Schedule Of Events:

October 5-6, 2024

9:30am - 5:30pm - Opening Invasion Celebration
Kick off the Festival season with Vikings, barbarians, crusaders, orcs, raiders, and more!

Tickets: Receive 2 Adult Tickets for $44 ($24 Savings)

Saturday, October 12, 2024

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM - Deaf Awareness Day
LanguageLine Solutions and Central Piedmont College are proud to partner with the Carolina Renaissance Festival to provide a renaissance experience for members of the Deaf Community.  Certified sign language interpreters will interpret stage performances at select stages located inside the village.  Anyone interested in Deaf awareness is invited to share in this special occasion.

Tickets:
Adults ages 13 and up admission price of $22
Children ages 12 and under are FREE

October 12-13, 2024

9:30am - 5:30pm - Wizards and Revels Weekend

Level up With RenFest ConQuest!  
- Stop by the table top gaming displays outside the Village Gates and inside the Village Woodswalk!  
- Win prizes in the Sorcerers and Spell Casters costume contest at The Haven at 3:00 PM!  
- Children ages 5 - 12 are FREE with coupon promo code or Coat donation! Conditions apply.

Tickets :4 and under always free

October 19-20, 2024

9:30am - 5:30pm - BrewFest Weekend

Learn the time honored craft of beer brewing!  Sample a selection of fine micro-brewed ale!  Play a series of RenFest Beer Games!
Adventurous costumed ladies are invited to flirtatiously strut their stuff in the Saucy Maiden Costume Contest!  All in good, clean fun of course!  Prizes will be awarded.

BrewFest activities start at 12:00pm at the Haven (behind Edgewood Stage).  Sampling sales end at 3:15, sampling last call is 3:30, and activities end at 4:00 PM

October 26-27, 2024

9:30am - 5:30pm - Halloween Daze and Spooky Knights

Already the Carolinas' largest costume party, the Carolina Renaissance Festival becomes the place to celebrate Halloween! Enjoy FREE Child Admission with no coupon required for all children ages 12 and under. Children must have a ticket.  Adults accompanying children must already have a ticket if event date has sold out.

Children and parents alike enjoy the fun and safe trick or treating experience with free treats to be found at over 100 locations throughout the Festival Village. And pick up your Halloween Treasure Map at the Front Gate and search the village for the Queen’s Treasure Chest filled with prizes!

Tickets:
Free Child Admission
Ages 12 and under

November 2-3, 2024

9:30am - 5:30pm - Celtic Music Weekend

Special guest musicians Magnus and Maggie join Festival mynstrel's to present a bevy of your favorite Celtic music! Don't miss CRAIC and The Reelin Rogues!  WIN TICKETS for a return visit and much more! Hunky Highlanders are encouraged to show their stuff in the Men of Skills Competition! Contests include a Test of Strength, a Test of Confidence, and a Test of Skill. All in good fun! Prizes will be awarded. Contest 3:00 p.m. at The Haven (beyond the Edgewood Theatre) Huzzah! CRAIC performs 4 times each day a the Fairhaven Theater! The Reelin Rogues perform 4 times each day at the Palace Stage!

November 9-10, 2024

9:30am - 5:30pm - It’s Pirates' Christmas Weekend

It's foolish pleasures and pirate's treasures!  Plunder the Village with early Holiday shopping and save at the Fairhaven Artisan Marketplace!  Enjoy special guest performances by the Pyrates Royale!

Special Pirate entertainment and costume contest! Plunder the Village for festival arts and crafts and receive FREE Festival admission for a return visit for the remainder of the 2024 season.  Spend $250 or more on the day you attend and receive 1 FREE Adult Ticket.  Spend $350 or more on the day you attend and receive 2 FREE Adult Tickets. Awarded tickets are valid for any remaining date of the 2024 season.  Offer valid for purchases made Nov. 9 or 10, 2024 only. Receipts must be redeemed on the date that purchases were made and cannot be combined over the course of the two day weekend.  Present receipts on day of purchase at the info booth located outside village entry to receive tickets. One offer per person.

November 16-17, 2024

9:30am - 5:30pm - It’s Time Travelers’ Weekend

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!

Costume Contest
Win FREE Tickets for a return visit (and other prizes too) in the Time Traveler’s costume contest! Contest starts at 3pm for children and adult contest to follow immediately after at the Haven (located beyond the Edgewood Theatre)

Tickets:
FREE child admission ages 12 and under with school supply donation.  Adults must have a ticket.

November 23-24, 2024

9:30am - 5:30pm - 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!

Children ages 5-12 are FREE with a donation of can food items at the Festival entry (ages 4 and under always free).  Adults accompanying  children on “free child admission” promotional dates must already have a ticket if event date has sold out.  To receive a free child ticket, simply hand over your can food items to the volunteers working the Second Harvest Food Bank collection display.

Tickets:
FREE child admission with can food donation! Adults must already have a ticket

Date: October 5 - November 24, 2024

Time: 9:30am - 5:30pm

Location: Carolina Renaissance Festival, 16445 Poplar Tent Road, Huntersville, NC 28078

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