I'm a performer at this faire (a member of the fae, some of the fantastical creatures you caught in this video). Wanted to let you know that this video has been passed around the whole cast; we were heartbroken when the faire was (understandably) cancelled this season, but seeing this wonderful tribute to the fair brought the entire cast so much joy. These performers are all such dear friends of mine, and everyone was just so tickled and delighted to watch this and find some of our favorite moments from this past season. Thank you so much for this wonderful season, and we hope to see you two (and everyone else) at the faire next year. Merry meet, merry part, merry meet again!
I love the ren faire (Bristol) and I want to thank all of you performers, wherever you are in the country. We love your dedication to acting and your costumes. I hope that next year we can safely attend again. I dream of visiting numerous times and hope I can visit various locations throughout the country in the future.
Is the movie "Knight riders" a thing among Ren Faire folk? I saw it in 1981 and it got me interested in going to a Faire when they started being a thing. I am glad I didn't take pictures of the dress I made-it was an anachronistic nightmare, lol
The video captured the feeling of being on a day vacation when at the Faire. It's a stepping out of time and place and being amused and bedazzled, like a walking dream, with the sights, sounds, smells, laughs, gasps of a vision of happy people dreaming along with you.
I live in Spain and I never actually realised how we don't have these in Europe and that they look fun. But on the other hand, my town's (more modern) faires take place on a huge 12th century moorish castle's courtyard so there's that 😂
We had a very small one a couple years ago but we just don’t have the population to support a decent faire 😭 (I have therefore never been but shall be making an effort when they are again a thing.)
the “Dani is interested in.....what are you interested in?” is the most sibling mood i can imagine. genuinely wanting to support your sibling but not even fully paying attention bc they’re always there right next to you doing their own thing.
As a Scottish person who grew up in countries with zero experience of the Ren Faire or its 'inclusive' standards, I am known to get a little emotional, shedding a teardrop or 2 upon hearing traditional Scottish bagpipes. Sadly, the only response the Ren Faire pipes evoked was the urge to yell "Stop it! You're hurting my ears!" (edit:clarity)
When I worked at the Tennessee Renaissance Festival we would always say “Renn Faire’s are to history, what the etch-a-sketch is to art” Basically sorta kinda going for historical if you squint your eyes and look at it from a far enough distance ;-)
Going to the renaissance fair in Nashville was such a delight! I went last year with a good friend . The castle tucked neatly into the woods is such a treat!! I miss it dearly!!!!!!
I came across to Texas a few years ago and made friends with some people working at a Scarborough based Ren Faire down there, I was quite excited to see the American interpretation of a town I grew up near. The interpretation was so far off the mark that they weren't even pronouncing Scarborough right... Still tons of fun though.
My local ones are also "people who look like they got lost on their way to the comicon". I've seen WWE costumes, Star Wars (in 2011, I don't think there were any recent movies at the time), at least a dozen people each year dressed as Link from Legend of Zelda, and assorted superheroes and video game characters.
Yes. Don;t forget the bellydancers, random Fae of some sort, people with a variety of wings, and the occasional centaur (wild wheeled hind quarters). People are *so* creative!
You would love Ren Fest in Texas each weekend I thinks starting in November, each weekend is a different theme and we have different Courts for each theme like the Transylvanian court for All Hallows Eve you got the Scottish court for the Highlander fling stuff like that just Google Texas Renaissance Festival and you will find everything about it
Sarah G this makes me want to travel to America (when it’s safe), and just do a massive tour of all the Ren Faires. I don’t think we have anything like it in Australia, certainly not of the same scale.
I think something this plauge has taught me is to stop saying "next year". We've been wanting to go to rent faire for the last several years and haven't "found time". Which is just false. We haven't made time. There's so much I wanted to do this summer. So many things I haven't been able to do. I feel like this whole year has been wasted.
6:42 I actually teared up. Remember eating food with our dirty unwashed hands in public settings surrounded by people. What careless fools we be! 😂 This was a super charming and I adored it.
I remember specifically when I was little I went to my states Renaissance Faire and my mom tried my hair up into pigtails. On the entrance they had some characters greeting people, and specifically this jester shouting down at me "Hey! I like your hair!" Then later the jester was walking around talking to people, and he saw me, pointed and said, "Hey I remember you, 'I like your hair'!" And I just remember that brightening up my entire day.
@@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980the New normal will be just as good if following guidelines means no more Covid-19 deaths. My family has had three so far. In each case an overwhelmed nurse/tech was able to be with them at the end. A neighbor's time of death was given by his heart monitor. Take care and be safe. See you at the next faire 🌹
In Germany we call our renaissance fairs "Mittelaltermärkte" (= medieval markets). Some of those markets were fantasy-medieval-steampunk events in parks, but lots of them actually were held in super old castles, fortresses, and the last one I attended was in an actual medieval former convent / monastery, and lots of people try to dress as authentically accurate as possible. There are BBQs, mead and beer tents, a tight-knit vendor community, show acts, music, and I miss them like a November tree misses its leaves. 😔
I went to one of those fairs in Wittenberg and it was all Renaissance crafts in the park. Tents set up and people in peasant garb cooking over fires, pounding metalcraft, carving wood, making pots, making wine. Interesting, but not fun. Nothing to participate in, and of course, the onlookers were all dressed in modern street clothes.
@@grumpyotter Yes, and they are absolutely amazing. 🥰 The "youngest" authentic castle next to my home town is from around 1760, the oldest castle ruins in our area are from 800 BC and of Celtic origins, but had later been repopulated by the Cattic people, the Germanic tribe that settled here and gave the state of Hesse its name. Also you can find several megalithic structures, like the Wotanstein (Odin's Stone) and the Steinkammergrab ("stone chamber tomb"), that had been built about 4.000 BC. Lots of amazing things to see and interesting sites to visit. :)
@@elle-iza I've only been to Ireland and Finland in Europe, but it is truly amazing to an American to be able to walk around and see building still being used that are 1000 years old!
@@grumpyotter Right? It makes me dizzy to think about the people and stories those buildings have witnessed over the centuries. Playing children and death, young lovers stealing a kiss, and wars being fought. Hand-woven clothes and smartphones, ox carts and satellites... My grandparents' house is older than the USA. 😄 (And it still has the same timber frames as in 1681 when it was built.)
Omg your outfit was adorable!! I've only gone to the MD Renfest and they actually have days set aside for themes. So if you wanted to be a fairy there's a whole day (or maybe it was weekend) with nothing but fairies. Yet if you wanted to show up in jeans or in historical clothes that was fine too. It was such a magical place to be, I miss it.
I distinctly remember saying to other Ren folk last fall that this year we were going to see all kinds of Witcher costumes at our faire (I'm a vendor). Hmmmm did I jinx us?
"I'm not dying. Not yet" Words every cosplayer has spoken at least once. Also, that looks like a lot of fun. Kind of like a mashup between a cosplay convention and what in my country would be referred to as medieval market
@@velvety2006 Or, for that matter, you have the friends who know without fail what stands in the faire are generous enough to have free water dispensers at their counters (I know I took advantage of those all the time; tankard might be full of mead, but you bet my horn was full of water at all times).
anyone else thrown off by bernadette having siblings? nothing against them, they're awesome, its just that bernadette has immortal fae vibes. . . . . . it's like seeing your teacher at the grocery store lol
That's lowkey how I felt the first time I heard about Dani tbh. I thought I was just being weird, but your teacher at a grocery store analogy is so accurate. It's like thinking about Andrew Hozier-Byrne (Hozier) having parents,, just error 404.
Right she definitely has that immortal the sort of vibe. it's hard to remember that she has family. Like my very first thought is "are they immortal too?"
@@Alice-gr1kb I'm almost sure it's them in the white Regency dress video series based of the Jacques Louis David portrait (also one of my favorite projects from Bernadette).
That sign at the end - caution: reality ahead. Man I really felt that at the end of this video. It’s crazy how nostalgic we can be for just one year ago 😢
@@MegaMesozoic I've heard reports of people going dressed as more tipical Ren Fair people, but with an ST officers badge somewhere on them, and they give the others hell for not being under cover on a planet that clearly isn't technologically advanced enough to join the Federation yet. (It's Federation, right? It's been too long since I watched the show.)
I saw Kylo Ren at out last faire, surrounded by 5 storm troupers and an Imperial Guard. It was pretty funny. It was probably 95 that day so I'm sure they were hot. My local faire has themed weekends. One is time traveler weekend and out front in the Doctor.
theres a town near me that basically completely turns into a medieval village for a week, they have people with spears on horses and they do a tournament! very very cool:))
“Thought has exited my brain pursued by a bear.” -Bernadette Banner I seriously wish I’d seen this video before I graduated because it would have become my senior quote.
@ I doubt if many highschools require one to read Shakespeare's entire published works before graduating; Winter's Tale was not one I personally read at that time. There's no need to put the op down for not recognizing its source; It certainly would make an epic yearbook quote!
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@@sarabarclay1167 it's a well known quote. and i think op was referring to university graduation . i know they don't require shakespeare to graduate. that was the point .
@ i took a whole shakespeare seminar in university and still didn't read that one. it's not exactly one of his more popular works, so i'm not shocked that this person didn't read it
That "Caution: Reality Ahead" sign certainly hits different nowadays. Regardless of that, it was lovely to see something like this in the midst of all the awful stuff going on right now.
big oof, we have a similar looking sign in our biggest dutch ren faire saying "border to reality" with the dutch flag when leaving the faire and a thick white line on the ground. i miss it badly :,(
The sibling energy between Bernadette and Dani is amazing. Bernadette is so proper but she seems so relaxed and goofy with her sibling! And the snark between the two of them is hilarious 😂
I loved the way you started and ended this video with you sitting on your sofa looking out the window. It was like everything that came in between was a beautiful day dream, and what a dream it was. Sigh.
FYI one trick to Fahrenheit is to think of it like percentages for a human body: 0 is too cold, 100 is very hot, 50 is jacket weather. I hope that helps!
Ah! The memories, the nostalgia, the bright moments of levity that added the sweet to the bitter(the spinning color wheel @ 4:45 killed me!). I miss the fair, my husband and I met at a Renaissance Fair and we have gone regularly ever since. Perhaps we will be able to go again in 2021? Loved this video, thank you for opening a portal for us to reminisce about better days.
Oh wow, as a nonbinary individual, I immediately noticed and appreciated the use of they/them pronouns and the term "sibling" for Dani. I think I recall the use of sibling in prior videos, but I feel absolutely validated. Much love to you and your craft, Bernadette!
