Folsom Renaissance Faire

I was torn between a 3 and a 4 or seems like every year is the end thing price are higher and entertainment is budgeted. It was a pretty good day.. the parking was neat by however up a very steep hill there was handicap accommodation and accessible areas. I came in and immediately sat found to watch the Joslin fighting. It was hot and someone was screaming near us.. lol we then walked around and realized it was just a circle. There were some interactions but limited it seems like more of buying then entertainment. Food had limited options and long lines in heat. Many people dressed up and was in costume however no one looked to stay more than about a hour. For prices might not attend again

So fun! This was mine and my boyfriends first Renaissance fair and we had a great time. We started burning a bit (ginger problems and forgot to pack sunscreen) and April, one of the workers, was very nice to let us borrow some sunscreen after no luck finding any. Would go again, just need to remember bringing sunscreen lol. Very overcrowded though. Got anxious at some points but as the day progresses, more people left and it felt a lot better.I also accidentally purchased tickets for another day and requested a refund and it was denied. There are many people outside the venue,while waiting in line, asking if anyone had an extra ticket. They could easily resell them

So much fun! A lot people dressed up in renaissance, medieval, or fairy tale costumes. Many children were dressed as Disney characters/princesses. I noticed one woman dressed as Guinevere from BBC's Merlin. They give you a flier with the times for jousting and other events. Lines get long for food by noon. We got food at 11:15am and there were short lines. The giant turkey leg was $15. Multiple vendors were selling swords (metal, wooden, and foam). We circled the aisles of vendors before deciding what to buy. One vendor was selling books for $1 each. I found a Peter Pan book in the mix. The Queen made an appearance. Amazing experience and I would go again.

This was our parties first time at this event. To say the least we were disappointed smd went ever bother to go back. The parking filled up so we had to park on the street- no biggie but clearly poorly planned. The layout of the venue made everything extremely crowded and hard to move. The food and drink lines were insane. Overall there was a huge lack of structure and space for the amount of people this event chose to accommodate.

We attended this event 8 or 9 years ago and had a good time, so we were expecting the same sort of experience. However, the Faire has become quite popular, but the venue is much too small for the number of people in attendance.We arrived right at 10:00 on Sunday morning. We enjoyed wandering the faire the first hour, seeing the vendors, and admiring all the great costumes people were wearing. We decided to watch one of the stage shows. Although the performer was good and fun to watch, the layout was terrible. The stage was set up so that the audience was facing the sun, with no shade. The performer even jumped off the stage and went to the side area to perform so that we could watch him without staring into the sun.After the stage performance, we went to the arena to watch the archery competition. Although we sat fairly close to the front, we couldn't hear the announcer, so that detracted from our enjoyment of the event.Around 11:00 am, the masses arrived. Long lines for food. Long lines for drink. Lines for the restroom. Crowded walkways. We wanted to see the jousting at 12:30, but were tired of dealing with the crowded conditions, so we left before the jousting started. All in all, we were disappointed with the event, and won't attend next year.

The 30th annual Folsom Renaissance Faire happened last weekend on 9/24 and 9/25. My family and I came on 9/24 to explore the Faire. It hosted many vendors including clothings, hats, and accessories as well as foam weapons and real weapons. They didn't have too many food vendors so the lines were long. They had archery, jousting, story time, "meet the queen" and weapon demonstrations throughout the time we were there. If it isn't too hot next year, we will be back again.

Initially had a lot of fun looking at people in costumes and admiring the crafts. Then loved it when we saw the knights fighting front row (right place right time), but left that show early thinking there'd be tons more. Saw a bit of dancing & music from the dueling dames which was nice but very low volume, could hardly hear. Saw a bit of belly dancing which was cool but never caught an actual show. Saw a bit of juggling (daring acts) but due to the outdated schedule on their site and the fact that they'd run out of programs by 1pm, we left that early as well to go look for the archery contest... and went to wait at the jousting arena for 15min before learning from someone with a program that there was nothing there until 330pm... SMH. Anyway, waited around until 330pm for jousting but it was just guys on horses spearing haystacks... and some jerks came and stood in front of us so we couldn't see and i asked them to crouch but nope... Also, the food and drink prices weren't exorbitant but mannn the lines for everything was ridiculously long. I think they needed more vendors. So i wanted something to drink but couldn't find a line w fewer than 20 people ahead. Price: $16pp... not terrible but not sure if worth it. $2pp for online tix. There are ATMs inside and outside. Overall, probably about 1.5hrs of entertainment before we ran out of things to do. And pretty disappointed by how it ended and probably won't be back, at least for a few years.

Had such a great time at the Ren Faire this year. It was my 2nd year going and we had so much fun. Jousting is my favorite part. If you come to this event know that it is super hot. Bring a water bottle and and umbrella for shade would be my suggestions. If you don't like to stand in line bring you own snacks as well. Other than that it a great time, everyone is super friendly and the costumes are amazing!!

This Faire was fair. I'm used to a large event like the ones I used to go to in Colorado since I've never been to one out here. Aside from that it was a beautiful day and people who were dressed up looked absolutely amazing. There wasn't really much in entertainment but a fair amount of people selling trinkets and swords and what nots of stuff you don't really need but might want lol.The food choices were really good, I was surprised at the amount of options. They of course had the traditional turkey leg and beers. This was actually my daughters first time at an event like this so we felt it was customary to give her a taste. LolThat being said it was the size of her head and she enjoyed it very much lol. We had a perfect day, it wasn't too crowded and everyone was nice and pleasant to be around. I especially loved that they were selling books. Also loved the camp setups

The best time ever bought this costume there and I really felt like I was in the rennasance time , amazing entertainment and the food was great , watched the jousting exhibits so exciting never thought I would get to see in person , the poetry just everything and the price couldn't believe how inexpensive it was can't wait until next year !!!