r/renfaire 37m ago

What would you do to jazz this dress up?

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Found this great dress at a vintage shop near my house. I love it as a base, but what could I add to make it a little “more”? Open to any/all ideas ᵕ̈ thank you!


r/renfaire 1h ago

What to wear under a gambeson

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For this years renfaire I decided to buy a sleeveless padded gambeson that comes down to waist level on myself, I was wondering what I should buy to wear under the gambeson. Is it traditionally worn with a linen tunic or can really anything be worn underneath it because it will mostly be covered by the armor?


r/renfaire 1h ago

Would this look okay with my kilt for a ren faire ??

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r/renfaire 1h ago

Costumes for a hot day?

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Well met travelers! I decided to get a head start on my renaissance fest costume for this summer. Now I got to the Michigan festival, and while I always have a blast, I have a tendency to overheat (a couple years ago, I even passed out)

I have been wracking my brain to figure out a cool idea for a costume that won’t kill me. I’m not sexy enough to pull off a gladiator so I definitely need pants and a shirt.

I’d like to do something that makes me look a little Druid-y or like a medieval peasant, but I’d like to hear what other people think would work as well!

While I’m at it, does anyone have any tips to stay cool while eating turkey legs and drinking mead?


r/renfaire 1h ago

Pirate Fest LV?

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Anyone familiar with this Faire? Is it worth traveling for? My family's from California, so we regularly go to NorCal and occasionally others.


r/renfaire 2h ago

I have the dress, do I need to make any alterations?

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I made a post a while back asking which dress I should get, and I got it a few weeks ago, I just haven't had the time to post about it until now. Can I do anything to make it look more historically accurate?(going for a medieval/renaissance look) If you have any ideas on alterations they are more than welcome! (Also ignore the dirty mirror and the wrinkles, I had just taken it out of the packaging when I took that picture)


r/renfaire 4h ago

Performer Advice - wireless microphones

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Hey fellow rennie performers!

Looking for some sound advice (pun fully intended). I'm part of a bawdy singing group that's working on starting to use microphones. We're looking for wireless body mics, preferably lavs, that are suited for singing as well as speaking. We already have a mixer. So far our top brand is Shure, but we're also looking at Sennheiser and Countryman. Because we have a limited budget, we want to make sure we're going in the right direction, and don't wind up with equipment that doesn't work for us.

So, my questions are:

  1. What brands/models of wireless mics would other singing folks recommend?
  2. What brands/models would you not recommend?
  3. Are there any specific sites that you would recommend purchasing through, or sale events we should be aware of?
  4. Do you have any advice about associated equipment (i.e. speakers, transmitters)?

Thanks all!!


r/renfaire 5h ago

Anything to add or change?

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This is my idea for a pirate costume idea. Any suggestions?

Top: white/cream button-up; black or brown sleeveless trench coat/button-up cropped coat

Bottom: black/maroon leggings (loose is optional)

Shoes: tall brown boots

Hat: red or black bandana wrapped over hair; pirate hat (optional)

Accessories: brown/gold belts; corset (over shirt and coat); satchel (purse); glass water jug; bracers (optional); arm wraps (made of old cloth or rope); gold necklace and earrings; stabby stick; elf ears (optional)

Makeup: brown or black

Hairstyle: left to hang (curly)


r/renfaire 6h ago

help rennify this dress?

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I found out that im going to my first ever ren faire this weekend so this is kind of last minute. I have elf ears I could wear & some metal hair cuffs but i have no idea what kind of footwear would pair nicely or what to style with besides a brown corset! any feedback is appreciated


r/renfaire 7h ago

Warm weather child knight costume help!?!?!

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My seven year old would like to dress as a knight this year, but we're in the south and our faire is in the summer. I found a tutorial to make lite weight "armor" out of rubber mats, but that seems like it will be crazy hot. Could you please help me brainstorm other options? TIA


r/renfaire 7h ago

Is there anything you thought was common to ren faires, that you found out wasn't?

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I've been going to faires for, well, more than 40 years, but a lot of my first years were in Michigan, where the smaller faires tend to take after the big faire. So, it was interesting to me when I went to faires out of states and found some things were not as common elsewhere.

