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Carolina Renaissance Festival

Carolina Renaissance Festival
16445 Poplar Tent Road
704-896-5544

About the Festival:

The Carolina 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. The 14th annual season opens this fall for seven festive weekends, Saturdays and Sundays, from October 6th to November 18th.

The Carolina Renaissance Festival was introduced in 1994 with six acres of exhibits, attractions and entertainment. The event has grown into a twenty acre theme park filled with charming cottages and castles, kitchens and pubs, and a most unusual collection of people powered rides and games of skill.

The Carolina event has grown to be one of the largest of the Renaissance fairs nationwide. Tree lined lanes are filled with over 100 purveyors of crafts and food, and non-stop music and comedy shows are presented on 10 stages every event day.

This is one of the most interactive entertainment shows ever created with wonderful amusements and antics ongoing all around you! You can sit back and watch, or you can become a part of the action, surrounded by over 500 costumed characters roaming the festival village. The village lanes are full of peasants singing sea-faring songs and street entertainers surprising you with tall tales and tricks, each with a role to play.

You can experience the clashing of armor and the thundering of hooves daily with full combat jousts at the King's Tournament Arena.

Upcoming Events at Carolina Renaissance Festival

Carolina Renaissance Festival

Saturday, Nov 23, 2024 from 9:30am to 5:30pm
Huntersville, NC
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Carolina Renaissance Festival

Carolina Renaissance Festival

Sunday, Nov 24, 2024 from 9:30am to 5:30pm
Huntersville, NC
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Carolina Renaissance Festival

Recent News

31st Annual Carolina Renaissance Festival

Schedule Of Events: October 5-6, 2024 9:30am - 5:30pm - Opening Invasion Celebration Kick off the Festival season with Vikings, barbarians, crusaders, orcs, raiders, and more! Tickets: Receive 2 Adult Tickets for $44 ($24 Savings) Saturday,…

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Carolina Renaissance Festival 2023

Schedule of Events: September 9, 2023 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM: RenFest Job Faire Autumn is around the corner and with it comes the Carolina Renaissance Festival. Pirates, Nobles, Mermaids and Knights - it takes a village! Come work at the…

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