Will you attend your local Renaissance Fair this Summer? Q and A thread. Newbies welcome.

[Lord Manhammer]

Can't argue with that one, but most Americans can't afford to travel to Europe, so we happily go to our local faires.

That's a very good point...wasn't trying to sound elitist!

 

[Buzz Rules]

That's a very good point...wasn't trying to sound elitist!

I didn't think you were. I'd go to Europe as well if I could with an EU passport, if I had one. I've actually tried to see if I qualified for one through my great grandparents but they became US citizens as quickly as they could so that pretty much ended that option.

 

[Twilghtsprkle]

I didn't think you were. I'd go to Europe as well if I could with an EU passport, if I had one. I've actually tried to see if I qualified for one through my great grandparents but they became US citizens as quickly as they could so that pretty much ended that option.

My mother became a US citizen but never renounced her Polish citizenship. After almost 50 years she renewed it and that allowed me to get my Polish citizenship which I passed along to my kids.

 

[Lord Manhammer]

My mother became a US citizen but never renounced her Polish citizenship. After almost 50 years she renewed it and that allowed me to get my Polish citizenship which I passed along to my kids.

Dzień dobry!

I am working towards my German citizenship through my grandmother who fled during WWII. I'm so glad that you passed down your Polish citizenship to your kids.

Just curiously, where in Poland is your family from? I spend a lot of time in Kraków for work and have fallen in love with the country. On my campus I am known as the Polish Ambassador.

 

[Buzz Rules]

My mother became a US citizen but never renounced her Polish citizenship. After almost 50 years she renewed it and that allowed me to get my Polish citizenship which I passed along to my kids.

I don't think I qualify unfortunately. My great grandmother fled Poland after her Jewish family was killed by Russian nationalists in a pogrom attack in the 1910's. She became a US citizen in the 1930's, so I think she became a citizen to early for her to become a duel citizen and pass down her citizenship to her granddaughter (my mother).

 

[SirDuff]

My mother became a US citizen but never renounced her Polish citizenship. After almost 50 years she renewed it and that allowed me to get my Polish citizenship which I passed along to my kids.

Interesting. I was under the impression that you automatically renounced your Polish citizenship when you got another (i.e. that Poland would stop considering you a citizen). It's probably too late for us anyway as both of my grandparents (who were Polish) are deceased (so cannot renew anything) and we've never quite worked out what citizenship my mom had at birth (possibly Polish, though) and we don't know where her birth certificate is (and she is also deceased).

 

[Twilghtsprkle]

Interesting. I was under the impression that you automatically renounced your Polish citizenship when you got another (i.e. that Poland would stop considering you a citizen). It's probably too late for us anyway as both of my grandparents (who were Polish) are deceased (so cannot renew anything) and we've never quite worked out what citizenship my mom had at birth (possibly Polish, though) and we don't know where her birth certificate is (and she is also deceased).

I mean you can renounce citizenship when you become naturalized but my mom saw no need to say anything. My mother still has family in Poland so my uncle helped with a lot of the paperwork over there. Getting all of the stuff done was a lot easier with someone over there. You can get someone to do it for you, but it can be costly.

Dzień dobry!

I am working towards my German citizenship through my grandmother who fled during WWII. I'm so glad that you passed down your Polish citizenship to your kids.

Just curiously, where in Poland is your family from? I spend a lot of time in Kraków for work and have fallen in love with the country. On my campus I am known as the Polish Ambassador.

Nowhere special. A village called Kamien. When I visited when I was 18 my grandparents had just put a toilet in the house.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Anyone planning on attending their local Renaissance Fair this upcoming season?

 

[Gracedis1]

Yes definitely. It has started but yesterday we had a ridiculous amount of rain. We will probably go next weekend when it has dried out.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Yes definitely. It has started but yesterday we had a ridiculous amount of rain. We will probably go next weekend when it has dried out.

Which one do you normally attend?

 

[pixie3]

Anyone planning on attending their local Renaissance Fair this upcoming season?

Every year (Greater Pittsburgh)

What are some of the best ones around the country?

 

[Buzz Rules]

Every year (Greater Pittsburgh)

What are some of the best ones around the country?

https://renfair.com/

 

[Buzz Rules]

https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/arts-and-culture/photos/best-renaissance-festivals-in-the-us

 

[EACarlson]

Anyone planning on attending their local Renaissance Fair this upcoming season?

Possibility exists but is not all that likely. I used to live 10 minutes from the Minnesota Ren Fest that doesn't open until August. Now I'm 115 miles from Bristol, have driven by it many times but the lines to park and leave always look so horrible.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Possibility exists but is not all that likely. I used to live 10 minutes from the Minnesota Ren Fest that doesn't open until August. Now I'm 115 miles from Bristol, have driven by it many times but the lines to park and leave always look so horrible.

There are more than those two Renaissance fairs in those states I believe.

 

[EACarlson]

There are more than those two Renaissance fairs in those states I believe.

Not that I'm aware of. To the best of my knowledge there are no other renaissance fairs in MN or WI. And Bristol while technically being in WI, you actually go into IL before doubling back to get into it.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Not that I'm aware of. To the best of my knowledge there are no other renaissance fairs in MN or WI. And Bristol while technically being in WI, you actually go into IL before doubling back to get into it.

Google says otherwise....

 

[Gracedis1]

Which one do you normally attend?

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

That's our local ren fest but we used to go to the larger Texas Renaissance Festival in the fall when we lived closer to it. The traffic to Scarborough has been terrible lately. Sunday it took friends 3 hours to get through the traffic to finally park. Ugh

 

[Buzz Rules]

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

That's our local ren fest but we used to go to the larger Texas Renaissance Festival in the fall when we lived closer to it. The traffic to Scarborough has been terrible lately. Sunday it took friends 3 hours to get through the traffic to finally park. Ugh

I go to the NY Renaissance fair almost every year (with the exception of the pandemic years).

 

[Buzz Rules]

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

That's our local ren fest but we used to go to the larger Texas Renaissance Festival in the fall when we lived closer to it. The traffic to Scarborough has been terrible lately. Sunday it took friends 3 hours to get through the traffic to finally park. Ugh

https://www.srfestival.com/

https://www.texrenfest.com/map-directions

Your local TX fairs look awsome. If I visit TX in the future, I will definitely try to check them out if they are happening when I visit.