{"id":2583,"date":"2014-08-20T13:13:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T17:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/?p=2583"},"modified":"2014-08-20T13:13:43","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T17:13:43","slug":"renaissance-festival-opens-this-weekend-august-23-and-24-kids-11-and-under-are-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/2014\/08\/20\/renaissance-festival-opens-this-weekend-august-23-and-24-kids-11-and-under-are-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Renaissance Festival Opens this Weekend &#8211; August 23 and 24 ~ Kids 11 and under are FREE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2587\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/08\/Renaissance-Festival-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Renaissance Festival\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/08\/Renaissance-Festival-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/08\/Renaissance-Festival.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>This weekend marks the opening of the Renaissance Festival in Crownsville, MD that runs through October 19th.\u00a0 This weekend they offer FREE admission for children 11 years and younger.\u00a0 There are lots of wonderful events planned for the entire family!\u00a0 For more information about this event and to purchase tickets please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/\">http:\/\/rennfest.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend marks the opening of the Renaissance Festival in Crownsville, MD that runs through October 19th.\u00a0 This weekend they offer FREE admission for children 11 years and younger.\u00a0 There are lots of wonderful events planned for the entire family!\u00a0 For more information about this event and to purchase tickets please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/\">http:\/\/rennfest.com\/<\/a>.  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/2014\/08\/20\/renaissance-festival-opens-this-weekend-august-23-and-24-kids-11-and-under-are-free\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[151,203,321,444],"class_list":["post-2583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crownsville-md","tag-festival","tag-kids-free","tag-renaissance-festival"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Renaissance Festival Opens this Weekend - August 23 and 24 ~ Kids 11 and under are FREE - ABC Blog (Annapolis, Baltimore &amp; Columbia, MD)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Renaissance Festival Opens this Weekend - August 23 and 24 ~ Kids 11 and under are FREE - ABC Blog (Annapolis, Baltimore &amp; Columbia, MD)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This weekend marks the opening of the Renaissance Festival in Crownsville, MD that runs through October 19th.\u00a0 This weekend they offer FREE admission for children 11 years and younger.\u00a0 There are lots of wonderful events planned for the entire family!\u00a0 For more information about this event and to purchase tickets please visit http:\/\/rennfest.com\/. 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