New Jersey Renaissance Faire
 

The New Jersey Renaissance Faire

June 1, 2, 8 & 9, 2013      11 AM- 6 PM

 
 

Crossford is a village like any other in the English countryside in the 1500’s.  Situated on the shores of beautiful Loch Liberty in the Duchy of Northumberland, Crossford is a shire that is a jewel in the cap of the noble Duke of Northumberland.  Her fields are rich and her citizens filled with merriment and love of crown and country.


The story is mostly true.  Most of the year, Crossford is truly like any good English town on any good English lake, but at those magical times of the year, the solstices and the equinox, the magic of the ancient woods that loom over Crossford come to life.  Those fey woodlands are a link, a portal to different times and Crossford sits on lay lines that make her a destination for visitors out of time who come to Crossford to solve some dilemma in their lives.


The ancient spirits of Crossford Wood and the High Green have brought Robin Hood and Maid Marian, King Arthur and his Knights and the Three Musketeers to the small village of Crossford to set history aright.  Each group had a character at a crossroads, about to make a decision the stories knew to be wrong.  Maid Marian was going to marry the Sheriff of Nottingham, The Round Table itself was going to fall apart and D’Artagnan was about to renounce his life long dream of becoming a Musketeer.  In each case the people of Crossford and the magic of this place set them back on the path to where they were supposed to go.


This year bag pipes will ring across our hills as forces of William Wallace and King Edward the 1st bring their conflicts and dramas to the village of Crossford.

 

Welcome to Crossford! 

There be magic in these woods!

2010 New Jersey Renaissance Faire Cast of Characters

History


The New Jersey Renaissance Faire was conceived in 2009 by T.J. Miller, John Williams and Phil Leipf.  Their mutual love of renaissance faires as a way to touch and engage an audience brought them as if by the magic of Crossford woods to Liberty Lake and to Andy Pritikin.  The magic swept him in as well for he had only seen his first renaissance faire that very year. 

    2011 saw the introduction of master glass blower Jason Klein to our family with a unique vision and experience from the merchant side of things.

    Many thanks to Andy Pritikin and the entire Liberty Lake staff for believing in the magic of the New Jersey Renaissance Faire and for making this dream, a dream that belongs to the five of us now, and to our amazing cast, merchants and guests,  into a reality.

  ~T.J. Miller

Staff





















 
Little John and Shakespeare on Chess board
Andy Pritikin
John Willaims, Friar Tuck, Jack Bold
Phil Leipf
Jason Klein, Historical Glassworks

Thanks from the staff of NJ Renaissance Faire:

John Williams, Phil Leipf, Andy Pritikin, TJ Miller & Jason Klein

Michael Crellin as Little John
Liberty Lake Crossford

Andy Pritikin ,

Executive Producer

  Phil Leipf, 

Artistic Dirtector

John A ,Williams

Producing Director

T.J. Miller,

Entertainment Director

Jason Klein,

Vendor Coordinator

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