{"id":41,"date":"2016-04-05T22:39:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T22:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirakiracat.com\/?p=41"},"modified":"2020-04-30T04:12:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T04:12:43","slug":"what-to-do-the-norman-medieval-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirakiracat.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/05\/what-to-do-the-norman-medieval-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do: The Norman Medieval Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019ve been to several different Renaissance Festivals in Texas: The Texas Renaissance Festival, Sherwood Forest Faire, and Scarborough Faire and for the most part they all follow the same general format. They\u2019re permanent establishments that open for a period of the year. When I found out about the Norman Medieval Fair<\/a> it sounded like fun so my Husband and I planned a trip to check it out. What makes this event unique is that the entire thing is only set up for the weekend in a public park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Norman Medieval Fair is a one weekend festival  usually on the first weekend in April held at Reaves Park in Norman Oklahoma. This year it was April 1-3 and it runs 10am \u2013 7pm each day. This fair is FREE to the public and that was one of it\u2019s major selling points for us to check it out. Originally put on by the english department at the University of Oklahoma the fair was celebrating it\u2019s 40th year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since this is not a permanent fair like many of the others I\u2019ve been to it has a more local festival vibe, like an art festival or other community festival. All of the vendors are set up in pop up tents and structures and the food vendors are all in trailers and trucks. Despite that they still manage to keep a pretty good renaissance faire vibe going. There are several performance stages throughout the park with music acts, comedy and a bird show. They also have a Joust. There were a few rides for kids and some other attractions like paying to have the pirates kidnap someone on their ship for $5 or paying to hang out with a gaggle of mermaids. (What is the proper term for a bunch of mermaids anyway?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n