Review: 49th Annual Texas Renaissance Festival is a must-see experience
credit: Patrick Kneitz *Disclosure: I was provided a comped experience in exchange for this post. The opinions expressed here, however, are my own. This was my second year attending TRF, the Texas Renaissance Festival , in Todd Mission, TX (near Houston), and it was just as fabulous as the first. If you're lucky enough to arrive right when the gates open, you'll hear the cannon go off, a tradition. We unfortunately made it right past 9am this year but they did shoot off the cannon later in the day. Fire Whip show Over the past few years I've become a fan of renaissance festivals (renfests) and this is one of the best ones I've been to. All of the shows were a lot of fun—off the top of my head, Tartanic (bagpipes); Saxon Moon (rock), although this is their last year touring; the Washing Well Wenches , who are baudy and hilarious ("good clean fun, wet dirty women" is their tagline); and a few "Fakespeare" shows, aka Shakespeare but different or improvi...