By Brandon Bennett
STURGIS— The annual Black Hills Renaissance Festivals has exploded in size out at Kickstands Campground with hundreds of vendors, food stands trucks and even an ATM. Founder and co-owner Shareece Tatum is happy with the growth of the event.
“I think everyone wants to have fun and have a turkey leg and watch jousting,” she said. She added there are two types of Renaissance festivals, historically accurate and fantasy based, which is the type here.
And…”We have things for all ages, for kids and adults to enjoy. We just try to make it o everyone has a good time.”
The line to get into the festival was long and some were coming for the first time, like Deena Piekkola and her family, husband Chaz, daughter Alyssa and son Chaz.
“We wanted this to be our first experience, we had passed the one in Larkspur up we saw things online and our oldest son came last year so…” she said.
And there are families that get involved like Alex Hoffman and Alex Weiss and their kids.
“The kids like seeing the fantasy stuff like fairies and we like seeing the costumes and related stuff,” said Hoffman.
