Texas Renaissance Festival
The Texas Renaissance Festival is a Renaissance fair in Todd Mission, Texas.
The Texas Renaissance Festival(TRF) started in 1974 on the location of an old strip mining site. The Texas Renaissance Festival claims to be "the nation’s largest Renaissance theme park." The festival sits on 55 acres of land, and offers camping facilities to patrons. The festival welcomes half a million guests annually and features about 500 costumed performers on 17 stages; 340 shoppes including: international food purveyors, unique artisans, merchants and craft vendors; human-powered rides; an abundance of performers walking among the guests, and the Queen's Royal Finale (fireworks if weather permits) at dusk.
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