Gothic Area Renaissance Faire

07/07/2026

Good day adventurers!

We've added a new event to our schedule for 2026!
We're headed to Appalachian Renaissance Faire of Tennessee in November!

06/28/2026

The paths of magic lead us to a new faire this weekend! This will be the 1st annual Galena Renaissance Faire (sponsored by the Galena Shakespeare Festival) near the Irish Cottage in the beautiful town of Galena, IL.

Gates will be open on Saturday & Sunday, June 27 & 28, 2026, from 11:00am to 8:00pm. Look for our rainbow canopy, where we will be selling weapons to children, as well as enabling dice goblins and adventurers of all types. We will, of course, have our usual assortments of magical items like "child-safe" weapons, fantastic jewelry, custom wooden staffs & wands, and more! And, if you happen to know any dice goblins or others who need more enchanted math rocks, we've got them covered too -- in fact, some of ours magical math rocks are ACTUAL ROCKS! All items are guaranteed magical somewhere in the multiverse! All items are guaranteed magical somewhere in the multiverse! No foe shall stand up to your party when you have been properly outfitted with magical items from our shoppe!

For more information and tickets, set your fairy boxes to https://www.facebook.com/GalenaShakes

06/28/2026

Happy to have these ladies (and Tony!) at our Faire!!

06/07/2026

All that armour and just a dagger

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06/05/2026

05/27/2026

How many Daggers does one person need???

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05/20/2026

Maria, the magnificent! From the start like a pro! So proud of this girl!

05/20/2026

05/18/2026

05/11/2026

Newly updated to add Brightside Aleworks on July 11th and Anime Iowa July 31st- Aug 2nd.