

| Dear Festival Supporter: Thank you for all your support and participation in our Gulf Coast Renaissance Faire, Mobile Renaissance Faire and Gulf Coast Pirate Festival. I apologize that the Pirate Festival was rained out. However, we have made a new date to try to perform the Pirate Festival again. The date is the weekend of November 10 and 11 of 2011 and the event will be held again at the Pensacola Fairgrounds. This Pirate Festival will be INDOOR & OUTDOOR. Also, there will be a special separately ticketed BUCCANEERS BALL indoors on Friday night the 9th of November from 8 pm till 2 am. ALL MERCHANTS WHO PREVIOUSLY APPLIED FOR AND PAID FOR THE PIRATE FESTIVAL THAT WAS RAINED OUT IN JUNE WILL GET (50%) HALF OFF (50 PERCENT OFF) OF THE MERCHANT FEES FOR THE PIRATE FESTIVAL ON NOV. 10-11, 2012. ALSO THIS YEAR WE ARE TAKING A ONE YEAR REORGANIZATIONAL HIATUS FROM THE MOBILE RENAISSANCE FAIRE! IN OTHER WORDS WE WILL NOT BE HAVING THE MOBILE RENAISSANCE FAIRE THIS YEAR 2012 HOWEVER WE WILL BE BACK WITH THE MOBILE RENAISSANCE FAIRE IN NOVEMBER 2013 WITH A NEW LOCATION AT THE HANK AARON BASEBALL STADIUM OUTDOOR EVENT AREA (OUTSIDE THE STADIUM IN THE CLEARED WOODS BY THE PARKING LOT) WHEN WE RETURN WE WILL BE KNOWN AS THE MOBILE RENAISSANCE & PIRATE FESTIVAL HOPEFULLY COMBINING THE TWO TYPES OF EVENTS IN ONE EVENT IN MOBILE WILL HELP ATTENDANCE AND BE MORE SUCCESSFUL. WE HOPE TO HAVE ALL OUR MERCHANTS THAT USUALLY ATTEND THE MOBILE RENAISSANCE FAIRE COME OUT AND MERCHANT AT THE PENSACOLA PIRATE FESTIVAL. Merchant Applications are available for both the Gulf Coast Pirate Festival (Nov. 10-11, 2012) and the Gulf Coast Renaissance Faire which will be the first weekend in March at the Pensacola Fairgrounds. We hope to have you out for both events. If you have any questions, please give me a call at 850 572 1407 and thank you once again for all your past support and participation with the festivals. Best Regards, Steven Melei, Pres. The earliest foundations of the gulf coast lie within the Renaissance Era. It started in the summer of 1559 when Tristan de Luna sought to establish a colony in the area now known as Pensacola. The new pioneers of history in Northwest Florida are looking back to those beginnings. In 2001 Steve Melei established the first Gulf Coast Renaissance Faire which was held on the grounds of St. Anne's Church. After the awful devastation of Hurricane Ivan, the Faire found a new home at the Interstate Fairgrounds. This event has expanded into a second Faire in Mobile, a historically important area of the Gulf Coast. The fun, fresh air and excercise of the event is great for every age. Patrons are encouraged to come in costume, as the event seeks to forge new bonds between the past and present. Thousands will gather to witness the spectacle of armored combat, the thunderous clash of jousters, the swirl of a dancer's costume and to sample the wares of merchants who have traveled from afar. The Faire goes on, rain or shine, November 2013. Come and meet Their Majesties, see fabulous characters and experience a historically good time! Get Medieval! |






