List of Renaissance and Medieval fairs

Daily Grand March of the royals at a Renaissance fair in the US

The Medieval Fair at Horb am Neckar (South Germany) 2019

This is a list of Renaissance faires and other Medieval-themed faires worldwide.

## North America

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### United States

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Included below are the notable Renaissance, Medieval, and Fantasy fairs held in the United States. These include: any long running (20 plus years) fairs, and established fairs (5 plus years) that have a two-weekend or more annual run. Generally, U.S. renaissance fairs are open weekends only (including holidays) during the periods indicated. (Dates are codified to facilitate searching by date.)

List of Notable Renaissance and Medieval Faires in the US  Name  | State  | Fair Site and Type† | Setting and Info  | Start
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Age of Chivalry Renaissance Festival  | Nevada  | Sunset Park, Paradise; recurring event  | Five Renaissance villages; Renaissance, Hobbits, Fantasy | 1994  | 4 stages; limited camping; RVs≠ | (10b) mid-October (3 days)  | 11k  | LV Ren Fair
Alabama Renaissance Faire | Alabama  | Wilson Park; Florence; recurring event  | The shire of Fountain on the Green | 1987  | 2 stages; pets OK; free admission≠ | (10d) 4th Weekend of October (2 days)  | 30k - 40k  | Alabama's official state renaissance fair
Al Ren Faire
Arizona Renaissance Festival | Arizona | Gold Canyon, Pinal County; permanent site  | Village of Fairhaven | 1989  | 12 stages; 300 acres≠ | (02a) early February–April (7 weekends)  | 265k≠
(2004)  | Arizona RenFest
Bay Area Renaissance Festival  | Florida | Withlacoochee River Park, Pasco County; recurring event  | Village of Fittleworth during the reign of Henry VIII and Katherine Parr; Germanic mercenaries, Celts, fantasy elements | 1979  | 10 stages; 260 acres; parking; tailgating; dogs allowed≠ | (02b) mid-February–early April (7 weekends)  | 80k
(1990s)  | Bay Area RenFest
Brevard Renaissance Fair[1] | Florida  | Castle Park, Melbourne; semi-permanent site  | Wickham Forest; Viking, Celts; Pirates; Heroes; Fantasy | 2015  | 9 stages; 20 acres; pets allowed  | (02a) January–February (5 weekends)  | 70k≠