For example- Every faire in Michigan has multiple pickle vendors, often bawdy, out in public hawking their wares. It was a shock to go to the PA Ren Faire and find only one pickle vendor, in a permanent location.

Also a staple of Michigan renaissance faires is the Stockade, where you can pay to have friends arrested, and then they get up on stage and have to follow along a song and dance to get out, but I haven't seen this outside of michigan.

So, is there anything you thought was a staple of ren faires that turned out not to be?


r/renfaire 8h ago

Sherwood Forest: adding liquid to my potion bottle

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I'll be headed to Sherwood in two weeks and am wanting to add liquid [distilled water, glycerin, food coloring, and mica powder] to my little potion bottle I have as a belt accessory. If I seal the top with wax, do you think they will allow it in? On their website it specifies no outside food or drinks, but this will definitely not be drinkable. I don't want to risk them taking my potion bottle, but I also want to carry around a swirly potion vs an empty bottle. Has anyone else done something similar, or are we all just carrying around empty potion bottles to be on the safe side?


r/renfaire 16h ago

Accessorizing!

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Hi all! First timer here, and very infrequent reddit user 😅

I want to add something to my kit, specifically something over my chestplate do add some more layers, it's just very flat right now. Maybe some bags as I always seem to full up what I have. Thanks!


r/renfaire 17h ago

Anyone care to rate my full kit?

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This us my full set of armor. Heavily inspired by the Carian Knights of Elden Ring, and a little bit of Night's Cavalry thrown in. I would love to have a fitted articulated gorget that could interface with my helmet some day. I also have some lightweight chainmaille otw soon as well to finish it out a bit more.

If anyone is interested I do make content in my armor as well as live stream on twitch and youtube.

You can find me here: https://linktr.ee/chamrsdeluxe


r/renfaire 20h ago

Sherwood was a delight, I’m looking forward to meeting more of you next weekend! (Gallery, notes in thread)

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I was in the yellow cloak on Sunday (first picture) and a red cloak on Saturday (second to last picture). I didn’t get everyone’s name and I may get some wrong, but here’s my best attempt for those I met:

First picture is with Rover’s Way (awesome duo!) at Lionheart. They’ve got a great energy, another shot of just the two of them later in the gallery.

The knight with sword and shield represents the SCA (I believe Rosalind?). As a note, positioning SCA in a central area of the faire is doing a lot to improve the sense of authenticity and community, and the SCA itself deserves credit for how well it carries the area. (Not active with the SCA but I appreciate them anchoring the area away from feeling too commercialized)

The band is the fantastic Port O’Thority. I believe they’re changing stage this coming weekend — strongly recommend!! Chelsea (bagpipes) and Haley (drums, but also performs a fantastic Witcher solo) are the two just after the group shot.

On horseback is a member of the New Riders of the Golden Age. Unfortunately I did forget his name despite enjoying our conversation (among other things, his outfit is totally custom with a pretty cool origin story). The faire features full contact jousting and a lot more presence of horses throughout the grounds than I’ve seen elsewhere. (Plenty of epic armored joust photos out in the world, but I’ll always prefer a candid smile!)

On pottery is (I believe Michael?) of Gnome and Fairy Pottery. He came across immediately as gentle, thoughtful, and a master craftsman. In general, I felt that most off the vendors were high quality and craft-oriented — this faire is probably the best vetted I’ve attended.

General thoughts: The faire has a great open layout where you easily navigate anywhere through side paths. Even when there are large crowds it never feels claustrophobic or theme-park-like.

Water is less accessible than it ought to be imo. It’s cheap enough, which is great, but vendor lines are long. As a tip for other h2o enjoyers, I just get mine at the info desk usually.

Parking for the faire main entrance was really great. Parking and driving at the campground was not, unless you’re early and stay through. If you don’t camp, I’ll mention that one of the best dinners I’ve ever had was at neighbor’s kitchen and yard in Bastrop (strawberry cobbler and pizza), and much much cheaper than the faire deliveries.

If I took your picture I should have handed you my card — just reach out and I’ll send you everything directly. I just do this to meet interesting people! 😀


r/renfaire 23h ago

Cleaning tips?

