Saturday and Sunday only - July 7 to August 19, 2001
25th Year
15385 Farden Road
E-mail:  office@sterlingfestival.com
http://www.sterlingfestival.com

Transform yourself back to the English Elizabethan era.  Over 80 stage and street performances.  Sing pub, wench auction, trial and dunk.  Dozens of artisans demonstrating their craftsmanship and selling their unique wares.  Two parades daily - the Queen and her entourage of colorful lords and ladies, knights, jesters, and minstrels.  Play games of chance and skill.  Three action-packed jousts each day, including one full armoured.  Human chess games, storytelling, May pole dance, jesters, old-world rides and amusements.  Elizabethan drama and other theatrical productions staged outdoors in woodland setting. 

I was really impressed with this fair.  We cyclists were allowed free admission (usual price is $14.00).  I spent about three hours wandering around and could have spent another three easily.  I am planning to travel the New York Seaway Trail next year with my motor home and bicycle and will plan to be there for a weekend. 

This couple was absolutely fantastic.  They were playing very old instruments with songs of the times.  I stopped to listen to them every time I circuited the grounds. This gentleman was making a leather Medieval cell phone case   This little girl was having her hair done in braids for her costume. Renaissance Fair (Continued)