(2020)  | Brevard Renaissance Fair
Bristol Renaissance Faire[2] | Wisconsin | Bristol; permanent site  | 1574 Bristol, England; Tudor, some fantasy aspects;[3] | 1972*  | 16 stages; 30 fair acres; parking≠ | (07b) July–Labor Day weekend (8 weekends)  | 400k[4][5]
(1990)  | *Opened 1972 as King Richard's Fair; renamed 1988
Bristol Faire
Camelot Days Medieval Festival[6] | Florida | Topeekeegee Yugnee Park, Hollywood; recurring event  | Arthurian times, c.1100 | 2003  | 3 stages; free admission; city parking; service animals only≠ | (11b) mid-November (2 weekends)  | <5k
(2012)  | Camelot Days
Canterbury Renaissance Faire  | Oregon | Silverton; semi-permanent  | Village of Canterbury; Elizabethan England (1560–1600) | 2009  | 3 stages, 6+ acres; parking–shuttle≠ | (07c) last two weekends in July  | 10k
(2012)  | Canterbury Faire
Carolina Renaissance Festival[7] | North Carolina | Huntersville; permanent site  | Marketplace at the "Village of Fairhaven"; knights, sea fairies, fantasy | 1994  | 10 stages, 25 acres; free parking≠ | (10a) October–November (8 weekends)  | 210k
(2017)  | Carolina Renaissance Festival
Central Coast Renaissance Faire[8] | California | Laguna Lake Park; San Luis Obispo, California; recurring event  | The 1585 Shire of Donneybrook, England; Renaissance period | 1992  | 3 stages; paid public parking  | (07b) mid-July (1 week)  | 7k≠
(2022)  | Central Coast Renaissance Faire
Colorado Renaissance Festival | Colorado | Larkspur; permanent site  | A 16th-century Tudor village of King Henry and Queen Anne; pirates, fantasy elements | 1975  | 7 stages; 60 fair acres; 338 total acres; camping; parking≠ | (06c) mid-June–August (8 weekends)  | 250k
(2017)[9] | Colorado Renaissance
Connecticut Renaissance Faire (Fall)  | Connecticut | Lebanon; semi-permanent  | Harvest Festival at the Village of Lebanshire; Elizabethan England, cosplay, time travelers, romance | 1999  | 8 stages; parking; pets allowed;≠ | (09a) early September–mid-October (7 weekends)  | 50k≠
(2022)  | CT Faire
Robin Hood's Medieval Faire[10] | Connecticut | Fairgrounds, Connecticut; semi-permanent  | Nottingham Forest, England (c.476 – 1400 AD); Robin Hood; cosplay; fantasy elements | 2010  | 5 stages; pets week  | (05b) mid-May–July (6 weekends)  | unk
(2013)[11] | Robin Hoods Faire
Florida Renaissance Festival – Deerfield Beach  | Florida | Quiet Waters Park, Deerfield Beach | 16th-century | 1993  | stages  | (02a) February–March (4 weekends)  | 90k
(2012)  | Florida RenFest
Florida Renaissance Festival – Miami  | Florida | Cauley Square Historic Village, Miami; semi-permanent  | Early 16th-century village | 2009  | stages  | (04a) April  | 45k
(2012)  | Florida RenFest
Georgia Renaissance Festival | Georgia | Fairburn; permanent  | Village of Newcastle, during the reign of King Henry VIII | 1986  | 32 acres  | (04c) mid-April–June  | 250k
(2004)[12] | Georgia Ren Fest
Great Lakes Medieval Faire and Marketplace  | Ohio | Rock Creek; permanent  | 13th-century forest Kingdom of Avaloch; historic, fantasy, super-heroes, futuristic | 1992  | 13 fair acres  | (07a) early July–mid-August (6 weekends)  | 45k
(2007)  | Medieval Faire
Great Plains Renaissance Festivals  | Kansas | Wichita | Shire of Talonterra, 1300 AD | 2004  | stages  | (04b) mid-April and
(10b) mid-October  | unk  | Great Plains
Hoggetowne Medieval Faire  | Florida | Alachua County Fairgrounds, Gainesville; permanent  | Village of Hoggetowne, during King Arthur's reign | 1987  | stages  | (01c) late January–early February  | 50k
(2011)[13] | Hoggetowne Fair
Kansas City Renaissance Festival | Kansas | Bonner Springs; permanent  | 1536 in Canterbury; Henry VIII, pirates, some fantasy, Robin Hood | 1977  | 16 acres  | (09a) September–mid-October  | 200k
2022)[14] | Kansas City RenFest
Kentucky Highland Renaissance Festival | Kentucky | Eminence; permanent  | Briarwood, Scotland during the 14th-century reign of King Robert the Bruce | 2005  | 113 acres  | (06a) early June–early July  | 25k
