Upcoming Medieval Festivals: A Comprehensive List

Welcome to Medieval Festivals USA 2023! We are thrilled to offer a unique and exciting opportunity to experience the Middle Ages like never before. From jousting tournaments to hand-crafted artisan goods and medieval-inspired feasts, you’re sure to find something that appeals to your inner knight or lady. Immerse yourself in the Medieval Age’s culture, and atmosphere as you explore this special event’s wonders. Whether you are a warrior, a craftsman, a musician, or a fan of the Middle Ages, Medieval Festivals USA 2023 has something for everyone. So grab your sword, shield and armour and join us for a journey you won’t soon forget.

January 2023

Acadiana
Renaissance Fête

Jan 14 – Feb 14

The Acadiana Renaissance Fête is an annual celebration of the region’s distinct cultural past held in Lafayette, Louisiana. This two-day event often features live entertainment, cuisine, art, traditional music and dance, and crafts.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No:  (337) 230-2791
Venue: 676 Jim Guillory Road
Opelousas, Louisiana 70570, United States

Brevard
Renaissance Fair

Jan 21 – Feb 5

The Brevard Renaissance Fair is an annual celebration of the Renaissance period held in Cocoa, Florida. It includes jousting, live performances, artisans, food, and other activities. It is usually held over three weekends in January and February.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No:  (337) 230-2791
Venue: 2500 Parkway Dr
Melbourne, FL 32935, USA

Hoggetowne Medieval Faire

Jan 14 – Jan 29

The Hoggetowne Medieval Faire is a yearly event held in Gainesville, Florida. It is a two-day celebration that honours the Medieval and Renaissance eras with jousting, music, games, food, and other activities.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 321-455-0452
Venue: 9409 Archer Road
Gainesville, Florida 32608, United States

​​​​​Kerrville Renaissance Festival

Jan 21 – Feb 5

The Kerrville Renaissance Festival takes place every year in Kerrville, Texas. It is a family-friendly festival that honours Renaissance life and culture. Costumed performers, artists, merchants, live music and dancing, cuisine, and other activities are all part of the event.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 321-455-0452
Venue: 3785 TX-27
Kerrville, TX 78028, USA

Spirited Seas
Renaissance Fair

Jan 21 – Jan 22

The Spirited Seas Renaissance Faire takes place every year in Westport, Massachusetts. It is a family-friendly festival that celebrates Renaissance culture and history. Live music, merchants, cuisine, and entertainment such as jousting and archery are all part of the festivities.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: N/A
Venue: 2606 Mount Olivet Road Kalamazoo,
Michigan 49004, United States

Venezia
Renaissance Faire

Jan 21 – Jan 29

The Venezia Renaissance Faire is an annual Renaissance-themed festival hosted in Venice, Florida. It includes sword fighting, jousting, music, theatre, and dance performances, among other things. Visitors can also enjoy a range of Renaissance-themed crafts, snacks, and other attractions.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 800-273-5794
Venue: 28010 Race Track Rd
Bonita Springs, Florida 34135, United States

February 2023

Acadiana
Renaissance Fête

Jan 14 – Feb 12

The Acadiana Renaissance Fête is an annual birthday party of the region’s wonderful cultural beyond held in Lafayette, Louisiana. This two-day occasion frequently provides entertainment, cuisine, art, conventional music and dance, and crafts.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: (214) 632-5766
Venue: 676 Jim Guillory Road
Opelousas, Louisiana 70570, United States

Brevard Renaissance Fair

Jan 07 – Feb 05

You are in particular lucky when you have introduced your imagination, true humor and feel of participation to the Faire. Catch a glimpse of instances past (or probably a unicorn or fairy), and lose your self withinside the Olde World of Medieval– Renaissance Europe.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 321-455-0452
Venue: 2500 Parkway Dr
Melbourne, FL 32935, USA

Michigan Nordic Fire Festival

Feb 24 – Feb 26

Join us for this year’s Michigan Nordic Fire Festival and #BeAWeekendViking. Vikings take over Charlotte as we gather at the festival site at Charlotte’s sledding hill at 620 W. Shepherd Street.

Fair Type: Other
Phone No: NA
Venue: 620 West Shepherd Street
Charlotte, Michigan 48813, United States

Riverside Dickens Festival

Feb 25 – Feb 26

Celebrating the existence and works of author Charles Dickens and his impact on society, our Dickens Fest is the brainchild of a small organization of folks who desired to sell the cultural arts.

