USA Renaissance Festivals & Events

Find Renaissance Festivals, faires t& events throughout the USA! Enjoy festival foods, medieval arts and crafts, and outdoor entertainment including historic themed archery, axe throwing, & jousting at a local Rennaissance fair near you! Also, find other related festivals and events including summer music festivals, county fairs and festivals, cinema events, film festivals, Fourth of July events and celebrations, fine art and craft shows, carnivals, & State Fairs.

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February 2010 Renaissance Festivals

02/05 - 02/07, 2010 - Two Rivers Renaissance Faire
Yuma, Arizona
Location: West Wetlands Park, North 22nd Ave
Website: www.tworiversfaire.com
Details: This will be another fun and exciting family event, unlike anything else in Yuma. Bring your friends and family to the Faire for a weekend of wonder and amazement as you relive the past. Come for the day or join us and become a part of this, our stage.

02/06 - 03/28, 2010 (Open every Saturday and Sunday) - Arizona Renaissance Festival
Apache Junction, Arizona
Location: 12601 E US Highway 60
Website: www.royalfaires.com
Hours: 520-463-2700
Details: The Arizona Renaissance Festival is one of the most interactive entertainment shows ever created with wonderful amusements and antics on going all around you! Enjoy non-stop entertainment presented on 12 stages every event day.

02/13 - 03/28, 2010 (Open every Saturday and Sunday) - Bay Area Renaissance Festival
Tampa, Florida
Location: 11315 North 46th Street
Website: www.renaissancefest.com
Hours: (813) 983-0111
Details: Weekends & Friday, March 19th. 10am - 6pm | Rain or Shine. FREE Parking!

02/13 - 03/14, 2010 (Open every Saturday and Sunday) - Florida Renaissance Festival
Deerfield Beach, Florida
Location: Quiet Waters Park, 401 S Powerline Road
Website: www.ren-fest.com
Hours: 954-776-1642
Details: Browse through our enchanted crafts Village where over one hundred merchants and artisans demonstrate and sell their wares. Behold glass blowing, hammered pewter, wooden toys, unique pottery, clothing and a wealth of other riches. Applaud Hundreds of Performers, not only on our twelve stages but literally all around you.

March 2010 Renaissance Festivals

03/06 - 03/07, 2010 - Gulf Coast Renaissance Faire
Pensacola, Florida
Location: Pensacola Interstate Fairgrounds, 6655 Mobile Highway
Website: www.gcrf.net
Contact Phone: 877-429-8462
Details: You are cordially invited by the King to the Gulf Coast Renaissance Faire! Enjoy 2 days of Medieval Fun as you are entertained by Jousting Knights, Magical Wizards, Medieval Fighters, Falconry, Renaissance Dancers,Medieval Musicians, Renaissance Theatre, Fire Breathers, Jesters, Jugglers,Gypsy and Arabian Dancers, Swordfighters, Food and Drink, Games of Skill, Thrill Rides, Medieval Merchants and much more! Discover the Past on the Gulf Coast Come to the Gulf Coast Renaissance Faire!!

03/12 - 03/14, 2010 - Calaveras Celtic Faire
Angels Camp, California
Location: Frogtown Fairgrounds, 2465 Gunclub Road
Website: www.sonoracelticfaire.com
Details: California's Oldest and Largest Celtic Faire. Music all day long. Also Knights Jousting on Horseback * Longbow Archery * Armored Tournament * Modern Clans * Celtic Living History * Ethnic Food & Drink * St. Patrick's Court * Mary Queen of Scot's Royal Court * Irish Step Dancers * Highland Dancers.

03/19 - 03/21, 2010 - Crossroads Palm Springs Old World Festival
Palm Springs, California
Location: Frances Stevens Park, 538 North Palm Canyon Drive
Website: www.renaissanceinfo.com
Contact Phone: 951-735-0101
Details: Step into a 1450-1600 European Village where villagers celebrate the arrival of Spring, The merchants setup their shops to sell their wares, the entertainers gather to perform for noble and peasant alike.

