About Us

Welcome to the 2023 Kansas City Renaissance Festival

The Kansas City Renaissance Festival began its journey in September of 1977 as a benefit for the Kansas City Art Institute. Since then, the Kansas City Renaissance Festival has grown to be one of the largest Renaissance Festivals in the United States, with an annual attendance of 200,000.

Open Weekends
Sept 2nd – Oct 15th

Open Labor Day, Sept 4th & Discovery Day, Oct 9th

Rain or Shine

Based in Shakopee, Mid-America's Staff

Mid-America Festivals is the nation’s largest producer of outdoor themed events. In 2023, we entertained nearly one million people in a wide variety of locations across the country.


Mid-America Festivals currently devotes its time towards developing some of the best festivals in the country. Mid-America Festivals, along with affiliated entities, owns and operates the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, the Bay Area Renaissance Festival, the Kansas City Renaissance Festival, the Michigan Renaissance Festival, the St. Louis Renaissance Festival, and many other events. The company demonstrates its event production and promotion leadership by embracing all aspects of event production from specialty merchandise and corporate sponsorship to ticket sales and multi-media marketing.


Based in Minneapolis, Mid-America’s staff is comprised of talented managers with experience in all aspects of entertainment
. Mid-America Festivals began producing Renaissance Festivals in 1976 as a natural extension of its president’s career in major venue promotion and production. The company’s background ranges from rock and roll events like the Beach Boys, Rolling Stones, and Prince to event management for concerts like Rock the Garden in Minneapolis. For more information about Mid-America Festivals, visit our website!