Fair Type: Other
Phone No: (951) 781-3168
Venue: 4000 Main Street
Riverside, CA 92501, USA

Two Rivers Renaissance Faire

Feb 03 – Feb 05

Take a step back in time and revel in the times surrounded with the aid of using revelry and merriment. Bring your entire own circle of relatives for an amusing and frivolous day on the Faire. Peruse the purveyors of quality wares, and flavor the treats of the time in our Renaissance marketplace.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: NA
Venue: 2520 East 32nd Street
Yuma, AZ 85365, USA

Arizona Renaissance Festival

Feb 04 – Apr 2

The Festival is a medieval amusement park, a 16-degree theater, a 50-acre circus, an arts and crafts fair, a jousting match, and a feast — all rolled into one non-stop, day-length adventure.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 520-463-2600
Venue: 12601 East Highway 60
Apache Junction, AZ 85118

Vermont Winter Renaissance Faire

Feb 04 – Feb 05

The Winter Renaissance Faire is a family-pleasant occasion for all ages, proposing overall performance troupes which includes singers, musicians, acrobats and dancers; in addition to medieval and Viking demonstrations of existence at the battlefields of the antique world.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: NA
Venue: 620 West Shepherd Street
Charlotte, Michigan 48813, United States

Florida Renaissance Festival, Deerfield Beach

Feb 04 – Mar 19

Come Be Welcome in our Village ! Browse via our Enchanted Artisan Marketplace in which over One Hundred Merchants display and promote their wares.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 954.776.1642
Venue: 401 South Powerline Road
Deerfield Beach, FL 33442, USA

Mythicon

Feb 17 – Feb 19

Mythicon is the midwinter collecting of the paranormal peoples of the faerie realm. Faeries, trolls, goblins, gnomes, mermaids!

Fair Type: Faerie
Phone No: 540-226-1300
Venue: 2634 Emmitsburg Road
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325, United States

Kerrville Renaissance Festival

Jan 21 – Feb 05

The Kerrville Renaissance Festival recreates a medieval marketplace, wherein visitors are advocated to get dressed in costume and be a part of the merriment to be able to encompass walking musicians, magicians, jugglers, and storytellers.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: (214) 632-5766
Venue: 3785 TX-27
Kerrville, TX 78028, USA

Bay Area Renaissance Festival

Feb 18 – Apr 02

Join the Villagers of Fittleworth as they invite every person to the mystical sixteenth Century European village presenting severa ranges of interesting amusement including: musicians, magicians, jugglers and mimes.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 1-800-601-4848
Venue: 12449 Withlacoochee Boulevard
Dade City, Florida 33525, United States

Treasure Coast Pirate Fest

Feb 11 – Feb 12

The Treasure Coast Pirate Fest will feature pirate-themed sights together with a Living History Pirate Encampment, Blackbeard’s Pirate Ship, Mermaids, a Little Buccaneer Kids Zone, Costume Contests, a Treasure Hunt, Pirate Weapon Demonstrations, Live Music, and an entire lot of extra such as a fantastically predicted Friday night time Pirate’s Ball for person scallywags 18 years and older.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 561-792-9260
Venue: 600 North Indian River Drive
Fort Pierce, FL 34950, USA

March 2023

Medieval Faire of Norman

Mar 31 – Apr 02

Discover the magic of instances beyond at Reaves Park this spring as you’re transported to an age of kings, queens, and knights in shining armor at Norman’s Medieval Fair. Held yearly considering the fact that 1977, this interesting three-day occasion recreates a 14th century spring marketplace truthful whole with a go-to from King Edward III.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: NA
Venue: 2501 Jenkins Avenue
Norman, OK 73072, USA

Gulf Coast Renaissance Faire and Pirate Festival

Mar 04 – Mar 05

This 2-day festival will feature medieval Jousting Knights, Pirates, Falconry, the King & Queen, Swashbuckling Swordsmen, Storytellers, Arabian Dancers, Gypsy Dancers, Magicians, Medieval Fighters, Renaissance Dancers, Irish Dancers, Medieval Musicians, Renaissance Theatre, Jesters, Jugglers, Fire Breathers, Food & Drink, Renaissance Games of Skill, Medieval Merchants with Thousands of Renaissance Wares and Crafts and much more!!!

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 561-792-9260
Venue: Santa Rosa County Fairgrounds
8604 Bobby Brown Rd, Milton, FL 32583

North Texas Irish Festival

Mar 03 – Mar 05

The North Texas Irish Festival is produced and subsidized via way of means of the Southwest Celtic Music Association, Inc. a Texas nonprofit, a tax-exempt business enterprise committed to the “study, performance, advertising and protection of Celtic track and dance withinside the Southwest.”

Fair Type: Celtic
Phone No: (212) 823-4370
Venue: Fair Park
1200 S 2nd Ave, Dallas, Texas 75210, United States

London Bridge Renaissance Faire

Mar 31 – Apr 02

Now in its Fifth year, the London Bridge Renaissance Faire goes strong! If you’ve by no means skilled in a Renaissance Faire, it’s miles a competition with stage & avenue performers in length costumes, bringing medieval records to existence in a fun & dramatic way!

