The New Jersey Renaissance Faire was conceived in 2009 by T.J. Miller, John Williams and Phil Leipf. Their mutual love of Renaissance Faires as a way to touch and engage an audience brought them initially to the magical woods of Liberty Lake and to Andy Pritikin. The magic swept him in as well, and the Village of Crossford opened its castle gates for the first time.
After the plague of 2020, the NJ Faire grew in such popularity that it lead them to seek a new home amongst the farmlands of South Jersey, finally (after many trials and tribulations) settling on the Burlington County “Fairegrounds.” This small team has grown to include an Education Department, Marketing/Social Media Team, and a Stage Management Team – while welcoming tens of thousands of patrons each season.
New Crossford is a village like any other in the English countryside in the 1500’s. Situated in the Duchy of Northumberland, New Crossford is a shire that is a jewel in the cap of the noble Duke of Northumberland. Her fields are rich and her citizens filled with merriment and love of crown and country.
The story is mostly true. Most of the year, New Crossford is truly like any good English town, but at those magical times of the year, the solstices and the equinox, the magic of the ancient woods that loom over New Crossford come to life. Those fey woodlands are a link, a portal to different times and New Crossford sits on ley lines that make her a destination for visitors out of time who come to New Crossford to solve some dilemma in their lives.
Each year at the festival, the people of New Crossord wait and see what characters out of myth and history arrives and help them find the way back on their paths.