Renaissance Fair Directory
Age of Chivalry Festival
Nevada | Five Renaissance villages | Mid October (one weekend) | LV Ren Fair |
Alabama Renaissance Faire
Alabama | Fountain on the Green | 4th Weekend of October | http://www.alrenfaire.org/ |
Arizona Renaissance Festival
Arizona | Village of Fairhaven | Early February – mid March (eight weekends) | Arizona RenFest |
Bay Area Renaissance Festival
Florida | Village of Fittleworth during the reign of Henry VIII and Katherine Parr, Germanic mercenaries, Celts, some fantasy elements | Mid-February – early April (seven weekends) | Bay Area RenFest |
Brevard Renaissance Fair
Florida | Shire of Wickham | Mid – January and first weekend of February (three weekends) | Brevard Renaissance Fair |
Bristol Renaissance Faire
Wisconsin | 1574 Bristol, England; Tudor, some fantasy aspects; RenQuest RPG | July – Labor Day weekend (nine weekends) | Bristol RenFair |
Camelot Days Medieval Festival
Florida | Arthurian times | Mid-November | Camelot Days |
Canterbury Renaissance Faire
Oregon | Village of “Canterbury”; Elizabethan England (1558-1603) | Mid-July | Canterbury Faire |
Heavener Runestone Viking Festival
Oklahoma | Viking Festival | 2nd weekend of April and October | Viking Festival |
Carolina Renaissance Festival
North Carolina | Fictional “Fairhaven” | October -November (eight weekends) | Carolina Renaissance Festival |
Colorado Renaissance Festival
Colorado | 16th-century Tudor village; pirates, fantasy elements | June – August (~eight weekends) | Colorado Renaissance |
Connecticut Renaissance Faire (Fall)
Connecticut | Queen Elizabeth (England village of “Lebonshire”); Event Weekends (Cosplay, Doctor Who, Romance) | Early September – mid-October (six weekends) | CT Faire |
Robin Hoods Faire (Spring)
Massachusetts | Robin Hood (England circa 1150 A.D.); fantasy elements encouraged | Mid-May (three weekends) | Robin Hoods Faire |
Door County Fantasy Renaissance Faire
Wisconsin | Shire of “Enchanted”; Arthurian, Elizabethan and fantasy elements | Late June – early July (two weekends) | Door Co. Renaissance |
Florida Renaissance Festival – Deerfield Beach
Florida | 16th century renaissance | February – March (including Presidents’ Day) | Florida RenFest |
Florida Renaissance Festival – Miami
Florida | Early 16th-century Renaissance village | April | Florida RenFest |
Georgia Renaissance Festival
Georgia | The village of “Newcastle” during the reign of King Henry VIII | Mid-April – June | Georgia Ren Fest |
Grand Lake Renaissance Festival
Oklahoma | 1540 Queensferry, Scotland; Reign of King James V | Last Full Weekend of March every year | http://okierennie1.wixsite.com/williams-entertain/grand-lake-renaissance-festival |
Great Lakes Medieval Faire and Marketplace
Ohio | The 13th-century forest kingdom of “Avaloch”; historic, fantasy, super-heroes, futuristic | Early July – mid-August | Medieval Faire |
Great Plains Renaissance Festivals
Kansas | 1300 A.D. in the shire of “Talonterra” | Mid-April and (10b) mid-October | Great Plains |
Greater St. Louis Renaissance Faire
Missouri | “Petit Lyon”, France during a 16th-century visit from King François I | Mid-September – mid-October | St. Louis Renaissance Faire |
Hoggetowne Medieval Faire
Florida | Village of “Hoggetowne” during King Arthur’s reign | Late January – early February | Hoggetowne Fair |
Kansas City Renaissance Festival
Kansas | 1536 in “Canterbury”; Henry VIII, pirates, some fantasy and Robin Hood | September – mid-October | Kansas City RenFest |
Kentucky Highland Renaissance Festival
Kentucky | Fictional “Briarwood”, Scotland during the 14th-century reign of King Robert the Bruce | Early June – early July | Highlands Ren Faire |
King Richard’s Faire
Massachusetts | 16th-century marketplace of “Carvershire” | September – late October | King Richard’s Faire |
Koroneburg Renaissance Festival
California | Baron Heinrich von Lauffer’s estate, a German village located along the Rhine, circa 1450-1600 | Last weekend of May – first 4 weekends of June | Koroneburg Renaissance Festival |
Louisiana Renaissance Festival
Louisiana | Fall harvest in the 16th-century English village of “Albright” | Early November – mid-December | Louisiana Renaissance |
Maryland Renaissance Festival
Maryland | Fictional Tudor village of “Revel Grove” | Late August – late October | Maryland Renaissance Festival |
Medieval Fair of Norman
Oklahoma | c. 1350 London, under the reign of King Edward III; some fantasy elements | One weekend early April | Medieval Fair of Norman |
Michigan Renaissance Festival
Michigan | “Hollygrove” village, late 16th-century England | Mid-August – end of September | Michigan Renaissance Festival |
Mid-Michigan Renaissance Festival
Michigan | Queen Anna of Bohemia with Martin Luther and various mythical and fantasy characters | June | Mid-Michigan RenFest |
Middlefaire Renaissance Festival
Texas | 1652 A.D. in “Wiltonshire”; buccaneers, baroque characters, fantasy elements | Early June: Texas Pirate Festival, Mid July: Magical & Medieval Fantasy Faire, and Late October – mid November: Middlefaire |
