Visit Alma, Wisconsin on Saturday, June 7th from 10am-4pm for Castlerock Museum's annual Fire in the Shire event, a citywide celebration of all things medieval.
The highlight of the day will be the various demonstrations taking place on the street in front of the museum. Kazimir the Hungry will be breathing fire and swallowing swords at 10am, 12:20pm and 3:10pm. The Wisconsin Historical Fencing Association will demonstrate the longsword at 10:30am, rapier, dagger, and smallsword at 11:40am, the quarterstaff and poleaxe at 1:20pm, and messer and sword and buckler at 2:30pm. Visitors can learn about Armor through the Ages at 11:10am. Clann Tartan will do a pike demo at 12:50pm and a non-firing matchlock demo at 2pm.
There will be ongoing displays by Clann Tartan, A Life Medieval, and Hangin' with the Bard in the museum courtyard. Bardmageddon will perform in the museum theater at 1pm and 3pm and One Eye Dave's Hotdogs will provide concessions. The museum closes at 4pm.
Admission wristbands are $8 for adults and $5 for students. Visitors in ancient, medieval, or renaissance era dress get $2 off and children four and under are free.
Visitors interested in searching for the fabled Holy Grail in the shops of the shire can enter a drawing to win the treasured artifact along with $100 Alma Dollars. The drawing will be held at 3:40pm at the Castle. Participating businesses include Fire & Ice, Alma Leather, Water Lily Gifts, Wings Over Alma, Happy Hub, Alma Bakery, Stump Town Gallery, Riverside Bait & Liquor, Unparalleled Farms, and The Garden Gate.
There will be plenty of merry making with the Midwest Renaissance Actors Guild and Luna Ruh Belly Dancers performing on Main Street.
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