This afternoon, my mom and I spent a few hours at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, which is located in Shakopee, Minnesota, a town near my hometown. The Minnesota Renaissance Festival is the fourth largest Renaissance fair in the United States, according to data available on Wikipedia.
I took these 16 photos from 12:00 to 1:46 p.m. with my Canon EOS R.
Guitarist near the King’s Gate, where we entered the FestivalMom trying on a garland right away and holding her mead gobletKing’s Gate, an entrance and exit to the FestivalMom trying on another garlandDebit card in hand, mom decides to purchase this garlandPerformer in the Danger Committee seeks a volunteer from the audienceFlutist by mead standGuitarist by mead standVegetable Justice, my favorite part of the Festival when I was younger. It’s a game where participants pay money to throw tomatoes at someone who taunts them from behind holes in a wooden wall.Turkey Drumstick stand, my favorite food stand at the FestivalTuey Wilson, “Comic Stunt Juggler,” talks to a large audience before his show. He has performed at every Minnesota Renaissance Festival for the last 44 years.Tuey juggling metal pailsTuey juggles balls while swinging a lasso and riding a toy horseGirl volunteer from the audience throws a dart at a balloon, which Tuey is balancing with a stick in his mouth and has a flaming torch on top of the balloonThe moment the girl volunteer finally gets the balloon to burst with the dart. Tuey successfully catches the flaming torch.Tuey holding flaming torches on a flaming ladder that he is balancing on a flaming tightrope. Tuey previously remarked, “There is more fire in my show than any other show at the Festival!”
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