Texas Middlefaire Events |
Midsummer Fantasy Renaissance Faire
Connecticut | Year unknown, in the Anleighshire, Kingdom of Cuulayne; under fictional King Tonitrus; fantasy immersion | Mid-June – early July | Midsummer Fantasy Renaissance Faire |
Minnesota Renaissance Festival
Minnesota | 16th-century “England-like” fantasy kingdom | Mid-August – September | Renaissance Fest |
New Hampshire Renaissance Faire
New Hampshire | A family friendly, educational, visual, and theatrical event. | Mid May 2 consecutive weekends | http://www.nhrenfaire.com/ |
New Jersey Renaissance Faire
New Jersey | 16th-century fictional village of Crossford in Northumberland; combines historical and fictional “visitors from time” with fantasy and magic, such as Shakespeare, Robin Hood, King Arthur. etc. | Last weekend in May, first two weekends in June | New Jersey Renaissance Faire |
New York Renaissance Faire
New York | The fictional town of “Sterling” in late 16th-century Elizabethan England | August – September | Ren Faire – NY |
North Carolina Renaissance Faire
North Carolina | 1575 in the Elizabethan village of “Kingston-upon-Hull” | Early – mid-April (two weekends) | North Carolina Ren Faire |
Northern California Renaissance Faire
California | Derbyshire village of “Willingtown”; mid 1600s | Mid-September – mid-October (six weekends) | NorCal RenFaire |
Northwest Renaissance Festival
Washington | 1520, in the Tudor village of “Pleasance” | Early July – early August (four weekends) | Northwest Renaissance Festival |
Nottingham Festival
California | Nottingham, Elizabethan England | November | Nottingham Festival |
Ohio Renaissance Festival
Ohio | 1572 A.D. in the English village of “Willy-Nilly on the Wash;” during the reign of Elizabeth I | September – late-October (eight weekends) | Renaissance Festival |
Oklahoma Renaissance Festival
Oklahoma | 1569 during the reign of Elizabeth I “Castleton” border town of Scotland & England, multiple country quarters (Italian, Celtic) | Late April thru first weekend June (six weekends) | The Castle of Muskogee |
Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
Pennsylvania | 1589 English shire of “Mount Hope”; features Marlowe, Shakespeare and Elizabeth I, since 2014 an early Tudor Henry VIII theme | August – October (thirteen weekends) | Penn Faire |
Pirate Fest Las Vegas
Nevada | Pirates and fantasy | Nevada RenFest |
Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival
Pennsylvania | “Morelandshire;” during the 16th century | Late August – September (five weekends) | Pittsburgh RenFest |
Renaissance Pleasure Faire of Southern California
California | The market at “Port Deptford”; late 16th century | April – late May | SoCal RenFair |
Riverdale Kiwanis Medieval Faire
Florida | 900 – 1300 A.D. | Mid-January – late January | Medieval Faire |
Sarasota Medieval Fair
Florida | 1381 A.D. | Mid-November | Sarasota MedFair |
Scarborough Renaissance Festival
Texas | 1521 Scarborough, under the reign of King Henry VIII | Early April – Memorial Day | Scarborough Fair |
Sherwood Forest Faire
Texas | 1189-1199, Sherwood Forest; under the reign of Richard the Lion Hearted; some fantasy elements | Early March – late April | Sherwood Forest Faire |
Siouxland Renaissance Festival
South Dakota | Shrewsbury, England 1575, the 17th year of Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth’s reign | First Weekend of June | http://siouxlandrenfest.com |
Spring Escondido Renaissance Faire
Felicita County Park | The Shire of Escondido; Her Majesty, Queen “Elizabeth Gloriana” | April and May | Old Tyme Productions |
Sterling Renaissance Festival
New York | The fictional village of “Warwick;” 1585 England | July – August | Sterling, NY Festival |
Tennessee Renaissance Festival
Tennessee | 16th-century town of “Covington Glen;” features a full-sized replica “border castle”, known as “Castell Gwynn” | May (four weekends) | Tennessee RenFest |
Texas Renaissance Festival
Texas | The King’s “New Market Village;” 3rd–16th century; Roman, Scots, Celts, pirates, fantasy | October – November (nine weekends) | TRF |
Three Barons Renaissance Faire
Alaska | The Italian, Arabic, and English camps at the village of “Hillshire;” pirates, fantasy | First two full weekends in June | 3 Barons |
Utah Renaissance Festival and Fantasy Faire
Utah | 1500-1650 in medieval “Hawkhurst;” some fantasy elements | May (four weekends) | Utah RenFest |
Valhalla Renaissance Faire
California | 1580 Elizabethan England; nobility, pirates, barbarians | Memorial day weekend – mid-June | ValhallaFaire |
Virginia Renaissance Faire
Virginia | Elizabethan village of “Stafford” in the 1580s; pirates, Celts; inventors | Mid-May – mid-June (four weekends) | Virginia Renaissance Faire |
Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire
Washington | The 1577 village of “Merriwick”, Elizabethan England; pirates, carnival, fantasy elements | August | Midsummer Faire |
Ye Merrie Greenwood Renaissance Faire
Washington | Elizabethan/Shakespearean Era celebration, circa 1585, vendors, performances, jousting | Mid-September | Ye Merrie Greenwood Players |