he first Renaissance Faire was held in 1963, becoming the Renaissance Pleasure Faire at Agoura, California; Novato's Black Point RPFN followed a few years later. Since then the love of history, fantasy, costuming, and ale has spread Faires across the United States. Some are Renaissance era, some Medieval, but all have a home for Pirates, Elves, Fairies, Vikings, Klingons and You.

Alabama Faires & Festivals

• Alabama Renaissance Faire
  - Florence
  (Oct)
• Mobile Renaissance Faire
  - Robertsdale
  (Nov)

Alaska Faires & Festivals

• Three Barons Renaissance Fair
  - Anchorage
  (Jun)

Arizona Faires & Festivals

• Arizona Renaissance Festival
  - Apache Junction
  (Feb - Mar)
• Arizona Scottish Gathering
  - Phoenix
  (Mar)
• Medieval Mayhem
  - Pinetop-Lakeside
  (Jul)
• Two Rivers Renaissance Faire
  - Yuma
  (Jan - Feb)

California Faires & Festivals

• Agoura Renaissance Pleasure Faire Reunion Picnic and Revels
  - Agoura
  (Mar)
• All Hallows Fantasy Faire
  - Sonora
  (Oct)
• Big Bear Renaissance Faire
  - Fawnskin
  (Aug)
• California City Renaissance Festival
  - California City
  (Oct)
• Central Coast Renaissance Festival
  - San Luis Obispo
  (Jul)
• Cutthroats of Corona Pyrates Festival
  - Corona
  (May)
• Escondido Renaissance Faire (Fall)
  - Escondido
  (Oct - Nov)
• Escondido Renaissance Faire (Spring)
  - Escondido
  (Apr - May)
• Excalibur Medieval Tournament
  - Arcata
  (Sep - Oct)
• Fair Oaks Tudor Fayre
  - Fair Oaks
  (Jun)
• Folsom Renaissance Faire
  - Folsom
  (Oct)
• Great Dickens Christmas Fair
  - San Francisco
  (Nov - Dec)
• KVMR Celtic Festival
  - Grass Valley
  (Oct)
• Koroneburg Old World Renaissance Festival
  - Corona
  (May - Jun)
• Lake Renaissance Festival
  - Lower Lake
  (May)
• Medieval Festival of Courage
  - Blue Lake
  (Oct)
• Much Ado About Sebastopol
  - Sebastopol
  (Sep)
• Northern California Pirate Festival
  - Vallejo
  (Jun)
• Northern California Renaissance Faire
  - Hollister
  (Sep - Oct)
• Renaissance Pleasure Faire
  - Irwindale
  (Apr - May)
• Riverside Dickens Festival
  - Riverside
  (Feb)
• Scottish Highland Gathering
  - Pleasanton
  (Sep)
• Seaside Highland Games
  - Ventura
  (Oct)
• Sonora Celtic Faire
  - Sonora
  (Mar)
• Tall Ships Festival
  - Dana Point
  (Sep)
• Tartan Day
  - Fremont
  (Apr)
• Tulare County Renaissance Festival
  - Visalia
  (May)
• Valhalla Renaissance Faire
  - South Lake Tahoe
  (May - Jun)

Colorado Faires & Festivals

• Colorado Medieval Festival
  - Loveland
  (Jun)
• Colorado Renaissance Festival
  - Larkspur
  (Jun - Aug)
• Elizabeth Celtic Festival
  - Elizabeth
  (Jul)
• Longs Peak Scottish/Irish Highland Games
  - Estes Park
  (Sep)

Connecticut Faires & Festivals

• Connecticut Renaissance Faire (Fall)
  - North Haven
  (Oct)
• Midsummer Fantasy Renaissance Faire
  - Ansonia
  (Jun - Jul)