@@grayalien48 what exactly is non binary?? This is where you don't claim a gender? It's the same or different than Gender fluid? Thought I'd ask here, as Google can have some off putting results. Not sure which results to trust or become misinformed. Many thanks. Truly. -Dave
@@daviedood2503 hello dave! non-binary is a label you might put on yourself when you don't claim being a part of the gender binary (that being female - male (or anything, really)). different people identify as non-binary in different ways, just in the way that different people identify themselves in the roles of male/female in different ways depending on all kinds of reasons. genderfluid, on the other hand, is where what gender you identify as does not stick to a single label for the rest of time, but simply changes without control. therefore, a genderfluid person might call themselves a man one day, but non-binary a different day, and so on. a non-binary individual might also consider themselves genderfluid, it is all different depending on who you are speaking to since, again, everyone sees their gender in a unique way. it is important to note that i am only a single individual and my view on this matter may differ from other's who are just as informed, but it is important to always be open to new conversations and new aspects of the gender binary (or non-binary)! thank you for asking!
@@daviedood2503 yes, if you are gender fluid, that is correct. but some may feel like a different gender depending on longer or shorter time periods. it's all relevant to the person you're speaking to, but this is mostly all.
O, to be at a Renaissance Faire in historically inaccurate dress, eating fries and turkey legs with my Belov'd edit: O, to be but a peregrine commenter on Lady Bernadette's video and to have one's own comment become fAmOuS. unnecessarily, please do click on the small circle which is my profile pic. 😗
carochan86 Oh my, thanks for warning me. I’ve always wanted to go to one of those faires and get a turkey leg, but pork products don’t agree with me. You have saved me from spending the afternoon of my imagined faire day with stabbing pains in my belly. Hopefully we’ll be able to get closer to normal within the next few years and can once again go to fun events with people and not worry about killing our mothers by bringing back the plague from the fair, although that would sadly, be very historically accurate.
As a member of the viking village at NYRF, I want to say a heartfelt thank you for visiting us last year. It was so nice to see faces that I will not see this year. Thank you!!!!
We have a “Monty Python Jar” at our house for all of the references I make. I joke that were Bernadette to visit, she’d be putting in as well. 🤷🏻♀️😂 “And now for something completely different!” 🤷🏻♀️
My son was visiting friends in the states a few years ago, and was roped into helping out at a Renn Faire in California...mind you, t'was but a very short "rope"...Upon return to our fair shores, he was obliged to pay excess baggage on his purchases of a great-plaid, a jerkin, shirt, pants, hand-tooled leather spats (knee length, of course) and gauntlets, and a leather hip bag...he made quite the picture coming through the customs hall, after changing in the airport loo's...I swear so many people gave themselves whip-lash as he strode - all 6 feet 2 of him - through Kingsford-Smith International in a Black Watch Great Kilt and accessories...truly a sight to behold... One day I hope to attend a faire myself, though I'm not sure if wheelchairs were a thing back then??...
The beauty of ren faires and SCA events is that when modern necessities intrude, like eyeglasses or wheelchairs, they can be explained away with whimsy! Why, your noble steed was enchanted by a travelling sorcerer to better fit wherever you may wish to go! You’re particularly fond of no longer spending long hours mucking stalls! See? Done. :)
@@spacewolfcub And let us not forget that at faire, such things as wheelchairs or mobility scooters, much like wagons and strollers for children, are just another place to heap decorations and the like! I've seen more than a few mobility scooters done up in barding with a hobby-horse head at the front, or wheelchairs with fairy wings and flowers until they were a part of the costume. Anything one can stick garb or decoration on is totally fair game.
I burst into tears when you cut back to yourself alone on the couch! What a beautiful reminder of all things dearly missed this year, I'm so glad you ended up editing and posting this footage. Here's to "time future contained in time past", if I can steal from T.S. Eliot.
Dress up with family for a day at home...or video chat with friends and say it is a magic mirror that you are using. Imagination and laughter will brighten any dark cloud.
Dani being like "i'm not dying YET" is a big "wearing cosplay when it's maybe too hot to wear cosplay" mood, also this was lovely to watch, I've never been to a Renaissance Faire (tm) being from the UK and love watching footage of people going to them and having a wonderful time, but I remember growing up there being some medieval reenactments that had jousting and stalls etc. that I loved going to and had a similar vibe! it was much smaller and there was less dressing up to go but still a lovely day out
i am getting legit emotional watching this, in the netherlands we have castlefest and elfia which are fantasy fests/renfairs, and everything got cancelled, but luckely the amazing community came together for lifestreams and stuff.
LOL! There are more and less historical faires. Having worked three of them, and having friends who work them, people have a myriad of reasons to go; a lot of people go to eat, some go to dress up, some just to hear a particular musical group. As long as people stay sober, it's a great time. I'm a licensed massage therapist. I did massage at a Faire. Oh, the stories.
Oh my dear, it's re-enactment for the casually interested. As all things American, if there is money to be made, someone will be selling something. Is it accurate? No. Is it enthralling? Yes. It's a day at the theme park, more or less.
Thanks for the cameo shot here! I've been performing at the New York Renaissance Festival as "The Pride of Ireland" since 2016, and it has become one of my absolute favorite festivals to play at. Missing this season is heartbreaking, but we're keeping our skills sharp for our return in 2021. Hope to see you there!
I'm a European for whom this is absolutely not a concept, but my spouse is American. They are unimpressed, but I swear next time we get to safely be in the US, I'm dragging them into a Renn fair. It looks so fun and so welcoming!
We do have medieval markets/faires though, which arguably are more historically accurate than the NY one. Specially when they are in actual medieval castles or fortresses
@@Luumus I was just gonna say the same: we call them Medieval Festivals here and there are (ahem... Used to be) plenty, just maybe not so generally popular, as they are a bit "niche"
here in holland, we have the elf fantasy fair - which is ren fair with pretty much everything and the kitchen sink and castle fest which is more of a Woodstock vibed fair, lots of music and very mellow mood.
If anyone is curious about the man with the fire whips, his name is Aaron Bonk! He performs at a few different Renn Faires every year (when there isn't a plague). I saw him perform in Pennsylvania and he was excellent!
Oh you made me cry. Especially at the end, when you show the way back to reality in those beautiful, clean, emotional cuts. When it was just you sitting there looking out of the window I burst into tears. I am a larper and met most of my friends through this hobby. They live all over the country and I won't see most of them until next year, all those stories waiting to be spun and dresses to be worn will have to wait and sometimes this is so hard to bear. It is an absolute luxury to have these worries and a lot about larp is cringy, as were some things on the ren fair, but it's also about imagination and living in a dream bubble for just a few days. Thank you for the wonderful video! I hope we will all be able to go back to those things last year.
I've found that one of the absolute best things about the Ren Fair is the people that you meet. You can talk to anyone and they will always have a story to tell.
@@TheQcaller That's my brother's local Faire! For a few years he worked it as part of the Maestro's Kumpania. If I recall correctly, it's also ONE of the oldest faires in the country.
Ok but Dani is the cutest person alive, seriously i don’t understand how i’m already in love with them after 1 video. and on a related note did anyone notice how many beautiful people there were in this video? Bernadette is stunning and so is Dani but the random people in the background and b-roll kept catching my eye cuz they were so pretty.
Oooo, such adventurous historic fun! I must find myself a historic fair to attend, but wait....quarantine is still a thing. On a side note, dearest Bernadette, I’m going to take this opportunity to tell you how very much, not only your life work but you as a person are dear to my heart. I know you say that you are chronically introverted, a strange human and something of a swamp hag, and of course you have other completely human struggles to deal with, because such is life, but you are also entirely inspiring, adorable, true and strong and the cleverest witch. Over these many months we’ve been on the UA-cams together you have enticed some very amazing things out of me, of which I can not thank you enough. Let me explain - I’ve always enjoyed sewing (historic dresses being a wonderful but unattainable aspiration) but sort of forgot about it in the last couple of years, but you went and set me to dreaming again! I told myself making a historic dress was far beyond me; however, one day I said to myself that I was going to give it my best try, and we’ll...seven projects later I’m a total addict. I really enjoy hand sewing now, too. Really, you have informed much of my thought pattern around historic sewing and dress. Your Victorian/Edwardian style is impeccable and has also become my era of choice. I am now becoming a modernish Victorian thing unashamedly wearing my creations and I feel I’ve found home. ❤️ Thank you, Bernadette. P. S. I find it ridiculous that we both had a ravenous and instantaneous need to understand Old English, when we realized it was a thing.
Here in Germany we have ren fairs and they are called “Mittelaltermarkt” or “Altertumsmarkt” which translates to medieval market or antiquity market (medieval market is used more often) They’re maybe not the size of Manhattan but they often take place in old castles and people (myself included) dress up in medieval-like clothes like linnen shirts or very simple leather shoes. In German this is called “Gewandung” which roughly translates to clothing or maybe raiment (I don’t really know😅) I really miss them, especially the biggest one I know the MPS (Mittelalterliches Phantasie Spektakulum) with some well known German medieval folk bands. It’s almost like an open air concert with a huge medieval market around it.
In my experiences, although their is a heavy emphasis on Renaissance period inspired clothing at a Ren Faire, almost anything can be found, from Middle Ages, to high fantasy, or even Star Trek. My experiences with German Mittelaltermarkt was a bit more confined to the Middle Ages. I even saw people approaching visitors in fantasy clothing and instructing them that that wasn't Middle Ages costume. But perhaps other German faires are more forgiving of these breaches of costume etiquette.
We have these in Germany! They’re usually called “Medieval Fairs” though and that’s also how they’re themed - so you get jousting and dances, but obvs there’s no Queen Elizabeth around 😅 Quite often they also take place in historic old towns or castles! Aside note: What a lovely escape from reality this video provides! How lucky you never put this together until now 😅
We do have something like that in Germany it’s called “Mitterlalterliches Fantasie Spectaculum” and it’s not at all historically accurate, but people dress up in what they believe to be at least slightly medieval, drink mead and dance to the live concert music.. it’s a lot of fun but also a lot of very cheesy velvety Korsetts 😂👏🏻 is love to see Ren fair some day 🖤😌
We have one of these medieval festivals with a historically accurate location at least, a medieval castle. But it has a lot of this cheap polyester velvet too. 😂
The "Yes, I really had to make this sign" KILLED ME I know there are renaissance fairs in germany since friends of mine once invited me before the dreadful quarantine times, and the fact that they have been many times before. I'm not sure just how big or how the mix of historical and fantastical goes about there but this struck some more motivation for asking them again about it once we're all back to roaming the earth freely jajaja Also this feels so much like a lively distant memory. Like a bit of warmth in our isolated times
Yes, they are called medieval markets ( Mittelalter Markt). Usually people in costume get in for a reduced entrance fee. And you'll find people with all kinds of costumes and without.
