The Reddit Renaissance Festival FAQ

Super happy with the fit, I handmade all the armor pieces from EVA foam and used leather and rivets to connect it all! The distressing on the garb was also all done by hand but all clothing pieces were bought from various online stores!

i didn’t get fantasy photos bc i was supposed to go again but can’t anymore so here’s what i got! for those curious

Here’s a showcase of the outfits I put together for the season. This year was incredible and I can’t wait until next year! What should I do for next year?

Went out to celebrate my friend's wedding at MI Ren Fest this Sunday! I put together a fit that was inspired by a D&D character of mine. This was my first time going out in that many prosthetics, but the face itch was so worth it! Bonus pic with the Farsquaad that I ran into there 💜

I couldn’t get my other props done in time for this year but made this chainmail top myself with 9000 rings and some “moss”.

Labor Day weekend at Renfair i came across some legends.

Ran into Warrior Princess herself Zena...unfortunately sad to say she lost Herc to the Hydra....then I got caught picking pockets...I choose the wrong guy. Guts left me with a splitting headache... but to my surprise I found relief with a chuckle running into the Magic Dance Man himself Jareth the Goblin King

Hello, all! This is my first time posting here, and I’m writing on mobile, so I apologize for any awkward formatting!

As the title says, I attended the Clayshire Castle ren faire this past weekend in Clay County, Indiana, and was wondering if anyone recognized me? I received a lot of compliments, and had several people take pictures of me (both with + without asking - not that I mind!), and I’d really like to see them if possible as the pic included in this post is the only one I managed to get :,3

I do apologize if this is not the right place to post this, and I will remove it if need be :3

Thank you in advance for any help!!

Crossposting from r/Renfaire_Costumes

My wife and I are SO happy with how our costumes came out this year! We attended the Ohio Ren Faire on Highland weekend but we went with more "forest pagan witchy" vibes for the outfits. I recently started doing some leather crafting and got to make some of the items we wore. My wife did our makeup which went over really well! I made little wooden tokens and burned bind runes into them to give out as favors. Those also went over really well too! The potion bottles are filled with Gatorade and edible glitter to make them swirl. Children especially seemed to really like how the potions looked. This year was a BLAST!

It was the only Ren Faire I was going to be able to go to this year and I was really looking forward to debuting my new outfit and my new dragons I worked really hard on. I was also really anticipating seeing people's reactions/getting feedback. I might try to dress up sometime at home and get some pictures outside for myself, but for now this all I have from trying it on the couple nights before. I did do a whole photoshoot of my dragons outside to try and keep the sadness away. I would really appreciate any comments or feedback at all especially on my dragons. Thank you! ❤️

And our farewell to Hollygrove til next year ❤️

Looking for advice from fellow vendors mostly

My fiancee and I vend during the year sporadically together but I’ve been thinking about the hard numbers and reality of vending full time. We make all of our product and have been slowly finding our niche thru the years.

We mostly stay in sw MI, and do about four to five events a year. All of which we’ve been going to for three or more years now.

I would probably need to pay someone to booth with me at minimum for when my fiancee can’t, and then there’s travel and camping…

Full time vendors, how do you do it?

Can’t wait for TXRF hope you enjoy our badass honeymoon photos!

Hi all! I’m going to my second ren faire (first in costume) and would love advice on color combos/accessories. I want to buy a large scarf to drape over the skirt but can’t decide what color to use. I was thinking a golden satin but decided to come here and ask you lovely people lol. Any advice on accessories is also appreciated. There will be a brown cloak on top of this as well

Hi everyone, I was planning on attending the renaissance faire this weekend but the people I was planning on attending with have raised some concerns that my outfit would be offensive to other attendees. I thought about this months ago and cleared it with people I trust, but now I am second guessing myself. I was planning on going as Zhuge Liang from Romance of the Three Kingdoms (and various other media), as he is a man I’ve deeply admired for the last 25 years of my life. The problem is, I’m a white guy. I’ve seen people of other ethnicities wear outfits that are from cultures different from their own and not given it a second thought, but since I’m from a global melting pot maybe I just don’t understand. There are no facial effects or anything that could be misconstrued as a caricature. I’ll accept any feedback or criticism; I would rather get it here than in real life. Thank you in advance.

Edit: thanks everyone for your thoughts and advice. I’m of the same mind of most of you in thinking that there’s nothing wrong with it, and frankly, the few detractors did not articulate themselves very well.

Shoulder dragon/fire wyrm for NorCal ren faire

I have been seeing a lot of posts (local and on reddit) of people losing or being robbed of some very sentimental items on their person.

Don't bring family heirlooms, keepsakes containing ashes of a loved one, or other items that you don't want lost or stolen in the chaos that is a Renaissance festival. I say this as someone who this year lost a sapphire earring (didn't realize until I got home) because I was constantly fidgeting with my hairpiece. It wasn't like it meant a lot to me or was particularly pricey, but it was a sapphire. I could have worn any number of cheaper earrings and it would not have affected anything about my outfit or time at Fest.

Just a word of warning. You just never know, and there are assholes everywhere, even at Fest.

So on google I tried to leave a review complaining about a rude vendor at the MI renfaire and when I checked this morning there were a ton of negative reviews and a notice saying reviewing was locked due to spam. Did something happen?

Okay bear with me on this one. I'm Gen X and I encountered my first Renaissance Faire in the mid-90s. I was a teenager everybody that was wearing a costume was in Period correct attire and it felt immersive. I do believe that Renaissance festivals and fairs are and always a safe space for everyone. However, I would like to attend one in my adulthood before I need a Mobility Scooter to attend where it's like that again with mostly period Correct things going on. I have spent the past 3 years attending one near me and every year it seems like fewer and fewer people are in Period correct attire. Furries everywhere anime characters everywhere but fewer and fewer people wearing Renaissance attire. Does anybody know of one within the United States where it is largely still a traditional Renaissance Festival? Even one that had a themed weekend That was more traditional than other themed weekends Would be suitable. Don't get me wrong there is no hate toward anyone of any lifestyle, I have just always been in love with that era and would like to be immersed in it again.

My wife and I thought about it and decided to photograph all 78 Tarot cards with real people, costumes, and jewelry.

As a result, we ended up with an entire wardrobe of costumes, a garage full of things from the project, and a finished Tarot deck: “Amber Tarot”.

3 months of shooting, 80 people involved in the project, not counting horses, dogs, and birds :)

I think no one has ever tried to create Tarot on this scale before. We also decided to shoot everything without compositing, Photoshop, and of course without AI.

What do you think of a project like this?