St. Petersburg Renaissance Faire — Attraction in Pinellas Park

Impossible to get bored. Performances everywhere - from fire eaters to sword fighting to acrobatics on horseback. There were elephant rides, a tiny petting zoo with a cute goat, archery ($5 for 5 arrows), axe throwing, and endless things to explore. The Queen’s Joust was the absolute highlight. Very well directed and performed. One knight looked unbeatable at first - but don’t count anyone out too soon. Made it very easy to forget the 21st century outside world and cheer like your knight’s honor is on the line. There’s also a huge tent to catch a break from the sun with a cold beer—but bring cash. Most vendors took cards, but beer seemed to be cash-only (there’s an ATM in the tent if you need it). Also bring your ID. They do wristbands for age verification and that makes follow-up drinks faster. There was also live music! Loved Celtic Mayhem! Ample parking, and the bathrooms (both indoor and porta potties) were clean. Fantastic experience for a first time edition. Hope they come...

This was really well put together. There were tons of shows, vendors, food, drink, and activities. I thought it was going to be tiny when I looked at the size of the park on the map, but honestly it wasn’t. Instead, you just don’t have to walk miles to get to all the stores. Most of the vendors were set up right next to each other, but any time there was a stage area there was plenty of room around it. I spent way more than I anticipated, which was my mark that they had good, quality vendors. Some of the highlights were the multiple witchy shops, great leatherworkers, metalworks, woodworkers, a wine tasting booth with goats, an elephant, jousting, magic, fire eating, etc. I hope they do it...

So I’d like to make a special thanks for Luna, Demetra and Joe and all their information it’s been years since I’ve been to the Renaissance Festival and I recently missed the one up in Dade city but now I’m moving to Pinellas County I seen a set up, which looked like something I seen when I was younger and turns out, I walk down the side of the fence and asked what it was, and they proudly and excitedly with a big smile told me the Renaissance Festival!!! And then gave me some information on what days are good or better to come what days might be better on sales and everything else with that said thank you guys and me and my children and my fiancé will be there this weekend....