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A long-running, immersive San Francisco tourist attraction created in 1970 by the same people who pioneered the modern Renaissance Fair. The Dickens Fair recreates 19th century London in a [http://www.cowpalace.com/ landmark warehouse] for four weekends following Thanksgiving. As the name suggests, Charles Dickens and his literary creations are featured heavily, but there are also plenty of other sights, sounds and even smells offered in terms of food, crafts, and entertainment. It's basically for people who feel that Renn Fairs are a little too far in the past, but [[Comic Con]] / [[Cosplay]] events are equally too modern/futuristic. That qualifies the Fair as a tourist trap, or the most fun you can have with too many clothes on...
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* [[Burlesque]]: The adults-only "Naughty French Postcards Review" and their bare-breasted "Tableaux Vivant."
* [[Celebrity Impersonator]]: Dickens, Poe, Queen Victoria, etc.
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* [[Den of Iniquity]]: Mad Sal's Dockside Alehouse. Might also qualify as [[The City Narrows]] and [[Not-So-Safe Harbor]].
* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: You'd have to go back to the glory days of [[
* [[Hawaiian
* [[Hollywood History]] / [[Nostalgia
* [[Large and In Charge]]: [http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7143/6505791359_572d581677_b.jpg Mad Sal]. (Also Queen Victoria.)
* [[Loveable Rogue]]: Pretty much any male character at Mad Sal's.
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* [[Steampunk]]
* [[Street Performer]]
* [[The Alcoholic]]: [http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7171/6510634375_4cf232b2b6_b.jpg "Edgar Allen Poe"] not only [http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6510634455_35f9ceacf8_b.jpg plays piano] at Mad Sal's [http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6510634983_14ea302a7c_b.jpg for drinks], he's [http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6510639335_0c5e7dd301_b.jpg dragged onstage] and [http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7001/6510640013_b36f11105b_b.jpg forced to sing a silly song] to [[Trapped
* [[The Drunken Sailor]]: Paddy West's band sings classic sea shanties, and also [http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6505819007_1791a5203f_b.jpg shills their own "brand" of booze].
* [[The Patriarch]]: Arguably, [http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6510621997_78e4119782_b.jpg Charles Dickens himself].
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