Pirates’ Christmas!
ARRRRGH! It’s foolish pleasures and pirate’s treasures! Special Pirate Entertainment scheduled all weekend long! Start your Holiday shopping early and save at the Fairhaven Village Marketplace!
Purchase $250 or more in festival arts & crafts and receive two FREE $25 Renaissance Festival Tickets valid for the remaining two weekends of this 2017 season (one offer per person)!
You can also Win Free Tickets for a Return Visit (and other prizes too) in the Pirate Costume Contest! Dress as your favorite scurrrrvy dog and win prizes in the Pirate’s Costume Contests held at 2:00 PM at the Haven (located beyond the Edgewood Theatre). Separate contests will be held for adults and children. Prizes will be awarded.
Deaf Awareness Day!
Fluent Language Solutions and Central Piedmont Community College are proud to partner with the Carolina Renaissance Festival to provide a renaissance experience for the deaf. Certified sign language interpreters will perform interpreted stage performances at select stages located inside the village. Student interpreters will also be available to offer services. Anyone interested in deaf awareness is invited to share in this special occasion as well as stop by the deaf awareness informational booth located outside the village entrance.
Time Travelers Weekend!
Heroes! Villains! Space travelers and more! You don’t need a passport to Time Travel to the 16th Century! Come as you are or dress as your favorite time traveling character inspired by movies, TV, comic books, science fiction and/or fantasy – all costume genres welcome!
Journey through the Time Travelers Museum featuring replicas from Back To The Future, Star Wars and Doctor Who! The museum will be located at The Haven (beyond the Edgewood Theatre).
Win Free Tickets for a return (and other prizes too) in the Time Traveler’s costume contest! Contest starts at 2:00 PM and is located at The Haven (beyond the Edgewood Theatre).
Children ages 5-12 are FREE with a donation of school supplies at the Parent Teacher Magazine booth at the Festival entrance or at Park Road Books in Charlotte. (Children under 5 always free). School supply donation benefits Classroom Central; providing school supplies to underfunded classrooms around the region.
Enjoy book signings by popular local science fiction and fantasy authors!
Final Huzzah!
Chomp a Turkey Leg before Turkey Day and don’t miss the last chance of the year to experience your best day out in History! Donate canned foods at the Festival entrance and SAVE $15 by receiving FREE child admission ages 5-12 (children under 5 always free). Don’t miss your last chance to take part in the merriment! One canned food item is all it takes to receive the discount but please feel free to donate more.