Themed Weekends

Journey back to old Bavaria open the 44^th annual Texas Renaissance Festival with a celebration of the best of the wurst (and the bier)! Lift your stein and shout “Ozapft ist” (“It’s tapped”)! Dance a polka and enjoy a strudel in the Arbor Haus Bier Garten or join the fun of the Oktoberfest Costume Contest or bratwurst eating contest. Prost!

Escape to a magical realm as faeries, sprites, elves and other fanciful creatures bring enchantment and wonder to the lanes of New Market Village. Explore the delights of the mystical Magic Garden, show off your magical finery in the Fantasy Costume Contest, or test your taste buds in the fiery Dragon Wing Eating Contest.

Join the Great Hoard and pillage the village for two days of uncivilized fun. The King and Queen invite you to feast, drink, and plunder during this barbaric rumpus. Claim your spoils in our many shoppes or prove yourself the best at our many games and tests of strength and skill. The Barbarian Inn has just what a great warrior needs to relax, with ale and tales of glory. Don’t forget the Worst Dressed Barbarian costume contest and the Turkey Leg Eating contest.

Avast, Ye Hearties! Heave to and come ashore for the most piratical party on the seven seas. Search for treasure hidden in the village’s wondrous shoppes and enjoy a tankard of ale at the Sea Devil Tavern. Show off your sea-farin’ finery in the Best Dressed Pirate contest or try your luck in the Fish-n-Chips eating contest. Hoist the colors and set sail for a Pirate Adventure!

Ghoulies and ghosties and things that go bump in the night arrive for some scary good fun in New Market Village! Little goblins will enjoy trick-or-treating throughout the village, while the very brave may dare a trip into the terrors inside Slayer’s Castle. Enter our Halloween costume contest or the Kettle Korn eating contest for a chance to win “spooktacular” prizes. It’s so much

The King and Queen invite you to the biggest toga party this side of the Coliseum! Do as the Romans do and revel in this celebration of romance and amore! Explore the delights of the Florence Market, enjoy a pizza and beer at the Pizzeria Il Fiorno or the Italian Village. Compete in the Roman themed costume contest or the spaghetti eating contest for a chance to win fabulous prizes. Salute!

The call has gone forth- assemble the mightiest heroes and heroines and gather the darkest villains and vixens. The King and Queen welcome the worthy and the worst to a weekend celebration of great deeds and dastardly doings. Enjoy marvelous entertainment and food and drink fit for champions. Find the perfect armor, weapon, or costume piece in our stupendous shoppes and show off your heroic finery in our Heroes and Villains Costume contest. Are you worthy join the ranks of our heroes and villains?

The pipes are calling you to don your kilt and tartan, grab your bonnie lass or laddie, and join the King and Queen for a celebration of the joys of Scotland. Enjoy a Scotch egg, dance a reel to the pipe music of Tartanic or Drones-n-Drums, find a wee something special in our over 400 shoppes, or try your luck in our themed contests- the Bonnie Knees Costume Contest, or the Haggis Eating Contest.

Father Christmas and his merry band of elves welcome children of all ages to our final, three day holiday celebration. Unwrap the magic of the Yuletide season as the village transforms into a winter wonderland of Christmas trees, holiday music, and shoppes decorated in the lights and symbols of the season. The young and young at heart share their wish list with Father Christmas and there is a gift to be found for everyone in the shoppes of New Market. The Holiday Costume and Pumpkin Pie Eating contests will be a treat and the food, drink, music, and entertainment of the Texas Renaissance Festival will fill everyone with Christmas cheer.