Mid-America Festivals
Michaela Matzke is an experienced event planner and sales representative currently working at Mid-America Festivals since May 2017, where responsibilities include managing special events at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival and establishing discount programs for local entities. Previous experience includes roles as a restaurant cashier at Noodles & Company and a sales and events intern at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, where event planning for various gatherings was key. Michaela also held positions such as seasonal assistant manager at The Yankee Candle Company, a shoes associate at Kohl's, and a foods associate at Valleyfair Family Amusement Park. Michaela earned a Bachelor of Science in Communication and Media Studies from Minnesota State University, Mankato, in 2017.
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Mid-America Festivals
Mid-America Festivals is the nation’s largest producer of outdoor single-themed events. In 2014, we entertained nearly one million people in a wide variety of locations across the country. Mid-America Festivals currently devotes its time towards developing some of the best festivals in the country. Mid-America Festivals, along with affiliated entities, owns and operates the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, the Trail of Terror (located in Minnesota), the Bay Area Renaissance Festival at MOSI (located on the grounds of the Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa Bay, Florida), the Kansas City Renaissance Festival, the Michigan Renaissance Festival, St. Louis Renaissance Festival and many other events. The company demonstrates its event production and promotion leadership by embracing all aspects of event production from specialty merchandise and corporate sponsorship to ticket sales and multi-media marketing. Based in Minneapolis, Mid America’s staff is comprised of talented manager’s experiences in all aspects of entertainment. Mid-America Festivals began producing Renaissance Festivals in 1976 as a natural extension of its president’s career in major venue promotion and production. The company’s back ground ranges from rock and roll events like the Beach Boys, Rolling Stones, and Prince to event management for concerts like “Rock the Garden” in Minneapolis.