This past Labor Day weekend I ventured to a new faire. I along with several folk from Scarborough were guests of the long running Minnesota Ren Festival. About 30-40 minutes from the Twin cities, the show was an interesting mix of plentiful shops, amusingly oddball street characters and bawdy stage acts. In fact I would say this faire had a noticeably higher number of bawdy and racy acts than the typical faire. These were good acts but they would definitely raise an eyebrow or two. The weekend itself was quite the radical excursion.Friday had temperatures comparable to Texas, followed by nasty thunderstorms in the night that left 90% humidity the next day. By Monday the weather was quite ideal, cool and accomodating even the heaviest of garb. Despite the extreme weather I had a very enjoyable time.

The previous description and all these wonderful images are brought to you by Frank Hui. Because of his devotion, I have nothing to add. --Robyn Sotherby

For information regarding this faire, check out: Minnesota Festival's Official Site

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Entering over Minnesota	A little imprinting going on in the morning	A little musical warm up during morning meeting	A group of scoundrels tuning up
Cardinal de la Noche with Queen Anne's Lace's Tegan and Sharon	Well they are suppose to be Tarts	I took notice of this Honey booth	Very fresh indeed
Mother Goose and her flock	Cut, Thrust, And Run were guest performers that weekend	Zilch and other musicians prepare for opening gate	Now this is an original character
A very different street performer	Morning procession	with the Queen in tow	All pay their respects
Anxious patrons pile in	Many greet her majesty on their way	A festive morning	This is Caufield Clay Works. They have some very original and beautiful pieces

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