For six weekends, a stretch of scrubby, unincorporated land in Santa Clara County is home to the Northern California Renaissance Faire, a faux-historical anglicized extravaganza that sources the “best bits” of 16th-century British culture.
Queen Elizabeth I reigns over the faux village, dubbed Willington, which is home to knights, constables, merchants, and fools. Many visitors wear elaborate garb, including feathers, capes, corsetry, and petticoats. But the crown jewel of the Ren Faire is the joust, where knights in shining armor gallop toward each other, lances at the ready, while the crowd cheers them on.
Photos by Emily Steinberger | Words by Emily Steinberger | Photo edit by Justin Katigbak and Brandon Choe | For The San Francisco Standard
Queen Elizabeth I reigns over the faux village, dubbed Willington, which is home to knights, constables, merchants, and fools. Many visitors wear elaborate garb, including feathers, capes, corsetry, and petticoats. But the crown jewel of the Ren Faire is the joust, where knights in shining armor gallop toward each other, lances at the ready, while the crowd cheers them on.
Photos by Emily Steinberger | Words by Emily Steinberger | Photo edit by Justin Katigbak and Brandon Choe | For The San Francisco Standard
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