Renaissance faires in Georgia

Georgia's scene is anchored by the Georgia Renaissance Festival near Fairburn, which has been in operation since 1986 and in 1997 moved from its original site across I-85 to its current grounds within Fairburn's city limits, where the fictional village of Newcastle occupies about 32 acres of a 120-acre property. The festival runs for eight weekends in late spring and early summer with ten performance stages and about 160 artisans, many of them demonstrating centuries-old crafts like glass-blowing, weaving, and blacksmithing. In a good-weather year it draws 100,000 to 120,000 visitors, making it one of the largest Renaissance festivals in the Southeast, with roughly 400 participants working the event. The state also has a deep Celtic-festival tradition: the Savannah Scottish Games began in 1976 at Savannah Country Day School, ran at historic Fort Jackson on the Savannah River from 1978 to 2003, and settled at Bethesda Academy after the 2005 games. The Stone Mountain Highland Games and Scottish Festival has been bringing Scotland to Georgia for over 50 years, presenting pipe bands, Highland dance, and heavy athletics in what its organizers call a uniquely southern style. Georgia's newest landmark is Uhuburg Castle in Helen, begun as a dream of its architect and builder Bob Marthai in 2008 and opened to the public in 2023, which hosts CastleFaire, an annual winter Renaissance festival held each January.

Sources: Wikipedia — Georgia Renaissance Festival · Smoke Signals News — Georgia Renaissance realm has reigned 37 years · Stone Mountain Highland Games · Savannah Scottish Games — Games History · Uhuburg Castle · Helen, GA — All About Helen's Uhuburg Castle