| Highlands Ren Faire
King Richard's Faire | Massachusetts | Carver; permanent  | 16th-century Village of Carvershire marketplace | 1982  | stages; 80 acres, 10 festival acres (approx.)  | (09a) September–late October  | unk  | King Richard's Faire
Koroneburg Renaissance Festival  | California | Riverview Recreation Park, Corona; permanent[15] | Baron Heinrich von Lauffer's estate, in a German village located along the Rhine, c.1450–1600 | 1998[16] | 5 stages; 120-acre park; 9 festival acres[17] | (05b) last weekend of May–June (5 weekends)  | unk  | Koroneburg Renaissance Festival
Louisiana Renaissance Festival | Louisiana | Hammond | Fall harvest in the 16th-century English Village ofAlbright | 1999  | stages  | (11a) early November – mid-December  | 25k
(2007)[18] | Louisiana Renaissance
Maryland Renaissance Festival | Maryland | Crownsville; permanent  | Village of Revel Grove, a Tudor village | 1977  | 25 fair acres; 85 parking acres  | (08c) late August–late October (5 weekends)  | 280k
(2012)[19] | Maryland Renaissance Festival
Medieval Fair of Norman, Oklahoma  | Oklahoma | Reaves Park, Norman; recurring event  | London, under the reign of King Edward III c.1350; some fantasy elements | 1977  | 8 stages, 25 acres, free admission  | (04a) First weekend (Fri—Sun) in April  | 350k
(2015)[20] | Medieval Fair of Norman
Michigan Renaissance Festival | Michigan | Holly; permanent  | Hollygrove Village, late 16th-century England | 1979  | 100 acres; 17 acres (festival grounds)  | (08b) mid-August–end of September (6 weekends)  | 230k
(2004)[12] | Michigan Renaissance Festival
Mid-Michigan Renaissance Festival  | Michigan | Frankenmuth/Vasser; permanent  | Queen Anna of Bohemia, Martin Luther, mythical and fantasy characters | 2008  | 5 fair acres; 12 parking acres  | (06a) June  | unk  | Mid-Michigan RenFest
Middlefaire Renaissance Festival | Texas | Hillsboro; permanent  | 1652 AD in "Wiltonshire"; buccaneers, baroque characters, fantasy elements, 3 events (June: Texas Pirate Festival;
July: Magical & Medieval Fantasy Faire
November: Middlefaire). | 2006  | 21 acres; camping  | (06a) early June: T.P.F.
(07b) mid-July: M&M Fest
(10c) late October: Middlefaire | -5k
(2012)  | Texas Middlefaire Events
Midsummer Fantasy Renaissance Faire | Connecticut | Warsaw Park, Ansonia | The Anleighshire, Kingdom of Cuulayne; fictional King Tonitrus; fantasy immersion | 2011  | parking  | (06b) mid-June–July (3 weeknds)  | unk  | Midsummer Fantasy Renaissance Faire
Minnesota Renaissance Festival | Minnesota | Shakopee; permanent  | 16th-century "England-like" fantasy kingdom | 1971  | stages; 22 acres  | (08b) mid-August–September (6 weekends)  | 300k
(2012)  | Minnesota Renaissance Festival
Mythical & Medieval Fest  | South Carolina | RH Acres, Myrtle Beach | Renaissance times; Fantasy, Viking, Pirates | 2014  | 15 acres  | (11b) 2nd weekend in November  | -5k
(in 2019)  | Mythical & Medieval Fest
New Hampshire Renaissance Faire  | New Hampshire | Fremont, temporary  | Undetermined period; annual charity event | 2004  | –  | (05b) Mid-May for two consecutive weekends  | appx. 4500  | New Hampshire RenFaire
New Jersey Renaissance Faire  | New Jersey | Liberty Lake Day Camp and Picnic Grove,
Bordentown; permanent  | 16th-century fictional Village of Crossford, Northumberland; historical and fictional "visitors from time" such as Shakespeare, Robin Hood, King Arthur; fantasy elements | 2009  | 60 acres (including 7 acre lake)  | (05d) Last weekend in May (3 weekends)  | 12k
(2015)[21] | New Jersey Renaissance Faire
New York Renaissance Faire | New York | Tuxedo; permanent  | The fictional Town of Sterling in late 16th-century Elizabethan England | 1977  | 20 stages; 65 acres[22] | (08a) August–September (6 weekends)  | 140k
(2010)[23] | Ren Faire–NY
