Caledonia Renaissance Faire 2026 – Caledonia, ON

⚔️ Caledonia Renaissance Faire 📅 Sept 4 – 5, 2026 📍 Caledonia Fairgrounds 👪 Family Friendly 🇨 Two-Day Faire

Caledonia Renaissance Faire 2026

Pull on your sturdiest boots and find your purse of ducats — the team behind the Niagara Renaissance Faire is setting up shop in a new town this fall. The Caledonia Renaissance Faire takes over the Caledonia Fairgrounds for two full days, Friday, September 4 and Saturday, September 5, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

Expect mounted knights thundering across the field on their noble coursers, the thwack of arrows and axes finding their targets, and the ring of a blacksmith’s hammer drifting somewhere past the merchant stalls. It’s a weekend built for wandering, watching, and maybe testing your own mettle in the Ranger Rumble.

⚔️ Jousting & Swordplay 🏹 Archery & Axe Throwing 🦅 Birds of Prey 🔨 Blacksmith Forge ⛶️ Medieval Encampment 🎉 Live Music & Aerialist 🛍️ Artisan Market

🎫 Get Tickets on Eventbrite View Event Page →

💡 Tickets are sold through Eventbrite by the organizer. Pricing wasn’t posted at the time of writing, so check the listing directly for current rates before you plan your trip.

✨ Why This One’s Worth a Trip to Caledonia

Ontario has no shortage of renaissance faires every summer, but this one comes with a bit of a backstory. It’s organized by the same crew behind the Niagara Renaissance Faire — the folks responsible for the jousting, the birds of prey, and the medieval encampment that Niagara Falls visitors have come to expect every May. This September, they’re bringing that same lineup south to the Caledonia Fairgrounds for the first time.

What that means in practice: an event run by people who’ve already worked out the kinks of putting on a faire, landing in a small-town fairgrounds setting that’s easy to reach and easy to park near. Caledonia isn’t a big-city destination, which is exactly the charm — it’s the kind of fair where you can actually get close enough to the blacksmith’s forge to feel the heat.

And because it spans two full days, there’s no need to cram everything into one rushed afternoon. Catch the jousting on Friday, come back Saturday for the parts you missed.

🏻 What to Expect on the Grounds

Both days run the same 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. window, with the full run of activities, performers, and vendors available throughout. Here’s what fills the field.

📍 The Essentials

🍗 Feast & the Tavern

No renaissance faire is complete without a proper feast, and this one delivers the basics well: roast pig and mighty turkey legs lead the charge, with a wider spread of fair food meant to feel fit for lords and ladies rather than just festival snacks.

🍺 A dedicated Tavern area is set apart from the family-friendly grounds and reserved for guests 19 years and older. It’s a nice way to split the day — let the kids run wild near the encampment while the grown-ups grab a drink somewhere quieter.

🚗 Getting There

The faire takes place at the Caledonia Fairgrounds, right in downtown Caledonia at 151 Caithness Street East. It’s a compact, walkable site, so once you’re parked nearby you won’t need to move the car again until you leave.

💡 A Few Things Worth Knowing Before You Go

👞 Wear shoes you can stand in all day. The fairgrounds are outdoor grass and gravel, and you’ll want to wander between the jousting field, the archery range, and the market without your feet complaining.

☀️ It’s an early-September outdoor event. A hat, sunscreen, and a water bottle go a long way, especially if you’re parked at the jousting rail for a while.

👤 Heading to the Tavern? It’s a 19+ area, so bring photo ID just in case.

📅 Two days, one set of activities. The lineup runs the same both days, so pick whichever day suits your schedule — or come both and take it slower the second time around.

📱 Check the event page closer to the date. A detailed timed schedule of when each show happens hadn’t been posted as of this writing — the Facebook event page is the best place to watch for updates.

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