Maryland Renaissance Festival

Welcome Honored Guests

The 2010 Maryland Renaissance Festival opens for its thirty-fourth season in the Village of Revel Grove at its home in Crownsville, Maryland on August 28 for another season of mirth, frivolity and amusement.  Original work by talented craftsmen and a feast of food and libations awaits through the portals to the time of Henry VIII set in sixteenth century English glory.  Lift up your cares, partake and enjoy!

 Let Merriment Abound! 

The Maryland Renaissance Festival plans for the future!

       From humble beginnings in 1977 at Symphony Woods adjacent to Merriweather Post Pavilion, the Festival has become among the region's premier outdoor attractions.  Featuring a cornucopia of entertainment, feasting, quality crafts and attractions of mirth the Festival enthralls patrons of all ages.  In its endeavor to continue and build on that tradition the Festival management has undertaken the task of planning the future growth of the event.  The intention of the growth is not necessarily to increase the size of the Festival but to ensure its quality and appeal to its customers.  The very nature of the Festival is a customer service venue and in an effort to broaden the show's appeal and quality a vast array of options is under consideration, including the possibility of relocating the Festival to secure its operation as a great attraction for generations in the future.  The Festival will continue for many years to come at its location in Crownsville where it has been enjoyed by guests since 1985.  Please check back at this page for up-dates from time to time as they occur and we welcome suggestions through our email contact at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  As always, we look forward to your visit to our village which is a community that includes you!

April, 2010 - The Maryland Renaissance Festival executes an additional lease extension along with a previous lease extension to encompass all the property the Festival occupies with multiple options to operate at its option for up to two more decades during which suitable property for purchase could be identified.

April, 2009 - The Festival selects a potential site and begins the process of assessing for use, including septic tests, traffic surveys and review of governmental conditions, zoning and the application process.  In late 2009, due to a redrafting of zoning classifications and agricultural preservation designation the site is determined to be unavailable in a reasonable time frame if applications would be successful. During the late fall and winter two sites become possible in two other counties and are being studied.

January, 2009 - Maryland Renaissance Festival considers eleven potential properties for further site evaluation.  Next round of analysis to include market studies, geographic data and prioritizing preferences of potential sites.

December, 2008 - Maryland Renaissance Festival begins reviewing solicitations from land owners, real estate agents, county governments and state groups of potential property.  More than eighty sites for further review are selected from those contacts.

October, 2008 - Maryland Renaissance Festival advertises in major publications interest in identifying land for potential new facility that could include relocating the festival and creating expanded services for customers, additional opportunities for growth and development.