05/29/2026
Before dawn, astride a giant owl, I will make my way to Kentucky Highland Renaissance Festival, where I will be manifesting joy, and merriment everywhere I can. Won’t you please join me friend?
✨️2026 Kentucky Highland Renaissance Festival ✨️
💥Themed Weekends
📆May 30th - July 19th, 2026
▪️Saturday & Sunday Only
⏰️10:00am - 7:00pm
🎪05/30 & 05/31 Opening Weekend
▪️Briarwood is 21 years old and we will spend the summer celebrating! Join us as we kick off an AMAZING YEAR!
✔️Opening Weekend GATE Discounts: $5.00 off admission price at the gate only
🏴☠️06/06 & 06/07 Pirate Weekend
(Children’s Discount Weekend)
▪️Set sail for a swashbuckling good time! This will be a fun filled weekend of Pirate Shenanigans for the entire family! His Majesty will choose worthy buccaneers to receive a letter of mark and join his fleet admirals.
✔️Children 12yrs & under receive ½ Price Admission with a paid Adult Admission.
(Child Discounts available at the gate only)
⚔️06/13 & 06/14 Viking Weekend
▪️A thunderous weekend of drums, dancing, Vikings and more!
✔️Come in your best Viking gear and receive $5.00 off gate admission price!!
⚙️06/20 & 06/21 Fools, Villains, Heroes & STEAMPUNK Weekend(Father’s Day Discount)
▪️We invite the mightiest heroes and heroines and gather the darkest villains and vixens.
✔️Come dressed in your best or most foolish heroic / villain or STEAMPUNK finery for $5.00 off admission at the gate.
✔️Enjoy FATHERS DAY WITH ½ price tickets on SUNDAY, June 21st, at the gate for all fathers!
(Father’s Day discounts available at the gate only)
🏹06/27 & 06/28 Tournament Weekend
▪️Bring on the Cheer! Tournament Weekend is one not to miss!! Come join His Majesty at our King's Ring Tournament as He tests the skills of His skilled and loyal fighters to see who the King’s Champion will be. Come cheer on your favorite Knight, enjoy the Traditional Archery Tournament (open to the public) & more.
❄️🎃07/04 & 07/05 Battle of the Seasons Weekend
▪️There is war brewing between the Legions of Autumn and the Festive Court of Winter. Will you join as Spooky or Festive? The King and Queen have graciously ruled that the winner will be decided via snowball battle.
✨️07/11 & 07/12 Mid-Summer Enchanted Weekend 👑King Robert the Bruce celebrates His 752nd birthday!!
▪️King Robert the Bruce invites you to join him as he celebrates his birthday and Briarwood’s 21st Year with an Enchanted weekend along with a Midsummer Ball! This will be a celebration not to miss!
🍀07/18 & 07/19 Highland/Celtic Weekend
▪️Let’s celebrate our closing weekend Celtic Style with LIVE MUSIC & MORE!! The Village of Briarwood sends off King Robert the Bruce and Queen Elizabeth de Burgh after another wonderful Festival. Come help us celebrate the final weekend of the 21st Annual Highland Renaissance Festival with LIVE Celtic Music, dancing, and other activities!
🎟Advance DISCOUNT TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW ⬇️
https://events.com/r/en_US/tickets/2026-kentucky-highland-renaissance-festival-eminence-may-1024932