To add to what lyleea said, one Medieval market that is quite similar to the NY Faire is the Oberurseler Feyerei. It is a bit smaller, but there ar similar events and some amazing little shops where you can spend your money on beautifully hand crafted things. Though this is not exclusive only to the Oberurseler Feyerei. I hope for us all that the coming year we can all visit Medieval markets again, tbh German Medieval market are in my opinion the best and an amazing experience
Reenactor from germany here. There are a lot of historical markets here in germany and in many scandinavian places. But, at least here in germany, there are different kind of markets. We got the MPS, the Mittelalterliches Phantasiespektakulum (medieval fantasy spectacle), the markets and the "Army camps", where mostly fighter meet up (Heerbann, for example). Those two are mostly way more historical accurate than the MPS. It's definitely a bigger thing here and worth a visit!
We have one in Texas. I worked it one summer ... i enjoy the craftsmanship....amazing tradespeople...beautiful ironwork and wood work, I personally loved the theater productions and costumes 🏆! I spent everything i made on very unique Christmas gifts 🎁... 😆 🤣 😂 seriously...i walked around those acres and acres on my lunch hour and bought something every day 😆 🤣 😂 I noticed a large percentage of the population attending ...enjoyed the food and Spirits 🍺 🍻 🍗 🌽 🍟 🍞 🍺 🍻 🍺 🍻 🍺 🍻 🍺 🍻 🍺 🍻 🍺 🍻 the MOST!!! Our fair ...hum age 16 to 30 ...90 percent of the population attending was between ages 16 to 30. I seldom saw children or the elderly ...maybe because of the heat and distance walking...also the language spoken VERY Loudly was not rated G and some of the acting was certainly not rated G.
I've been a performer at a renaissance faire, as well as done pre-show entertainment for Shakespeare on the Green, which is 3 weeks in June and July, 4 nights a week where they will perform 2 plays, usually one tragedy and one comedy. And have done so in costume(probably not historically accurate, but I make do with what I've got), which usually means I have at least 3-4 layers of fabric pretty much everywhere. It can be excruciatingly hot, we have often joked about putting ice packs between the chemise and the corset just to keep cool. It is a lot of fun, singing madrigals that are historically accurate, and this was the first time in 6 years that I haven't done Shakespeare on the Green. I remember dreading doing it because it was a lot of work, but once you are out there it makes it totally worth it, and now I really miss it.
If you ever do decide to try ice packs, go look up SCA & Ren Faire solutions. Several of the folks who play in those venues have come up with some quite clever solutions for heat beyond what our Renaissance European ancestors would have known.
InPortugal we have (had) a lot of renaissance and medieval faires. They are usually smaller that the one you showed (but we are a small country as well), but since we have a lot of castles, some of them are inside the old ruins and there's pretty much all that you showed! Most people go with normal clothing but some have "historical" clothing for rent (it's always way too hot for that :( ) I really enjoy eating and walking around in the faires. It's probably my favourite part of summer! Thank you for uploading this because it made me really happy~ I want to go~
Europeans can do it every single day with at least 3000 years of fairly documented styles, simply by commemorating a history that was actually had, not invented.
@@MadManchou Not so much here in Australia though, at least not where I live. Plus I like the look of fun & levity Ren Fairs & Halloween provide rather than historically accurate re-enactments.
@@insulaarachnid i know its kinda hard to put a lot of effort into a costume only to not be able to wear it but, if you really want to dress up id say go for it! even if its in your own home
@@insulaarachnid I'm sure once the pandemic passes and things go back to normal you could find social events around you as well? For example Halloween, it's not really celebrated here in Germany either, but you can always find at least some Party advertised that welcomes costumes. It might also be a bit awkward but any kind of nerd-ish convention will gladly accept costumes even if they are not related to a specific franchise in my experience? I'm sure Australia has some as well. Also one can always arrange something with friends. I've talked to so many people that have the same sentiment of wanting to dress up but never getting an occasion to do so. It will feel awkward (especially as I'm somewhat socially anxious myself) to invite people over and mention costumes, but usually the inviting them over etc is the biggest hurdle.
The medieval carnivale we go to every year in Balingup, Western Australia, has been cancelled and I literally felt like I was in mourning. I know the feels. Thank you for doing all you do! This is wonderful! Although the melancholy window gazing was in equal parts lovely and morose.
I love how you can now achieve an historical look to your videos not just by wearing period accurate costumes, but by showing large groups of people socializing.
@@Gnomes_ *laughs in Metro Melbourne* I am so sad at how many events I've had to miss this year. Goldfields was the last one. I was so revved for Timeline Festival, I had so much new stuff for my display 😥 the next season will be all the bigger for the work we put in now though!
Newbie here! I had planned to do a bunch of Australian ones this year (crystal ugly tears in Melbourne). Are there any in particular you'd recommend? I've heard about Abbey and Barossa and a couple in Vic but any recommendations would be fantastic!
@@ellenhynes8393 Abbey, St Ives, Timeline, Barossa, Balingup and Sheffield are the biggest in each state(not territories, not sure what faires they have) that I know of. Smaller ones all over the place! Goldfields, Camelot, Geekfest and others over Victoria. Plus NSW and QLD have other smaller ones too. I hope the World Jousting Championship is held as soon as feasible once the season opens!
Here in Portugal we have lots of Medieval fairs happening in the summer, though this year they were all cancelled. Most of them are in castles or centuries old towns which really helps the immersion and the historical accuracy. That I know of, most European countries do them. They are always so much fun, I miss them...
I just drank this video like a healing draught. The bagpipes and the sun floating through the dust motes gave me that wonderful Faire feeling perfectly.
Ren Faires are fun. For something more historically accurate, check out the Society for Creative Anachronism. They expect their members to learn history, and create historically accurate characters, and they periodically do public reenactments and demonstrations of their studies.
RillaRoro its horrible that just the bare minimum can make someone as ecstatic as it does, it should simply be common practice to respect people and their genders/pronouns. Well, i just figured i should say that because it’s what i thought of when i read your comment, so farewell, fellow Bernadette viewer! 💛🤍🖤💜
It takes people time to Learn new ways of thinking and use of language. Be patient with us. I’m still learning, and I have the advantage of gay and bi siblings and child. There’s just so many new ways of expressing identity now, it takes us heteros some time to catch up
Of course!! It took me a bit to learn too, i just find it sad that there are people who dont bother catching up, so when someone does acknowledge one’s pronouns or gender, that person is extremely happy. No matter the gender, people deserve to be respected. If once in a while there’s a slip-up, it’s all good, i just think that its sad how many people don’t respect others. I’m not sure how much that made sense, but just for clarification, i’m mainly talking about those who purposefully misgender/deadname others. ♥️♥️
Lisa Kvasnevski but they’re not sisters? Bernadette is Dani’s sister, Dani is Bernadette’s *sibling*. They aren’t a girl, they don’t use she/her or sister or other female pronouns. They’re siblings, not sisters.
“Remember”? Hell, I used to be performer! Between 1999 and 2001, I worked at Bristol and TRF, invariably playing military characters (don’t ask me me why). I was never in the prettiest costume, but I sure remember what it was to schlep a 14-foot pike! Notably, though, the NY Faire was the first one I *saw*, back in my early teens.
My husband and I both go to the MD Rennfest every year, it's actually where we got engaged. So sad this year was cancelled. We're trying to convince the craftsman that makes the yearly mugs to do a run that calls this year the year of the plague or the lost year.
Maryland RennFest.... yeah, only place for the actual state sport! I miss it... and I moved away 20 years ago now. They don't have one in my part of The South.
I've worked many renfaires, and MD is probably the nicest overall in the country to go to an fairly nice one to work as well. You are lucky it's your local faire
every year, by the time I decide I want one of the metal mugs, they are sold out for the day. MD ren faire is better than the VA one, though VA ren faire has some neat historical workshops on cooking, botany and lace making. I'm one of the trash people that never has a costume and just grabs the flower crown. better than nothing.
@@k4tlyn661 I only got a costume last year, and I have gone every year since I was little! I actually wore my flower crown from my first date with my husband instead of a veil at our wedding!
Not going to lie, this video made me sad. We had such grand plans for Ren Faire this year. I cannot wait to be walking around my faire next year (hopefully) with my friends, dressed in our DnD OC's and as my sister so eloquently put it "get properly toasty off mead". This video was a comfort I didn't realize I needed. Thank you for this, truly. It's always a day of wonder and amusement, and perhaps we go several times, because there is no keeping us away from them.
I have have such longing/nostalgia for the before times when I would go square dancing! People would host dances in their homes, or in community spaces, a live band of around four or five people would play banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin and sometimes if we got lucky a stand-up bass. All ages and types of people would come in and dance together. Not only did we breathe each other’s air, WE EMBRACED! And my true love would twirl me around until I got so dizzy I had to sit and catch my breathe. What sweaty, summer fun it was.
I've been going to the ren fair for almost 20 years, and I'm turning 20, and i recognized the knights in the joust. Here in NC we do ours in the fall so I know there are people whose entire livelihoods depend on going from fair to fair which is so very sad that they are affected like this by the pandemic. And I've been so down thinking that my lifelong tradition may not be happening until next year. I swear the ren fest is the highlight of my year. Thank you for showing these wonderful clips
Yeah, a lot of NYC actors work the festival every year because it's actually a good way to save some cash for the year. They've been really hit hard trying to survive.
My husband and I are in the SCA and are sitting at home mourning all the events we've missed this year. Neither of us have ever been to a Renn Faire (ironically), but Pennsylvania has a pretty big one, I believe. We are supposed to be at Pennsic War right now....but alas, the plague... If you and/or Cathy are looking for a pre-1600 immersive, historically accurate (mostly) experience, Pennsic would be absolutely worth your while! =)
True, we don't have Renaissance Fairs around here. However, we have medieval festivals/markets, which often take place near/inside of castles. I've just been to one last weekend. It was a smaller one, but the castle made for a nice backdrop for some pictures. A lot of medieval festivals were cancelled due to the pandemic, but some are taking place - and it currently looks like they'll even be able to hold the VIECC in November.
We have one yearly in Sweden in Visby with jousting and markets and sometimes they even do an reenactment of one of the battles tjat happen there. But I think it’s cancelled this year because of corona. But I have heard that they been letting the knights that usually is doing the jousting ride around the city in full gear. Sadly I havent had the opportunity to go to Visby this summer.
