| Michigan Renaissance Festival | |
|---|---|
 A jousting reenactment at the Michigan Renaissance Festival | |
| Genre | Renaissance fair |
| Dates | August - October |
| Location(s) | Holly, Michigan |
| Inaugurated | 1979 |
| Attendance | 240,000 (average) |
| Area | 312 acres (126 ha) |
| Stages | 16 |
| Website | www |
The Michigan Renaissance Festival (Mich Ren Fest) is a Renaissance fair, an interactive outdoor event that focuses on recreating the look and feel of a fictional English village called Hollygrove during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in the latter half of the 16th century. A large number of patrons also regularly attend the festival in costume further fleshing out the streets with nobles, pirates, Vikings, wizards, rogues, wenches, and an assortment of fantasy characters. The festival also includes many nationally known Renaissance festival stage acts, juggling shows, sword fighting shows, lane acts, a two-hour feast performed twice daily, three full contact joust shows performed daily, and activities and games for children of all ages. The festival is owned by Mid-America Festivals.
The 2008 film All's Faire in Love was filmed at the Michigan Renaissance Festival.[1][2]
- ^ Armstrong, Dan (2008-09-17). "Movie comes to Flint". Connect Mid-Michigan. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ Azizian, Carol (2008-09-20). "Local residents getting in on movie-making action at Renaissance Festival". mlive.com. Retrieved 2009-08-07.