Mark Your Calendar for the 2009 Georgia Renaissance Festival

Escape to the most affordable celebration in the Southeast! It’s the 24th Annual Georgia Renaissance Festival, April 18th through June 7th, 2009, Saturdays and Sundays plus Memorial Day, 10:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

You’re invited to the most spectacular party since Camelot! Once inside the gates of our magnificent 16-Century Kingdom, you’ll find the King Henry VIII and his Court, castles and cottages, jolly pubs and over 32-acres of elaborately adorned shops offering an array of exceptional treasures and craft demonstrations by master artisans. Come experience world-class shopping with distinctive items like blown glass goblets, handmade perfumes, leather goods and hand-turned pottery. Feast like royalty on a gigantic variety of delectable delights including our giant roasted turkey legs! Endless entertainment waits with ten stages featuring rope walking, juggling, music and comedic storytelling. Your whole family will enjoy the thrilling rides in our medieval amusement park and our Royal Petting Zoo! Jousting on Horseback, - the original extreme sport - and the magnificent highflying Birds of Prey and Animal Shows are not to be missed!

It’s a rollicking good time, so don’t miss The Georgia Renaissance Festival, where the good life is festive and the parking is FREE!

NEW! THE CAST IN BRONZE CARILLON!

Cast in Bronze is the only musical act in the world that features the carillon, a medieval musical instrument consisting of 35 full-size Netherlands bells with a total weight of 4-tons. The bells are played from a mechanical keyboard in the European style using fists and feet and Cast in Bronze is the only mobile carillon in the world.

Creating the hauntingly beautiful music is Frank DellaPenna, who is a Master-Carillonneur graduate of the French Carillon School in Douai, France.

Cast in Bronze has been invited to perform for both Pope John Paul II and the Presidential Inauguration, and has performed at Walt Disney World’s Epcot in Orlando, Florida for the Christmas season. The music of Cast in Bronze has also been heard on radio, at music and Renaissance Festivals in the United States, on television including a special Christmas Eve performance on the NBC Today Show and at Alice Cooper’s Christmas Pudding Benefit Concert.

NEW! ALL THE KING'S HORSES featuring: THE ROYAL LIPIZZAN STALLIONS

Thrill to the grace, beauty and elegance of the magnificent All The King's Horses Show! The strength and athletic agility of these Arabian, Andalusia and the Royal Lipizzan Stallions are proudly displayed as they perform the intricate movements in Dressage, for which they have become world-renowned.

The show’s thrilling finale showcases these splendid animals leaping high into the air with both front and rear legs, to execute the spectacular Capriole, better known as the Airs Above the Ground!

For your enjoyment, the horses are on display for public viewing throughout the Festival day, as well as during their daily performances.

NEW SHOW! DEXTRE TRIPP PRESENTS: EXHIBITIONS OF SKILL AND NERVE!

In the category of nerve-testing and hair-raising experiences, Dextre Tripp presentsexhibitions of skill and nerve with incredibly tall unicycling, precision whip cracks, and comedy at the speed of sound.NEW! The Knife throwing Impalement Act! 13 razor edged steel knives are hurled through space outlining the figure of a lucky lady from the audience.There’s 23% more danger, more excitement, and more chainsaws than you can shake a stick at the all new Exhibitions of Skill and Nerve Show!

The Georgia Renaissance Festival is close and convenient and located just 5 minutes south of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on I-85. Take Exit 61- Peachtree City / Fairburn and follow the signs. Regularly priced tickets include tax and are available at the festival box office. Adults $19.95, senior 60+ $17.95, Youth ages 6-12 $8.95, 5 years of age and under get in FREE. Click, purchase and print discount tickets on-line now at www.GeorgiaRenaissanceFestival.com or stop by Kroger checkout registers and purchase with your Kroger Plus Card beginning April 20th. For more information call the Festival Hot Line (770) 964-8575.