Renaissance Faire

The castle gates swing wide August 17, and the Faire continues Saturdays & Sundays through October 27! Each weekend throughout the Faire season will showcase an exciting and unique theme that offers a different experience every time. A Note About Special Events: Arrive 15 minutes prior to event to sign in. Limited slots are available for participation.

Fairies & Fantasy
August 17 & 18, 2024 • Gates Open at 11AM
The gates of the shire swing open wide welcoming all to Mount Hope! Fine yourself among your fellow travelers as well as travelers from the Fey realm—Pixies, brownies, centaurs, fawns, Duengeon Masters and more. Experience the fantasy!
Adult Costume Contest
Nipperkin’s Costume Exhibition
Royal Hound Costume Contest
Faerie Frolic

Pyrate Invasion
August 24 & 25, 2024 • Gates Open at 11AM
A black flag is raised under dark skies as the ship pulls into the harbor. Pyrates have come to Mount Hope! Swashbucklers and Scallywags alike find themselves welcome, so let out a mighty “Avast!”, find some rum, and join a crew!
Pyrate School for Nipperkins
The Captain’s Challenge (18+)
Nipperkins Treasure Hunt
Red Cross Blood Drive

Heroes & Villains
August. 31 & September 1, 2024 • Gates Open at 11AM
In a world where the forces of light and dark battle, join the Shire of Mount Hope in saluting all the Heroes of the Realm!
Adult Costume Contest
Nipperkin’s Costume Exhibition
Renewal of Vows Ceremony

Viking Weekend
September 7 & 8, 2024 • Gates Open at 11AM
The thrumming of drums can be heard off the coast as a longboat comes into view. By Odin’s ravens, Vikings are coming to Mount Hope, and the Lady Mayor has declared that all are welcome!
Adult Costume Contest
Nipperkin’s Costume Exhibition
Skáld Contest
Nipperkins Treasure Hunt

Wizarding Weekend
September 14 & 15, 2024 • Gates Open at 11AM
Mount Hope has gotten even more magical! Wheather you’ve graduated from a prestigious wizarding institution, are visiting from the forgotten realms, or just need to refresh your stock of Eye of Newt, you don’t even need to say a magic word for the gates of the shire to open for you!
Magic Lessons for Nipperkins
Nipperkin’s Horcrux Hunt

Shamrocks & Shenanigans
September 21 & 22, 2024 • Gates Open at 11AM
Strap on your kilt, grab your shillelagh, and hold on to your potatoes—the Celtic nations have come to revel in Mount Hope! Enjoy a good stout, a scotch egg, and show off your calves all weekend long. (Note: This is NOT the Celtic Fling & Highland Games event that occurs in June.)
Wee Highland Games
Potato Race
Whole 9 Yards Kilt Compeition

Oktoberfest
September 28 & 29, 2024 • Gates Open at 11AM
Raise a Stein, tie on your dirndl, and buckle your lederhosen as the Shire of Mount Hope celebrates Oktoberfest! Swashbuckler Beers are the star of this weekend, as well as traditional Oktoberfest games, dancing, and music for all to enjoy.
Topfschlagen!
Men in Lederhosen
Oktoberfest Olympics

Time Travelers
October 5 & 6, 2024 • Gates Open at 11AM
One weekend every year the laws of space and time get much more wibbily wobbily. Rebels and Red Shirts, Doctors and Wyld Stallions converge on the Shire of Mount Hope, and everything goes up to 1.21 Giggawats!
Adult Costume Contest
Nipperkin’s Costume Exhibition
Royal Hound Costume Contest

Halloween Days & Spooky Knights I
October 12 & 13, 2024 • Gates Open at 11AM
The veil between this world and the world beyond grows thin as creatures of all sorts converge on the Shire of Mount Hope in search of treats and trickery. A new Halloween scenario awaits all who visit during these three weekends! What manner of creature will pay visit to Mount Hope this year?
Adult Costume Contest
Nipperkin’s Costume Exhibition
Royal Hound Costume Contest
Nipperkin’s Halloween Treasure Hunt
Trick-or-Treating in the Shire

Halloween Days & Spooky Knights II
October 19 & 20, 2024 • Gates Open at 11AM
Mischief and Myrth abound in the form of ghosts and goblins, fairies and vampires still haunting the Shire of Mount Hope! Who you gonna call?
Adult Costume Contest
Nipperkin’s Costume Exhibition
Royal Hound Costume Contest
Nipperkin’s Halloween Treasure Hunt
Trick-or-Treating in the Shire

Halloween Days & Spooky Knights III
October 26 & 27, 2024 • Gates Open at 11AM
The final weekend of the Festival SEason of Mount Hope Shire. Trick or Treat, show off your costumes, relish in the festive spookiness with the people of Mount Hope one final time!
Adult Costume Contest
Nipperkin’s Costume Exhibition
Royal Hound Costume Contest
Nipperkin’s Halloween Treasure Hunt
Trick-or-Treating in the Shire