Texas Renaissance Festival
texas renaissance festival dubbed ren fest annual renaissance fair located todd mission texas mile northwest houston texas renaissance festival trf started location old strip mining site festival claim nation’s largest renaissance theme park festival sits acre land offer acre camping facility patron festival regularly draw half million guest annually making largest renaissance festival country attendance trf founded brother david george coulam abandoned strip mining site todd mission texas time spanned fifteen acre three stage featuring small improv theatre group merchant selling good blanket opening year saw turnout fair since grown annual attendance vendor stage eight weekend documentary series trf ownership ren faire produced hbo trf featured approximately costumed actor performed stage onsite shop included international food purveyor unique artisan merchant craft vendor humanpowered ride abundance performer walking among guest queen royal finale firework weather permit dusk fair host half million visitor annually peaked weekend festival take different theme influencing performance costume food drink art shop contest game throughout festival ground oktoberfest german theme including polka music dancing serving traditional german beer dream fantasy theme encouraging lavish costume wizard fairy elf including several fantastical contest scavenger hunt costume contest hallows eve medieval halloween theme including spooky decoration contest jackolantern carving contest celebrate holiday pirate adventure pirate theme encouraging pirate costume including several searelated game contest roman bacchanal roman theme encouraging roman costume hosting several romanthemed contest game toga contest spaghetti eating contest featured barbarian invasion medieval barbarian theme encouraging costume medieval barbarian including barbaric contest barbarian battle cry contest eating contest hero villain iconic figure past come life highland fling scottish theme encouraging traditional scottish costume including bagpipeplaying traditional scottish food drink celtic christmas christmas theme including christmas decoration music featuring christmasthemed contest candy cane hunt guess present contest festival ground feature stage host wide variety performance festival feature several medievalthemed music dance group including everything belly dancing harp fiddle bagpipe accordion carillon throughout festival park several demonstrating artist found presenting method various medieval trade glassblowing forging armor candlemaking coin minting others visitor larger stage grander event take place largest joust joust performed hanlonlees action theatre accurate reenactment medieval joust featuring authentic weapon costumed horse armored knight performance festival include act designed mature audience well youngster staple performance include bird prey show highly praised freeflying bird show including hawk owl vulture eagle fire whip show clan tynker family circus pride bedlam school sword end festival royal finale take place arena featuring performance several entertainer musician closing firework presentation list renaissance medieval fair official website texas renaissance festival beefeater map festival ground