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PRESS RELEASE: MEDIEVALFEST 2024

Updated: Jul 17

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


HUZZAH! MONTCLAIR HAS ITS OWN SUMMER FAIRE:

MEDIEVALFEST IS COMING SOON



MONTCLAIR, New Jersey – July 4, 2024 – Montclair Early Music (MEM) invites you to embrace the pageantry of the past at its upcoming MedievalFest, on Sunday, August 25th, from 11-4:00 pm, at the Montclair Art Museum.


Watch armored knights spar, play Viking lawn games, create enchanting jewelry, dance a merry jig, and get styled with fairy hair or serenaded by troubadours at this family-friendly, splendorous spectacle.


In our village marketplace, purchase a leather pouch, dragon candle, magic wand, and other handcrafted keepsakes from an array of period artisans, and feast on savory meat pies and other refreshments. Celebrate the day with a frosty tankard of MedievalFest Ale, a luscious honey beer concocted by the brewmaster at Montclair Brewery.


Enjoy live music from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods, featuring the Montclair Early Music vocal and instrumental ensembles, and a performance by our children’s recorder group, DragonBards.


“We’re hoping to bring the magic and fun of the Renaissance Festival into the heart of Montclair, while helping fund the education scholarships for all our amazing young students,” says Louisa Valentín, MEM’s executive director.


If you like, join us in donning period garb to help channel your inner lord, lady, jester, peasant, pirate, or fairy and immerse yourself in the revelry of a bygone era. Huzzah!


Tickets for MedievalFest are limited. Get yours today:


Rain or Shine!


Vendors and entertainers:

Montclair Early Music, the Kingdom of Acre, Montclair Brewery, Sankofa Cafe, Cafe Moso, Rosie’s Empanadas, Silantro food truck, Puras Paletas, Finklepott’s Original Fairy Hair, Picture Perfect Creations, All Kyndes of Things wood and wire works, Iron Angel Leather handcrafts, Cosmic Debris, Cottage Kore, Natural Creations, and love.johanna gifts, and many more.


Montclair Early Music (MEM) is a nonprofit organization of professional musicians and enthusiasts bringing history to life through musical performances and education for people of all ages, incomes, and abilities.


Profits from MedievalFest support Montclair Early Music’s education programs and the Montclair Art Museum. MedievalFest is made possible, in part, by funds from the Essex County Division of Cultural Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.


Media Contact: Dana Hawkins-Simons, dana.hawkinssimons@montclairearlymusic.org


Montclair Early Music

153 Park Street

Montclair, NJ 07042

Phone: 845-943-0610

© 2024 Montclair Early Music​A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization


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