Texas Renaissance Festival

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Texas Renaissance Festival

Jousting knights on horseback at the Texas Renaissance Festival
Genre Renaissance fair
Dates Weekends in October and November
Location(s) 21778 FM 1774 Todd Mission, Texas[1]
Inaugurated 1974
Attendance 607,000 in 2012[2] (average)
Area 55 Acres [3]
Stages 17 [4]
Website
www.texrenfest.com

The Texas Renaissance Festival is a Renaissance fair in Todd Mission, Texas, about 50 miles northwest of Houston.

The Texas Renaissance Festival (TRF) started in 1974 on the location of an old strip mining site. The Texas Renaissance Festival claims to be "the nation’s largest Renaissance theme park." The festival sits on 55 acres of land, and offers camping facilities to patrons. The festival welcomes half a million guests annually.

Features

The Texas Renaissance Festival features about 500 costumed performers on 17 stages; 340 shoppes including: international food purveyors, unique artisans, merchants and craft vendors; human-powered rides; an abundance of performers walking among the guests, and the Queen's Royal Finale (fireworks if weather permits) at dusk.[5]

References

  1. ↑ About Us, Texas Renaissance Festival, retrieved 2012-01-011 
  2. ↑ "Ren Fest Sets Attendance Records, Set To Grow More". KUHF Houston Public Radio. November 26, 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Official Facebook Information Page". 
  4. ↑ "2012 Texas Renaissance Festival Season Announced | Texas Renaissance Festival". Texrenfest.com. Retrieved 2013-11-05. 
  5. ↑ Brochure (PDF), Texas Renaissance Festival, retrieved 2012-01-11 

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