First conceived on 14 February 1995, Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire has now grown to number over 1000 participants. It is financed without recourse to non - profit or government aid and has been developed entirely by private initiative. It is an educational Elizabethan Living History creation. The arts, the attractions, and the theatre of the Faire come from the historic research and imaginations of the Shrew Folke...the name by which the members of the Faire proudly call themselves.