Now in its 30th year, the Bay Area Renaissance Festival celebrates England as it was 500 years ago, with a royal court and full cast of roaming characters and entertainers, period music, an array of eats, man-powered rides and more than 100 artisans hawking anything from glassware to crafted leather and exotic jewelry. This weekend's theme is "Wonders of the World," and various related amusements apply. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat.-Sun., through April 6, MOSI Fields, Fowler Avenue and 46th Street, Tampa. $16.95 adults/$13.95 seniors/$8.95 children, renaissancefest.com.
This article appears in Mar 19-25, 2008.