When the castle doors opened on a recent morning, hundreds of guests flooded into the Ohio Renaissance Festival — many of them in detailed period costumes, just like the performers. Among them were ...

The Connecticut Renaissance Faire is almost here. Back for its 26th year, this annual faire is a recreation of a 16th-century harvest festival set right in "New England's Olde England," offering an ...

While things may occasionally be ruff at a Renaissance festival, they're rarely rough: You're out in the sunshine, frolicking, all while wearing an Elizabethan ruff collar or bright tights or a frilly ...