Scarborough Renaissance Festival

"Scarborough Faire" redirects here. Not to be confused with Scarborough Fair (fair). For other uses of the term including the song, see Scarborough Fair.

Scarborough Renaissance Festival, more commonly known as Scarborough Faire, is a renaissance fair in Waxahachie, Texas.

Scarborough Renaissance Festival
16th century English structure
Status	Active
Genre	Renaissance Fair
Begins	Early April
Ends	Late May
Frequency	Annually
Venue	2511 FM 66
Location(s)	Waxahachie, Texas
Coordinates	32.360291°N 96.889696°W / 32.360291; -96.889696 (Texas Scarborough Renaissance Festival)
Years active	43
Attendance	200,000 (average)
Area	165-acre (0.67 km2)
Activity	Carving & Sculpting Chivalry Falconry Folklore Glasswork Metalsmithing Music Scarborough Academy of Performing Art Theatre Themed Weekends
Website	www.srfestival.com

Scarborough Faire's first run was in 1981. The festival is open Saturdays and Sundays from the first weekend in April until Memorial Day Monday. The festival is historically based in the 16th century, under the reign of King Henry VIII. The festival is 35 acres (140,000 m²) site. There are over 20 stages with more than 200 performances. Three full combat jousting shows take place each day. There are about 100 cast members that make up the characters at Scarborough Renaissance Festival.^[1][2][3]

The Scarborough Renaissance Festival also features an Artisan Marketplace with 200 shops selling goods such as candles, soaps, jewelry, children's toys and even musical instruments. Many of the craftsmen selling their goods also provide demonstrations on how the items are made. The festival also features 5 food Kitchens - a selection of food stalls serving turkey legs (the festival serves over 20 tons of this signature food item per year), food skewers, sandwiches, ice cream and other items.^[4][5]

Special programs

Special programs at Scarborough include "Friends of the Faire", an exclusive festival membership with benefits, Group Sales and Wedding Packages, which you may purchase to have your own Renaissance-themed wedding in the festival's special Wedding Garden. Plus daily beer & wine tasting events.^[6]

Gallery

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  Harpist
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  Metalworking artisan
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  Entertainer, Zilch the Torysteller, in period style dress
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  Participant in period style dress
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  Jousting and horsemanship
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  Jousting and horsemanship
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  Period style buildings
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  Period style buildings
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  Games and rides
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  Pinwheel Sideshow 2021 Scarborough Renaissance Festival

Unique Entertainment

See also

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

Notes

1. "Scarborough Renaissance Festival facts". Archived from the original on 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
2. Scarborough Renaissance Festival, Waxahachie: Part I - Dallas / Fort Worth and Me. April 28th, 2008
3. Hopkins, David (April 2012). "Behind the Curtain of Scarborough Renaissance Festival". D Magazine. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
4. Hoermann, Jackie (7 April 2017). "7 reasons to visit Scarborough Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie". Guide Live. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
5. Estrella, Maricar (7 April 2017). "Kids get in free this weekend at Scarborough Renaissance Festival". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
6. "The United States of Medievalism 1487507380, 9781487507381". dokumen.pub. Retrieved 2024-03-18.

External links

• SRFestival.com Scarborough Renaissance Festival homepage