About this festival
The Kansas City Renaissance Festival, a Kansas City fall tradition for over three decades, opens for the 34th season just north of I70 and K7 highways.
This year-s dates are September 4 ~ October 17, 2010, weekends, Labor Day & Columbus Day 10 AM to 7 PM, Rain or Shine in beautiful Bonner Springs, Kansas. The Festival will close at 5:00 PM, Monday, Columbus Day, October 11.
The Festival puts their 180,000 guests and participants center stage this season with, Once Upon a Time there was You. Throughout the village the events from the evening before at Cinderella-s Ball are the scuttlebutt of Canterbury. Every character has their own story to tell about how ?last night-s events? played out and they are asking everyone-s help to figure out what will happen today. Will the Prince find his lady after trying the glass slipper on every woman in the village? ?Everybody has a story?, says Entertainment Director Jim Stamberger. ?Our guests are as much a character in our show as any actor on the streets of Canterbury?.
After the Festival in its fifth incarnation, the creepiest nights coming this fall are at the Phantom-s Feast. This classic tale of Dracula, A Madman-s Tale will take a contemporary spin in the steam punk genre. This ghoulish dinner hosted by Dracula and his minion runs eight nights on the Festival grounds, October 21-24 and 28-31. Tickets are $45 and include a hearty six course meal and two hours of hauntingly clever entertainment.
Tickets can be purchased at the Festival gates just north of I -70 and K-7 Highways in Bonner Springs, Kansas on show days at $18.95 for adults, $9.95 for kids. There are weekend specials listed at www.kcrenfest.com or guests can call 913-721-2110 for group ticket prices and information on parties and weddings at the Festival. Discount tickets can be purchased at Kansas City Hy Vee-s and Walgreen-s, regional Dillon-s, Baker-s and Gerbe-s and online at www.kcrenfest.com.