Weekend Roundup: Georgia Renaissance Festival

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Weekend Roundup: Georgia Renaissance Festival

Horseback riders compete during the Jousting demonstration during the Georgia Renaissance Festival in Fairburn, Ga. Saturday April 16, 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Cars line up for an hour trying to get into the parking lot of the Georgia Renaissance Festival in Fairburn, Ga. Saturday April 16, 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Erin Paulson, dressed as Princess Mary, entertains the crowd before the gates open on the first day of the Georgia Renaissance Festival in Fairburn, Ga. Saturday April 16, 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

A large crowd, dressed in costumes, gather before the gates open on the first day of the Georgia Renaissance Festival in Fairburn, Ga. Saturday April 16, 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Geoff Marsh entertains the crowd by balancing a flaming baton on his forehead before the gates open on the first day of the Georgia Renaissance Festival in Fairburn, Ga. Saturday April 16, 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

An assortment of small Amulets are on display During the Georgia Renaissance Festival in Fairburn, Ga. Saturday April 16, 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Eager Georgia Renaissance fans, dressed in their favorite costume, enter through the gates during the first day of the Georgia Renaissance Festival in Fairburn, Ga. Saturday April 16, 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Performers ride horseback during the Georgia Renaissance Festival in Fairburn, Ga. Saturday April 16, 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Julius Heaton and Michael Gilstrap walk through the grounds during the Georgia Renaissance Festival in Fairburn, Ga. Saturday April 16, 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Kids ride the Barrel of Bedlam ride during the Georgia Renaissance Festival in Fairburn, Ga. Saturday April 16, 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Jonathan Perrin gets his face painted during the Georgia Renaissance Festival in Fairburn, Ga. Saturday April 16, 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Cameron Tomele, on stilts, talks with the crowd as they enter the gates at the Georgia Renaissance Festival in Fairburn, Ga. Saturday April 16, 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Icabod Wainwright jugals flaming hatchets 30 feet above the ground, on the spinning Wheel of Death during the Georgia Renaissance Festival in Fairburn, Ga. Saturday April 16, 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

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Horseback riders compete during the Jousting demonstration during the Georgia Renaissance Festival in Fairburn, Ga. Saturday April 16, 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

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