Florida Faires & Festivals

• Bay Area Renaissance Festival
  - Tampa
  (Feb - Mar)
• Camelot Days Medieval Festival
  - Hollywood
  (Nov)
• Florida Faerie Festival
  - Bonita Springs
  (Mar)
• Florida Renaissance Festival (Deerfield Beach)
  - Deerfield Beach
  (Feb - Mar)
• Florida Renaissance Festival (Key Biscayne)
  - Miami
  (Jan)
• Gasparilla Pirate Fest
  - Tampa
  (Jan)
• Gulf Coast Renaissance Faire
  - Pensacola
  (Mar)
• Hoggetowne Medieval Faire
  - Gainesville
  (Jan - Feb)
• John Levique Pirate Days
  - Madeira Beach
  (May)
• Kiwanis Lee County Medieval Faire
  - Fort Meyers
  (Jan)
• Lady of the Lakes Renaissance Faire
  - Tavares
  (Nov)
• Pirates in Paradise
  - Key West
  (Dec)
• Sarasota Medieval Fair
  - Sarasota
  (Nov)
• St. Augustine Pirate Gathering
  - St Augustine
  (Nov)
• Treasure Coast Pirate Fest
  - Fort Pierce
  (Feb)

Georgia Faires & Festivals

• Georgia Renaissance Festival
  - Fairburn
  (Apr - Jun)
• Southern Pirate Festival
  - Columbus
  (Oct)
• Stone Mountain Highland Games
  - Stone Mountain
  (Oct)
• Tybee Island Pirate Fest
  - Tybee Island
  (Oct)

Hawaii Faires & Festivals

• Hawaiian Scottish Festival & Highland Games
  - Honolulu
  (Apr)

Idaho Faires & Festivals

• Moscow Renaissance Fair
  - Moscow
  (May)

Illinois Faires & Festivals

• Illinois Renaissance Festival
  - Danville
  (Aug)
• Strongholds Olde English Faire
  - Oregon
  (Oct)
• World of Faeries Festival
  - South Elgin
  (Aug)

Indiana Faires & Festivals

• Blackhawk Manor Festival
  - French Lick
  (Apr)
• Enchanted Lakes Renaissance Faire
  - Angola
  (Jun)
• Fishers Renaissance Faire
  - Fishers
  (Oct)

Iowa Faires & Festivals

• Celtic Festival and Highland Games
  - Davenport
  (Sep)
• Des Moines Renaissance Faire
  - Des Moines
  (Sep)
• Dubuque Renaissance Faire
  - Sherrill
  (May)
• Iowa Renaissance Festival
  - Middle Amana
  (May)
• Quad Cities Celtic Festival and Highland Games
  - Davenport
  (Sep)
• Sioux City Riverssance Festival
  - Sioux City
  (Oct)

Kansas Faires & Festivals

• Great Bend Renaissance Faire
  - Great Bend
  (Oct)
• Great Plains Renaissance Festival (Fall)
  - Wichita
  (Sep)
• Great Plains Renaissance Festival (Spring)
  - Wichita
  (Apr)
• Kansas City Renaissance Festival
  - Bonner Springs
  (Sep - Oct)

Kentucky Faires & Festivals

• Central Kentucky Celtic Festival
  - Eminence
  (Sep - )
• Highland Renaissance Festival
  - Eminence
  (May - Jul)

Louisiana Faires & Festivals

• Louisiana Renaissance Festival
  - Hammond
  (Nov - Dec)

Maine Faires & Festivals

• Eastport Pirate Festival
  - Eastport
  (Sep)
• Maine Pirate Rendezvous
  - Damariscotta
  (Jun)

Maryland Faires & Festivals

• Celtic Festival of Southern Maryland
  - St. Leonard
  (Apr)
• Maryland Faerie Festival
  - Darlington
  (Jun)
• Maryland Renaissance Festival
  - Annapolis
  (Aug - Oct)

Massachusetts Faires & Festivals

• King Richard's Faire
  - Carver
  (Sep - Oct)
• New England Pirate Faire
  - Salem
  (Jul)
• Silver Kingdom Renaissance Faire
  - Charlton
  (Aug)
• Ventforth Hall Medieval Faire
  - Lenox
  (Oct)