Same, i visited a medieval market at the "Loreley" in Germany last weekend and it was adorable and also really well organized. I often go to medieval markets, so this was an amazing experience since i didn't have the opportunity to visit one this year so far... ^^
As someone who also uses they/them pronouns, hearing one of my favs using gender neutral terms for their sibling and just being chill about it almost made me cry. This also really made me want to go to a ren fair omg
I use she/her, but heck yeah they/them pronouns! I love when J Kenji Lopez-Alt signs off at the end of his videos, he always says "guys, gals, and non-binary pals" and it just makes my heart happy.
Should definitely go at least once! The regional faires vary a lot of course, but it is a magical spectacle to behold for a weekend. I don't do well with crowds so I stick to the smaller ones but they still have plenty of food, shops, shoes, and jousts/tournaments to enjoy.
"People are so weird" is literally a sentence my friend and I use regularly...XD Also in my hometown (in Germany) there's a little medival faire at an old castle ruin every two years. It's not at all as cool as the one in New York but there are sword fights too...
There's a medieval fair every year very close to where I live as well and last year the village where I live celebrated its 1000th anniversary with a medieval do amongst other things. That was when I decided that finally I want to make a medieval dress for myself and go to more medieval fairs dressed up appropriately just for the fun of it (there are several medieval fairs and markets, but the one mentioned above is the closest). Something I never really got around doing for lack of time. Well, the dress is ready now, but... - Oh the irony. I also live in Germany by the way, but went to countless similar events when I lived in England for several years.
Omg Dani doing that bit at the end just KILLED me. XD (Also I had been meaning to ask them over on their channel what their pronouns are and this saved me the trouble lol) I tried to explain the concept of Renn Faires to my dad once cuz he just doesn't get it. I really feel it's basically what movies and video games imagine that general time period to be, including dragons and faeries. I love that it's kind of a choose your own adventure. I always loved the funny comedy acts and the artisans. And I always got a bread bowl. Oh and heat exhaustion, because my renn faire was in Arizona... Also, I love these kinds of videos. I mean I love all your videos but I think about what you talked about in your patron update about the original attempt at this being boring without a story. Sometimes there doesn't have to be a story beyond "glimpse into a day of experiences and wonderment, and bonus silly Dani jokes" :)
If you want a bit of history, talk to the people playing the court! Most of the time they’ve done their research on the person they’re playing. On top of that, there’s a very good chance that’s they’ve made their clothes or they can introduce you to the one who did! I’ve played a noble at the Virginia faire for a couple of years and I LOVE gushing about my dress. I’ve also been on the noble cast at NY faire and a lot of the noble women would love to talk to you about historical fiber arts and embroidery. During their breaks I’ve seen them doing beautiful blackwork
I read this as “Renaissance Fairies” and was v excited for whimsical fae content but this is good too EDIT: I’m further in THERE ARE FAIRIES YES V GOOD
ah... another comment already pointed out that these also exist in germany, and i miss them so much too! my village has a castle in it, so there used to be medieval markets there all the time. middleschool me would go hogwild over anything with a dragon on it. of course, for us, it wasn't corona that killed those but the fact that some rich man bought the castle for his wine company, but... still.
Tabis aren't just for martial arts! When I was in rural Japan visiting my friends farm, the modern hardware store nearby sells them in the carpentry section alongside traditional Japanese carpentry tools.
I was *genuinely* shocked to find that ren faires weren't a thing in the UK. I expected they would be huge there, what with people actually knowing Tudor history! 😅
@@bernadettebanner we do have a reenactment culture though! I had a friend at school who did them. I think those are a little more historically accurate, and they are specific to historical events. Lots of historical dress and food and camping and things! No technology, things like that :)
Actually the UK does (or did) have fairs. Fairy fairs, Vampire fairs, Steampunk fairs, and historical reneactment(? spelling?) Fairs. We had plenty of them.
This was so lovely! I found myself getting a little teary. I have so missed "going places" and "doing things." The Faire is the one place where I truly feel like I'm amongst my people and I miss it more than a little.
I used to do a tour of the medieval fairs in my state (Australian state, that is) every year. They're a little bit more historical than ren faires, though there's always the handful of people who turn up in anime costumes. I, for one, was very proud of my painstakingly researched 3rd century Romano-British costume (tube dress. It's a tube dress).
If you don’t have captions on, you are missing out. “Medieval hype music” and “bagpipers simply vibing” are absolute gold.
Yes!!! They’re always amazing, I love having the subtitles on for Bernedette’s videos!
good thing i saw this before watching...
I'm a performer at this faire (a member of the fae, some of the fantastical creatures you caught in this video). Wanted to let you know that this video has been passed around the whole cast; we were heartbroken when the faire was (understandably) cancelled this season, but seeing this wonderful tribute to the fair brought the entire cast so much joy. These performers are all such dear friends of mine, and everyone was just so tickled and delighted to watch this and find some of our favorite moments from this past season. Thank you so much for this wonderful season, and we hope to see you two (and everyone else) at the faire next year. Merry meet, merry part, merry meet again!
For no reason at all, this thank you made me super teary. Here's to better times hopefully before we all LOSE OUR MINDS!!!!!!
I love the ren faire (Bristol) and I want to thank all of you performers, wherever you are in the country. We love your dedication to acting and your costumes. I hope that next year we can safely attend again. I dream of visiting numerous times and hope I can visit various locations throughout the country in the future.
Is the movie "Knight riders" a thing among Ren Faire folk? I saw it in 1981 and it got me interested in going to a Faire when they started being a thing. I am glad I didn't take pictures of the dress I made-it was an anachronistic nightmare, lol
❤️~✿~❧~🌿~❧~✿~❤️
The video captured the feeling of being on a day vacation when at the Faire. It's a stepping out of time and place and being amused and bedazzled, like a walking dream, with the sights, sounds, smells, laughs, gasps of a vision of happy people dreaming along with you.
A moment of silence for people who never had fantasy fairs in their town and are now nostalgic about something they never knew existed
thank you for your kind thoughts 😔
There was one in my area I think, I never got to go
Ingrid Sommer i live in a country where ren faires dont exist :( i knew about them and always wanted to go but i never knew they were so elaborate
I live in Spain and I never actually realised how we don't have these in Europe and that they look fun. But on the other hand, my town's (more modern) faires take place on a huge 12th century moorish castle's courtyard so there's that 😂
We had a very small one a couple years ago but we just don’t have the population to support a decent faire 😭 (I have therefore never been but shall be making an effort when they are again a thing.)
the “Dani is interested in.....what are you interested in?” is the most sibling mood i can imagine. genuinely wanting to support your sibling but not even fully paying attention bc they’re always there right next to you doing their own thing.
"bagpipers simply vibing" is now my new favorite sentence
Yes
idk, i always get told I keep droning on
I’m learning the pipes for that specific purpose
As a Scottish person who grew up in countries with zero experience of the Ren Faire or its 'inclusive' standards, I am known to get a little emotional, shedding a teardrop or 2 upon hearing traditional Scottish bagpipes. Sadly, the only response the Ren Faire pipes evoked was the urge to yell "Stop it! You're hurting my ears!" (edit:clarity)
that and medieval hype music
Find yourself someone who admires you like Bernadette and Dani admire that Ren Faire Food
Just be delicious and super expensive. No, wait, that doesn't sound right....
Best comment!! 😂💯
When I worked at the Tennessee Renaissance Festival we would always say “Renn Faire’s are to history, what the etch-a-sketch is to art”
Basically sorta kinda going for historical if you squint your eyes and look at it from a far enough distance ;-)
I loved going to the Tennessee Renaissance Festival when I lived in Nashville! The actual castle they have there is so cool.
Going to the renaissance fair in Nashville was such a delight! I went last year with a good friend . The castle tucked neatly into the woods is such a treat!! I miss it dearly!!!!!!
I came across to Texas a few years ago and made friends with some people working at a Scarborough based Ren Faire down there, I was quite excited to see the American interpretation of a town I grew up near. The interpretation was so far off the mark that they weren't even pronouncing Scarborough right... Still tons of fun though.
I grew up going to TRF and now I work for some of the people I met when I was like five
I've worked at a couple in Iowa, and it was hilarious to us when people would complain about the lack of historical accuracy - that's not the point!
Where we live, "renaissance faire" means:
renaissance-medieval-scottish-british-steampunk-fantasy.
My local ones are also "people who look like they got lost on their way to the comicon". I've seen WWE costumes, Star Wars (in 2011, I don't think there were any recent movies at the time), at least a dozen people each year dressed as Link from Legend of Zelda, and assorted superheroes and video game characters.
Yes. Don;t forget the bellydancers, random Fae of some sort, people with a variety of wings, and the occasional centaur (wild wheeled hind quarters). People are *so* creative!
and random star trek cosplayers.
My local one had au anime characters too, the creativity and passion is really out of this world!
Expect the odd Whovian, as well.
Oh my goodness, this little introvert is absolutely missing Ren Faires, and SCA events, and people in general 😭
You would love Ren Fest in Texas each weekend I thinks starting in November, each weekend is a different theme and we have different Courts for each theme like the Transylvanian court for All Hallows Eve you got the Scottish court for the Highlander fling stuff like that just Google Texas Renaissance Festival and you will find everything about it
Same!! Never thought I'd miss having to interact with people.
Sarah G this makes me want to travel to America (when it’s safe), and just do a massive tour of all the Ren Faires. I don’t think we have anything like it in Australia, certainly not of the same scale.
Ditto, Morgan.
Pennsic!
I think something this plauge has taught me is to stop saying "next year". We've been wanting to go to rent faire for the last several years and haven't "found time". Which is just false. We haven't made time. There's so much I wanted to do this summer. So many things I haven't been able to do. I feel like this whole year has been wasted.
I suspect that, in medieval times they did not take next year for granted, for pretty much this reason.
There is never a perfect time, there never will be. You must make time for everything because the universe rarely aligns to let you do what you want
You MUST make time for a faire!
6:42 I actually teared up. Remember eating food with our dirty unwashed hands in public settings surrounded by people. What careless fools we be! 😂
This was a super charming and I adored it.
I remember specifically when I was little I went to my states Renaissance Faire and my mom tried my hair up into pigtails. On the entrance they had some characters greeting people, and specifically this jester shouting down at me "Hey! I like your hair!"
Then later the jester was walking around talking to people, and he saw me, pointed and said, "Hey I remember you, 'I like your hair'!" And I just remember that brightening up my entire day.
And obviously a fun & happy memory of your childhood!
“THE THOUGHT HAS EXITED MY BRAIN PURSUED BY A BEAR”
This needs to enter my everyday vocabulary.
Yes, that happens to me a lot!
This is honestly such a mood lately
We can still do this, can’t we?
We all just have to go as plague doctors.
I am 100% down with that
I'm down with that.
I actually passed a pub the other day that was hosting a masquerade. why not?
