West Virginia Renaissance Festival

06/25/2025

✨ I am the tempest that no one can tame ✨

One more weekend left of the West Virginia Renaissance Festival, see you there, rain or shine!

Photo by Andrew Lesny

06/25/2025

TOGA! TOGA! TOGA! Feeling hot?
The queen wants a summer party. The king wants to watch fighting. Join us for BACCHANALIA! a celebration of summer, with dancing, tastings of honey wine, lessons in Roman marching formations and gladiatorial combats between jousts.

06/23/2025

WEST VIRGINIA RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL
It’s magic!

06/21/2025

06/18/2025

Robin is ready to take on the Hoard!!! It's Viking Weekend here West Virginia Renaissance Festival. We are ready to see if these barbarians can out crawl The Merry Men Pub Crawl. Get your tickets online at wvrenfest.com or at the front gate. Show times are 11:30, 2:00 & 5:00 all pub crawls start at the front gate.

06/16/2025

VIKINGS VALHALLA & WEST VIRGINIA CRAFT BREW SHOWCASE
JUNE 21-22
Join us for Vikings Valhalla this weekend and join in the fun, with feasting fit for a king, beers, cider and mead brewed in mountain valleys, the pulsing drumbeats of Samas, fire dancing by Adamo Ignis and so much more! You can even join in the Viking Shield Wall Experience and wander the visiting Viking Encampment. The Royal Court will judge the best Viking costume of the day. wvrenfest.com

06/16/2025

VIKINGS VALHALLA AND WEST VIRGINIA CRAFT BREW SHOWCASE
JUNE 21-22!
Sign up for the Viking Shield Wall Experience in the Viking Encampment and learn to fight like a Viking! Culminating in the Blood Pit Tournament in our arena. Or just cheer them on with a cold mug of WV beer, mead or cider in your hand! It will be a beautiful day for a festival in the shire of Essex, with feasting, fighting, jousting and skilled artisans showing their wares. wvrenfest.com

06/14/2025

We are charting a course through stormy skies this weekend, but open rain or shine. Prepare for adventure!

06/13/2025

2025 swag can be found at the Souvenir Shop by the Front Gate!

06/11/2025

Father’s Day Weekend is for families at the West Virginia Renaissance Festival! Take advantage of our special Family of Four/$52 offer and remind Dad how to play pirates. Don’t miss Captain Gryphon and Francesca’s new Wild Wacky Whip Show and their interactive show which teaches kids the Nature of Mercy. Family Package Special is only available at the ticket booth, no age limits. wvrenfest.com

06/11/2025

Prepare for Adventure! Pirates Landing at the West Virginia Renaissance Festival June 14-15! With The Misfits of Fortune Pirate Lords performing as special guests at The Cloisters and a chance to sign up for cannoneering class in the Pirate Encampment, the Knotty Nauticals, and Nature of Mercy, there are pirates around every corner this weekend! wvrenfest.com

06/08/2025

New from Greenbrier Valley Brewing:
OLDE WORLD BROWN ALE
Now on tap at THE CLOISTERS!
Along with other GVB brews.