Terry Clark engages in some lively conversation with two fair-goers in one of the various vendors’ tents at the Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire on Saturday. The fair runs annually from the beginning of April to the end of May at the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, featuring an assortment of interesting characters, shows and hand-made items for sale. / photo by Chelsea Knight
Santiago of the Clan Tynker Family sets the scene with his accordion as the circus gets started at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire at the Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale Sunday.
The Renaissance Pleasure Faire took a step back in time to when Queen Elizabeth I reigned over England with peasants and noble men walking around villages.
For the past 49 years the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area in Irwindale has hosted the Renaissance Pleasure Faire where the 16th century is brought back to life.