The Columbus Chapel and Boal Mansion Museum will host the Boalsburg Renaissance Faire on Sunday. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 163 Boal Estate Drive, Boalsburg.
The Boalsburg Renaissance Faire includes a wide range of arts and crafts vendors and demonstrations; sword-fighting, dueling, archery and axe-throwing demonstrations; a bounce house and petting zoos, including unicorns; carriage rides; live music and dance performances; crafts, games and wandering minstrels; and special museum tours of the Boal Mansion Armory and the Columbus Chapel.
An array of food trucks and food vendors round out this day-long celebration of the museum’s European heritage.
The entrance fee for this family-friendly day is $10 per person, with children 2 and under admitted for free.
New and returning participants in the Faire include:
| Artisan Village | Stage Performers | Food Vendors |
| • Lew Logan -Wood working and printing • Art Alliance Potters Guild • Pa Doula and the Good Red Witch Herbs • Needle and Wet Felting • Heart-Bound Books • Italian Street Painting • The Knotty Girls- Fiber Arts • Susan Nicholas Gephardt and Randi Anderson- Plein Aire Painting • Nittany Highland Pipe Band • Happy Valley Golden Wheel Pagan Network • Graham Curtis – Scribe • Tempest Studios- Crafts & Games, Wandering Players with sonnets, scenes etc. • Unicorn Grove Shaggy Mountain Farms Petting Zoo • Axe-Throwing from Slingers Throw House • Lasting Memories Carriage Rides | • Bruce Young – Celtic Fiddle and Songs • Black Cat Belly Dancing • Tempest Theatre • Little German Band • Tir Na Nog -Celtic Dance Troupe • SCA Fight/fencing demo – (across street from stage) • Central PA Dance Workshop – European Folk Dances • Simple Gifts World Music | • Brazilian Munchies • Rebelz Cuisine • Happy Dishes • Happy Valley Nutrition • East End Coffee Co • Goblin Alchemy Mead |
