Saturday November 14, 2026 thru Sunday November 15, 2026 At 8:30 am to 5:30 pm
You don?t need a passport to Time Travel to the 16th Century! Come as you are or dress as your favorite time traveling character inspired by movies, TV, comic books, science fiction and/or fantasy - all costume genres welcome! Keep scrolling for details!
Costume Contest!
Win FREE Tickets for a return visit (and other prizes too) in the Time Traveler?s costume contest! Contest starts at 2:30pm for children and adult contest to follow immediately after at The Middleshire Grove (located beyond the Rocking Horse).
The Renaissance Festival is a 16th century European style art and entertainment festival combining outdoor theater, circus entertainment, arts and crafts marketplace, a jousting tournament, a feast fit for royalty, and much much more.
Time travel to the greatest party since Camelot!
Take an autumn stroll through the wooded Village
of Fairhaven where history comes alive with
non-stop, day-long, immersive and interactive
entertainments like no place else! Shop an
abundance of arts and crafts in the village
open-air Artisan Market! Adventure awaits with
games and rides, valiant jousting knights on...
Gather Your Friends! Gather Your Enemies! It?s
Opening INVASION Celebration! Kick off the
Festival season with Vikings, barbarians,
crusaders, orcs, raiders, and more! Win prizes
in the Invaders Costume Contest at the Middleshire
Grove stage at 2:30 PM! Save $26.00 with 2 Adult
Tickets for $47.99! a ($46.00 + $1.99 service fee)
Opening Weekend Only! Saturday,...
Learn the time honored craft of beer brewing!
Sample a selection of fine micro-brewed ale! Play
a series of RenFest Beer Games! Adventurous
costumed ladies are invited to flirtatiously strut
their stuff in the Saucy Maiden Costume Contest!
All in good, clean fun of course! Prizes will be
awarded. BrewFest activities start at 12:00pm at
the Haven (behind Edgewood...
Members of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community,
family, and friends can SAVE with two discounted
admission offers! Adults ages 13 and up SAVE $13
per each adult tickets. Offer is redeemable via
one time use promotional discount code entered
into the Festival's online ticket shopping cart
for Saturday, October 10 only. A separate $1.99
online ticket service provider fee...
Level up! With RenFest ConQuest! Stop by the table
top gaming display partners! Click to register to
play DnD & other fantasy games at the display
located inside the Village Woodswalk! (nearby the
Casa Fortuna stage) Win prizes in the Sorcerers &
Spell Casters costume contest at The Middleshire
Grove stage at 2:30 PM! Children ages 5 - 12 are
FREE with coupon promo...
A bevy of Festival Musicians present your favorite
Celtic music! Don't miss CRAIC, Magnus & Maggie,
and The Reelin Rogues! WIN TICKETS for a return
visit and much more! Hunky Highlanders are
encouraged to show their stuff in the Men of
Skills Competition! Contests include a Test of
Strength, a Test of Confidence, and a Test of
Skill. All in good fun! Prizes will be awarded....
Already the Carolinas' largest costume party, the
Carolina Renaissance Festival is THE PLACE to
celebrate Halloween! Enjoy FREE Child Admission
with no coupon required for all children ages 12
and under. Children must have a ticket. Child
tickets for these dates are FREE online with date
selection of October 31 or November 1. Adults
accompanying children must already...
Win FREE ADMISSION! ARRRRGH! It's foolish
pleasures and pirate's treasures! Plunder the
Village with early Holiday shopping and save at
the Fairhaven Artisan Marketplace! Enjoy special
guest performances by the Pyrates Royale! Special
Pirate entertainment & costume contest! Plunder
the Village for festival arts & crafts and receive
FREE Festival admission for a return...
You don?t need a passport to Time Travel to the
16th Century! Come as you are or dress as your
favorite time traveling character inspired by
movies, TV, comic books, science fiction and/or
fantasy - all costume genres welcome! Keep
scrolling for details! Costume Contest! Win FREE
Tickets for a return visit (and other prizes too)
in the Time Traveler?s costume contest!...
Chomp a Turkey Leg before Turkey Day and don't
miss the last chance of the year to experience
your best day out in History! *Win prizes in the
Grand Fare-The-Well costume contest at the
Middleshire Grove stage at 2:30 PM! Children ages
5-12 are FREE with a donation of can food items at
the Festival entry (ages 4 and under always free).
Adults accompanying children on...
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You don?t need a passport to Time Travel to the 16th Century! Come as you are or dress as your favorite time traveling character inspired by movies, TV, comic books, science fiction and/or fantasy - all costume genres welcome! Keep scrolling for details!
