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The Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire

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Gather up the clan and pull on your plaid as the 29th season of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire continues with a weekend dedicated to bagpipes, shamrocks, kilts and Celts.

Saturday and Sunday, September 12 & 13, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The Royal grounds of Mount Hope Estate and Winery, Lancaster County, Rt. 72, ½ mile south of PA Turnpike Exit 266

On Saturday and Sunday, the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire hosts the 12th annual Media Olympics, which benefits the Make-A-Wish foundation. Media personalities and Make-A-Wish children will co-captain teams which will compete in the Maze, Lawn Bowling, Archery, and, of course, the highly anticipated Press-A-Wench competitions! Donations will be collected by merchants, performers and from the Royal Fountains. All of the proceeds from the weekend’s festivities will be presented to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Susquehanna Valley to fulfill the dreams of children with life-threatening illnesses.

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Saturday and Sunday, September 12 and 13, visitors to the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire are invited to try their hand at tossing a sheaf or hurling a caber during the Scottish and Irish Weekend's Highland Games. Those new to this sport can receive first-class instruction from Master Terry McFadden at 12pm, while those with experience may enter the Tournament of Champions at 3:30pm.

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The highlands of Scotland and the shamrocks of Ireland come to the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire for Scottish and Irish Weekend, September 12 and 13. Share the Celtic pride at this celebration of the music, foods, dance, crafts and traditions of the Scottish and the Irish.

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Get your Irish on as the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire celebrates the wondrous cultures and histories of the Scottish and the Irish Saturday and Sunday, September 12 and 13. Experience traditional Irish dances, participate in the Highland Games, and enjoy authentic Shepherd's Pie or Haggis at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire's Scottish and Irish Weekend.

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TV and radio teams will compete in Renaissance games, including the exciting Press-a-Wench, Saturday and Sunday, September 12 and 13, in Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire's 12th annual Media Olympics to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Susquehanna Valley. Donations will be collected throughout the weekend by merchants and royal performers and from the royal fountains, which will be added to by the Queen Herself, to fulfill the dreams of children with life threatening illnesses.

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Barely Balanced, a trio of daredevils who are forever fighting the forces of gravity, are bringing their fiery act to the stages of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire for four amazing weekends, beginning September 12 and 13. Witness as they hurl colorful objects, and themselves, through the air, breath fire, cavort on stilts, and more in a death-defying display of acrobatics and danger.

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