Michigan Faires & Festivals

• GVSU Grand Valley Renaissance Festival
  - Allendale
  (Oct)
• Ishpeming Art Faire and Renaissance Festival
  - Ishpeming
  (Aug)
• Mayfaire Renaissance Festival
  - Marshall
  (May - Jun)
• Michigan Pirate Festival
  - Grand Haven
  (Aug)
• Michigan Renaissance Festival
  - Holly
  (Aug - Oct)
• Mid Michigan Renaissance Festival
  - Vassar
  (Jun)
• St Andrew's Highland Games
  - Livonia
  (Jul - Aug)

Minnesota Faires & Festivals

• Minnesota Renaissance Festival
  - Shakopee
  (Aug - Oct)

Missouri Faires & Festivals

• Central Missouri Renaissance Festival
  - Kingdom City
  (Oct)
• Greater Saint Louis Renaissance Faire at Wentzville
  - Wentzville
  (May - Jun)
• White Hart Renaissance Faire
  - Hartville
  (Jun)

Montana Faires & Festivals

• An Ri Ra Montana Irish Festival
  - Butte
  (Aug)
• Bitterroot Scottish Irish Festival
  - Hamilton
  (Aug)
• Celtic Festival Missoula
  - Missoula
  (Jul)

Nebraska Faires & Festivals

• Midlands Pirate Fest
  - Omaha
  (May)
• Nebraska Renaissance Faire
  - Papillion
  (May)

Nevada Faires & Festivals

• Age of Chivalry Renaissance Festival
  - Las Vegas
  (Oct)
• Boulder City Renaissance Faire
  - Boulder City
  (Mar)

New Hampshire Faires & Festivals

• New Hampshire Highland Games
  - Lincoln
  (Sep)
• New Hampshire Renaissance Faire
  - Kingston
  (May)

New Jersey Faires & Festivals

• Lakewood Lions Charity Renaissance Faire
  - Lakewood
  (Sep)
• That Medieval Thing (TMT)
  - Madison
  (Apr)
• West Windsor Lions Renaissance Faire
  - West Windsor
  (May)

New Mexico Faires & Festivals

• Santa Fe Renaissance Fair
  - Santa Fe
  (Sep)

New York Faires & Festivals

• Bill Johnston's Pirate Days
  - Alexandria Bay
  (Aug)
• Captain Redbeard's Feast
  - Honeoye
  (Aug)
• Cortland Celtic Festival
  - Preble
  (Aug)
• Dundee Scottish Festival
  - Dundee
  (Sep - )
• Hawk Creek Wildlife and Renaissance Festival
  - East Aurora
  (Jul)
• Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon Park
  - New York
  (Oct)
• New York Fairy Festival
  - Ouaquaga
  (Jun)
• New York Renaissance Faire
  - Tuxedo Park
  (Aug - Sep)
• Sterling Renaissance Festival
  - Sterling
  (Jul - Aug)

North Carolina Faires & Festivals

• Carolina Renaissance Festival
  - Huntersville
  (Oct - Nov)
• Fort Bragg Renaissance Faire
  - Fayetteville
  (Sep)
• Grandfather Mountain Highland Games
  - Grandfather
  (Jul)

North Dakota Faires & Festivals

• Dickens Village Festival
  - Garrison
  (Nov - Dec)

Ohio Faires & Festivals

• Ashville Viking Festival
  - Ashville
  (Apr)
• Cambridge Medieval Market Faire
  - Cambridge
  (Oct)
• Dickens Victorian Village
  - Cambridge
  (Nov - Jan)
• Great Lakes Medieval Faire and Marketplace
  - Rock Creek
  (Jul - Aug)
• Medieval and Renaissance Faire at OSU
  - Columbus
  (Apr)
• Ohio Renaissance Festival
  - Waynesville
  (Sep - Oct)

Oklahoma Faires & Festivals

• Medieval Faire of Norman
  - Norman
  (Apr)
• Oklahoma Renaissance Festival
  - Muskogee
  (May)