03/20, 2010 - Agoura Renaissance Pleasure Faire Reunion Picnic and Revels
Agoura, California
Location: Paramount Ranch, 2903 Cornell Rd
Website: www.dragondance.com
Contact Phone: (805) 370-2300
Details: Once upon a time, in the midst of social chaos, there was born a moment of Pleasure. It sprang from the hearts of a generation called Love. It leapt, danced and sang all the songs of Spring that had lain dormant for hundreds of years. -Billy Scudder. This is an annual gathering to celebrate the roots of the first Renaissance Pleasure Faire.

03/26 - 03/28, 2010 - Medieval Faire of Norman
Norman, Oklahoma
Location: Reaves Park, 2501 S Jenkins Avenue
Website: www.medievalfair.org
Contact Phone: (405) 288-2536
Details: Journey to an age of kings, queens and knights in shining armor. This free living history event features art, crafts, food, games and a vast array of entertainment. Highlights include knights jousting on horseback and human chess games.

April 2010 Renaissance Festivals

04/09 - 04/10, 2010 - Renaissance Days at UACCB
Batesville, Arkansas
Location: Univ. of Arkansas Comm. College at Batesville
Website: http://web.uaccb.edu/renaissancedays/
Contact Phone: (870) 612-2038
Details: The UACCB Renaissance Days event was created to enrich the Batesville community and creatively educate the students and teachers of this region about the Renaissance era.

04/10 - 05/23, 2010 - Renaissance Pleasure Faire
Irwindale, California
Location: Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area
Website: www.renfair.com
Contact Phone: 626-969-4750
Details: The Pleasure is back! Stroll winding village lanes brimming with fine handcrafts. Feast on hearty food and drink. All the Faire's a Stage!

04/10 - 04/25, 2010 (weekends)- North Carolina Renaissance Faire
Raleigh, North Carolina
Location: 13239 Capital Blvd
Website: www.ncrenfaire.com
Contact Phone: 919-755-8004
Details: At The North Carolina Renaissance Faire, you can step back 400 years into time and history! This full scale, interactive theater experience is like no other. The Faire offers you a chance to visit the days of Her Majesty QueenElizabeth I!

04/10 - 05/31, 2010 (weekends)- Scarborough Faire, The Renaissance Festival
Waxahachie, Texas
Location: 2511 FM66
Website: www.scarboroughrenfest.com
Contact Phone: (972) 938-3247
Details: Step through the gates of Scarborough Village and feel your cares slip away. Thrill to the thunder of hooves and crash of lance on shield at the joust. Watch in amazement as birds of prey swoop just inches above your head at the command of the Royal Falconer.

04/10 - 04/11, 2010 - The Renaissance of the Matriarch Festival
Stuarts Draft, Virginia
Location: Stuarts Draft Park
Website: www.scarboroughrenfest.com
Contact Phone: (540) 337-6324
Details: Saturday: 10am to 5pm and Sunday: 10am to 5pm. A Spring Renaissance Festival with feminine empowered energy to coincide with New Directions Center's efforts in assisting physically, emotional, and sexual abused women.

04/16 - 04/18, 2010 - PyrateCon
New Orleans, Louisiana
Location: The Hampton Inn—New Orleans French Quarter
Website: www.pyratecon.com
Contact Phone: (877) 929-4014
Details: PyrateCon had its humble beginnings as a typical “Con,” or conference, for pirate performers, re-enactors, living historians and casual pirates to come together from all over the country and world. Our pirates spend time meeting and drinking, sharing stories, and honing their skills on history, shanty singing, black powder expertise and showing the world how to party like pirates.

