Time Travel Is Possible... Texas Renaissance Festival

Scott bravely travels to a world of turkey legs and hot elves.

"...A very cute elf I might add. The Texas Renaissance Festival is the largest Renaissance theme park in the..."

Nov. 22, 2011 Events Post by Scott Driskill

A Queer Renaissance in Austin?

AGLIFF's new mission and upstart QueerBomb

"...aGLIFF – the Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival. (You might remember the fall of 2005. I was..."

June 3, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Steven Cheslik-deMeyer

Rudy Ramirez's FuturX Festival Puts Latinx Performance Center Stage

The theatrical Renaissance man moves Latinx performance out of the margins

"...began in 2018 in the form of the FuturX Festival, a multi-day showcase of forward-thinking, Latinx-penned performances, including solo..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Arts Feature by Trey Gutierrez

Mid-Winter Festival Schedule

"...Sublime Myth and Merriment: A repeat performance of the festival's opener...."

Jan. 25, 2002 Music Feature

'Renaissance & Response: Polyphony Then and Now'

The Austin chorus sings the praises of four classical composers – with new music

"...weekend giving just such a choral tour of the Renaissance and the baroque era, and Robert Kyr, who penned..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Chocolate Renaissance

The Food staff recommends local and online chocolate retailers for Valentine's Day

"...years, however, chocolate has experienced a miraculous and well-deserved renaissance. Scientists verified and announced the many healthy aspects of..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Festival Welcome and 20-Year Retrospective

Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival

"...Welcome to the 20th annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival – Austin's official end-of-summer celebration of fiery hot sauces..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Is Back, Baby!

Mask up, vax up, and join us in person for the 31st annual event

"...to present the return of our in-person Hot Sauce Festival! And of course, the whole 31-year-old shebang still benefits..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Sound on Sound Fest’s Renaissance

Beach House, Explosions in the Sky, Death Grips get medieval

"...a one-of-a-kind location for its debut. The new music festival, booked by Fun Fun Fun Fest founder Graham Williams..."

June 28, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Best Renaissance Women

The Tudor Tarts

"...lyrics have made them favorites at fantasy faires and Renaissance festivals all around Texas, not to mention livening up..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Best of Austin Feature

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...more reviews of films screened during the SXSW Film Festival 1998. Additional reviews can be found in last week's..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...R.B. MORRIS: A renaissance man for the 21st century, Knoxville, Tennessee's R.B. Morris..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Real Story of Lolita

Sarah Weinman on the true crime story behind Nabokov’s novel

"...its ilk have put us in a true crime renaissance and #MeToo has us grappling with our culture's cycles..."

Oct. 28, 2018 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Microbrew Renaissance

It's a good time to drink beer in Texas

"...won a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival, so perhaps I'm overdue for a return...."

July 4, 2008 Food Feature by Lee Nichols

Timeline

Time-traveling archeologists can't make the time pass quickly enough.

"...sets, which make the heroic village look like a Renaissance festival minus the fun, to the perpetually limp line..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Seize the day ... trip

"...lots of wildflowers and mean the beginning of the festival season in Texas. If you haven’t yet attended one..."

April 5, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Spring has sprung, and here's 100 ways to celebrate

"...finally here with warmer temperatures and lots of music festivals, Renaissance festivals, and reasons to go day trippin’...."

April 1, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Playback – Omnibus: Destination Unknown

Vetting City Hall's recommendations to Mayor Adler's arts Omnibus and unveiling Sound on Sound Fest's Renaissance location and debut lineup

"...Sound on Sound Fest, the new music festival booked by former Fun Fun Fun Fest organizer Graham..."

July 1, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Best of the Rest of the Fests, Etc.

"...of late. That’s good news for the Texas Book Festival, which may soon need to change its name to..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

'Disenchanted' Enchants

Austin-based Ren faire sitcom is just as funny as it sounds like it should be

"...a workplace sitcom and transplanting it to ye olde Renaissance faire, blending modern humor with all the situational hilarity..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Playback: C3 in Talks to Co-Produce Levitation Fest

ACL Fest promoters partner with psych fest?

"...Levitation, the popular Austin music festival that's been a hotbed for the resurgence of psychedelic..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Follow the Lederhosen

Celebrating Oktoberfest all over Central Texas

"...of the Texas German and Czech music scenes. Texas Renaissance FestivalFM 1774, between Plantersville and Magnolia, Oct. 9-10 Oktoberfest..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Food Feature by Lee Nichols

Blood Fest

Comedy-horror provides plenty of GIF-able gags

"...Blood Fest is the name of a Renaissance-faire-style horror festival – a secluded, outdoor gathering for the..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Count the Blessings

The Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival at 25

"...The Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival turns 25 years old this year. Fall Creek Vineyards..."

April 16, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Collegia Musikum

How music from the Medieval and Baroque eras impacts us today

"...the Middle East and North Africa during the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras, well into the early 1800s, where..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Music Feature by Robi Polgar

Professors of Pleasure

Their name may suggest a lack of intelligence, but make no mistake, the Flaming Idiots are wise men when it comes to comedy.

"...the members of this Austin comedy team. From the Renaissance festival circuit, where the performers met and formed the..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips

"...At the Texas Renaissance Festival there must be something in the water, because..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

New Elf in Town

Flaming Idiot Rob Williams trades his torches for the pointy little slippers of David Sedaris' department-store elf in 'The Santaland Diaries'

"...own substantial comic gifts honed by decades on the Renaissance festival and theatrical circuits, not to mention the support..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The 'N' Word

Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

"...Studios and increasingly crossing over into the realm of Renaissance fair/science fiction conventions...."

May 21, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Day Trips & Beyond: August Travel Updates

The latest on safe travel during the pandemic

"...going ahead with the 46th season of the Texas Renaissance Festival from Oct. 3 to Nov. 30 in Todd..."

Aug. 6, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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