) that she kissed him! I laughed so hard I thought I was going to pee my pants. In 2010 we brought a friend of mine for the first time, last year we brought another friend of mine for her first time, and this year she is bringing her boyfriend for his first time. We look forward to the fest every year, it is our big summer adventure. My husband and I have made many, many happy fun filled memories at Ren Fest, and this year will be no different. See you opening weekend at cannon fire, we can’t wait!
idggie4185@aol.com
I haven’t been to the Renaissance Festival since the sixth grade. I would LOVE to be one f the lucky to get to go again. I loved everything about the festival, the atmosphere in general was my favorite part. nmeurer4332@gmail.com
I love seeing all the costumes, Puke & Snot and the food, especially the turkey legs. Haven’t been there in a few years, so I would love to go!
I am excited to see the Tortuga Twins! -purposedrivenmother@gmail.com
Turkey Legs Yum!!!! randog6@gmail.com
My favorite part was all the shows then last year me and my friend had the awesome chance to work in one of the booths it was a lot of fun to go there every weekend, except the last weekend we couldn’t because are booth had been in the fire but we would love the chance to go this year.
soccercougararmy@yahoo.com
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I love all the costumed characters and how interactive everything is. So much fun!
My husband and I went years ago and ate with the “king and queen” that was fun, would like to do that again. luckyduck1013@yahoo.com
Villification tennis, and Vegetable justice has always been my favorite! grokim@gmail.com
Jousting & turkey legs
kbstaylor@comcast.net
My favorite part is all the unique arts and crafts! So many different things that are sold and it’s always so fun walking around and seeing it all. Besides that it’s really great to see everyone’s Ren Fest outfits! It’s like a time warp and it’s so easy to feel like you just time traveled into the 16th century!
THE FOOD
asumontha@gmail.com
The shows are awesome!
billtaylor156@comcast.net
Of course the food (turkey legs ftw!) is awesome, but I always loved the performances! I could still tell you half of the story of Rindercella by Zilch the Torysteller from when I was a kid, and can’t wait to see the jousting again! The last time I was there was for my 16th birthday more than a dacade ago… I’ve been away from Minnesota for a very long time, and have booked my trip home specifically to coincide with Ren Fest! I’m so looking forward to experiencing it for the first time as an adult, and sharing it with the next generation of my family!
anyasinsouthafrica (at) gmail (dot) com
I’ve never been to Ren fest. I so want to go and take my son though. i think he would love seeing all the costumes – and the turkey legs!! lacy527@gmail.com
I have a lot of friends who are festies and I love the shows (esp Ziltch) but it’s the food I’m the most excited about
My favorite part is the great food!! So good!
Thanks for the giveaway!
brei_nicole@hotmail.com
The people watching is my favorite part of the festival !
rubychef@hotmail.com
I love the Turkey legs! Thanks! Rosine.johnson@mnsu.edu