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What is the hardest truth that new Renfaire pros need to learn that will make or break their Renfaire career?
December 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
What is the hardest truth that new Renfaire pros need to learn that will make or break their Renfaire career?
What year was your best year at the Renfaire financially?
December 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
What year was your best year at the Renfaire financially?
If you work at a Renfaire, how did you practice and master your accent & dialect?
December 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If you work at a Renfaire, how did you practice and master your accent & dialect?
Renfaire Showrunners:
What do you do to make sure your Vendors feel respected for all the work they are putting in to make your show successful?
What do you do to make sure your Vendors feel respected for all the work they are putting in to make your show successful?
December 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Renfaire Showrunners:
What do you do to make sure your Vendors feel respected for all the work they are putting in to make your show successful?
What do you do to make sure your Vendors feel respected for all the work they are putting in to make your show successful?
Renfaire show runners: What’s the #1 rookie mistake you see new Renfaire professionals make?
December 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Renfaire show runners: What’s the #1 rookie mistake you see new Renfaire professionals make?
Renfaire days are long. The memories are longer.
December 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Renfaire days are long. The memories are longer.
The best Renfaires look effortless, but they are far from it.
December 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The best Renfaires look effortless, but they are far from it.
If you feel like you had a bad day at the Renfaire, start counting shopping bags. You might not be failing, it may have just been a slower day at the show.
December 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If you feel like you had a bad day at the Renfaire, start counting shopping bags. You might not be failing, it may have just been a slower day at the show.
If you are having a slow day at the Renfaire, stop and count the bags. It may not be YOU having a slow day, it may just be one of the slower days of the season.
December 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If you are having a slow day at the Renfaire, stop and count the bags. It may not be YOU having a slow day, it may just be one of the slower days of the season.
Renfaire Showrunners:
What do you do to make sure your Vendors feel respected for all the work they are putting in to make your show successful?
What do you do to make sure your Vendors feel respected for all the work they are putting in to make your show successful?
December 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Renfaire Showrunners:
What do you do to make sure your Vendors feel respected for all the work they are putting in to make your show successful?
What do you do to make sure your Vendors feel respected for all the work they are putting in to make your show successful?
Renfaire Pros - what is the giveaway phrase that you hear that tells you someone works at a Renfaire show vs being a guest who has gone to some shows?
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Renfaire Pros - what is the giveaway phrase that you hear that tells you someone works at a Renfaire show vs being a guest who has gone to some shows?
Not all of your guests at the Renfaire are looking at the show from the same viewpoint.
Remember to get low and look at your booth or the show from the height of the children at the show… there are sales to be made at their level.
Remember to get low and look at your booth or the show from the height of the children at the show… there are sales to be made at their level.
December 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Not all of your guests at the Renfaire are looking at the show from the same viewpoint.
Remember to get low and look at your booth or the show from the height of the children at the show… there are sales to be made at their level.
Remember to get low and look at your booth or the show from the height of the children at the show… there are sales to be made at their level.
Renfaire Pros: What was the hardest lesson you learned your first season?
December 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Renfaire Pros: What was the hardest lesson you learned your first season?
Renfaire Pros - show me your most historically accurate costume below!
December 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Renfaire Pros - show me your most historically accurate costume below!
What is something that isn’t historically accurate at the Renfaire that you couldn’t do your job without?
Mine is radios, spreadsheets, & a warmer in my kitchen.
Mine is radios, spreadsheets, & a warmer in my kitchen.
December 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
What is something that isn’t historically accurate at the Renfaire that you couldn’t do your job without?
Mine is radios, spreadsheets, & a warmer in my kitchen.
Mine is radios, spreadsheets, & a warmer in my kitchen.
Renfaire Pros:
What is the weirdest problem you have seen at the Renfaire that you would have to work in the industry to believe was real?
What is the weirdest problem you have seen at the Renfaire that you would have to work in the industry to believe was real?
