June 28, 2022
“There’s a point in time where you can just see it! This *snaps* and there it is. They’re coming out of their shells.” – Shawn Mack (Cast Veteran/Feast & Made Up Mayhem Lead) The world can be a harsh place. More often than not it is far more difficult than we ever could have expected. […]
Read Cast Auditions: Why We Need This
June 21, 2022
While the 1572 Roadhouse opening signals the beginning of summer, Celtic Fest Ohio is the start of our festival season out at Renaissance Park. There are multiple events each month as we move forward to the end of the year, from Muddy Princess to the 20th Century Circus, the Ohio Renaissance Festival, Brimstone Haunt, and […]
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June 14, 2022
Celtic ‘is a magic bag, into which anything may be put, and out of which almost anything may come.” – J.R.R Tolkien We, by and large, are a nation descended from immigrants. The people who, by choice or by force, left behind the land of their birth and crossed a dark, endless ocean to come […]
Read Celtic Pride: Who Were The Celts?
June 7, 2022
The smell of horse sweat. The pounding of hooves. The anticipation as the lance lowers. The roar of the crowd… Every year, the Ohio Renaissance Festival hosts a jousting troupe at the Arena of Champions, giving our guests the opportunity to witness this age-old sport themselves. As the Queen takes the dais and the knights […]
Read Meet the Jousters: Combatant’s Keep
June 1, 2022
The LGBTQ+ community is nothing new, and to pull that subject into debate is nothing but imaginative folly. As we move forward into pride month it is important to look back and acknowledge the people who made a contribution to LGBTQ+ history by simply existing in a time period that was – more often than […]
Read Happy Pride Month! Let’s Discover Queer Figures of the Renaissance