Northern California Renaissance Faire | California | Hollister | Village of Willingtown, Derbyshire; mid-1600s | 2004  | stages; 11 acres  | (09b) mid-September–mid-October (6 weekends)  | 150k[24] | NorCal RenFaire
Nottingham Festival  | California | Simi Valley; Recurring  | Town of Nottingham, Elizabethan England | 2013  | –  | (11a) November  | unk  | Nottingham Festival
Ohio Renaissance Festival | Ohio | Harveysburg; permanent  | 1572 AD in the English Village of Willy-Nilly-on-the-Wash | 1990  | 30 acres  | (09a) September–October (9 weekends)  | 180k
| Renaissance Festival
Oklahoma Renaissance Festival  | Oklahoma | Muskogee; permanent  | 1569 in Elizabethan Castleton, on the border of Scotland and England | 1995  | 30 fair acres; 40 acres parking; 22 stages  | (04b) Late April through first weekend June (6weekends)  | 88k
(2017)  | The Castle of Muskogee
Oregon Renaissance Faire  | Oregon | Canby;  | 1563 in the Scottish Vale of Dunrose; features Mary, Queen of Scots | 2016  | 5 Stages, Jousting Arena, 2 pubs, parking  | (06a)June (4 weekends)  | unk  | Oregon Renaissance Faire
OzFaire | Missouri | West Plains; Heart of the Ozarks Bluegrass Park  | Fantasy Elements, Pirates, Court | 2024  | 2 stages; limited camping; RVs;  | October (Second Weekend in October)  | 2k  | OzFaire
Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire | Pennsylvania | Mount Hope Estate Manheim; permanent  | Shire of Mount Hope; features Marlowe, Shakespeare and Elizabeth I, Tudor theme (ag: Henry VIII) | 1981  | stages; 35 acres  | (08a) August–October (thirteen weekends)  | 250k[5] | Penn Faire
Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival | Pennsylvania | West Newton; permanent  | 16th century Morelandshire | 1994  | 20 fair acres; 280 parking acres  | (08c) late August–September (6 weekends)  | 55k
(2005)  | Pittsburgh RenFest
Ren in the Glen  | Wisconsin | Glenwood City; recurring event  | "Thornberry;" Medieval, Renaissance, Fantasy | 2012  | 5 Stages; free parking, dogs allowed  | (07d) Last weekend in July (2 days)  | >3k (2024)
| Ren in the Glen
Renaissance Festival of Nebraska  | Nebraska | Papillion | "Crownsbury" 15th to 16th century | 2008  | 8 Festival acres: 20 parking acres  | (05a) First 3 weekends in May  | 25k
| Renaissance Festival of Nebraska
The Maine Renaissance Faire  | Maine | Acton, Maine; moving to Springvale, Maine | unspecified | 2019  | 9 stages  | (07c) Last 2 weekends in July  | unknown
| The Maine Renaissance Faire
Renaissance Pleasure Faire of Southern California | California | Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area; Irwindale; Recurring  | The late 16th-century market at Port Deptford | 1962  | 20 acres[25] | (04a) April–late May  | 200k
(2004)[12] | Oldest Ren-Faire in the US
SoCal RenFair
Riverdale Kiwanis Medieval Faire  | Florida | Lakes Park, Ft. Myers | Medieval period, 900 – 1300 AD | 1996  | –  | (01b) mid-January (2 weekends)  | unk  | Medieval Faire
St. Louis Renaissance Festival  | Missouri | Wentzville; permanent  | 16th-century Petit Lyon, France during a visit from King François I | 1999  | stages  | (09a) mid-September–mid-October  | 50k
| St. Louis Renaissance Faire
Sarasota Medieval Fair  | Florida | Woods of Mallaranny, Myakka City; permanent  | Medieval Period, 9th - 15th Century | 2005  | 4 stages, Human Combat Chess Match, Jousting, 3 pubs (2 permanent), Children's Realm  | November  | 25k
(2011)[26] | Sarasota MedFair
Scarborough Renaissance Festival | Texas | Waxahachie; permanent  | 1521 Town of Scarborough, under King Henry VIII | 1981  | 35 acres  | (04a) early April–Memorial Day (7 weekends)  | 200k
(2010)[27] | Scarborough Fair
Sherwood Forest Faire | Texas | McDade; permanent  | 1189–1199, Sherwood Forest; under the reign of Richard the Lion-Hearted; some fantasy elements; | 2010  | 25 acres, camping and clan camping  | (02b) early March–late April (8 weekends)  | 137k
(2022)  | 100 permanent buildings including a complete castle
