2025 Tennessee Renaissance Festival

Action, Sword Play, and Stunts at the Festival

Watch armed combat at the Human Chessmatch! See Full armoured Jousting. Watch fire dancing, fire eatting, sword swallowing, and Knife throwing.
close up a glassblowing

2025 Themed Weekends

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  • May 3rd-4th: Viking Weekend
    • Adamo Ignis
  • May 10th-11th: Fantasy and Folklore
    • Fairy House and Hobbit Habitat Contest
    • Adamo Ignis
  • May 17th-18th: Pirate Weekend
    • Lost Woods Dancers
  • May 24th-26th: Celtic Weekend
    • Lost Woods Dancers

Entertainment

wooden toys of pirtaes fighting.

Adamo Ignis - 1st two weekends. New!
Bardbarians (site)
Buckle and Swash Show - Pirate sword show
Chaste Treasure
Cosmo's Fables
Court of Water Nymphs
Demetrius and Darin of Empty Hats
Dragon's Breath Glassworks
Empty Hats - Celtic music
Fae Folx
The Freelancers - Full Armored Jousters
Giacomo's Ballads
Hob the Troll
Hurdy Gurdy Harry New!

Human Chessmatch It's back!
Lost Woods Dancers 3rd & 4th weekend. New!
Oops! Knife Throwing (Giacomo/Timon)
Paolo Garbanzo- Juggling
Queen's Knighting Ceremony
Robin Hood - Children's show
Rafferty the Piper
Royal Court
Royal Improv Comedy
Secret Commonwealth
Taliesin Phoenix - 1st weekend. New!
Tea with Lady Ettie
Tom Timon (sword swallower)
Vince Conway - Hammered Dulcimer New!

Ticket Information

  • Save $ buy tickets in advance. General admission tickets are cheaper online. Save $10 over gate prices. Sunday and Memorial Day tickets are less than Saturday. Tickets will be dated.
  • Online ticket sales close 9PM the night before festival day.
  • Additional fees for some events like the Queen's Promenade.
  • To buy tickets visit Tn Ren fest

General Admission 2025 prices Online At Gate
Saturday Adult $28.00 $38.00
Sunday and Memorial Day Adult $25.00 $35.00
Military $20.00 $20.00
Child (3-12 years old) $5.00 $10.00
Child (0-2 years old) ticket reservation required. Free Free

The Queen's Promenade. Additional ticket purchase ($25) required. See site for details.

Fairy crown Additional ticket purchase($20) required. See site for details.

woman with flame fans on a chessboard

2025 Rules of the Realm

  • No pets allowed.
  • No alcohol or drugs allowed. The County does not allow alcohol sales at county events.
  • Tour is of outsdie Castle Grounds and garden. No entry into the residental Castle.
  • Cash required for all food, drinks, games, and TNRF souvenirs. There's an ATM at ticket booth and one inside.
  • TNRF now has a weather text alert. TEXT TNRENFEST to 888-777 to get updates on weather related closings.


Juggle balancing on on foot while juggaling bowlin pins.

Modifications for 2025.

  • Human Chessmatch is back! Now on a raised stage in the tournament field.
  • ATM inside the faire grounds near the Hammerbeam and A Temptation of Faeries Wing's Booth.
  • The Smoothie booth is with the food booth near the Hammerbeam.
  • The Jerky booth is near Dragonfly Realms game booth.
  • Mexican food booth with tacos, queso, Fajita bowls, and Quesiilladas.
  • Raven's Nature Baked Goods.
  • Updated Games area with better pathways.
  • Moved booths in Pirate's cove. More room now.
  • Lindy's Leather and Wood Willow Whatnot are near the Chessboard.
  • New Backdrops for photos.


Woman kneeling with her head thrown back. she's holding two sticks one with a flame on it one without. her tounge has a flame on it. she just tranfered the flmae fromstick to her tounge.
Adamo Ignis 1st two weeks only!

Artists

These are just some of the vendors, see more at The artisans page on TN Ren Fest

A Temptation of Faeries
Aradani Studios
Ed Beard Jr.
Highland Kilt
Gongful life (tea)
M Sotherden Art Glass
Nashville Picks
Son of Sandlar
Dragonfly's Realm games and dice

Coppersmith Studios
Fairy Haven
Fiona's Fineries
Fellowship Foundry
Grichels
Melting Dragon Candles
Shadowed Stranger
White Pavillion
Wood Willow and Whatnots is back!

Young girl throwing an axe at the at the axe throw wall.
Chunky chocolate chip cookie
Chocolate Chip cookie from Raven's Nature Family Farm. Booth is located between the Bazaar Stage and the hill of food vendors.

Food

Turkey Legs
Scotch Eggs
Sauasges
Chicken on a stick
Chicken wraps
Hamburgers
Mushroons
Onion rings
Baked potatoes
Roasted corn

Ice Cream
Smoothies
Lemonade and Smashes
Quesadillas
Dole whip
Baked Goods
Jerkey
Nuts
Frozen ice cream coffee
Frozen CheeseCake on a stick

 

wooden toys

Robin Hood pointed at viewer

 

oven for glassmaking. there's a rod in the fire on the tip is red hot glass.

A sword fight on a wooden chessboard.

2 knights on horseback entering the tournament field.

A knight.

 

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