June 4th 2011
Festival Day
(Open to the public)
10:00am to 5:00pm

Festival Day Admission

• $4.00 per Person
• $12.00 per Family (Parents & Children, 5 people or less)

• Pets are allowed as long as they are people friendly, on a leash, and their owners must clean up after them.
• People who arrive in costume may carry weapons as long as they are peace tied.
• People in costume receive 10% off all Robin in the Hood Card Game Purchases
  

Season 1 - Year of the Robin:

• Our first year, it was wet, it was small and the Sheriff wanted his stolen gold back.

Season 2 - Year of the Vikings:

• Thordan, the Viking King, comes to England to conquer the land. He runs into Robin and the Outlaws who, with the help of the Sheriff and Sir Reginald, repel the Vikings and send them back to where they came from.

Season 3- Year of the Women:

• All the men of the kingdom are made sick by the Vikings (who managed to come back) and the women of Nottingham must defend the realm from the return of the Viking Horde.

Season 4 - Year of the Tuck:

• There has been a comet in the night sky this year. It is brightest in England and especially over Sherwood Forrest and Nottingham. Many groups have said it foretells of a great event and an ancient prophecy has come to light.

Season 5 - Return of the King:

• King Richard returns from the crusades and attempts to restore order in England. Unfortunately his idea of order and everybody else’s were not the same. In the end Robin Hood, Sir Reginald and Prince John team up to get the King out of the kingdom and back to the Crusades....again......

Season 6 - Year of the Opposites:

• What if there were two Robin Hoods? Two outlaw bands? Two sheriffs? The people of Nottingham would be in trouble. It was a bizarre year of misunderstandings and mistaken identities.

Season 7- Year of the Sheriff:

• The Sheriff has had it with all the whining nobles, the failure to capture Robin Hood and always being compared to his brother so he decided to retire. The new sheriff proved to be far too effective and at some point arrests everyone in Nottingham. All of Nottingham’s citizens had to come together to get rid of the new sheriff and get the old one back

Season 8 - Year of the Family:

• A letter has arrived from King Richard who is still away at the Crusades. The letter speaks of family, bloodlines, land and sacrifice but ends abruptly and its meaning is unclear to the citizens of Nottingham. Lady Margaritte calls for a tournament in which the winner will take all of the wagered land from the loser until only one champion is left with all the land. Robin Hood and Maid Marion insist that the king would never have written such a letter and are opposed to the tournament. It was an exciting day instigated by miscommunication but overcome by the bonds of kinship.

Season 9 - Year of the Outlaw:

• Prince John has sent the Sheriff away to London for business and appointed Sir Reginald, the Sheriff’s brother, to fill the position in the interim. Sir Reginald decides that the best way to catch an outlaw is to become an outlaw and gathers his guards together to form an outlaw “posse” bent on capturing Robin Hood and his merry men. The Prince is distressed and he is left with only the women of his court. Deeply offended by the Prince’s snide remarks, the women of the court leave to form their own outlaw band "the maids". Robin Hood and Maid Marion are upset by the sudden influx of “outlaws” into Sherwood Forest and (much to Robin's dismay) rename the "Merry Men" to RAMBOOP (Robin and Marion’s Band Of Ordinary People).

Season 10 - Return of the Kings:

• The Knights, Nobles, Peasants and Royals await the return of their beloved King Richard when news comes that he has been kidnapped. Who could have done such a thing? Who would be brave enough? Who would be bold enough? Who would be dumb enough? THORDAN the king of the Vikings is who! He has returned and with a bigger host of warriors and a new goal of not only defeating all of the best knights and to pay back Robin Hood, but also to take the entire Kingdom of Britain away from Richard the Lion Heart. Warriors and Knights square off, Archery competitions, Epic Battles, Sir Reginald's not so ordinary family reunion and a loose berserker are only a few of the things the people of Nottingham must deal with.
  
  In the end it comes down to Robin Hood versus the Viking King. As their fight begins it is evident that Thordan shall loose- so he cheats. Richard steps in and takes on his Viking counterpart and defeats him. But as a true villain; Thordan attempts to get one last blow in and kill the King but Robin Hood is there to stop the sword and put Thordan where he belongs.....running home scared.