51st Annual Texas Renaissance Festival

Name: 51st Annual Texas Renaissance Festival
Start: 2025-10-11T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-30T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Texas Renaissance

Schedule

Sat, 11 Oct, 2025 at 09:00 am to Sun, 30 Nov, 2025 at 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Texas Renaissance | Plantersville, TX

Behold: The Texas Renaissance Festival – Your Immersive Fantasy Escape
What it is:
An absolutely massive Renaissance festival in the deepest heart of Texas—the largest and most celebrated in the United States—sprawling across dozens of acres and packed with medieval marvels. Launched in 1974, it’s grown into a full-blown immersive experience, attracting half a million visitors annually.
Where & When:
Location: 21778 FM 1774, Todd Mission, Texas 77363—just about 50 miles northwest of Houston.
Dates for 2025: Saturdays, Sundays, and Thanksgiving Friday from October 11 through November 30.
Operating Hours: Gates open at 9 AM sharp, close at 8 PM—but fair warning: no re-entry after 7 PM.
Must-Know Essentials for the Uninitiated (or the Chronically Unprepared)
Tickets: Must be purchased for a specific date, either online or at the box office.
Pro Tip: save the QR code and toss it into your Apple Wallet for smoother entry—because medieval tech still can’t override mobile dead zones.
Crowds & Parking: Main roads (FM 1774) get dastardly clogged. If you’re smart, approach via the north route through Plantersville—it’s your best bet.
New to the Faire?
Grab a stroller or wagon for the kiddos ($3/hour) or an electric scooter if royal legs fail ($99/day).
Snag a Souvenir Program at the info booth—it’s your treasure map to turkey legs, jousts, and that unforgettable whiskey stand.
Under 4? Free. Kids 12 & under? Free on Sundays. Because small humans deserve royal treatment.
Epic Attractions Worth Ditching Your Netflix Binge For
Entertainment Extravaganza: Expect to be wowed by jugglers, acrobats, magicians, clowns, dancers, musicians, jousting knights, birds of prey, fire shows—and that’s just a sampling.
Grand Marché Parade: Every festival day at noon, all villagers gather at the Globe Stage and parade through the village to salute YOU—yes, you, oh magnificent guest.
For Lords & Ladies (21+): A cheeky, adults-only show staged in Wyrmwood Public House—Saturdays at 4:30 PM & 6:30 PM, Sundays at 4:00 PM, plus Thanksgiving Friday at 4:30 PM, booth #225, upstairs.
Pub Crusade: Not your grandma’s Bible study. A two-hour journey through bawdy tales, boozy challenges, and the most raucous limericks this side of the Middle Ages. Think “Quest for the Holy Fail”—trust me, you want in.
Shopping, Eats, and Artisan Heaven
Over 400 unique shoppes await—selling handmade swords, magic wands, leather goods, custom costumes, jewelry, whimsical home decor, and more.
Food Glorious Food: Feast like royalty with turkey legs, international delights—Greek gyros, German sausages, French/Cajun, polish pierogi, Asian fusion, chimney cakes, apple pie mead, and more. Bonus points if you schedule teatime at “Tea and Strumpets” or mead at “Heorot Mead Hall”.
⛺ Where to Crash After Ye Olde Merriment
The Fields of New Market Campground: A sprawling 230-acre DIY camping area—bring your tent or RV, just keep at least 10 feet from the roads.
Luxury Glamping & Rentals: Prefer less dirt? Rent a glamping tent, cabin, RV slot—yes, all that royal decadence is available.
Amenities Galore: Public showers at the Royal Bath House ($5 for 8 minutes), convenience store for essentials, and shuttles to and from the festival ($5–$8 one way; VIP/after-hours options available).
Why This Festival Feels Like Romance and Sarcasm Collided (In a Good Way)
Because half a million people can't be wrong: this fest is a sensory overload of costuming, interactive entertainment, feasting, and shopping—wrapped into eight whimsically themed weekends. Whether you’re a pirate, faerie, barbarian, or toga-wearing philosopher, TRF lets you live out your Renaissance alter ego with abandon.