Help us find a permanent location

We are searching for 15+ acres of half wooded and half open field (best case) property within 5 or 10 miles of Galesburg, Michigan to setup as a permanent location for the Great Raven Renaissance Festival. As you all know, hosting a ren faire on someone else's property or municipal property never guarantees you can have a faire the following year, so we need a home of our own. Most of the time these connections are made outside of property for sale, because of competition. Be

3 days ago

QUICK UPDATE:

As some of you already know, we have been a little quiet because we lost one of the properties we were going to use for the event. Luckily, we had a plan B, and we just contracted for that plan last night, so officially we are using the property behind Gull Lake Distillery and the park behind Galesburg City Hall for the event. Adjustments are being made and we're confident this will have very little impact on the entire event. We have updated the PARKING page on the website t

Mar 3

The Coronation of Eight Crowns

The morning mist clung to Glenshire like a lover reluctant to part, threading through the timber-framed buildings and curling around the festival banners that snapped in the autumn wind. Elara had arrived before dawn, her merchant's cart laden with honeyed almonds and spiced wine, and now she stood amid the swelling crowd in the village square, watching history prepare to unfold. The Great Raven Renaissance Festival had transformed the modest village into something from a fev

Jan 28

Mead Competition

Great Raven Renaissance Festival will host our first annual Mead Competition during the fair. Patrons will have a chance to vote for their favorite mead in multiple categories. If you know of a Meadery that might want to compete, please send them our way!! More info on the competition coming soon!

Jan 8

Applications now open for Vendors & Entertainers.

Are you interested in being a vendor, musician, entertainer, volunteer or something else at the Great Raven Renaissance Festival in October of 2026? Now is the time to connect with us. You can apply via the website above or contact us on the Contact Us page. We hope to hear from you soon!!

Jan 8

Renaissance Meet & Greet Oct 4th 2025

Calling all renaissance patrons and their garb. We are inviting you to come meet the new Queen of the 2026 Great Raven Renaissance...

Sep 1, 2025

We have a new Queen!

My Lords & Ladies of the land, The Great Raven Renaissance Festival of Glenshire would like to formally introduce our new Queen Magdalena...

Aug 23, 2025

Welcome to the Village of Glenshire

Glenshire is the village where the Great Raven Renaissance Vendors are set up. This Village is nestled in the woods along the Kalamazoo...

Aug 22, 2025

Black Elegant Collage Artist Portfolio Presentation (7 x 4 in) (7 x 6 in) (4 x 4 in) (4 x

What's better than a Rock Festival & A Renaissance Festival combined?

We say, "NOTHING!"

We're taking our 6th Annual Fall Rockhound Festival and expanding on it with a brand-new Great Raven Renaissance Festival, in Galesburg, Michigan making the WORLD'S FIRST AND ONLY "ROCK AND RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL". This will mean more rocks, more entertainment and more vendors for a great 2-day event, starting in Oct. 2026. Visit our very own Rockhound Alley where you'll discover dozens of vendors that sell rocks and crystals only. Now we'll feature over 200 vendors, live music, sword fighting, educational opportunities, great food, spirits and more. We are SO excited! Come enjoy the autumn splendor in Glenshire in the woods along the river at GRRF!!

NEW - Exclusive to the Great Raven Renaissance Festival - participation wrist bands. Participants that do NOT wish to be called on during shows or otherwise interacted with while attending the festival can wear a free wristband, available at any entry gate. Make sure you keep the wrist band visible while enjoying your day with us and the entertainers will make sure they let you enjoy the festival in peace.

FREE PARKING!! Because why we would we charge you twice to come to our event?

WARNING: SCAMS are very common when it comes to trying to sell you booth space at an event or tickets to an event. Make sure you always check reviews for the person posting, never purchase booth space without a contract or application, always buy your tickets from the website or front gates ONLY, never send money via comments on a social media post or links. We want to try and help prevent our patrons from being scammed. When in doubt call our offices!

Become a Sponsor, click here.

The simple act of buying your admission tickets ahead of time can help make this event SO much better!

Being our first year of this new combined event, we are asking patrons and the ren family to consider buying your ticket ahead of time as opposed to waiting to purchase at the gate. Why does this matter? Think of it like a GoFundMe, for our first year we have a LOT of site work to do and it all costs money. By simply purchasing your tickets ahead of time, you help us get that admission money earlier, so we can reinvest it into the event itself to make our first year for this new festival as grand as all that will follow.

As a special thank you, we'll offer pre-sales tickets at a discount until mid-summer next year, so don't delay if you want to save a few bucks.