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 928-846-7093
Venue: 1799 Mcculloch Boulevard South
Lake Havasu City, Arizona 86406, United States

Alabama Medieval Fantasy Festival

Mar 25 – Mar 26

A 9th-century competition whole with Vikings and Normans, Jousts, academic interactive amusement for the complete family. There might be shopping, ancient recreations, blacksmithing, weaving, cleaning soap making, herbals, mystics, and stomach dancers galore.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 251-423-1257
Venue: 4776 Fort Dale Road
Greenville, AL 36037, USA

Guthrie Renaissance Faire

Mar 24 – Mar 26

Join us for a weekend of outside merriment! Transporting you to a time of long ago! Fun for the complete family Jousting, birds of prey, belly dancing, juggling, fire performers, war demos, music, historic demos, Pirates, Vikings, people watching, food & drink, a cigar tent, Bagpipes, axe throwing, contests.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: NA
Venue: 305 North 5th Street
Guthrie, Oklahoma 73044, United States

Arizona Renaissance Festival

Feb 04 – Apr 02

The Festival is a medieval leisure park, a 16-stage theater, a 50-acre circus, an arts and crafts fair, a jousting event, and a feast — all rolled into one non-stop, day-long adventure. You by no means recognize what you may locate on or off the degree!

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 520-463-2600
Venue: 12601 East Highway 60
Apache Junction, AZ 85118

Florida Renaissance Festival, Deerfield Beach

Feb 04 – Mar 19

Come Be Welcome in our Village! Browse through our Enchanted Artisan Marketplace in which over One Hundred Merchants exhibit and promote their wares. Behold blown glass, hammered pewter, timber toys, hand-tooled leather, weaponry, specific pottery, plentiful garb, and a wealth of different Riches.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 954.776.1642
Venue: 401 South Powerline Road
Deerfield Beach, FL 33442, USA

Calaveras Celtic Heritage Celebration

Mar 10 – Mar 12

Imperial Knights Production Company produces an interesting medieval event with superb stunts on horseback, jousting, and top-of-the-line, hand-to-hand fight with a whole lot of medieval weapons, cheer to your favored knight!

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 800-446-1333
Venue: 2465 Gun Club Rd
Angels Camp, California 95222, United States

Queensferry Renaissance Festival

Mar 18 – Mar 19

Step again in time to 1540 Queensferry Scotland because the villagers collect to celebrate the appearance of our illustrious Queen Margaret. Take withinside the attractions and sounds of the town folk, traders, and performers.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 918-639-3255
Venue: 438415 E Highway 60
Vinita, Oklahoma 74301, United States

Bay Area Renaissance Festival

Feb 18 – Apr 02

Join the Villagers of Fittleworth as they invite everyone to the magical sixteenth Century European village presenting several stages of thrilling leisure including musicians, magicians, jugglers, and mimes. Over one hundred artisans will fill the Festival market to show and promote their handmade items for a clearly excellent and countless purchasing experience.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 1-800-601-4848
Venue: 12449 Withlacoochee Boulevard
Dade City, Florida 33525, United States

NM Renaissance Celtic Festival

Mar 24 – Mar 26

We are excited to convey it to you withinside the Land Of Enchantment Realm, in which we’ve got the Fantasy Kingdom actually to locate the Sherwood Forest, Fairy Glen, oh and watch out for Mermaids and Pirates lurking across the Pirate Cove. Make haste to the Time Travelers Alley, as they ship you into the destiny or the past, bringing you alongside through time.

Fair Type: Celtic
Phone No: 575-749-1275
Venue: 87 North Frontage Road
Edgewood, New Mexico 87015, United States

Pirate Fest Las Vegas

Mar 25 – Mar 26

Pirate Fest Las Vegas is a hands-on own circle of the relatives-orientated event!! We are a Pirate-themed Renaissance Festival that features Pirates, Rennies, Steampunk, and Faeries all collaborating in our very personal Legend!! How else do you explain Pirates withinside the desert?

Fair Type: Pirate
Phone No: NA
Venue: 628 W Craig Rd
North Las Vegas, Nevada 89031, United States

Sherwood Forest Faire

Mar 04 – Apr 23

Welcome to Sherwood Forest Faire! Here ye may also recognize that thou artwork under the safety of King Richard the Lionheart and his ambitious best friend Robin Hood.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 512 222 6680
Venue: 1883 Old Highway 20
McDade, TX 78650, USA

High Desert Pirate Faire

Mar 18 – Mar 19

Welcome to a Grand gathering of Pirates, Rogues, and Buccaneers from throughout California, Arizona, and Nevada to show off the treasures plundered from shores across the world.

