| King Richard's Faire | |
|---|---|
 Jousters at King Richard's Faire, 2009 | |
| Genre | Renaissance Faire |
| Dates | September and October |
| Location(s) | Carver, Massachusetts |
| Inaugurated | 1982 |
| Area | 80 acres (320,000 m2) |
| Stages | 10 |
| Website | kingrichardsfaire |
King Richard's Faire is aRenaissance Faire held inCarver,Massachusetts, which recreates a 16th-century marketplace, including handmade crafts, foods, musicians, singers, dancers, minstrels, mimes, jugglers, whip artists, magicians, comedians, puppeteers, acrobats, animal acts,[1] mud beggars, stilt walkers, knightsjousting on horseback, a royal court, and the fictional King Richard. King Richard's Faire is the largest and longest-running Renaissance Faire inNew England.[1]
The Faire was founded in 1982 by the late Richard Shapiro and his wife Bonnie, who ran the original "King Richard's Faire" inBristol, Wisconsin (which was renamedBristol Renaissance Faire when the Shapiros sold it to Renaissance Entertainment Corporation in 1988). Today, Bonnie and her daughter Aimée Shapiro Sedley produce the show. King Richard's Faire is the largest and longest-running Renaissance Faire in New England.[1]There was no faire in 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. The 39th faire was deferred to 2021.[2]
The 40th anniversary season ran weekends and Monday holidays from September 4th through October 24th, 2021.
Performers have includedsocial media personality andGuinness World Record holderJack Lepiarz (who set his first world record at the Faire).
In March of 2025, it was announced that King Richard's Faire will relocate to the nearbyEdaville Railroad.[3]
King Richard's Faire is operated on 80 acres (32 ha)[1] of pine forest and has 8 stages plus a tournament field for live jousting. The buildings are permanent year-round structures. King Richard's Faire runs for eight consecutive weekends from the first weekend in September through the third weekend in October (includingLabor Day andColumbus Day),[4] closing for bad weather.
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