Cain's Crossing Renaissance Faire

ESCAPE WITH US TO ANOTHER TYME...

      Have you ever wanted to escape to another time? Come delve into the past at the Cain's Crossing Renaissance Faire in Auburn on Saturday May 8th and Sunday May 9th. For less than the cost of a movie you will have a day's worth of entertainment fit for a queen, Queen Elizabeth, that is. Enter our olde-world English shire filled with hundreds of villagers and nobles from near and far. Relax in the marketplace, watch the swordfighters and the pirates, listen to the wandering musicians who will entertain you and immerse you in the romance of the Renaissance.
       May 8th and 9th, 2010 we will be celebrating another year of Auburn's very own Renaissance Faire. Designed as a replica of a merry olde English town in the late 1500's, the townsfolk of Cain's Crossing are jubilant upon the arrival of Queen Elizabeth on her progress through the area. Beautiful Cain's Crossing is set along a trade-route where peoples from countries near and far gather to offer food and drink and wares to the visitors who come to enjoy the merriment of this festive occasion.
      You are encouraged to immerse yourself in the stark simplicity of the times; dressing of the period, speaking the olde English, and lending your good cheer to the pageantry. Hark, be bold! Take on the guise of a Renaissance figure - Be it a Lord or a merchant, a peasant or a farmer or a court jester. Then stroll through the spectacle of the marketplace in your new personae and delight in the surge of strange sights and tantalizing smells.
      Make way for the royal procession. Barter with a merchant for fyne crafted wares. Indulge your appetite with succulent meats, vegetables and fruits or an exotic food from a distant land. Cheer on a dashing swordfighter dueling for honor. Rejoice in the ribald street performers and entertainers. Be amazed at the magician who seems to make objects appear out of the very air. For the price of admission you have bought excitement and escape. Use it well. And when exhausted from your revelry, use this renaissance faire to find some fine handmade wares that you have always desired.
     All of this takes place in the large, oak studded meadow of the Auburn Regional Park where Cain's Crossing will transport visitors to an English style country faire with an agreeable array of colorful characters, entertainers, rogues, royalty and craftspeople all roaming throughout the village. The town will be bustling with activity to ensure a good time with a great variety of amusement, food for feasting, and a children's glen for the little ones.
     Cain's Crossing is a fundraising event for Placer and Nevada County children, sponsored in part by KNCO radio and STAR 94FM. This event is co-sponsored by the Auburn Recreation District and the Auburn Education Foundation. Proceeds from this wondrous affair will benefit the students of Auburn.