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Master list — Medieval, Renaissance & related festivals (Canada + major nearby U.S. events) — updated 2025

Notes on scope: “Nearby U.S. events” below are major renaissance/medieval fairs located in U.S. states that border Canada or otherwise sit roughly within the border region corridor (examples: Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania). Distances vary by festival and the Canadian province — if you want exact driving distances from a single Ontario/Quebec/BC town, I can map them.

A — Active / confirmed festivals (Canada, 2025)

(major or repeatedly held fairs with 2025 pages / listings)

  • Oxford Renaissance Festival — Thorndale (Oxford County), ON — Sept 26–28, 2025. Oxford Renaissance Festival -

  • Royal Medieval Faire — Waterloo, ON — Sept 20, 2025 (seasonal / annual event listing confirms operation). Destination Ontario

  • Wentworth Medieval Faire — Ancaster (Ancaster Fairgrounds), ON — May 23–25, 2025 (listed/advertised for 2025). Destination Ontario

  • Black Creek Medieval Faire / events — Black Creek Pioneer Village / Toronto area — June 20–22, 2025 (seasonal listing). Destination Ontario

  • Headwaters Medieval Faire — Orangeville Fairgrounds, ON — late June 2025 (listed on regional fair pages). faires.ca

  • Great Lakes Medieval Tournament & Faire — (Guelph/Eramosa area) — July 11–12, 2025 (organizer site). Northern Ontario Travel

  • Fergus Medieval Faire — Downtown Fergus, ON — July 26, 2025 (annual community fair). Northern Ontario Travel

  • Ontario Pirate Festival (regional pirate/renaissance crossover) — Guelph / Wellington region — Aug 2–4, 2025 (regional listings). Northern Ontario Travel

  • Upper Canada Village — seasonal heritage events (Morrisburg, ON) — Upper Canada Village continues to run heritage/seasonal events; no clearly listed standalone “Medieval Festival” for 2025, but the village is active and lists other festivals. (See event listings / archive). uppercanadavillage.com+1

B — Major U.S. Renaissance / Medieval events (notable ones relevant to Canadians)

(major fairs — popular with Canadian attendees; I link primary event pages)

  • Michigan Renaissance Festival — Holly, Michigan — Aug 16 – Sept 28, 2025 (one of the biggest in the Great Lakes region). Excellent option for Southern Ontario travellers. Michigan Renaissance Festival

  • Minnesota Renaissance Festival — Shakopee, MN — Aug 16 – Sept 28, 2025 (large long-running festival; attracts Midwestern crowds). Minnesota Renaissance Festival+1

  • Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire — Mount Hope Estate, PA — Aug 16 – Oct 26, 2025 (large, themed-weekend schedule). parenfaire.com+1

  • New York / Northeastern fairs — several New York-state faires (e.g., New York Renaissance Faire near Tuxedo NY) run each year and are major draws for Quebec / Ontario visitors — check specific site pages for 2025 dates (varies). (See aggregated fair directories). The Renlist

Why these U.S. fairs? they’re large, produce regular 2025 seasons, and are commonly visited by Canadians. If you want an exhaustive list of every U.S. fair within an exact 200 km radius of a specific Canadian city (e.g., Toronto or Montreal), I can compute and map those distances precisely.

C — Defunct / inactive / “died” events (kept from your original list; status notes)

  • Faery Fest’s Enchanted Ground — Guelph, ON

    • Last clearly-documented events and community write-ups show activity through 2016 and some archival listings (FaeryFest pages and local news). Contemporary community pages and garden/arts groups have taken up small “enchanted / fairy” events in Guelph later, but Faery Fest as it was branded hasn’t returned as a recurring large festival since ~2016. Marked inactive / last known 2016. renfaire.com+1

  • Treasureventure — The Adventure Festival (Rockton)

    • Historical promotion and local festival calendars document TreasureVenture events (e.g., Rockton Fairgrounds 2012–2014 era), and social posts exist — but the Rockton Agricultural Society now focuses on the Rockton World’s Fair and current fair programming; TreasureVenture’s dedicated site/social activity has been effectively inactive in recent years. Marked defunct / inactive (last active mid-2010s). Facebook+1

  • Country Renaissance Festival (Milton) — previously held early June; no current active listing or recent editions; marked inactive / status unknown (no 2025 listing). The Renlist+1

  • Kingdom of Osgoode Medieval Festival (Osgoode Village) — historically ran; last full listings ceased after ~2019; marked inactive / hiatus (COVID and volunteer/organizer changes commonly explain these gaps). Northern Ontario Travel

  • BC Renaissance Festival (Langley) — older listings show activity in past years, but no strong 2025 presence in main festival calendars; marked uncertain / sporadic (smaller BC LARP & medieval markets may appear instead). Destination Ontario+1

Sources / evidence (key links)

(5–8 most important sources used to confirm dates/status)

  1. Oxford Renaissance Festival 2025 (official): Oxford Renaissance Festival -

  2. Michigan Renaissance Festival — official site (2025 dates): Michigan Renaissance Festival

  3. Minnesota Renaissance Festival — official site (2025 dates & season notes): Minnesota Renaissance Festival

  4. Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire — official site (2025 season): parenfaire.com+1

  5. Upper Canada Village — official events page (shows the village is active but no dedicated medieval fest listed for 2025): uppercanadavillage.com+1

  6. Faery Fest archive & local writeups (last clear multi-day festivals around 2016): renfaire.com+1

  7. TreasureVenture / Rockton social and tourism archives showing 2012–2014 activity and later inactivity: Facebook+1

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