December 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Renfaire Pros:
What is the weirdest problem you have seen at the Renfaire that you would have to work in the industry to believe was real?
What is the weirdest problem you have seen at the Renfaire that you would have to work in the industry to believe was real?
When people say how great it is to be able to make a living at the Renfaire working 8 weeks a year, they aren’t seeing the planning meetings… They just see the payoff.
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
When people say how great it is to be able to make a living at the Renfaire working 8 weeks a year, they aren’t seeing the planning meetings… They just see the payoff.
For many of us in the Renfaire industry, the season is over - but that doesn’t mean the work is done.
Renfaire Pros - what are you doing in the off season to make next season better than ever?
Renfaire Pros - what are you doing in the off season to make next season better than ever?
December 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
For many of us in the Renfaire industry, the season is over - but that doesn’t mean the work is done.
Renfaire Pros - what are you doing in the off season to make next season better than ever?
Renfaire Pros - what are you doing in the off season to make next season better than ever?
You don’t have to be an extrovert to make a living at the Renfaire. There are countless positions that make the show run without having to entertain and socialize for 12 hours a day.
You just need an industry insider to help you figure out how YOU make it at the Renfaire.
You just need an industry insider to help you figure out how YOU make it at the Renfaire.
December 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
You don’t have to be an extrovert to make a living at the Renfaire. There are countless positions that make the show run without having to entertain and socialize for 12 hours a day.
You just need an industry insider to help you figure out how YOU make it at the Renfaire.
You just need an industry insider to help you figure out how YOU make it at the Renfaire.
When the Texas Renaissance Festival just wrapped up, I sat down with my team and asked the same questions we ask every year:
“What did we learn?” and “What do we need to write down now so we actually remember it when we open next year?”
“What did we learn?” and “What do we need to write down now so we actually remember it when we open next year?”
December 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
When the Texas Renaissance Festival just wrapped up, I sat down with my team and asked the same questions we ask every year:
“What did we learn?” and “What do we need to write down now so we actually remember it when we open next year?”
“What did we learn?” and “What do we need to write down now so we actually remember it when we open next year?”
You don’t know fatigue until you’ve made it through 8 weeks of running a Renfaire.
December 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
You don’t know fatigue until you’ve made it through 8 weeks of running a Renfaire.
When you go to the Renfaire, remember:
Performers & Vendors are STILL people, not props, mascots, or objects for you to touch.
Performers & Vendors are STILL people, not props, mascots, or objects for you to touch.
December 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
When you go to the Renfaire, remember:
Performers & Vendors are STILL people, not props, mascots, or objects for you to touch.
Performers & Vendors are STILL people, not props, mascots, or objects for you to touch.
Great Renfaire performers are part of the magic that gets guests opening their wallets.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking they should be doing it ‘for the exposure.’
Don’t make the mistake of thinking they should be doing it ‘for the exposure.’
December 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Great Renfaire performers are part of the magic that gets guests opening their wallets.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking they should be doing it ‘for the exposure.’
Don’t make the mistake of thinking they should be doing it ‘for the exposure.’
Vendors: How easy is it for you to access running water at your Renfaire show?
December 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Vendors: How easy is it for you to access running water at your Renfaire show?
Renfaire Vendors - if showrunners had to provide your show with one of the following, which would you choose?
1. Water Fountains throughout the park for guests to get drinking water easier
2. Insurance that covered your booth fully
3. High-level communication about what is happening at the show
1. Water Fountains throughout the park for guests to get drinking water easier
2. Insurance that covered your booth fully
3. High-level communication about what is happening at the show
December 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Renfaire Vendors - if showrunners had to provide your show with one of the following, which would you choose?
1. Water Fountains throughout the park for guests to get drinking water easier
2. Insurance that covered your booth fully
3. High-level communication about what is happening at the show
1. Water Fountains throughout the park for guests to get drinking water easier
2. Insurance that covered your booth fully
3. High-level communication about what is happening at the show