06/04/2016
Dracula Festival 2015
Organised by Romanian Treasures in parnership and with full support from Dacre Stocker, The Corvin Castle and all the sponsors and parners involved!
We had the pleasure to have 11.000 visitors during our festival.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/2015/04/08/romania-to-host-dracula-festival-in-early-may/
Dracula Festival, aims to promote Romanian traditions while merging myth with reality in a medieval atmosphere sprinkled with history and legends, presented in a unique antithesis between the life of the great Ruler Vlad Dracula (Vlad the Impaler) and the legend behind Count Dracula.
We had the honor to hear a presentation by Dacre Stoker author and great grand nephew of Bram Stoker, about the mysteries behind the writing of the novel Dracula and the research and story of the writing of the bestseller, Dracula the Un-Dead. “A good story it is. The action is swift and thrilling, the villain is not whom you’d expect but is evil and powerful nonetheless… a fine book in it’s own right, one that pushes the story in unexpected directions while remaining true to the dark heart of the Transylvanian vampire-king”. Los Angles Times 2010
We ended the first day of the festival with an impressive medieval ball with music, dance, waltz, violin concert, fakirs and fire shows where medieval attire was required.
To enter even more into the atmosphere of the Middle Ages, on the second day of the festival we organised medieval tournaments and competitions, horse riding, archery, knights, battles simulations and sword lessons. The festival gathered royal families, distinguished nobles, the bravest knights and most beautiful ladies. Rumor have said already that this was the biggest festival in the kingdom.