Fair Type: Pirate
Phone No: (760) 684-0387
Venue: Hesperia Lake Park
7500 Arrowhead Lake Rd, Hesperia, CA 92345, USA

Grand Lake Renaissance Festival

Mar 11 – Mar 12

Join the villagers of 1540 Queensferry, Scotland experience the sights and sounds of the village coming to life after the cold of winter’s embrace! Be enthralled with the aid of using our Entertainers, nibble on Fine Foods, and store the Wondrous Wares of our Village Merchants.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 918-244-1887
Venue: N/A

April 2023

Oklahoma Renaissance Festival

Apr 29 – Jun 4

Journey to an age of kings, queens, and knights in shining armor. Be mesmerized as magicians, jugglers, musicians, dancers, acrobats, and jousters thrill and delight you on any of our 15 Stages.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: (918) 687-3625
Venue: 3400 West Fern Mountain Road
Muskogee, OK 74401, USA

Georgia Renaissance Festival

Apr 15 – Jun 4

The Georgia Renaissance Festival is an interactive art and entertainment festival held each spring combining outdoor theater, circus-style entertainment, and an arts and crafts marketplace, all set inside our recreated 16th-Century European village.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: (770) 964-8575
Venue: 6905 Virlyn B Smith Road
Fairburn, GA 30213, USA

London Bridge Renaissance Faire

Mar 31 – Apr 2

Now in its Fifth year, the London Bridge Renaissance Faire is going strong! If you’ve never experienced a Renaissance Faire, it is a festival with stage & street performers in period costumes, bringing medieval history to life in a fun & dramatic way!

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 928-846-7093
Venue: 1799 Mcculloch Boulevard South
Lake Havasu City, Arizona 86406, United States

Arizona Renaissance Festival

Feb 4 – Apr 2

The Festival is a medieval amusement park, a 16-stage theater, a 50-acre circus, an arts and crafts fair, a jousting tournament and a feast — all rolled into one non-stop, day-long adventure.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 520-463-2600
Venue: 12601 East Highway 60
Apache Junction, AZ 85118

Scarborough Renaissance Festival

Apr 8 – May 29

Enjoy full combat jousting and birds of prey exhibitions; a living chess match, a Mermaid Lagoon, 27 stages of non-stop Renaissance entertainment including over a dozen new shows and our performing company of over 150.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 972.938.3247
Venue: 2511 Farm to Market 66
Waxahachie, TX 75167, USA

Eastern Kentucky Renaissance Faire

April 29 – May 1

A recreation of a English village in the 1400’s. A three day armoured fighting tournament including a Firelight Tournament Saturday night.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 606-929-5504
Venue: 80 Koa Ln
Argillite, Kentucky 41121, United States

The Festival of Legends

Apr 22 – Apr 23

The Festival of Legends is a celebration of the mythic arts and the magic of life itself. It is a playground for the imagination – for children as well as adults – and an escape from the mundane world.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: N/A
Venue: 2908 Optimist Farm Rd
Apex, NC 27539, USA

Dunedin Highland Games

& Festival

April 1

N/A

Fair Type: Celtic
Phone No: N/A
Venue: 1920 Pinehurst Road
Dunedin, Florida 34698, United States

Southern Maryland Celtic Festival

Apr 29

The Festival of Legends is a celebration of the mythic arts and the magic of life itself. It is a playground for the imagination – for children as well as adults – and an escape from the mundane world.

Fair Type: Celtic
Phone No: 410-586-8501
Venue: 10515 Mackall Road
Saint Leonard, Maryland 20685, United States

Avalon Faire

Apr 1 – Apr 30

A day of wondrous whimsy awaits you! Pass through the gates of Avalon and be transported to the time of King Arthur, Lady Guinevere and the Knights of the Round Table! Escape from the bustle of modern life and spend a day (or a weekend) in our magical realm amidst marvels and merriment and music that make your spirit soar.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 903-985-7633
Venue: 1076 FM 1252 W
Kilgore, Texas 75662, United States

Renaissance Pleasure Faire

April 8 – May 21

The Festival of Legends is a celebration of the mythic arts and the magic of life itself. It is a playground for the imagination – for children as well as adults – and an escape from the mundane world.

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: 626.969.4750
Venue: Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area
15501 Arrow Highway, Irwindale, CA 91706, USA

Eastern NC Renaissance Faire

Apr 22 – Apr 23

N/A

Fair Type: Renaissance
Phone No: N/A
Venue: 401 Fairgrounds Rd
Kinston, North Carolina 28504, United States