Festival Park Iowa

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Festival Park is a themed entertainment event center in Des Moines, Iowa with portions in Pleasant Hill, Iowa. It is built to resembled an Old English Village with approximately 50 buildings, including a large castle facade. It opened on Labor Day Weekend 2006 with the Des Moines Renaissance Faire, and will host other events such as an October Iowa Pumpkin Fest and Harvest Fair, a Country Music Jam, and Victorian/Dickens Christmas event. The facility is also used for weddings and corporate events.

It is constructed on 20 acres of property just east of the Iowa State Fairgrounds at Sleepy Hollow Sports Park. Festival Park, themed to 16th century England, joins another Des Moines theme park, Living History Farms, which is themed to 1800s America.

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• Sleepy Hollow Sports Park - owner/operator of Festival Park.
• Des Moines Renaissance Faire - first event held at Festival Park the first three weekends of September 2006.
• Festival Park - under construction website for the event center.