I was a year too early 🤣
I own both a Plague Doctor mask (of the modern variety) and a set of lovely black wings. Let’s have a plague dr faire, I’m 100% willing 😂🖤🖤🖤
No cap, my bf is working on one this weekend and they just made costumes that can incorporate a mask
This video was like getting a burst of golden sunlight through the clouds after a long day of overcast. _Thank you!_
Agreed!
Gods I can't wait for things to be normal again!
Lol
Agreed.
@@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980the New normal will be just as good if following guidelines means no more Covid-19 deaths. My family has had three so far. In each case an overwhelmed nurse/tech was able to be with them at the end. A neighbor's time of death was given by his heart monitor. Take care and be safe. See you at the next faire 🌹
In Germany we call our renaissance fairs "Mittelaltermärkte" (= medieval markets).
Some of those markets were fantasy-medieval-steampunk events in parks, but lots of them actually were held in super old castles, fortresses, and the last one I attended was in an actual medieval former convent / monastery, and lots of people try to dress as authentically accurate as possible. There are BBQs, mead and beer tents, a tight-knit vendor community, show acts, music, and I miss them like a November tree misses its leaves. 😔
I went to one of those fairs in Wittenberg and it was all Renaissance crafts in the park. Tents set up and people in peasant garb cooking over fires, pounding metalcraft, carving wood, making pots, making wine. Interesting, but not fun. Nothing to participate in, and of course, the onlookers were all dressed in modern street clothes.
Ooh, you have actual castles!
@@grumpyotter Yes, and they are absolutely amazing. 🥰
The "youngest" authentic castle next to my home town is from around 1760, the oldest castle ruins in our area are from 800 BC and of Celtic origins, but had later been repopulated by the Cattic people, the Germanic tribe that settled here and gave the state of Hesse its name.
Also you can find several megalithic structures, like the Wotanstein (Odin's Stone) and the Steinkammergrab ("stone chamber tomb"), that had been built about 4.000 BC.
Lots of amazing things to see and interesting sites to visit. :)
@@elle-iza I've only been to Ireland and Finland in Europe, but it is truly amazing to an American to be able to walk around and see building still being used that are 1000 years old!
@@grumpyotter Right? It makes me dizzy to think about the people and stories those buildings have witnessed over the centuries. Playing children and death, young lovers stealing a kiss, and wars being fought. Hand-woven clothes and smartphones, ox carts and satellites...
My grandparents' house is older than the USA. 😄 (And it still has the same timber frames as in 1681 when it was built.)
THE NOSTALGIA 😭 I'm still alive, for the record! My fluff-butt will live to see another faire season. Huzzah! :))
*still...* 👀
Omg your outfit was adorable!! I've only gone to the MD Renfest and they actually have days set aside for themes. So if you wanted to be a fairy there's a whole day (or maybe it was weekend) with nothing but fairies. Yet if you wanted to show up in jeans or in historical clothes that was fine too. It was such a magical place to be, I miss it.
Just wanted to say I love your costume.
May your days be filled with music and happiness
Are all the Banners time travelers?!?
You know when the ren faires come back everyone is going as plague doctors for a while
Lol
I’m so ready for plague-doc-chic to become the new fad
Truth
I distinctly remember saying to other Ren folk last fall that this year we were going to see all kinds of Witcher costumes at our faire (I'm a vendor). Hmmmm did I jinx us?
You're killing me.
props to Dani for wearing fur pants in September
"I'm not dying. Not yet"
Words every cosplayer has spoken at least once.
Also, that looks like a lot of fun. Kind of like a mashup between a cosplay convention and what in my country would be referred to as medieval market
and if your around the right people you have massive amounts of bottles of water or other drink pushed onto you lol.
@@velvety2006 tbh as the designated mom friend I'm usually the one who forces others to stay hydrated lol
@@SusanIvanova2257 i do the same lol
@@velvety2006 Or, for that matter, you have the friends who know without fail what stands in the faire are generous enough to have free water dispensers at their counters (I know I took advantage of those all the time; tankard might be full of mead, but you bet my horn was full of water at all times).
In Texas, in costume, in the summer, we've been known to put ice down our cleavages and call it an ice chest.
anyone else thrown off by bernadette having siblings? nothing against them, they're awesome, its just that bernadette has immortal fae vibes. . . . . . it's like seeing your teacher at the grocery store lol
That's lowkey how I felt the first time I heard about Dani tbh. I thought I was just being weird, but your teacher at a grocery store analogy is so accurate. It's like thinking about Andrew Hozier-Byrne (Hozier) having parents,, just error 404.
Right she definitely has that immortal the sort of vibe. it's hard to remember that she has family. Like my very first thought is "are they immortal too?"
IanEdits Has Dani been mentioned in other videos?
@@Alice-gr1kb I'm almost sure it's them in the white Regency dress video series based of the Jacques Louis David portrait (also one of my favorite projects from Bernadette).
@@Alice-gr1kb Dani took care of Cesario while Bernadette traveled.
That sign at the end - caution: reality ahead. Man I really felt that at the end of this video. It’s crazy how nostalgic we can be for just one year ago 😢
Ugh same.
mood
I absolutely love the people who go to Ren Fairs dressed as Star Trek characters. It cracks me up.
I always thought that the Stargate ones were on the mark.
Obviously Scotty beamed them down!
@@MegaMesozoic I've heard reports of people going dressed as more tipical Ren Fair people, but with an ST officers badge somewhere on them, and they give the others hell for not being under cover on a planet that clearly isn't technologically advanced enough to join the Federation yet. (It's Federation, right? It's been too long since I watched the show.)
@@evonnagale3045 that's the diff between first gen star trek and next gen.
I saw Kylo Ren at out last faire, surrounded by 5 storm troupers and an Imperial Guard. It was pretty funny. It was probably 95 that day so I'm sure they were hot. My local faire has themed weekends. One is time traveler weekend and out front in the Doctor.
3:32 - Kudos to the person _literally rolling away from their problems_
Me, escaping my responsibilities.
I noticed that!! He was certainly.... on a roll.
Ahahahha
I miss Ren Faires as an equestrian because it's the only time when it's socially acceptable to make horse riding into a full contact sport
In my local fair they also have riders who shoot BOWS WHILE RIDING and it is the coolest flipping thing I've ever seen
@Hammer Go Bonk!- Cyber Faire 2027?
There are non-Renfaire jousting organizations.
theres a town near me that basically completely turns into a medieval village for a week, they have people with spears on horses and they do a tournament! very very cool:))
“Thought has exited my brain pursued by a bear.”
-Bernadette Banner
I seriously wish I’d seen this video before I graduated because it would have become my senior quote.
@ I doubt if many highschools require one to read Shakespeare's entire published works before graduating; Winter's Tale was not one I personally read at that time. There's no need to put the op down for not recognizing its source; It certainly would make an epic yearbook quote!
@@sarabarclay1167 it's a well known quote. and i think op was referring to university graduation . i know they don't require shakespeare to graduate. that was the point .
@ i took a whole shakespeare seminar in university and still didn't read that one. it's not exactly one of his more popular works, so i'm not shocked that this person didn't read it
@ I can't speak for OP but I see no indication that the reference wasn't understood.
@@benjaminbrown298 if so ,she should have used it as a "senior" before graduating. addition is superficial .
That "Caution: Reality Ahead" sign certainly hits different nowadays. Regardless of that, it was lovely to see something like this in the midst of all the awful stuff going on right now.
big oof, we have a similar looking sign in our biggest dutch ren faire saying "border to reality" with the dutch flag when leaving the faire and a thick white line on the ground. i miss it badly :,(
The sibling energy between Bernadette and Dani is amazing. Bernadette is so proper but she seems so relaxed and goofy with her sibling! And the snark between the two of them is hilarious 😂
Your sibling's horns and face art are incredible.
I miss people.
Dani's makeup is incredible, it really makes the whole outfit.
I loved the way you started and ended this video with you sitting on your sofa looking out the window. It was like everything that came in between was a beautiful day dream, and what a dream it was. Sigh.
Please tell Dani i love their horns. Also love the random human who stared and then winked while you were filming.
dang, now i'm sad and longing for ren faire
Also i liked because the fawn told me to do so at the end. always listen to dabbing fawns.
FYI one trick to Fahrenheit is to think of it like percentages for a human body: 0 is too cold, 100 is very hot, 50 is jacket weather. I hope that helps!
"Caution: Reality ahead 😰" Past Bernadette had *no* idea how true that sign would turn out to be.
Ah! The memories, the nostalgia, the bright moments of levity that added the sweet to the bitter(the spinning color wheel @ 4:45 killed me!). I miss the fair, my husband and I met at a Renaissance Fair and we have gone regularly ever since. Perhaps we will be able to go again in 2021? Loved this video, thank you for opening a portal for us to reminisce about better days.
The spinny wheel got me too!
Oh wow, as a nonbinary individual, I immediately noticed and appreciated the use of they/them pronouns and the term "sibling" for Dani. I think I recall the use of sibling in prior videos, but I feel absolutely validated. Much love to you and your craft, Bernadette!
Thank you!! I am NB and I get so down when I never see casual enby representation
@@grayalien48 what exactly is non binary?? This is where you don't claim a gender? It's the same or different than Gender fluid? Thought I'd ask here, as Google can have some off putting results. Not sure which results to trust or become misinformed. Many thanks. Truly.
-Dave
@@daviedood2503 hello dave! non-binary is a label you might put on yourself when you don't claim being a part of the gender binary (that being female - male (or anything, really)). different people identify as non-binary in different ways, just in the way that different people identify themselves in the roles of male/female in different ways depending on all kinds of reasons.
genderfluid, on the other hand, is where what gender you identify as does not stick to a single label for the rest of time, but simply changes without control. therefore, a genderfluid person might call themselves a man one day, but non-binary a different day, and so on. a non-binary individual might also consider themselves genderfluid, it is all different depending on who you are speaking to since, again, everyone sees their gender in a unique way.
it is important to note that i am only a single individual and my view on this matter may differ from other's who are just as informed, but it is important to always be open to new conversations and new aspects of the gender binary (or non-binary)!
thank you for asking!
@@kingkarlxivjohanofsweden4746 so gender fluid is based off what you're feeling for that day?
@@daviedood2503 yes, if you are gender fluid, that is correct. but some may feel like a different gender depending on longer or shorter time periods. it's all relevant to the person you're speaking to, but this is mostly all.
O, to be at a Renaissance Faire in historically inaccurate dress, eating fries and turkey legs with my Belov'd
edit: O, to be but a peregrine commenter on Lady Bernadette's video and to have one's own comment become fAmOuS.
unnecessarily, please do click on the small circle which is my profile pic. 😗
The turkey legs are actually ham made to look like turkey too.
