Yuletide at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire returns to Mount Hope Estate

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Jules Schrader will return as Queen Elizabeth to the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire

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For the second year, the Pennsylvania Renaissance Fair will take place at the Mount Hope Estate and Winery. Yuletide at the Pa Renaissance Fair opens on Black Friday, November 29 and runs Saturdays and Sundays through December 15, 11 AM-4:30 PM. Candance Smith, Director of Sales and Communications at the Mount Hope Estate says the venue is very excited about it.

“It kind of grew out of something that we did for several years. It was just an open house where we would open the mansion and allow people to walk through the the ground floor and look at the decorations. And we would have special beverage sales and we’d have carolers and things like that. And it was a free event, but we wanted to make it kind of a continuation of the actual Renaissance Faire because the Renaissance Faire goes for 11 weekends and is so popular. People are really sad when that last weekend comes. So we thought, why can’t we just kind of. Light it right into the holiday season and kind of bring the two together.”

This is a family friendly event, that offers a new theme each weekend.

“For instance, okay, we have a fairy weekend, we have a wizarding weekend, we have a time traveler’s weekend. And the the the patrons really do support those weekends with their costuming. And it’s amazing what guests come up with as far as their costume. And a lot of Comic-Con type costumes come in. So it’s really it’s really neat. We also see the traditional renaissance period costuming and the Knights and the Pirates and that kind of thing. So I like to say it’s just a big playground for everybody just to come and have a good time.”

More information for the Pa Renaissance Faire can be found here. 

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