Your Favorite NPCs

05/24/2026

🔥 Happy Birthday to our Resident Fire-Wielder, Araña! 🔥

Some people just match the energy of the room, but Araña? She literally sets it on fire. Today, we are wishing the happiest of birthdays to our favorite flame-eating blue spider! 🕷️✨

Watching her take the stage with a torch in hand is nothing short of mesmerizing. It takes a serious amount of fierce confidence, flawless skill, and absolute magic to play with fire and make it look this effortless. The stage is always brighter (and a whole lot hotter) whenever she is on it!

Drop some 🔥 emojis in the comments below and help us wish Araña a birthday that is absolutely radiant! 💙🎉

05/09/2026

🔮 The Sorcerer’s True North 🔮

Happy Birthday to Avi, our most powerful (and most distracted) spellcaster!

Avi may have the power to bend reality, but his focus is locked on one specific target. May this be the year you finally land a Natural 20 on your most important Charisma check yet. We’re all rooting for you to escape the Friend Zone Dungeon and win the heart of your favorite NPC! 🥂💖✨

03/30/2026

Happy Birthday to the one who has a heart of gold and a head... occasionally in the clouds! 🌿✨

To our favorite druid, Arrietty: May your day be filled with blooming flowers, happy forest critters, and magical adventures.

Help us celebrate! If Arrietty accidentally turned you into an animal today, which animal would you hope it is? Drop it in the comments with a 'Happy Birthday!'

03/18/2026

They say a Bard’s story is never finished, so today we’re starting a new chapter! 📖

✨Happy Birthday to the incomparable Seraphina.✨

Thank you for turning our mundane lives into an epic ballad and always knowing exactly what to say to make us laugh (or get us into trouble).

Drop a "Hear, Hear!" or your favorite memory of Seraphina in the comments to help her level up! 🍻🎻

03/11/2026

Congratulations to everyone at Ohio Renaissance Festival!! Thank you for working so hard to create a top-notch faire!

HARK! The USA TODAY 10Best counting is complete and the results shall be known! Good people, by your votes we are named FIRST among all! We have the utmost gratitude for our Ohio Renaissance Festival fan base.

Thank you for attending despite rainy festival days.
Thank you for braving the heat for your favorite themed weekends.
Thank you for the love and support.
Thank you for voting us #1 in the nation.

We congratulate all the other top 10 winners and request you visit these other amazing renaissance fairs: 10best.usatoday.com/awards/best-renaissance-fair/

02/24/2026

There’s still time to vote for the Ohio Renaissance Festival! It only takes a few seconds, and you can vote every day!!

02/22/2026

WHO THE F* IS REGINALD?** ⁉️

Happy Birthday to the most elusive member of Your Favorite NPCs!

Whether he’s hiding behind the soundboard or perfectly timing our cues from the shadows, Reginald is the reason we sound as good as we do. Thank you for making us sound incredible while successfully avoiding every single photo we’ve ever tried to take.

Raise a mug for the man of mystery in the comments! 🎂🔊

02/21/2026

Happy Birthday to Our Favorite Shy Necromancer! 🕯️💀

​Today, we’re raising a goblet (and perhaps a few spirits) to celebrate the birthday of the wonderful Willow!

​In the world of Your Favorite NPCs, Willow may prefer the quiet company of the crypt and speak in whispers, but her talent speaks volumes. It takes a special kind of magic to make the macabre look so charming, and we are so lucky to have her "soul" as part of our troupe.

​Willow, we hope your day is filled with peace, quiet, and perhaps a few well-behaved skeletons. May your spells be strong and your social battery stay charged!

​Leave some birthday magic for Willow in the comments below! 🖤✨

02/02/2026

Voting for USA TODAY 10Best Renaissance Fair starts NOW! Last year, we were #2. This year, we're looking for you to help us be #1 of all the realms. Huzzah! 10best.usatoday.com/awards/ohio-renaissance-festival-waynesville-ohio

01/24/2026

Voting is still open at Renaissance Festival Awards! If you haven't voted yet we'd appreciate your support 😁