TEXAS RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL OPENS SATURDAY

  

The 45^th season of the Texas Renaissance Festival gets underway this Saturday in Grimes County.

The Festival runs from October 5^th through December 1^st on Saturdays and Sundays and Thanksgiving Friday.

The Texas Renaissance Festival is the largest of its kind in the nation.  According to Festival officials, this year’s event has 350 shops and 35 stages over 55 acres.

Events include the “Fire Whip Show”, falconry by the “Birds of Prey”, music by the “Gypsy Guerilla Band”, jousting from “Hanlon-Lees Action Theater”, and more.

In the festival village, they are artisans, craft smiths, jewelers, blacksmiths, glass blowers and more.

The festival is open from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and each day will conclude with a royal firework show.

Tickets to the Texas Renaissance Festival can be purchased online. For more information, go to the Texas Renaissance Festival website, www.texrenfest.com.

KWHI and KTEX will be giving away tickets to the festival over the coming weeks.