Oregon Faires & Festivals

• Canterbury Renaissance Faire
  - Silverton
  (Jul)
• Faerieworlds
  - North Plains
  (Sep)
• Portland Pirate Festival
  - Portland
  (Sep)
• SeaDog Nights and Gypsy Carnival
  - Lebanon
  (Jul)
• Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire
  - Kings Valley
  (Sep)
• Tortuga Pirate Festival
  - Lebanon
  (Sep)

Pennsylvania Faires & Festivals

• Dickens of a Christmas (Ebensburg)
  - Ebensburg
  (Dec)
• Fairie Festival at Spoutwood Farm
  - Glen Rock
  (Apr - May)
• Kutztown Renaissance Faire
  - Kutztown
  (May)
• Marcus Hook Pirate Festival
  - Marcus Hook
  (Sep)
• Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
  - Manheim
  (Aug - Oct)
• Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival
  - Wyano
  (Aug - Sep)
• The Rosemary House Fairy Festival
  - Mechanicsburg
  (Sep)
• The Village Renaissance Faire
  - Wrightstown
  (Sep)
• Wild Rose Renaissance Faire
  - Columbus
  (Jun)

South Dakota Faires & Festivals

• Siouxland Renaissance Festival
  - Sioux Falls
  (Jun)

Tennesee Faires & Festivals

• Dickens of a Christmas (Franklin)
  - Franklin
  (Dec)
• Tennessee Renaissance Festival
  - Arrington
  (May)

Texas Faires & Festivals

• Dickens On The Strand
  - Galveston
  (Dec)
• Four Winds Renaissance Faire
  - Troup
  (Mar - Apr)
• Middlefaire Medieval Fantasy Faire
  - Hillsboro
  (Sep)
• Middlefaire Renaissance Festival
  - Hillsboro
  (Nov)
• Middlefaire Texas Pirate Festival
  - Hillsboro
  (Jun)
• Scarborough Renaissance Festival
  - Waxahachie
  (Apr - May)
• Sherwood Forest Faire
  - McDade
  (Feb - Apr)
• Texas Renaissance Festival
  - Todd Mission
  (Oct - Nov)

Utah Faires & Festivals

• Dickens' Christmas Festival
  - St. George
  (Dec)
• Utah Midsummer Renaissance Faire
  - Cedar City
  (Jul)
• Utah Renaissance Festival and Fantasy Faire
  - Marriott-Slaterville
  (May)

Virginia Faires & Festivals

• Blackbeard Pirate Festival
  - Hampton
  (May)
• Dickens of a Christmas (Roanoke)
  - Roanoke
  (Dec)
• Gloucester Renaissance Festival
  - Gloucester
  (Oct)
• Harvest Faire
  - Newport News
  (Oct)
• Stone Tower Glenn Renaissance Faire (Spring)
  - Mt. Solon
  (Jun)
• Virginia Renaissance Faire
  - Spotsylvania
  (May - Jun)

Washington Faires & Festivals

• A Festival For May
  - Carnation
  (May)
• Camlann Medieval Faire
  - Carnation
  (Aug)
• Northwest Renaissance Festival
  - Nine Mile Falls
  (Jul)
• Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games
  - Enumclaw
  (Jul)
• Spokane Renaissance Faire
  - Colbert
  (Oct)
• Spring Fairy Festival
  - Tacoma
  (May)
• Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire
  - Bonney Lake
  (Aug)
• Ye Merrie Greenwood Faire
  - Kennewick
  (Oct)

Wisconsin Faires & Festivals

• Bristol Renaissance Faire
  - Kenosha
  (Jul - Sep)
• Door County Renaissance Fantasy Faire
  - Egg Harbor
  (Jun - Jul)
• Janesville Renaissance Faire
  - Janesville
  (May)
• Ren In The Glen
  - Glenwood City
  (Jul)

British Columbia Faires & Festivals

• BC Renaissance Festival
  - Maple Ridge
  (Jun)

Ontario Faires & Festivals

• Faery Fest's Enchanted Ground
  - Guelph
  (Jun)
• Robin In The Hood
  - Elmira
  (May)
• Royal Medieval Faire
  - Waterloo
  (Sep)
• The Pirate Festival
  - Milton
  (Aug)