Ohio Renaissance Pageant returns in September: Tickets, dates

Huzzah! Lords and girls, the wait is sort of over. The thirty third annual Ohio Renaissance Festival begins Sept. 3. Are you prepared for an journey?

Pageant grounds in Waynesville, Ohio, will as soon as once more be remodeled right into a Sixteenth-century village, full with over 100 reveals, big turkey legs, jousting, video games and artisan retailers.

Planning your journey again in time to the Ohio Renaissance Pageant? Here is what it is advisable know.

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When is the Ohio Renaissance Pageant?

The Ohio Renaissance Pageant takes place on weekends and on Labor Day. It begins Sept. 3-5 and goes till Oct. 30. Pageant grounds are open from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Listed below are the pageant’s weekend themes:

• Sept. 3-5: Opening Weekend. Renaissance Pageant is open one further day.
• Sept. 10-11: Fantasy Weekend. This weekend options Honest Play Time and all issues fantastical.
• Sept. 17-18: Pirates Weekend. Have a good time Worldwide Discuss like a Pirate Day with a pirate ship, Pirate Playtime and extra.
• Sept. 24-25: Highland Weekend. Expertise Highland tradition with themed competitions, bagpipe performances, Highland Video games and extra.
• Oct. 1-2: Time Vacationers Weekend. Gown up as your favourite film, TV present, comedian guide, science fiction or fantasy character and prepare for a dressing up contest.
• Oct. 8-9: Viking Weekend. Norsemen are inspired to raid the village.
• Oct. 15-16: Romance Weekend. Simply in time for Sweetest Day, attend the mass marriage vow renewal ceremony at St. Peter’s Chapel.
• Oct. 22-23: Feast of Fools. The pageant will host the Watermelon vs. Pumpkin wars, plus the village might be stuffed with fools.
• Oct. 29-30: Tips or Treats. For its final weekend, youngsters 12 and beneath can get into the pageant without cost and go trick-or-treating at collaborating cubicles.

The place is the Ohio Renaissance Pageant?

Pageant grounds are positioned at Renaissance Park, 10542 Ohio 73, Waynesville.

How a lot are tickets?

Normal admission tickets for adults, age 13 and older, are $28 per individual. Tickets for youths 5 to 12 years outdated are $10, and kids beneath 5 get in without cost.

Tickets are $25 for seniors and for navy, police, firefighter and emergency responder personnel. You may also purchase a season cross for $80. The pageant’s ORFans Membership season cross is offered out.

Buy tickets on the ticket sales space or on-line at renfestival.com/tickets.

What’s there to do on the Ohio Renaissance Pageant?

Eat: With 29 meals distributors, you may discover barbecue, pub fare, burgers, pizza, sweets, brats and extra, plus vegetarian and gluten-free choices. And naturally, do not depart with out making an attempt a large turkey leg.

Drink: Rhinegeist is releasing a Chain Mail Pale Ale solely for the pageant. Home beers, cider, wine and Pepsi merchandise may also be accessible.

Store: Meander by way of the pageant’s 166 retailers to search out do-it-yourself crafts and distinctive items.

Watch: The pageant is residence to over 100 motion, music, comedy and acrobatic reveals every day. A full schedule of occasions and performers might be discovered on-line at renfestival.com/schedule. By no means been to the Ohio Renaissance Pageant? Organizers say the Full Armored Joust, Cincinnati Barbarians, Theatre within the Floor and Kamikaze Fireflies are must-see events.