@@carochan86 yes!
You get FRIES? We don't but they make some awesome food in bread bowls
carochan86 Oh my, thanks for warning me. I’ve always wanted to go to one of those faires and get a turkey leg, but pork products don’t agree with me. You have saved me from spending the afternoon of my imagined faire day with stabbing pains in my belly. Hopefully we’ll be able to get closer to normal within the next few years and can once again go to fun events with people and not worry about killing our mothers by bringing back the plague from the fair, although that would sadly, be very historically accurate.
I’ve always gone and I had no idea!! We also have crêpes lol I love going but it’s always really cold
As a member of the viking village at NYRF, I want to say a heartfelt thank you for visiting us last year. It was so nice to see faces that I will not see this year. Thank you!!!!
This looks like so much fun! Dani's faun look is so cool. And yes for Monty python references.
We have a “Monty Python Jar” at our house for all of the references I make. I joke that were Bernadette to visit, she’d be putting in as well. 🤷🏻♀️😂 “And now for something completely different!” 🤷🏻♀️
My son was visiting friends in the states a few years ago, and was roped into helping out at a Renn Faire in California...mind you, t'was but a very short "rope"...Upon return to our fair shores, he was obliged to pay excess baggage on his purchases of a great-plaid, a jerkin, shirt, pants, hand-tooled leather spats (knee length, of course) and gauntlets, and a leather hip bag...he made quite the picture coming through the customs hall, after changing in the airport loo's...I swear so many people gave themselves whip-lash as he strode - all 6 feet 2 of him - through Kingsford-Smith International in a Black Watch Great Kilt and accessories...truly a sight to behold...
One day I hope to attend a faire myself, though I'm not sure if wheelchairs were a thing back then??...
The beauty of ren faires and SCA events is that when modern necessities intrude, like eyeglasses or wheelchairs, they can be explained away with whimsy!
Why, your noble steed was enchanted by a travelling sorcerer to better fit wherever you may wish to go! You’re particularly fond of no longer spending long hours mucking stalls!
See? Done. :)
@@spacewolfcub why I thank you kind sir, your imagination is truely worthy of Shakespearean comparison. (•‿•)
@@spacewolfcub And let us not forget that at faire, such things as wheelchairs or mobility scooters, much like wagons and strollers for children, are just another place to heap decorations and the like! I've seen more than a few mobility scooters done up in barding with a hobby-horse head at the front, or wheelchairs with fairy wings and flowers until they were a part of the costume. Anything one can stick garb or decoration on is totally fair game.
definitely, all sorts of people have existed all throughout time. if not wheelchair then something
@@lowercase_ash that sounds so cool... sorry if I hurt you while I was climbing into your imagination...😉😏
I burst into tears when you cut back to yourself alone on the couch! What a beautiful reminder of all things dearly missed this year, I'm so glad you ended up editing and posting this footage. Here's to "time future contained in time past", if I can steal from T.S. Eliot.
I never realized how much I really appreciated seeing folks in cosplay, until all the local cons got cancelled.
Dress up with family for a day at home...or video chat with friends and say it is a magic mirror that you are using. Imagination and laughter will brighten any dark cloud.
Dani being like "i'm not dying YET" is a big "wearing cosplay when it's maybe too hot to wear cosplay" mood, also this was lovely to watch, I've never been to a Renaissance Faire (tm) being from the UK and love watching footage of people going to them and having a wonderful time, but I remember growing up there being some medieval reenactments that had jousting and stalls etc. that I loved going to and had a similar vibe! it was much smaller and there was less dressing up to go but still a lovely day out
That sibling laugh after watching the food and ''That bread, that chonk of bread.'' warms my heart.
i am getting legit emotional watching this, in the netherlands we have castlefest and elfia which are fantasy fests/renfairs, and everything got cancelled, but luckely the amazing community came together for lifestreams and stuff.
The Castlefest livestream made me legit emotional as well. I miss it so much, but everyone did such a good job!
ive always wanted to go to castlefest! I used to work at this NY Ren Faire and watching this video is making me very emotional as well lol
As a Scottish person I am simultaneously confused and enthralled by this. 😂
Another Scot here, couldn’t agree more. It’s weird but I really want to go! 😂
LOL! There are more and less historical faires. Having worked three of them, and having friends who work them, people have a myriad of reasons to go; a lot of people go to eat, some go to dress up, some just to hear a particular musical group. As long as people stay sober, it's a great time.
I'm a licensed massage therapist. I did massage at a Faire. Oh, the stories.
🤣🤣🤣
Oh my dear, it's re-enactment for the casually interested. As all things American, if there is money to be made, someone will be selling something. Is it accurate? No. Is it enthralling? Yes. It's a day at the theme park, more or less.
I thought Scotland was a RenFaire! At least that is how i remember it through the haze.
me seeing the dude jouster: oh cool suit dude!!
me seeing the lady jousters: 😳😳😳 MY LEIGE
"heterosexuality has left the chat"
What a vibe
SAME
MEEEEE
my gooood, same!
People at the faires are SO friendly and welcoming and supportive. It's such a good atmosphere 💜
“Ren Faire especially welcomes the fantastical” *pointed camera tilt to Dani* This video is lovely! (And making me nostalgic for Ren Faire’s past..)
Dani's costume was so rad.
Thanks for the cameo shot here! I've been performing at the New York Renaissance Festival as "The Pride of Ireland" since 2016, and it has become one of my absolute favorite festivals to play at. Missing this season is heartbreaking, but we're keeping our skills sharp for our return in 2021. Hope to see you there!
I was just about to post the video to your facebook :)
I love that this is more a re-enactment of like a dnd city faire where there are historical people but there are also more fantasy people
I'm a European for whom this is absolutely not a concept, but my spouse is American. They are unimpressed, but I swear next time we get to safely be in the US, I'm dragging them into a Renn fair. It looks so fun and so welcoming!
We do have medieval markets/faires though, which arguably are more historically accurate than the NY one. Specially when they are in actual medieval castles or fortresses
@@Luumus I was just gonna say the same: we call them Medieval Festivals here and there are (ahem... Used to be) plenty, just maybe not so generally popular, as they are a bit "niche"
It's awesome 😁
It is fun and very welcoming.
here in holland, we have the elf fantasy fair - which is ren fair with pretty much everything and the kitchen sink and castle fest which is more of a Woodstock vibed fair, lots of music and very mellow mood.
If anyone is curious about the man with the fire whips, his name is Aaron Bonk! He performs at a few different Renn Faires every year (when there isn't a plague). I saw him perform in Pennsylvania and he was excellent!
B o n k
But are not such dances good for driving out the evil spirits causing plagues and shouldn't they be performed especially now in these troubled times?
He's so good! Love him!
Oh you made me cry. Especially at the end, when you show the way back to reality in those beautiful, clean, emotional cuts. When it was just you sitting there looking out of the window I burst into tears. I am a larper and met most of my friends through this hobby. They live all over the country and I won't see most of them until next year, all those stories waiting to be spun and dresses to be worn will have to wait and sometimes this is so hard to bear. It is an absolute luxury to have these worries and a lot about larp is cringy, as were some things on the ren fair, but it's also about imagination and living in a dream bubble for just a few days.
Thank you for the wonderful video! I hope we will all be able to go back to those things last year.
Here in Kansas City our Ren Fest has shrunk from 8 weekends to 5. I fear it will get whittled away to nothing.
I've found that one of the absolute best things about the Ren Fair is the people that you meet. You can talk to anyone and they will always have a story to tell.
Sincerely enjoying harmless pastimes is not cringy and those who think so can die by my blade.
@@TheQcaller That's my brother's local Faire! For a few years he worked it as part of the Maestro's Kumpania. If I recall correctly, it's also ONE of the oldest faires in the country.
Dude same!!! 😭😭😭😭😭❤
Ok but Dani is the cutest person alive, seriously i don’t understand how i’m already in love with them after 1 video. and on a related note did anyone notice how many beautiful people there were in this video? Bernadette is stunning and so is Dani but the random people in the background and b-roll kept catching my eye cuz they were so pretty.
Oooo, such adventurous historic fun! I must find myself a historic fair to attend, but wait....quarantine is still a thing.
On a side note, dearest Bernadette, I’m going to take this opportunity to tell you how very much, not only your life work but you as a person are dear to my heart.
I know you say that you are chronically introverted, a strange human and something of a swamp hag, and of course you have other completely human struggles to deal with, because such is life, but you are also entirely inspiring, adorable, true and strong and the cleverest witch.
Over these many months we’ve been on the UA-cams together you have enticed some very amazing things out of me, of which I can not thank you enough. Let me explain - I’ve always enjoyed sewing (historic dresses being a wonderful but unattainable aspiration) but sort of forgot about it in the last couple of years, but you went and set me to dreaming again! I told myself making a historic dress was far beyond me; however, one day I said to myself that I was going to give it my best try, and we’ll...seven projects later I’m a total addict. I really enjoy hand sewing now, too. Really, you have informed much of my thought pattern around historic sewing and dress. Your Victorian/Edwardian style is impeccable and has also become my era of choice. I am now becoming a modernish Victorian thing unashamedly wearing my creations and I feel I’ve found home.
❤️ Thank you, Bernadette.
P. S. I find it ridiculous that we both had a ravenous and instantaneous need to understand Old English, when we realized it was a thing.
4:06 Damn, I felt that wink through the screen.
Here in Germany we have ren fairs and they are called “Mittelaltermarkt” or “Altertumsmarkt” which translates to medieval market or antiquity market (medieval market is used more often)
They’re maybe not the size of Manhattan but they often take place in old castles and people (myself included) dress up in medieval-like clothes like linnen shirts or very simple leather shoes. In German this is called “Gewandung” which roughly translates to clothing or maybe raiment (I don’t really know😅)
I really miss them, especially the biggest one I know the MPS (Mittelalterliches Phantasie Spektakulum) with some well known German medieval folk bands. It’s almost like an open air concert with a huge medieval market around it.
In France, they have Fest Noz (never been, but I want to)!
Bands like Corvus Corax? Found them by accident, loved them instantly.
Renessaince came after Middle-Age, so different time period.
@@whatcausethswevenes Fest Noz are the Breton form of a ceili, very different from a Ren Faire.. All three are amazing fun however.
In my experiences, although their is a heavy emphasis on Renaissance period inspired clothing at a Ren Faire, almost anything can be found, from Middle Ages, to high fantasy, or even Star Trek. My experiences with German Mittelaltermarkt was a bit more confined to the Middle Ages. I even saw people approaching visitors in fantasy clothing and instructing them that that wasn't Middle Ages costume. But perhaps other German faires are more forgiving of these breaches of costume etiquette.
