Maryland Renaissance Festival

Maryland Renaissance Festival
Crowds watch a Shakespearean play at the festival
GenreRenaissance fair
DatesAugust – October
Location(s)Crownsville, Maryland
Inaugurated1977
Attendance15,800 daily, 300,000 season (average)
Area25 acres (100,000 m2)
Stages10
Websitewww.marylandrenaissancefestival.com

The Maryland Renaissance Festival is a Renaissance fair located in Crownsville, Maryland. Set in a fictional 16th-century English village named Revel Grove, the festival is spread over 27 acres (110,000 m2). It is open from the last weekend of August and runs for nine weekends.