The 2nd Biggest Renaissance Festival In America Is Taking Place Right Now Just 45 Minutes From D.C.

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One of the most famous and popular Renaissance Festivals in the nation, the Maryland Renaissance Festival has been a criminally underrated and often overlooked event since it was established in 1977!

This year’s festival features over 200 daily performers and 140 vendors across the roughly 27-acre festival grounds located in Crownsville, Maryland, which is just 30 miles from D.C., or about 45 minutes to an hour from the District.

What makes the Maryland Renaissance Festival so fun?

The Maryland Renaissance Festival attracts around 300,000 people every year for nine weekends from late August to mid-October.

The festival includes:

• Around 1,300 cast and crew bring the experience to life, including over 200 performers daily across the festival’s 10 unique stages, such as TikTok sensation Jacques Ze Whipper.
• A dedicated jousting arena with seating for up to 3,000 spectators!
• Thousands of visitors wearing their best themed costumes join in on the role-playing fun. (Costumes are available to rent, but designing or ordering your own costume is recommended.)

How to get tickets

Tickets are available exclusively online and are known to sell out quickly; in fact, season tickets for all nine weekends of the 2025 festival are already sold out.

However, you can still purchase individual day tickets online for select dates while space is available.

• August 23 – September 7
  • Adult Ticket – $26
  • Child Ticket – $14
  • Senior Ticket – $23
• September 13 – October 19
  • Adult Ticket – $32
  • Child Ticket – $18
  • Senior Ticket – $28

If all tickets are sold out, any tickets that have been previously refunded will be re-released on the website for purchase on the Monday before the ticket’s date.

When is the Maryland Renaissance Festival open?

The festival takes place over the weekends between late August and mid-October:

1. August 23rd and 24th.
2. August 30th, 31st, and September 1st.
3. September 6th and 7th.
4. September 13th and 14th.
5. September 20th and 21st.
6. September 27th and 28th.
7. October 4th and 5th.
8. October 11th and 12th.
9. October 18th and 19th.