Michigan Renaissance Festivals and Faires

• When: Two Weekends in May
• Where:
  Calhoun County Fairground
  720 Fair Street
  Marshall, MI
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Mayfaire brings to life a time gone by, and recreates a market day in the Renaissance. You can find one of a kind hand crafted items that make Mayfaire a perfect place to shop for all your gifts. Rub elbows with the nobility. Join the Queen for Afternoon Tea. Be entertained by a variety of performers with dozens of shows daily. Cheer your favourite knight in the joust. The air of Marshallmoor is filled with the sounds of musicians, and villagers celebrating Mayfaire, and the enticing smell of the food that is being prepared just to temp you.

• When: Two weeks in July
• Where:
  5052 M-66 North
  Charlevoix, MI 49720br> See a map to this festival.

Action, adventure, and romance all await you at Castle Farms during the Charlevoix Renaissance Festival! Grab your friends and family and enjoy an interactive experience you won't forget! Choose your own adventure:

• When: Five weekends, July-August
• Where:
  Kimball Pines Park
  1158 E. Michigan Avenue
  Battle Creek, MI
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Silver Leaf offers a variety of entertainment, suitable for all ages. Skilled swordsmen, musicians and storytellers gather crowds with their daring antics and skilled arts. Over in the field, live, full-contact jousting shakes the ground with stomping hooves and clashing knights.

• When: Seven weeks, August to September
• Where:
  12500 Dixie Highway
  Holly, MI
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Inside the turreted gates of Hollygrove you are free to roam the festive marketplace, featuring friendly village merchants lining every path. In addition to the fantastic selection of handcrafted wares, Hollygrove visitors may also partake in games of skill or enjoy non-stop entertainment where belly dancers, sword swallowers, musicians, comedians and sword fighters provide merriment for all ages. The Festival is best known for it's awe-inspiring full-contact armored jousting tournaments where gallant knights defend their honor until the last man is standing!

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