As renaissance festivals have risen in popularity, they have long since given up any pretension at historical accuracy — if they ever did strive for such. Ren fests have instead become an amalgam of ...

An event designed to celebrate tightly corseted wenches and bloodthirsty jousters isn’t exactly synonymous with restraint, but organizers of this year’s Texas Renaissance Festival are promoting the ...

The Texas Renaissance Fair is over and that means it’s time to put away your loincloth and chain mail for another year. But that doesn’t mean we can’t take a look back at the festival’s sauciest ...

The Texas Renaissance Festival — the oldest, largest and quite likely strangest Renaissance faire in the U.S. — will change owners this year. The multi-million-dollar, court-ordered passing of power ...

When you think Renaissance, images of mainland Europe come to mind: the great painters and artists of Italy, France, the Netherlands. When you think Renaissance Festival, scenes from Old England ...

Do you long to speak in a British accent all day? Do you feel comfortable in tights or cod pieces? Are you a huge fan of crying children who kick you in the shins, annoying teenagers who yank on your ...