Boalsburg Renaissance Fair Returning to Boal Mansion Museum

The Columbus Chapel and Boal Mansion Museum in Boalsburg will host the Boalsburg Renaissance Faire on Sunday, Sept. 17. The fair will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

The annual event will feature a wide range of arts and crafts vendors and demonstrations, including sword-fighting, dueling, archery and axe-throwing. Other activities include a bounce house, a petting zoo, carriage rides, live music and dance performances, games and wandering minstrels, and special museum tours of the Boal Mansion Armory and the Columbus Chapel.

Among the performers for this year’s fair are Central PA Dance Workshop, Black Cat Belly Dance, Tir na Nog and Callanish.

The Renaissance Faire’s Artisan Village vendors will include Living Things, EJS Designs, Hillbillies Jerky, Of Wood & Stone, LLC, Treasures Remade, Thorny Bush Farm, Second Season Mittens, Teaberry Design Co., Wellness Way Massage and Candles Creative.

Food vendors and food trucks will also be on hand. The food vendors that will be at the Faire are Shy Bear Brewing, Authentic Chimney Twists, Rebelz Cuisine, East End Coffee Co. and Boal Barn Shack Shack. 

Entrance fee to the fair is $10 per person, with children 2 and under are admitted for free. Museum tours are an additional $5.  

For more information, contact the Boal Museum at (814) 466-6210 or visit the museum’s website.