The Carolina Renaissance Festival is a medieval amusement park, an 10 stage theater, a 22-acre circus, an arts and crafts fair, a jousting tournament and a feast – all rolled into one non-stop, day-long family adventure.

• Ten stages featuring comedy acts, acrobats, medieval musicians, singers, dancers, storytellers, magicians and puppeteers – performing continuously for 7 1/2 hours each day.
• A tournament arena where skilled stunt riders, outfitted in suits of armor, ride their horses into battle during three jousts each day.
• Specialty acts like Wild Sky’s Birds of Prey in-flight demonstration.
• Hundreds of costumed characters.

• Our 22-acre village is filled with over 100 open-air, storybook shops and medieval tents. Crafts include:  clothing, armor-making, pottery, glass blowing, stained glass, elegant jewelry and more.
• Many artisans demonstrate of their handiwork throughout the day, using tools and techniques that have been handed down through the centuries.

• Kids and adults will enjoy the challenges of archery, ax-throwing, castle-storming, and climbing Jacob’s ladder.
• They can also go on human-powered rides such as da Vinci’s Flying Machine, Voyage to the New World and the Swan Swing.
• This is the place to toss tomatoes at the surly fools locked in the stocks at “Vegetable Justice”.

• The Royal Kitchens serve a vast feast with giant roasted turkey drumsticks, steak-on-a-stake, pizza, bread bowl stews, salads and more. The Monk’s Bakery, the Cappuccino Inn and the Chocolate Shoppe tempt you with a variety of unique desserts. Pubs serve beer and wine.