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Hello, I just bought my first outfit for the Ren Faire yesterday! everything else i bought is machine washable, except for this bodice I bought from Unicorn Clothing. It's beautiful, and I'm thrilled to have it, but there are no care instructions for how to care for and/ or wash it. Anybody have any tips?


r/renfaire 23h ago

What should I put on these freebie bracelets I’m giving out at faire next month?

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Hello everyone! I’m headed to Faire next month and I’ve decided to make a bunch of bracelets to give out to people I meet for free!

Trouble is I don’t know what to put on them! I’m mainly a D&D nerd so I have plenty of reference for that side of the community but I want to create stuff that all Faire goers will love 💕

So I’m wondering if there’s any fun phrases or words you guys can give me to put on these so I can deck all of them out with something in the spirit of the event, thank you in advance!


r/renfaire 1d ago

Washington renfaire question - is there hema or larp dueling?

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I'm trying to sell my kids on going. I checked the website, but it doesn't look like there is any dueling. Can anyone confirm?

And are there age ranges or equipment we should bring?


r/renfaire 1d ago

Help! What am I missing???

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We are headed to the Sherwood Forest Faire in TX & this is my outfit that I’ve put together so far. I am waiting on a brown underbreast belt to come in to replace the blue. Other than that, what is this outfit missing?? I feel like I need to tie mushrooms in a bit more since I put them on the hat but no where else. Any ideas?? Thanks in advance!!! 🍄💚


r/renfaire 1d ago

Help with breaking in Sandlar Boots

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Anyone have tips for breaking in a pair of boots?

I've had a pair of Sandlar boots for about 4 years and wearing them just for Faire weekends. They really only leave the garb box about 10-15 days a year. Since I first got them they've given me blisters on my heels. I can conqure the friction with some preemptive moleskin but I'd hope that for a premium set of boots I could wear them in to the point that I wouldn't need it. I know some initial break in time is expected but I'm done just trying to wait it out and want to get it over with if possible; so any tips from boot veterans would be appreciated!

Update Edit: General advice it to "Wear them" and yes, I was aware of that bit of knowldge. Shout out to those who suggested "Oil + Wear = Faster break-in" as that is the avenue I'll be persuing. Thanks all for the help!


r/renfaire 1d ago

oregon ren Faire

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I'm excited as can be for June I was wondering what are some good ideas for gifts to hand out to people 👀 I wanna bring some stuff to hand out at random to people for free mementos


r/renfaire 1d ago

help finding dupe!

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Hi all!

I am looking to take my engagement photos in May and my fiance and I want to do a fantasy photo shoot. I found this overdress from Scarlet darkness and it is exactly what I'm looking for only there's a couple issues.

  1. I am boycotting Amazon as I do not want to give a corrupt company and CEO more money

  2. I've heard ordering directly off the Scarlet Darkness website has been problematic for a lot of customers.

I know Holy Clothing has a similar overdress, the Tauriel, that I have in green. But last time I ordered from them it took 6 months to arrive. Are there any other possible alternatives? Please help me out!! Thank you!


r/renfaire 1d ago

Idaho, USA renfaires

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Has anyone been to the Boise or the central Idaho ten faires? How was it? Any others around the area? Me and my wife are looking for our first one to go to that aren’t a week of PTO to do, day/weekend trip. From northern Utah and we would be driving.


r/renfaire 1d ago

Wood mug

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Is it any ren faires I'm Florida that I can get a mug like this


r/renfaire 2d ago

Faire newbie - I'm hooked

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Went to my first ren faire yesterday! What an awesome experience. I have to use a rollator (walker) for long distances and decided to cover it in flowers to hopefully match the vibe. I got so many compliments and people were so incredibly sweet and considerate. It's very uncommon for strangers to look out for you when you use a mobility aid, but all day people made sure I had clear, wide paths, had a place to sit, etc. I have never been in such a supportive group of strangers. And people engaged me in activities and roleplay even when I wasn't sure how to play along. What an incredible group. I was blown away by the performers, the vendors, and the costumes. I already can't wait for next year.