Sherwood Forest Faire
Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire  | Oregon | Kings Valley;  | 1558-1603; elements of Shakespeare and Elizabeth I | 1996  | 5 stages; parking; no pets  | (09b) mid-September (one weekend)  | unk  | Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire
Siouxland Renaissance Festival  | South Dakota | W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds, Sioux Falls | 1575 Town of Shrewsbury, England, the 17th year of Queen Elizabeth's reign | 2001  | 6 stages, parking, camping  | (06a) First Weekend of June  | -5k
| Siouxland Festival
Escondido Renaissance Faire  | California | Felicita County Park, Escondido, California;  | The Shire of Escondido; Her Majesty, Queen "Elizabeth Gloriana" | 2000  | stages; 53 acres  | (04d) April–May (Spring Faire; 2 weekends)
(10d) October–November (Fall Faire; 2 weekends) | 5k
| Old Tyme Productions
Sterling Renaissance Festival | New York | Sterling; permanent  | The fictional Village of Warwick; 1585 England | 1976  | 12 stages; 35+ acres; camping acres[28] | (07a) July–August (5 weekends)  | 100k
(2019)[29] | Sterling, NY Festival
Tennessee Renaissance Festival  | Tennessee | Arrington-Triune; permanent  | 16th-century town of "Covington Glen;" features a full-sized replica "border castle", known as "Castell Gwynn" | 1985  | stages; 68 acres  | (05a) May (4 weekends)  | 45k
(2008)  | Tennessee RenFest
Texas Renaissance Festival | Texas | Todd Mission; permanent  | The King's "New Market Village;" 3rd–16th century; Roman, Scots, Celts, pirates, fantasy | 1974  | 25 stages; 55 fair acres; 200+ camping acres; parking;  | (10a) October–Thanksgiving weekend (9 weekends) | 679k
(2016)[30] | Largest US RenFaire by attendance
TRF
Three Barons Renaissance Faire  | Alaska | 3400 East Tudor Rd, Anchorage; recurring event  | The three barons' Italian, Arabic, and English camps at Hillshire Village; pirates, fantasy | 1992  | stages; free parking shuttle  | (06a) first two weekends in June  | unk  | 3 Barons
Utah Renaissance Festival and Fantasy Faire  | Utah | Marriott-Slaterville; semi-permanent  | 1500–1650 in medieval Village of Hawkhurst; some fantasy elements | 2006  | 52 acres  | (05a) May (4 weekends)  | 25k
(2011)[31] | Utah RenFest
Valhalla Renaissance Faire  | California | Camp Richardson, South Lake Tahoe; semi-permanent  | 1580 Elizabethan England; nobility, pirates, barbarians | 1993  | 3 stages; 7 acres  | (05d) Memorial day weekend–mid-June (4 weekends) | 49k
(2010)[32] | ValhallaFaire
Vermont Renaissance Faire  | Vermont | Champlain Valley Expo, Essex; semi-permanent  | Unknown location; Renaissance, Fantasy, Medieval | 2016  | 6 stages, demo field, joust field, multiple encampments  | (06d) end of June (1 weekend)  | 10k
[33] | Vermont Gatherings
Virginia Renaissance Faire  | Virginia | Spotsylvania; semi-permanent  | Elizabethan village of "Stafford" in the 1580s; pirates, Celts; inventors | 2002  | stages; No pets;  | (05c) mid-May–mid-June (4 weekends)  | 20k
(2014)  | Virginia Renaissance Faire
Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire  | Washington | Sky Meadows Farm, Snohomish; recurring  | The 1577 village of "Merriwick", Elizabethan England; pirates, carnival, fantasy elements | 2010  | 6 stages; joust arena; 2 pubs; parking; camping; no pets;[34] | (07d) Mid-July–late-August (5 weekends)  | 45k
(2015)  | Midsummer Faire
West Virginia Renaissance Festival  | West Virginia | Hollow Hills Farm, Lewisburg; permanent site  | The Village of Essex; broadly renaissance with fantasy elements | 2018  | 6 stages; 15 acres;  | (06a) Four weekends in June  | unk  | West Virginia Renaissance Festival
Ye Merrie Greenwood Renaissance Faire  | Oregon | Glastonbury Faire in Toledo, Oregon[35] | Elizabethan/Shakespearean Era, circa 1585 | 1989  | 8 stages  | (09b) mid-September  | 5k
(2016)[36] | Ye Merrie Greenwood Players

