Check back for more information about our 2022 festival, taking place October 8 & 9 on GVSU’s Allendale campus!
Festival 2016
Our 21st annual festival in 2016 featured a memorial for longtime treasurer Brian Haskin, who passed away from cancer in August 2016. A scholarship has been set up in his memory at GVSU, and artwork by festival alumna Kristie Good of Haskin hangs in one of the meeting rooms at Kirkhof Center.
Festival 2018
Our 23rd annual festival was held on Saturday, September 22 and Sunday, September 23, 2018 in Allendale, MI, on the main campus of Grand Valley State University.
Cast on Saturday 
Alumni on Saturday 
Cast and alumni on Sunday 
Silly cast on Saturday 
Grant in jail 
Pirate, napping on the job. 
Sunday morning as the sun comes up 
Silly alumni on Saturday
Duke’s Ball 2019
GVSU Renaissance Festival’s annual Duke’s Ball event for 2019 was held on March 21, 2019 as part of GVSU’s week long Multicultural Festival. The event is typically LIB 100 approved and offers renaissance dance, talks,displays, and sometimes a little bit of arts and crafts for those who attend.
Entertainment Schedule for 2017 Festival
We hope to see you on Saturday, September 23, 2017 and Sunday, September 24, 2017. Festival is rain or shine — either way, we’ll be glad to see you!
In addition to the events below, we will also feature….
- The Norsemen doing demonstrations all day both days
- The Duchess’s Tea
- Croquet with the Court
- Raffle (must be present to win – raffles each day)
Saturday
| Clock Tower Stage | Tavern Stage | List | |
| 10:00 AM | Faire Opens | ||
| 10:30 AM | Corvus Cohort | ||
| 11:00 AM | Green Show | ||
| 11:30 AM | Bell Book and Canto | ||
| 12 noon | Sitara’s Storytelling | Swords of Valor | |
| 12:30 PM | Court | ||
| 1:00 PM | |||
| 1:30 PM | Robyn the Bard | ||
| 2:00 PM | Her Majesty’s Royal Guard | ||
| 2:30 PM | Green Show | ||
| 3:00 PM | Sitara’s Storytelling | Swords of Valor | |
| 3:30 PM | Bell Book and Canto | ||
| 4:00 PM | Corvus Cohort | ||
| 4:30 PM | Cast and Alumni Pictures | ||
| 5:00 PM | Her Majesty’s Royal Guard | ||
| 5:30 PM | Robyn the Bard | ||
| 6:00 PM | Sitara’s Storytelling | ||
| 6:30 PM | Green Show | ||
| 7:00 PM | Faire Closes |
Sunday
| Clock Tower Stage | Tavern Stage | List | |
| 10:00 AM | Faire Opens | ||
| 10:30 AM | Corvus Cohort | ||
| 11:00 AM | Green Show | ||
| 11:30 AM | Bell Book and Canto | ||
| 12 noon | Sitara’s Storytelling | Swords of Valor | |
| 12:30 PM | Court | ||
| 1:00 PM | Her Majesty’s Royal Guard | ||
| 1:30 PM | Robyn the Bard | ||
| 2:00 PM | Sitara’s Storytelling | ||
| 2:30 PM | Green Show | Corvus Cohort | |
| 3:00 PM | Bell Book and Canto | ||
| 3:30 PM | Cast and Alumni Pictures | ||
| 4:00 PM | Robyn the Bard | Her Majesty’s Royal Guard | |
| 4:30 PM | Green Show | ||
| 5:00 PM | Faire Closes |