sca.org
Society for Creative Anacronisms
it is the group I should have begun with.
a wonderful family environment. (meaning that its pretty safe)
They fight with all the nice stuff that
doesn't have the ability to do major damage.
http://www.sca-caid.org/
http://www.calafia.org
My kingdom is Caid,
My barony is Calafia.
These are the pages I go to,
for finding renaissance events by SCA in my area.
adrianempire.org
Adrian empire is a world wide full steel fighting group.
its the group I started out with.
The groups I camp with:
Clan Darksail
http://www.geocities.com/LaVillaABroka
Corvus
http://www.corvuswarband.com/
Costuming, Design and Research for Sewing,
www.by-the-sword.com
Fighting gear, costumes and shoes. One stop shop.
www.milieux.com
The everything for all costumes
Even better it is chalk full of wonderful links
www.simplicity.com/index.cfm
Awesome renaissance patterns
www.mccall.com
even more awesome renaissance patterns
http://www.butterick.com
and surprise, surprise,.. more patterns.
www.siue.edu/COSTUMES
The history of costumes, really good
for researching a costume type.
Links on local fairs.
http://renaissance-faire.com/Calif.htm
Southern fair in Glen Helen. 'Nough said.
http://www.renfair.com/
Different fairs that the one below didn't mention. On both pages,.. the links aren't always up dated, so good luck.
http://www.faires.com/California.htm
About fairs in general around California.