This past weekend, my family and I were given tickets to attend the Michigan Renaissance Festival. I hadn’t been to the festival since I was probably the same age my kids are now (8 and 11). The second we pulled into the parking, the kids were beside themselves with excitement. A lot of people that went to the show dressed up. Zack and Bella have already declared that wen we go back to the Renaissance Festival next year, they are going to dress up. Bella wants to be a female viking!
I received tickets to the Michigan Renaissance Festival for the purpose of this post. All opinions are 100% my own, naturally. This post may contain affiliate links.
One of the things I noticed RIGHT AWAY was how different the festival was from the last time I was there. It was so small when I went as a child. However, the festival now is huge! There are a lot of shops to pick up a wide variety of things from period costumes to swords (which my son was really taken with). They also had a lot of food, especially the ginormous turkey legs that the kids just had to have!
The turkey legs were as good as they looked! Neither kid was able to finish it!
About the Renaissance Festival
Take a time-travel adventure into the 16th century at the 37th annual Michigan Renaissance Festival! Join our Queen Elizabeth in a jubilee! Inside our turreted gates, visitors enjoy the sights and sounds of a 17-acre village, complete with building reproductions of Renaissance shops, taverns and a magnificent castle. Continuous entertainment takes place on the streets and on 17 themed stages; featuring full-contact armored jousting, comedy and theater shows, music, games, people-powered rides and so much more! Fabulous food and more than 300 artisans displaying their gallery-quality works complete the experience! Join us weekends and Labor day August 22nd thru October 4th! Plus Festival Friday on October 2nd.
There truly is something for everyone at the Renaissance Festival. Zack really enjoyed watching the jousting. I have to admit, that was my favorite part too!
Bella, on the other hand, really enjoyed getting a chance to learn how to use a real whip. For those of you that know my daughter, this probably doesn’t come as a surprise. There is very little this child wouldn’t try at least once!
All in all, I highly recommend the Renaissance Festival! Like I said at the beginning, the kids hadn’t even walked through the gates before announcing they wanted to come back next year! Definitely check out the website, look at the different theme weeks and see which theme interests you most! Oh and…dress up! You don’t have to, but the people that did really looked like they had a blast!
Oh before I forget!!!
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