The Georgia Renaissance Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary at it’s Fairburn location in Georgia. I have been visiting this festival for quite a while, almost every year and always enjoy it. It features individuals that dress up and transform themselves into a Renaissance character during it’s eight week period. I suggest everyone in Georgia to give it a try, as well as some out of town folk. We arrived at it’s regular location and followed some dressed up attendees to follow.

Found some flowers out of the gates.

Mother Goose greets everyone that enters the kingdom.

The entrance into the Renaissance kingdom.

Head garments being sold.

Cool conch fountain around the Barely Balanced acrobat show.

Pirate chihuahua.

The dressed up characters at various stores.

After a few moments of walking, we had to go get some turkey legs. This was a tradition in my family. Here is my dad enjoying some smoked turkey leg.

Funghi sculpture.

Sword handle, loving the details.

A scribe, but really a store owner.

And the tomato throwing booth, or insult booth.

I was waiting for the guy to get hit in the face, but it never happened.

King and Queen of the kingdom.

The festival housed many different recreational booths, one including the pillow fighting log.

Birds of prey show is always interesting, here is a hawk I believe.

Prince of.. persia?

Some pirates looking to loot.

And the drunkard pirate.

Face painting.

The “ugly” women show, supposedly a comedy but I wasn’t there long enough to find out.

Portrait of a vendor.

And a vendor for your name written on rice.

Close up view.

Gnome sculpture building.

Potions store, or should we say perfume.

and the guy outside giving samples.

Lady that goes around kissing people on the cheek, pretty entertaining.