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The Texas Renaissance Festival (dubbed the Ren Fest) is an annual Renaissance fair located in Todd Mission, Texas, about 55 miles northwest of Houston. [1] The Texas Renaissance Festival (TRF) started in 1974 on the location of an old strip mining site. The festival claims to be "the nation’s largest Renaissance theme park."
He is the founder of the Texas Renaissance Festival (TRF), the largest Renaissance fair in the United States. [2] Since 1982, he has also served as the mayor of Todd Mission, Texas. [3] Coulam drew wider public attention after being featured in the 2024 HBO documentary series, Ren Faire.
Todd Mission is a city in Grimes County, Texas, United States. It lies on Farm to Market Road 1774, fifty miles (80 km) northwest of Houston. The population was 121 as of the 2020 census, up from 107 at the 2010 census. [4] The city is home to the Texas Renaissance Festival.
The annual festival takes place in Todd Mission, Texas, over eight weekends from November to January. It bills itself as the nation's largest Renaissance event, with its village filled with themed ...
He bought 885 acres, incorporated the city of Todd Mission, and made himself its mayor. "Without a dictatorship of counties and states," you have "the freedom to do what you want to do," he boasts.
Location: Todd Mission, Texas Era: 1500s (Tudor England) What to do: The nation's largest Renaissance fair is held on weekends in October and November on 55 acres northwest of Houston.
The festival was started back in 1974, founded by brothers George and David Coulam, but after David’s death in 2017 his sibling George is now preparing, at the age of 86, to step aside.
Texas Renaissance Festival: Texas: Todd Mission; permanent The King's "New Market Village;" 3rd–16th century; Roman, Scots, Celts, pirates, fantasy: 1974 25 stages; 55 fair acres; 200+ camping acres; parking; (10a) October–Thanksgiving weekend (9 weekends) 679k (2016) [30] Largest US RenFaire by attendance TRF: Three Barons Renaissance ...