From webmaster at festint.com Sat May 3 02:28:24 2008 From: webmaster at festint.com (Festivals Webmaster) Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 01:28:24 -0500 Subject: [Festivals International] /) Iowa Renaissance Festival & Nebraska Renaissance Faire Updates (\ Message-ID: This is the weekend of the 17th annual Iowa Renaissance Festival in the Amana Colonies. This year features a massive amount of new entertainment brought in from the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, Kansas City Renaissance Festival and near Chicago. It's probably the "freshest" lineup of acts since it first moved to the Amanas. Weather on Saturday is supposed to be "Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers in the morning...then partly sunny in the afternoon." Sunday will be "Warmer...sunny." In the event of rain, many acts will be able to relocate in to one of several covered pavilions. Reports from the festival site Friday night said it was looking okay, but wind had been giving some of the tents problems. This weekend is also the Maifest in Amana, with wine tasting tours and other fun activities, so plan to make a weekend out of it. As of a few days ago, a few hotels in the area still had vacancies so you might get lucky. Next weekend (10th and 11th) is the Nebraska Renaissance Faire at it's new location in Papillion (near Omaha). You can find links to the site with information at the end of this e-mail, but this is a new date and place for this event. Unlike past locations which were just tents, there are many buildings on this site which are being incorporated as merchant shops. And tents. The event organizers are going to be really tied up the next week or so (setting up and tearing down two events) but a feedback form will be made available on the website to leave comments about this year's event. Stay tuned for more news and, as always, check the website from time to time for updates... Happy 2008, everyone! -- Festivals Webmaster webmaster at festint.com http://www.festint.com - Festivals International http://www.iowarenfest.com - Iowa Renaissance Festival http://www.nebfaire.com - Nebraska Renaissance Faire http://www.lincolnshirefaire.com - Lincolnshire Renaissance Faire -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From webmaster at festint.com Wed May 28 20:31:53 2008 From: webmaster at festint.com (Festivals Webmaster) Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 19:31:53 -0500 Subject: [Festivals International] Omaha-area Midlands Pirate Festival - Sep 20-21, 2008 Message-ID: <83C6E965-17AF-4230-B629-674A39AC12B3@festint.com> Mark yer calendar for a new piratey event for 2008: http://www.midlandspiratefest.com/ Sep 20-21, 2008: NEW! Midlands Pirate Festival Bellevue Berry & Pumpkin Ranch in Papillion, NE This will be at the location the Nebraska Renaissance Faire was held earlier this May. Drop by the site for the latest details, though there aren't many yet. A full website will be coming soon... -- Festivals Webmaster webmaster at festint.com http://www.festint.com - Festivals International http://www.iowarenfest.com - Iowa Renaissance Festival http://www.nebfaire.com - Nebraska Renaissance Faire http://www.lincolnshirefaire.com - Lincolnshire Renaissance Faire