Texas Renaissance Festivals and Faires

• When: Weekends in March and April. Visit the site for exact dates.
• Where:
  21852 County Road 2178
  Troup, TX 75789

Children’s entertainment includes the Children’s Knighting Ceremony, amazing puppeteers, and a petting zoo with pony rides, games of skill and chance, and the Crow’s Nest ride & Joust the Dragon ride, the Royal Parade, and much more!

• When: Weekends from February to April
• Where:
  1883 Old Hwy 20
  McDade TX 78650

Besides the familiar characters of Sherwood Legends, there are countless Lords and Ladies, Craftsfolk, Knights, Barbarians, Wizards, and Fools to meet along your way. Each of them will be living out their own stories as the day unfolds at Sherwood Forest Faire.

• When: Select theme weekends throughout the year. Visit the site for exact dates.
• Where:
  State Highway 171
  County Road 1458
  Hillsboro, Texas

Middlefaire comes to life in a mid-seventeenth-century English village. With buccaneers, pirates, gypsies, rogues, tradesmen, merchants and Irish bards. Differing cultures, unique faire activities, and a distinct "old town" feel give Middlefaire a look, ambiance, and character all its own.

• When: Weekends in April and May. Visit the site for exact dates.
• Where:
  Scarborough Renaissance Festival
  2511 FM66 Waxahachie, TX 75167

Scarborough Renaissance Festival is a Renaissance-themed festival based on the year 1533, during the reign of England’s King Henry VIII. Scarborough Festival is a 35 acre 'village' (larger than most area shopping malls) within a 167 acre site . The festival employs more than 2,000 performers, artisans, food service people, grounds crew, and retail staff during the course of a season.

• When: Weekends in October and November
• Where:
  21778 FM 1774
  Plantersville, TX

The Texas Renaissance Festival is one of the nations largest, most acclaimed Renaissance theme parks where the sights, sounds, tastes and beauty of the 16th century come alive every Saturday and Sunday for 8 weekends in October and November.

• When: A single weekend in December
• Where:
  Live Oak Park
  Ingleside, Texas (Directions)

Come and play at the Ingleside Renaissance Faire before the veil falls back and the Vikings and jousters retake the forest!

Find renaissance festivals in your state or in the neighboring states, or plan a weekend of costume fun on a medieval vacation across the country. This map of U.S. renaissance festivals will help you in your quest.

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There are people from all walks of life who attend renaissance festivals, and that calls for a lot of crazy costuming. Find out what is generally appropriate and learn how to create some of your own renaissance festival 'garb'.

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