04/17 - 06/06, 2010 (weekends) - Georgia Renaissance Festival
Fairburn, Georgia
Location: 6905 Virlyn B Smith Road
Website: www.garenfest.com
Contact Phone: (770) 964-8575
Details: Our multi-acre kingdom is a re-creation of a 16th Century European Country Faire where you can shop, eat and revel with a cast of nearly 1,000 colorfully costumed characters. Ten stages of music and comedy shows are set against a permanent backdrop of Tudor homes and enchanting cottages! Cheer your champion knight at the Royal Equestrian Joust Arena. Feast like a King on the hearty food and drink of the period, shop for fine handcrafted treasures and watch demonstrations of the time-honored arts of weaving, coin minting, spinning, sculpting, glass blowing, and leather crafting and enjoy games and rides for all ages.

04/17 - 04/18, 2010 - Medieval Fantasy Festival
Vacaville, California
Location: Merchant, Main and Parker Sts
Website: www.medievalfantasyfestival.com
Contact Phone: (707) 451-2100
Details: Saturday and Sunday, April 18 & 19, the Festival gets into full swing. There will be Music, Food, Crafts, Dance, Entertainment, Games for the Kids, Eco-Friendly Green Vendors, and Demonstrations of Old Time Skills. There will be a Costume Contest. The Ratapult, launching toy rats from a catapult or trebuchets, will be back bigger and better.

04/24 - 04/25 & 05/01 - 05 /02, 2010 - Escondido Spring Renaissance Faire
Escondido, California
Location: Felicita Park
Website: www.goldcoastfestivals.com
Contact Phone: n/a
Details: Welcome to the Escondido Renaissance Faire and"Shakespeare in the Park. Visit with the inhabitants of the"Village of Falconbridge" and view scenes of one of San Diego's most beautiful Parks. The age of chivalry will be recreated among the wonders of nature in this idealic setting. Travel back to a distant place in time to share memories and the glories of the reign of Elizabeth the First.

04/24 - 04/25, 2010 - Ashville Viking Festival
Ashville, Ohio
Location: Ashville Village Park, 200 Walnut St
Website: www.ashvillevikingfest.com
Contact Phone: (740) 983-9399
Details: We are asking that you bring a food item to be donated to the Ashville Food Pantry. Entry Donations will be accepted to help cover costs.

04/24 - 04/25, 2010 - Tulare County Renaissance Festival
Visalia, California
Location: Plaza Park, W Airport Dr & S Plaza St
Website: www.stmortimer.org
Contact Phone: 559-622-0969
Details: Tulare County Renaissance Festival is an Elizabethan Faire and features Renaissance guilds, merchants, stage shows, battle reenactments, jousting and the splendid atmosphere of England under rule of Queen Elizabeth I. The whole family is welcome, the site is well shaged and various vendors provide refreshment and delicious period food dishes. Each day opens with the good folk of the shire meeting their Queen and welcoming her to the marketplace and village, where she and her court will spend two days of sampling and enjoying the beautiful English countryside.

04/24 - 04/25, 2010 - Great Plains Spring Renaissance Festival
Wichita, Kansas
Location: 6501 W 21st Street North
Website: www.greatplainsrenfest.com
Contact Phone: (316) 253 - 3392
Details: Come one come all to the Great Plains Renaissance and living history festival - your adventure awaits!

04/24, 2010 - Celtic Festival of Southern Maryland
St. Leonard, Maryland
Location: Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
Website: www.cssm.org/index.php?festival
Contact Phone: (443) 404-7319
Details: April 24, 2010 marks the 32nd year for the oldest Celtic celebration in Maryland. Chosen in 2000 by Congressman Steny Hoyer to represent Southern Maryland in the national "Local Legacy" project of the Library of Congress’ Bicentennial celebration, The Southern Maryland Celtic Festival and Highland Gathering highlights the heritage of the Scots, Irish, Welsh, Manx, Breton, Cornish and British.

04/30 - 05/02, 2010 - Th'Gatherin' Ancient Festival O'Beltane
Wakeeney, Kansas
Location: Near WaKeeney, KS
Website: www.thgatherin.com
Contact Phone: (785) 743-5423
Details: Please visit website for more details!

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