Table Key:
† Permanent = majority of venue comprises permanent, outdoor, purpose-built structures in a stable site; Semi-permanent = outdoor event occurs regularly at stable public or private venue (e.g.: public parks; private farms, etc.) and features some permanent purpose-built structures; Recurring Event = event occurs regularly at stable public or private venue (e.g.: public parks; private farms, etc.) but with no purpose-built structures; any event with temporary structures only (tents, portable stages, etc.) or held at indoor venue.
≠Attendance figure is referenced

### Canada

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Most Canadian events are only one weekend in duration. Those notable and older than 10 years are listed here.

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Robin in the Hood  | Gibson Park, Elmira, Ontario (semi-permanent)  | Fictional Elmira; King Richard, Prince John, and Robin Hood  | 2001  |  | Mid-May (one weekend)  | Two stages; pets allowed  | Robin in the Hood Medieval Festival
Montreal Medieval Fair (Salon de la Passion Medievale)[37] | Centre Pierre Charbonneau, Montreal, Quebec |  | 2001  | (recurring semi-permanent)  | Early May (one weekend)  |  | Salon Medieval[usurped]
Oxford Renaissance Festival  | Dorchester Fairgrounds, 4939 Hamilton Rd, Dorchester, ON N0L 1G6  | Village of Wolvercote in the 1560s.  | 2013  | 6 stages, indoor pub. Free parking, open rain or shine  | One weekend near the end of June  |  | Oxford Renaissance Festival
Cooks Creek Medieval Festival  | Cooks Creek, Manitoba, Church of the Immaculate Conception |  | 2004  |  | End of July (every even year)  |  | Cooks Creek Medieval Festival
Feste Médiévale de Saint-Marcellin  | Saint-Marcellin Quebec

5 Rte de l'Église, Saint-Marcellin, QC G0K 1R0

| Medieval and viking  | 2003  |  | One week-end Mid august  |  | https://www.festemedievale.net/

## Australia and New Zealand

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Most Australian events are only one or two days in duration. Notable Renaissance and Medieval events (older than 10 years) are listed here.

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Abbey Tournament and Medieval Festival | Abbey Museum, Brisbane, Australia | 600 – 1600 AD; authentic  | 1990  |  | late June – early July  | 37,000 (season)  | Tournament
Balingup Medieval Carnivale  | Balingup, Western Australia, Australia | "Balingup Village"  | 1996  |  | late August  |  | Balingup MedFest

## South Africa

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Magical Medieval Fayre | La Vue Lodge, Nietgedacht, South Africa | Fictional land of Moordoor  |  |  | First Saturday in June  |  | Medieval Fayre, various coverage

## Europe

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Wyldwood RenFest  | Redcar, England | Historic Medieval/Arthurian; Many Reenactments, educational shows and fantasy elements  | 2026  | Kirkleatham Showground  | May  | 10,000  | Wyldwood Renfest
Jorvik Viking Festival  | York, England | Viking town of "Jorvik" in 948 AD  | 1984  | At the site of old Viking settlement of Jorvik  | mid-January and mid-February  | 40,000 (2011 season)[38] | Viking Fest
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival | Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England |  | 1984[39] | Recreates 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury | Second full weekend in July[40] |  | Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
England's Medieval Festival | Herstmonceux Castle, Sussex, England |  | 1993  |  | July  |  |

### Italy

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European Renaissance and Carnival of Venice (Festival Europeo di Rievocazioni Storiche)  | Venice, Italy | Historic "Venezia" in the Middle Ages; many fantasy elements as it is also part of the Carnival of Venice | 1979  | at the Piazza San Marco  | February  |  |
European Renaissance of Candela  | Candela, Italy |  | 2013  | at piazzetta  | May  |  |
Federicus | Altamura, Italy | The king Frederick II visits the city with his entourage  | 2012[41] | Historic city center  | last weekend of April (three days)  |  | Federicus
Montelago Celtic Festival (Il Festival di Montelago)  | Marche, Serravalle di Chienti, Italy | Late Middle Ages fantasy Celtic villages, lectures and games  | 2002  | Upland of Taverne, Serravalle, Macerata  | First weekend of August  |  | Montelago Celtic Festival website

### Germany

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Horber Ritterspiele (Knights games of Horb am Neckar)  | Horb am Neckar, Germany  | Knights tournament, camp life, medieval market  |  | Historic city center, next to the river  | June  |  | ritterspiele.info
Kaltenberger Knights Tournament (Ritterturnier)  | Kaltenberg Castle, Geltendorf, Bavaria, Germany | 14th-century medieval marketplace; authentic  | 1980  | Throughout the castle grounds  | early – late July  | 120,000 (2010 season)[42] | Ritterturnier

