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Connecticut Renaissance Faire in Lebanon
The Connecticut Renaissance Faire transforms the Lebanon Country Fairgrounds into a sprawling Renaissance-era marketplace every weekend from late August through October. Now in its 28th season, it spans 13 stages and more than 200 vendors, with full-contact jousting held daily alongside comedy shows, stage combat, and nine themed weekends.
The Connecticut Renaissance Faire is a modern entry in the American Renaissance faire tradition, a genre that traces back to a single backyard fundraiser held in Southern California in 1963 and grew over subsequent decades into dozens of recurring regional faires across the country, each pairing historical costuming and performance with commerce and family entertainment.