Outside of Spokane Washington, several years ago. A small local fair, they did a wonderful job and had great fun with it, as did we.

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King Henry holds court in the peasant village he is visiting, before the many shows and festivities begin.	Queen Anne, on the right, and some of the ladies of the court.	The men of the court talk of, well, man things.	A bit of poesy presented to the queen.	The court has moved to the village corrals for equestrian displays and jousting.
The town lier dares flirt with a knight as she strolls by the jousting grounds.	The ladies did a lovely job of displaying their riding skills with some patterned exercises.	Lovely lady on a lovely horse	Another lovely lady riding	King Henry in armor for a melee demonstration.
What's a festival without pickles for sale, and a handsome pickle seller?	The aftermath of a joust	A demonstation of pulling somebody from danger to the back of a running horse.	Training a young jouster. If he hits the shield, the thing swings around and tries to thump him from behind if he doesn't keep the horse moving fast enough.	My friend Sean, the Jolly Friar
The Gypsies	The Gypsies put on a show.	Maids languishing in a tower (the gypsie wagon) during the Gypsie Show	Mudderhorn peak overlooks the mudpond.	I'm really not sure what this had to do with the Renaissance, but they sure had fun re-enacting muddy fairly tales.
The jester was one of my favorite performers.	The jester assisted the peasants in putting on a show for the visiting royalty and guests.	A fencing match was called for during the living chess game.	And the jester prevails, much to the humiliation of the knight.	The town lier, caught in her lies and reviled in the dust of the street.