### Elsewhere in Europe

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Horsens Medieval Festival | Horsens, Denmark | Wooden taverns, mediaeval markets, chivalry, horses, renaissance events, and fantasy  | 1992  | Around and within the largest prison museum in the world, 'Horsens Prison Museum'  | late August  | 60,000[43] | Middel Alder Festival
Centre de l'Imaginaire Arthurien | Rennes, Brittany, France |  | 1988  |  |  |  |
Castlefest | Lisse, Netherlands | Medieval scenes, games and more, related to renaissance and fantasy  | 2004  | Throughout the castle grounds of castle Keukenhof  | early August  |  | http://castlefest.nl/news/
Medieval Market of Turku | City of Turku, Finland | A medieval marketplace in the 14th and 15th centuries  | 1996  | Old Great Square  | late June  | 100,000 (2005 season)[44] | Medieval Market
Medieval Rose Festival  | Rhodes, Greece | It is 1309 through 1523 AD on the "Island of Rhodos"; some fantasy elements  | 2005  |  | late May – early July  |  | Medieval Rhodes
Medieval Week on Gotland | Visby, Gotland Island, Sweden | 1361 AD in the Middle Ages market town of "Visby"; authentic  | 1984  | The entire island  | early – mid-August  |  | Medeltidsveckan
Santa Maria Medieval Journey (Viagem Medieval em Terra de Santa Maria)  | Santa Maria da Feira, Aveiro, Portugal | The early 15th century in the village of "Feira" marketplace and castle; authentic  |  | In the Feira castle and surrounding city streets  | late July – early August  |  | Santa Maria Feira Medieval
Duke John's Festival (Hertug Hans Festival)  | Haderslev, South Jutland, Denmark | Duke John II's reign in Haderslev, and the bringing of reformation to Denmark  |  | The town center of Haderslev  | early June  |  | Homepage
Renesansni festival Koprivnica (Renaissance fair Koprivnica)  | Koprivnica, Croatia | 4-day historical mega spectacle Renaissance Festival kerning late medieval historical facts and originality of Koprivnica, Drava and the Croatian cultural heritage values  | 2005  | Koprivnica fortress walls  | late August  | 50,000  | Renesanski festival Koprivnica
Zeitreise ins Mittelalter

Eggenburg

| Eggenburg, Austria | Cultural medieval festival; yearly changing topic (2015: The Reception of the Middle Ages; 2016: Myths and Legends; 2017: The 500 Anniversary of the Reformation)  | 1995  | In the historic center of Eggenburg  | Second weekend of September  | 30,000  | Zeitreise ins Mittelalter Eggenburg
Bitwa pod Grunwaldem (Battle of Grunwald)  | Stębark,

Poland

| Cultural medieval festival with the main theme of the battle of Grunwald in 1410. The main event is the staging of the battle  | 1998  | Fields of Grunwald near the village of Stębark  | Around 10 July  |  | Bitwa pod Grunwaldem

## See also

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* List of open air and living history museums in the United States
* List of tourist attractions worldwide
* Medieval Times
* Medieval Faire (Canada's Wonderland)

## References

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1. ^ Enchantment, chivalry and fun: The 2022 Brevard Renaissance Fair returns to Wickham Park; January 4, 2022 article; by Maria Sonnenberg; FLorida Toaday; retrieved September 2023
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3. ^ Renaissance Magazine – Bristol; article; Ren Mag online; accessed July 2015;
4. ^ Note: Attendance peaked in 1990 at 400,000 visitors in seven weekends.
5. ^ a b De Groot, Jerome (2008). Consuming History. Taylor & Francis. p. 120\. ISBN 978-0-415-39945-6.
6. ^ Camelot-Days-Medieval-Festival
7. ^ Carolina-Renaissance-Festival
8. ^ "The Tribune".
9. ^ "Faires.com Event Record". Archived from the original on 2004-10-27. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
10. ^ Back to the Middle Ages : Robinhood's Medieval Faire returns to Connecticut; article; May 15, 2023; Perreault, Olivia; WTNH News 8–online; retrieved September 2023
11. ^ Entertainment – HC Robin Hood Springtime Festival; May 19, 2014; article; The Hartford Courant online; accessed June 2014[dead link]
12. ^ a b c Grendler, Paul F. (2006). The European Renaissance in American life. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-275-98486-9.
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* U.S. Renaissance faires by state at RenFaire.com
* Up-to-date listing of Medieval faires around the world
* Up-to-date listing of Renaissance faires and festivals in the United States