We have these in Germany! They’re usually called “Medieval Fairs” though and that’s also how they’re themed - so you get jousting and dances, but obvs there’s no Queen Elizabeth around 😅 Quite often they also take place in historic old towns or castles!
Aside note: What a lovely escape from reality this video provides! How lucky you never put this together until now 😅
We do have something like that in Germany it’s called “Mitterlalterliches Fantasie Spectaculum” and it’s not at all historically accurate, but people dress up in what they believe to be at least slightly medieval, drink mead and dance to the live concert music.. it’s a lot of fun but also a lot of very cheesy velvety Korsetts 😂👏🏻 is love to see Ren fair some day 🖤😌
That sounds amazing and very similar
We have "fête médiévale" in France, but they tend to be historically accurate
And Castlefest in the Netherlands!
We have one of these medieval festivals with a historically accurate location at least, a medieval castle. But it has a lot of this cheap polyester velvet too. 😂
Also there's smaller "Medieval Markets" all over Europe
The
"Yes, I really had to make this sign"
KILLED ME
I know there are renaissance fairs in germany since friends of mine once invited me before the dreadful quarantine times, and the fact that they have been many times before.
I'm not sure just how big or how the mix of historical and fantastical goes about there but this struck some more motivation for asking them again about it once we're all back to roaming the earth freely jajaja
Also this feels so much like a lively distant memory. Like a bit of warmth in our isolated times
Yes, they are called medieval markets ( Mittelalter Markt). Usually people in costume get in for a reduced entrance fee. And you'll find people with all kinds of costumes and without.
To add to what lyleea said, one Medieval market that is quite similar to the NY Faire is the Oberurseler Feyerei. It is a bit smaller, but there ar similar events and some amazing little shops where you can spend your money on beautifully hand crafted things. Though this is not exclusive only to the Oberurseler Feyerei.
I hope for us all that the coming year we can all visit Medieval markets again, tbh German Medieval market are in my opinion the best and an amazing experience
Reenactor from germany here. There are a lot of historical markets here in germany and in many scandinavian places. But, at least here in germany, there are different kind of markets. We got the MPS, the Mittelalterliches Phantasiespektakulum (medieval fantasy spectacle), the markets and the "Army camps", where mostly fighter meet up (Heerbann, for example). Those two are mostly way more historical accurate than the MPS.
It's definitely a bigger thing here and worth a visit!
We have one in Texas. I worked it one summer ... i enjoy the craftsmanship....amazing tradespeople...beautiful ironwork and wood work, I personally loved the theater productions and costumes 🏆!
I spent everything i made on very unique Christmas gifts 🎁... 😆 🤣 😂 seriously...i walked around those acres and acres on my lunch hour and bought something every day 😆 🤣 😂
I noticed a large percentage of the population attending ...enjoyed the food and Spirits 🍺 🍻 🍗 🌽 🍟 🍞 🍺 🍻 🍺 🍻 🍺 🍻 🍺 🍻 🍺 🍻 🍺 🍻 the MOST!!!
Our fair ...hum age 16 to 30 ...90 percent of the population attending was between ages 16 to 30.
I seldom saw children or the elderly ...maybe because of the heat and distance walking...also the language spoken VERY Loudly was not rated G and some of the acting was certainly not rated G.
@@Asatruar1995 fascinating information. Excited to look it up and learn more.
I've been a performer at a renaissance faire, as well as done pre-show entertainment for Shakespeare on the Green, which is 3 weeks in June and July, 4 nights a week where they will perform 2 plays, usually one tragedy and one comedy. And have done so in costume(probably not historically accurate, but I make do with what I've got), which usually means I have at least 3-4 layers of fabric pretty much everywhere. It can be excruciatingly hot, we have often joked about putting ice packs between the chemise and the corset just to keep cool. It is a lot of fun, singing madrigals that are historically accurate, and this was the first time in 6 years that I haven't done Shakespeare on the Green. I remember dreading doing it because it was a lot of work, but once you are out there it makes it totally worth it, and now I really miss it.
If you ever do decide to try ice packs, go look up SCA & Ren Faire solutions. Several of the folks who play in those venues have come up with some quite clever solutions for heat beyond what our Renaissance European ancestors would have known.
As an introvert and mostly loner, I never thought I'd miss people and events 😕
InPortugal we have (had) a lot of renaissance and medieval faires. They are usually smaller that the one you showed (but we are a small country as well), but since we have a lot of castles, some of them are inside the old ruins and there's pretty much all that you showed! Most people go with normal clothing but some have "historical" clothing for rent (it's always way too hot for that :( )
I really enjoy eating and walking around in the faires. It's probably my favourite part of summer!
Thank you for uploading this because it made me really happy~ I want to go~
Carolina
“Historical” clothing that’s made of synthetic fabrics because that’s cheaper?
@@ragnkja Exactly~ And not actually accurate either
Yes, Carolina I agree completely! I love the one in Santa Maria da Feira ;)
Carolina
Nightmarish inaccurate materials, and not even accurate design? I’m not surprised people don’t want to rent those costumes.
@@andreiamartins7934 I usually go to the ones around Sintra but I also went to Obidos and it was really nice. I want to go to that one as well! :D
So Americans get both Renaissance Fairs AND Halloween to dress up, this is most unfair!
Europeans can do it every single day with at least 3000 years of fairly documented styles, simply by commemorating a history that was actually had, not invented.
@@MadManchou Not so much here in Australia though, at least not where I live. Plus I like the look of fun & levity Ren Fairs & Halloween provide rather than historically accurate re-enactments.
@@insulaarachnid i know its kinda hard to put a lot of effort into a costume only to not be able to wear it but, if you really want to dress up id say go for it! even if its in your own home
@@galacticpotato607 Thanks :-) but it's more the social aspect with dressing up at those events I am really drawn to.
@@insulaarachnid I'm sure once the pandemic passes and things go back to normal you could find social events around you as well? For example Halloween, it's not really celebrated here in Germany either, but you can always find at least some Party advertised that welcomes costumes. It might also be a bit awkward but any kind of nerd-ish convention will gladly accept costumes even if they are not related to a specific franchise in my experience? I'm sure Australia has some as well.
Also one can always arrange something with friends. I've talked to so many people that have the same sentiment of wanting to dress up but never getting an occasion to do so. It will feel awkward (especially as I'm somewhat socially anxious myself) to invite people over and mention costumes, but usually the inviting them over etc is the biggest hurdle.
The medieval carnivale we go to every year in Balingup, Western Australia, has been cancelled and I literally felt like I was in mourning. I know the feels. Thank you for doing all you do! This is wonderful! Although the melancholy window gazing was in equal parts lovely and morose.
I love how you can now achieve an historical look to your videos not just by wearing period accurate costumes, but by showing large groups of people socializing.
🤞 hopefully some day I can travel over from Melbourne to experience it! (if Victoria manages not to collapse lol)
@@Gnomes_ *laughs in Metro Melbourne*
I am so sad at how many events I've had to miss this year. Goldfields was the last one. I was so revved for Timeline Festival, I had so much new stuff for my display 😥 the next season will be all the bigger for the work we put in now though!
Newbie here! I had planned to do a bunch of Australian ones this year (crystal ugly tears in Melbourne). Are there any in particular you'd recommend? I've heard about Abbey and Barossa and a couple in Vic but any recommendations would be fantastic!
@@ellenhynes8393 Abbey, St Ives, Timeline, Barossa, Balingup and Sheffield are the biggest in each state(not territories, not sure what faires they have) that I know of. Smaller ones all over the place! Goldfields, Camelot, Geekfest and others over Victoria. Plus NSW and QLD have other smaller ones too. I hope the World Jousting Championship is held as soon as feasible once the season opens!
Here in Portugal we have lots of Medieval fairs happening in the summer, though this year they were all cancelled. Most of them are in castles or centuries old towns which really helps the immersion and the historical accuracy. That I know of, most European countries do them.
They are always so much fun, I miss them...
I just drank this video like a healing draught. The bagpipes and the sun floating through the dust motes gave me that wonderful Faire feeling perfectly.
Same, and I haven't been to a Ren Faire in something like 30 years.
Ren Faires are fun. For something more historically accurate, check out the Society for Creative Anachronism. They expect their members to learn history, and create historically accurate characters, and they periodically do public reenactments and demonstrations of their studies.
Yay the SCA 🎉
Yup! Attended a coue of meetings. Had to sew a costume and create sn identity.
Dani’s little dab at the end is the nonbinary representation we deserve
The casual use of 'sibling' and 'they' just makes my nonbinary heart warm. It's the bare minimum really but makes me happy regardless.
RillaRoro its horrible that just the bare minimum can make someone as ecstatic as it does, it should simply be common practice to respect people and their genders/pronouns. Well, i just figured i should say that because it’s what i thought of when i read your comment, so farewell, fellow Bernadette viewer! 💛🤍🖤💜
It takes people time to Learn new ways of thinking and use of language. Be patient with us. I’m still learning, and I have the advantage of gay and bi siblings and child. There’s just so many new ways of expressing identity now, it takes us heteros some time to catch up
Of course!! It took me a bit to learn too, i just find it sad that there are people who dont bother catching up, so when someone does acknowledge one’s pronouns or gender, that person is extremely happy. No matter the gender, people deserve to be respected. If once in a while there’s a slip-up, it’s all good, i just think that its sad how many people don’t respect others. I’m not sure how much that made sense, but just for clarification, i’m mainly talking about those who purposefully misgender/deadname others. ♥️♥️
im cis and it made me so fucking happy oml
Lisa Kvasnevski but they’re not sisters? Bernadette is Dani’s sister, Dani is Bernadette’s *sibling*. They aren’t a girl, they don’t use she/her or sister or other female pronouns. They’re siblings, not sisters.
“Remember”? Hell, I used to be performer! Between 1999 and 2001, I worked at Bristol and TRF, invariably playing military characters (don’t ask me me why). I was never in the prettiest costume, but I sure remember what it was to schlep a 14-foot pike!
Notably, though, the NY Faire was the first one I *saw*, back in my early teens.
My husband and I both go to the MD Rennfest every year, it's actually where we got engaged. So sad this year was cancelled. We're trying to convince the craftsman that makes the yearly mugs to do a run that calls this year the year of the plague or the lost year.
Maryland RennFest.... yeah, only place for the actual state sport! I miss it... and I moved away 20 years ago now. They don't have one in my part of The South.
Oh my gosh, please do this. I'm missing out on this one too 💔
I've worked many renfaires, and MD is probably the nicest overall in the country to go to an fairly nice one to work as well. You are lucky it's your local faire
every year, by the time I decide I want one of the metal mugs, they are sold out for the day. MD ren faire is better than the VA one, though VA ren faire has some neat historical workshops on cooking, botany and lace making. I'm one of the trash people that never has a costume and just grabs the flower crown. better than nothing.
