Boalsburg Renaissance Faire Sunday, October 9!

– by Ellie Aungst

The Boalsburg Renaissance Faire includes a wide range of arts and crafts vendors and demonstrations; sword-fighting, dueling, archery, and axe-throwing demonstrations; a bounce house and petting zoos, including unicorns; carriage rides; live music and dance performances; crafts, games, and wandering minstrels; and special museum tours of the Boal Mansion Armory and the Columbus Chapel. An array of food trucks and food vendors round out this day-long celebration of the museum’s European heritage.

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The Columbus Chapel and Boal Mansion Museum in Boalsburg will be hosting the Boalsburg Renaissance Faire on Sunday, October 9, 2022. The Faire runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Boalsburg, PA.

The Boalsburg Renaissance Faire includes a wide range of arts and crafts vendors and demonstrations; sword-fighting, dueling, archery, and axe-throwing demonstrations; a bounce house and petting zoos, including unicorns; carriage rides; live music and dance performances; crafts, games, and wandering minstrels; and special museum tours of the Boal Mansion Armory and the Columbus Chapel. An array of food trucks and food vendors round out this day-long celebration of the museum’s European heritage.

The entrance fee for this family-friendly day is $10 per person, with children 2 and under admitted for free.

New and returning participants in the Faire include:

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Artisan Village

• Lew Logan -Wood working and printing

• Art Alliance Potters Guild

• Pa Doula and the Good Red Witch Herbs

• Needle and Wet Felting

• Heart-Bound Books

• Italian Street Painting

• The Knotty Girls- Fiber Arts

Susan Nicholas Gephart and Randi Anderson- Plein Aire Painting

Nittany Highland Pipe Band

Happy Valley Golden Wheel Pagan Network

• Graham Curtis - Scribe

Tempest Studios- Crafts & Games, Wandering Players with sonnets, scenes etc.

• Unicorn Grove

Shaggy Mountain Farms Petting Zoo

Axe-Throwing from Slingers Throw House

• Lasting Memories Carriage Rides

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Stage Performers

• Bruce Young – Celtic Fiddle and Songs

Black Cat Belly Dancing

• Tempest Theatre

Little German Band

Tir Na Nog -Celtic Dance Troupe

• SCA Fight/fencing demo – (across street from stage)

Central PA Dance Workshop - European Folk Dances

Simple Gifts World Music

Food Vendors

Brazilian Munchies

Rebelz Cuisine

Happy Dishes

Happy Valley Nutrition

East End Coffee Co

Goblin Alchemy Mead

Columbus Chapel & Boal Mansion Museum

For more information and please contact the Boal Museum at 814-466-6210 or through the museum’s website at www.boalmuseum.com

The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau publishes up-to-date event information at HappyValley.com/events