West Windsor Lions Club presents the Renaissance Faire in Mercer County Park, Old Trenton Road, on Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14, beginning at 10 a.m. The annual event features medieval re-enactors from the N.J. Renaissance Players, the Kingdom of Lucerne, Markland Unlimited, and the Roundtable Jousters. There will also be musicians, crafters, demonstrations of archery, weapon-throwing, steel fighting, fencing, musketeers, roundtable jousters on horseback, games for children, and a food court. Tickets are $7 for adults.
Local food vendors include Aunt Martha’s Funnel Cakes from Yardville, Buzzetta’s Festival Foods from Hightstown, Big Daddie’s Chicken and Ribs from Brick, and McCaffrey’s Market from the Southfield Shopping Center.
Entertainment is scheduled to include singers, dancers, story tellers, and games. The West Windsor Leo’s Club will host children’s games and face painting, and West Windsor’s Boy Scouts Troop 66 will offer games of skill. The Discovery Channel is also coming to film the USA Knights medieval combat team during the fair.
The West Windsor Lions Club — chartered in 1952 — comprises service-minded men and women who volunteer to serve their community with a focus on those afflicted with blindness and deafness. The club is bound by the mandate of Lions International that 100 percent of the money they raise be used for charitable purposes. All club administrative costs are covered by members’ dues.
Charities supported by the West Windsor Lions Club include supporting research at the University of Medicine and Dentistry to find cures for eye diseases; assisting students at the Katzenbach School for the Deaf; supporting summer camps for the blind and disabled in New Jersey; purchasing equipment for testing eyesight and hearing in elementary schools; and recycling eye glasses and hearing aids for the needy.
Renaissance Faire, West Windsor Lions Club, Mercer County Park, West Windsor. Saturday, April 13, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, Aril 14, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Benefit for Lions Club charities. Members meet on the first Wednesday of each month, September through July, at 7 p.m. $7 adults; $3 children 5 to 12. 609-799-6447.