@@k4tlyn661 I only got a costume last year, and I have gone every year since I was little! I actually wore my flower crown from my first date with my husband instead of a veil at our wedding!
Not going to lie, this video made me sad. We had such grand plans for Ren Faire this year. I cannot wait to be walking around my faire next year (hopefully) with my friends, dressed in our DnD OC's and as my sister so eloquently put it "get properly toasty off mead". This video was a comfort I didn't realize I needed. Thank you for this, truly. It's always a day of wonder and amusement, and perhaps we go several times, because there is no keeping us away from them.
My wife and I had to miss last year, so this year we were planning on making the most of it ... 2020, why are you so cruel!
This video made me sad too, such good memories of going with my friends. I had really wanted to go again this year, but 2020 is poop.
I have have such longing/nostalgia for the before times when I would go square dancing! People would host dances in their homes, or in community spaces, a live band of around four or five people would play banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin and sometimes if we got lucky a stand-up bass. All ages and types of people would come in and dance together. Not only did we breathe each other’s air, WE EMBRACED! And my true love would twirl me around until I got so dizzy I had to sit and catch my breathe. What sweaty, summer fun it was.
I've been going to the ren fair for almost 20 years, and I'm turning 20, and i recognized the knights in the joust. Here in NC we do ours in the fall so I know there are people whose entire livelihoods depend on going from fair to fair which is so very sad that they are affected like this by the pandemic. And I've been so down thinking that my lifelong tradition may not be happening until next year. I swear the ren fest is the highlight of my year. Thank you for showing these wonderful clips
You been going for 20 years yet you are turning 20.... this is your life !!!! That’s awesome!!
@Walrus Lady This year was also going to be the last year of Barely Balanced performing with the original Large, because he's retiring :(
As someone who's worked CRF for ~15 years (as well as other faires), thanks for thinking of us.
Yeah, a lot of NYC actors work the festival every year because it's actually a good way to save some cash for the year. They've been really hit hard trying to survive.
@@Rowan.Evander I'm sorry, friend.
My husband and I are in the SCA and are sitting at home mourning all the events we've missed this year. Neither of us have ever been to a Renn Faire (ironically), but Pennsylvania has a pretty big one, I believe. We are supposed to be at Pennsic War right now....but alas, the plague...
If you and/or Cathy are looking for a pre-1600 immersive, historically accurate (mostly) experience, Pennsic would be absolutely worth your while! =)
Caitlin Heckman much better than ALL the ren faires
Dickens Fair is my event of this type. I'm so proud and happy they cancelled but so heartbroken at the same time.
True, we don't have Renaissance Fairs around here. However, we have medieval festivals/markets, which often take place near/inside of castles. I've just been to one last weekend. It was a smaller one, but the castle made for a nice backdrop for some pictures. A lot of medieval festivals were cancelled due to the pandemic, but some are taking place - and it currently looks like they'll even be able to hold the VIECC in November.
We have one yearly in Sweden in Visby with jousting and markets and sometimes they even do an reenactment of one of the battles tjat happen there. But I think it’s cancelled this year because of corona. But I have heard that they been letting the knights that usually is doing the jousting ride around the city in full gear. Sadly I havent had the opportunity to go to Visby this summer.
Uh hello fellow austrian friend (I think) :D I'm curious how they'll handle the whole crowdcontrol thing :)
@@helsdottir Hey there ^^ Yes, I'm Austrian. And what "they" and what "crowd control" are we talking about, exactly?
Same, i visited a medieval market at the "Loreley" in Germany last weekend and it was adorable and also really well organized. I often go to medieval markets, so this was an amazing experience since i didn't have the opportunity to visit one this year so far... ^^
idk if thats a ravenclaw eagle as your pfp
As someone who’s gone to this exact one for years since I was a child, it is indeed MAGICAL
Danis faun is the most breathtakingly cute outfit I've seen in years!
As someone who also uses they/them pronouns, hearing one of my favs using gender neutral terms for their sibling and just being chill about it almost made me cry. This also really made me want to go to a ren fair omg
YES ABSOLUTELY MY ENBY HEART IS SCREAMING
I use she/her, but heck yeah they/them pronouns! I love when J Kenji Lopez-Alt signs off at the end of his videos, he always says "guys, gals, and non-binary pals" and it just makes my heart happy.
Should definitely go at least once! The regional faires vary a lot of course, but it is a magical spectacle to behold for a weekend. I don't do well with crowds so I stick to the smaller ones but they still have plenty of food, shops, shoes, and jousts/tournaments to enjoy.
Meee toooo!! Yay siblings who can support each other!
@@Sebastian-td2qo one of the cocovid panels was about lgbtqa+ experiences in historical dress. A few people to follow in there!
"People are so weird" is literally a sentence my friend and I use regularly...XD
Also in my hometown (in Germany) there's a little medival faire at an old castle ruin every two years. It's not at all as cool as the one in New York but there are sword fights too...
But you see, you think that isn’t as cool, but as an American, the fact that’s it’s at a castle makes me incredibly jealous
Where though? :O
There's a medieval fair every year very close to where I live as well and last year the village where I live celebrated its 1000th anniversary with a medieval do amongst other things. That was when I decided that finally I want to make a medieval dress for myself and go to more medieval fairs dressed up appropriately just for the fun of it (there are several medieval fairs and markets, but the one mentioned above is the closest). Something I never really got around doing for lack of time. Well, the dress is ready now, but... - Oh the irony.
I also live in Germany by the way, but went to countless similar events when I lived in England for several years.
@@kana0kitsune They are basically everywhere where castles are. Just keep your eyes open or Google for MittelalterSpektakel Kalendarium or so.
oh that wink at 4:06 hast slain me, I am dead.
came here to say this! i mumbled out loud "ooh they're cute" and then they winked 😳😅
Dani's makeup looks amazing and i love the whole outfit, but i have to say that the little tail is the best part
All the "medieval" festivals that happen in Australia are sadly no go. This was a lovely way to remember the fun and frivolity of times past.
I miss my local medieval fayre so much!
Omg Dani doing that bit at the end just KILLED me. XD
(Also I had been meaning to ask them over on their channel what their pronouns are and this saved me the trouble lol)
I tried to explain the concept of Renn Faires to my dad once cuz he just doesn't get it. I really feel it's basically what movies and video games imagine that general time period to be, including dragons and faeries. I love that it's kind of a choose your own adventure. I always loved the funny comedy acts and the artisans. And I always got a bread bowl.
Oh and heat exhaustion, because my renn faire was in Arizona...
Also, I love these kinds of videos. I mean I love all your videos but I think about what you talked about in your patron update about the original attempt at this being boring without a story. Sometimes there doesn't have to be a story beyond "glimpse into a day of experiences and wonderment, and bonus silly Dani jokes" :)
Dani uses they/them pronouns! I think it's in their bio on instagram
What is Dani's chanel? They seem so cool and lovely! 😎💗💗💗
4:06 I like the saucy wink Bernadette got there!
So cute! 😄💞
I feel like its been 420 years since the last faire.
But its historical accurate to stay in during plagues so.
Nice
Living the Ren lifestyle
Ain't no plague- h3ll, the flu kills TWICE as many-EVERY YEAR.
🤣🤣🤣 thanks I needed that silver lining. Got to do it for the historical accuracy!
@tiny tete The flu kills 400k-1 MILLION every year, this planned event 500k, and average age 80. This is nothing but a flu type virus. Nothing special
If you want a bit of history, talk to the people playing the court! Most of the time they’ve done their research on the person they’re playing. On top of that, there’s a very good chance that’s they’ve made their clothes or they can introduce you to the one who did! I’ve played a noble at the Virginia faire for a couple of years and I LOVE gushing about my dress. I’ve also been on the noble cast at NY faire and a lot of the noble women would love to talk to you about historical fiber arts and embroidery. During their breaks I’ve seen them doing beautiful blackwork
I read this as “Renaissance Fairies” and was v excited for whimsical fae content but this is good too EDIT: I’m further in THERE ARE FAIRIES YES V GOOD
I read it as that too!!!! Lmao
You describing the temperature in celsius made me so happy. Also, can we take a moment to appreciate what an awesome faun Dani is?
ah... another comment already pointed out that these also exist in germany, and i miss them so much too! my village has a castle in it, so there used to be medieval markets there all the time. middleschool me would go hogwild over anything with a dragon on it.
of course, for us, it wasn't corona that killed those but the fact that some rich man bought the castle for his wine company, but... still.
Invade his wine tastings in full garb! Sing rousing medieval songs while toasting his wine! :D
This is the only solution
Drink the wine straight from the barrel. Invade the castle! Wear. Capes!
I think it's the ordinary moments that become nostalgia in times of uncertainty. THANKS for taking us on your adventure, Bernadette! :-)
“Look at that Chonk of Bread” - Dani Banner c.2020
smallishkae
September 2019
Tabis aren't just for martial arts! When I was in rural Japan visiting my friends farm, the modern hardware store nearby sells them in the carpentry section alongside traditional Japanese carpentry tools.
The costume is lovely, as always
But check out that 2019 vintage crowd!
Oh my goodness! I forget that crowds at non-essential venues were a thing back then.
I feel like we should have more of this in the UK. Not now obvs but in the future... English Heritage are missing a trick!
I was *genuinely* shocked to find that ren faires weren't a thing in the UK. I expected they would be huge there, what with people actually knowing Tudor history! 😅
Maybe we have too much history to make a thing of a specific era. Too worried about upsetting the rest of history... We are a nation of overthinkers!
@@bernadettebanner we do have a reenactment culture though! I had a friend at school who did them. I think those are a little more historically accurate, and they are specific to historical events. Lots of historical dress and food and camping and things! No technology, things like that :)
I agree. I'm in the NE and we have lots of castles a bit further north from me & Beamish a bit further south but nothing like this ever happens. :-(
Actually the UK does (or did) have fairs. Fairy fairs, Vampire fairs, Steampunk fairs, and historical reneactment(? spelling?) Fairs.
We had plenty of them.
This was so lovely! I found myself getting a little teary. I have so missed "going places" and "doing things." The Faire is the one place where I truly feel like I'm amongst my people and I miss it more than a little.
So glad I’m not the only one that almost cried 😭
I used to do a tour of the medieval fairs in my state (Australian state, that is) every year. They're a little bit more historical than ren faires, though there's always the handful of people who turn up in anime costumes.
I, for one, was very proud of my painstakingly researched 3rd century Romano-British costume (tube dress. It's a tube dress).