![]() The faire’s royal court has an ongoing storyline, which is mostly improvisational Casey said. The actor playing the part of King Phillip began as an attendee of the faire, interacting with patrons as his character, and quickly became a fan favorite leading to the society’s Entertainment Director offering him to play the part officially. Accompanying the Queen this year is King Phillip of Spain and Princess Cecelia of the Swedish Court. No town set in the middle ages would be complete without a King and Queen and Washington’s Ren Faire adds the part well with Queen Elizebeth I and her court. The camping experience becomes somewhat of an afterparty itself, Shana Casey, Marketing Director, told the Lynnwood Times where likeminded “nerds” spend the weekend making friends, playing games, and having fun without worrying about getting home safe. Lynnwood Times | Kienan Briscoe.Ĭamping options are also available for visitors hoping to fully immerse in Merriwick’s festivities, or to sleep off a night of partying at the numerous beer gardens and alehouses throughout the fairgrounds. Or, if physical fighting isn’t your thing, throw down with dice rolls in a one-shot game of Dungeons and Dragons at the Cleric Games tent. Children’s activities, or for the young-at-heart, include castle games or the chance to meet mermaids and fairies at the Wyldewood Fae.įor the warriors-in-training, learn to work a bow-and-arrow at Seven Meadows Archery, throw axes, or rent foam baffing swords to face off with your friends in hand-to-hand combat. Lynnwood Times | Kienan Briscoe.Įntertainment is non-stop, from opening to closing, including an escape room, “Fakespeare” (summarized Shakespeare in layman’s tongue), jugglers tossing enflamed battle axes, swashbuckling comedic pirates, various musical acts, acrobatics, and of course jousting matches performed by the Knights of the Realm – a troupe of professional stuntmen with years of theatric combat experience in the film industry and/or the Medieval Times dinner theater chain. ![]() A food court also offers a variety of options where visitors can feast like a king on meat pies washed down with barrel-aged root beer from Doc Mcgilly Sasparilly. The town of Merriwick is immersive and vast, roughly 150-acres including parking and camping sites, with an artisanal marketplace selling unique jewelry, weaponry, leatherwork, clothing, shoes, and more. ![]() Each Friday through Sunday, which began on the 6 and runs through the 21, history springs to life with battle performances, music of the times, improv comedy, and so much more transporting visitors back in time to party like its 1578. ![]() Merriwick is not a real town, of course (at least a governmentally recognized one), but the setting for Washington’s annual Midsummer Renaissance Faire which runs each weekend in August. In many ways, you could say Merriwick is stuck in time – the 16th century to be precise – where nobles, knights, and clergy from all the land come to feast on turkey legs, purchase swords from blacksmiths, and sing chanties while swinging their ale horns full of mead. BONNEY LAKE, Wash., August 23, 2022-Deep in the fields of Bonney Lake, Washington, rests the town of Merriwick: a town of merchants, jesters, knights, and royal court spending their days at the tournament arena watching jousters fight to become the day’s champion. ![]()
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