Scarborough Renaissance Festival’s 41st season is here with a new themed weekend, new shows, new food & drink, and more than a dozen new artisans to compliment long-time Festival favorites.

Scarborough Renaissance Festival® is a full day of interactive fun for everyone, 16th Century Style that will run Saturdays & Sundays and Memorial Day Monday, now through May 30, 2022. Visitors will enjoy full combat armored jousting, Birds of Prey exhibitions, the Mermaid Lagoon, Knighting ceremonies, a 75+ member performing company, and 20+ stages of interactive and unique entertainment. They can discover exquisite one-of-a-kind treasures at the hundreds of Scarborough shoppes and be amazed by authentic artisan demonstrations. There are also Renaissance rides, games of skill, and so much more.

“All of us at Scarborough Renaissance Festival® are tremendously excited to begin our 5th decade of providing one of the most unique entertainment experiences in North Texas!”, says Helaine Thompson, Director of Marketing & Communications. “In addition to the exceptional entertainment, one-of-a-kind crafts, artisan demonstrations and other attractions; we have made significant improvements to the Festival site that we can’t wait for everyone to see. So come join us at the 41st Annual Scarborough Renaissance Festival®!” 

Incredible new shows for the Festival’s 41st season will feature a sword swallower, comedians, a Renaissance style gameshow, a verbal joust, a hammered dulcimer musician, and the Big Rat Show! Scarborough’s performing company (Scarborough Academy of Performing Arts) is back to pre-pandemic levels with over 75 members and has been hard at work creating merry new characters and refining long-time favorites, (including the 2022 reigning monarch, Margaret Queen of Scotland and the Isles), who will bring the re-created 16th Century Village of Scarborough to life! 

Scarborough’s new 2022 artisans/shoppes showcase artistry such as cast concrete art, sculpted horns, Macrame jewelry, hand crafted chocolates, Henna body art, sculpted wearable puppets, bone sculptures & jewelry, leather accessories, handmade ocarinas, tapestry handbags, pottery, stick horses, woodworking, hand-dyed silk clothing, and clay sculptures. 

New food offerings are the Wonton Lotus Bowl, Fryed Jalapeño Slices, Philly Cheese Steak, Polish Sausage Sandwiches, Ribbon Fries, Quesadillas, Fruit Hand Pies, Royal Brownie Sundae, Loaded Totchos, and Chili Cheese Tater Tots. The Original Lemon Chill will also be returning.

New beers and wines will be available, and a new mead is being introduced. Texas Mead Works Mead is a semi-sweet mead with a balanced floral bouquet and light sweet honey finish that visitors are sure to enjoy. Plus, for the first time ever, most of the food, drink, and pub locations will be accepting credit/debit cards!

Games and rides are still cash only so we strongly encourage visitors to bring cash for their visit. There are eight ATM locations throughout the Festival to serve guests.

Scarborough Renaissance Festival® offers “Food Fit for a King” that is a step above the traditional “fair food”. Visitors can feast on the famous giant smoked turkey legs (over 20 tons are consumed each season), Scottish Eggs, the largest food-on-a-stick selection in Texas or try some of the daily special creations at the Pasta Palace and Scarborough Bakery. The full-service restaurant & bar, the Rose & Crown Inn, will be offering signature items like Shepherd’s Pie, Bangers & Mash, meat pies, and Muffulettas along with daily specials as well. 

Visitors 21 and over can partake in Texas Mead Works Mead, a wide selection of craft, domestic and imported beer; wine, and other adult beverages at one of the 12 pubs and taverns. For those with more discerning palates there are daily wine and beer tasting events with each weekend having a different theme. Tastings require a separate ticket that can be purchased in advance for a discount at www.SRFestival.com or at the Festival (on festival days). Seating is limited and the tasting events regularly sell out, so it is recommended that you purchase your tickets in advance. Participants must be 21+ to attend.

2022 Daily Wine & Beer Tasting Themes

April 30 & May 1
Wines of Germany and Beers of Germany

May 7 & 8
From Grape to Glass (wine) and Barley, Hops, & Yeast Oh My! (beer)

May 14 & 15
Wines Down Under and Beers of the New World

May 21 & 22
Wines of France and Beers of the Celtic Isles

May 28, 29 & 30
Flynn’s Favorites (wine) and Seamus Suggests (beer)

New Entertainment

• Bettina Bawdeville (PG-16) – Risqué original pub songs, mixing the bawdy with hints of vaudeville. Not for the delicate sensibilities. (May 7 – May 30 Only)

• Cy the Sword Swallower – A man of skill, of danger, and some would say… a complete lunatic! Witness him swallow a whole armory of swords of different shapes and sizes!

• Menage a Moi (PG-16) – Top-shelf comedy stylings that are humorously indecent and always discreet.

• Name that Sonnet – A Renaissance style gameshow that that most certainly leads to a lot of fun, laughter, and perhaps a little education.

• Robin Hood Charity Show – Join this “secret meeting” to create ideas for causing mischief in the Village

• The Verbal Joust – A humorous improvisational language lesson on the value of creative insults!

• Vince Conaway – Hammered Dulcimer – Bringing history to life by weaving storytelling with an enchanting array of Celtic, Renaissance, and Baroque music! (May 7 – May 22 Only)

New Artisans

• Aisling Designs – Cast Concrete Art

• Bird Marie’s Pottery – Functional Pottery

• Cultivate Outdoors – Bonsai, Succulents, 2-D Art

• Delicious Doom Chocolates – Hand Crafted Chocolates (May 7 – 8 only)

• Henna Envy – Henna Body Art

• Hornucopia – Sculpted Horns

• Hullabaloo Henna – Henna Body Art

• Imaginarium Galleries – Sculpted Wearable Puppets

• Madame Macabres House of Curiosities – Bone Sculptures, Jewelry

• Meraki Moon – Macrame Beaded Jewelry with large Semi-Precious Stones (May 14 – 15 only)

• Native Texas Craftsman – Stick Horses & Woodworking

• Silk Road – Handy Dyed Silk Clothing

• Untamed Tapestries – Tapestry Handbags

Scarborough Renaissance Festival® 2022 is open Saturdays, Sundays, and Memorial Day Monday, now through May 30, 2022, from 10 AM to 7 PM rain or shine. Located in Waxahachie, Texas, Scarborough Renaissance Festival® is just 30 minutes south of the downtowns of Dallas and Fort Worth on FM 66 off of I-35E and an hour north of Waco.

Admission is $37 for adults and $17 for children, ages 5-12. Children ages 4 and under are always admitted free. Discount tickets are available at www.SRFestival.com or at North Texas Tom Thumb & Albertsons stores. There are also discounts at the gate for Seniors 65+ and active Military. Scarborough Renaissance Festival® is sponsored by Dr Pepper.

For more information visit www.SRFestival.com