Ohio Renaissance Festival

The Ohio Renaissance Festival is an annual event that takes place on weekends from Labor Day weekend through the end of October.^[1] This Renaissance festival is held at a permanent site located near Harveysburg in Warren County, Ohio. It was voted Best Festival in Warren County in 2011.^[2]

Ohio Renaissance Festival
Ohio Renaissance Festival in 2014
Genre	Renaissance fair
Dates	August - October
Location(s)	Harveysburg, Ohio
Inaugurated	1990
Attendance	165,000 (average)
Area	30 acres (120,000 m2)
Stages	12
Website	www.renfestival.com

The Ohio Renaissance Festival was started by Peter Carroll, and was bought in 2015 by Brimstone and Fire LLC.^[3] It has grown into a 30-acre (120,000 m²) permanent village with over 166 shops and 17 outdoor stages. The festival is set in the fictional 16th-century English village of "Willy Nilly-on-the-Wash," during the reign of Elizabeth I. Historical figures like Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake, Sir John Hawkins and John Dee are depicted in the village, along with fictional characters.^{[citation needed]}

The festival features costumed performers on stages and in the streets, jousting, craft shops selling and demonstrating period themed handcrafted goods and artwork, renaissance themed food, and regularly scheduled comedy, music, and acrobatic shows.^[4] Featured shows include Theatre in the Ground, Washing Well Wenches, Dirk and Guido: The Swordsmen! and the Kamikaze Fireflies (the vaudeville comedy duo that were featured on America's Got Talent in 2014).^{[citation needed]} Each weekend of the event has a different theme, including Fantasy Weekend and Trick-Or-Treat Weekend.^[5]

See also

• Renaissance fair
• List of Renaissance fairs
• Reenactment
• Jousting
• Society for Creative Anachronism
• List of open air and living history museums in the United States

References

1. Hunter, David (2003). Day Trips from Cincinnati: Getaways Less than Two Hours Away (7th ed.). Globe Pequot. p. 256. ISBN 0762727497.
2. Kochersperger, Bridget. "Fall Festivals in Warren County Draw a Crowd with Apple Pies, Sauerkraut and Turkey Legs". Ohio's Largest Playground. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
3. Hood, M. Leigh (2021-08-04). "Ohio Renaissance Festival Plans Around the Pandemic". Cincinnati Magazine. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
4. Moor, Ashley. "What to expect at the Ohio Renaissance Festival". dayton-daily-news. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
5. Moor, Ashley. "What to expect at the Ohio Renaissance Festival". dayton-daily-news. Retrieved 2022-01-07.

External links

• Ohio Renaissance Festival
• Discover Ohio

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