RAIN OR SHINE!
HOSTS
The day will include audience Interactions with characters from the GA Ren Fest, and will be hosted by Simon the Village Idiot, and those Pub Crawl Pirates we know and love, Gregori “Kraken”Carvosa and Lenora Allport! Don’t forget to show up in your best costume - the bragging rights are real at this costume contest.
TURKEY LEGS
Ed will start smoking the turkey legs at 8 am, and I want to watch you eat them all.
MEAD
This is the ONLY time we ever have mead on draft and it’s local from our buds at Monk’s Meadery! We’ll also have several mead options in our coolers.
HOURLY GIVEAWAYS
We’re giving away a pair of GA Renaissance Festival tickets every hour on the hour, from 1 pm - 6 pm. ANY drink you purchase (even a bottle of water!) earns you a raffle ticket. The more tickets you have, the more chances you have to win! Drink up! Tickets will reset every hour, so tickets collected from 1:00 - 1:59 pm enter the 2:00 pm drawing, any tickets collected between 2:00 - 2:59 pm will go into the 3:00 pm giveaway, and so on.
SCHEDULE OF FESTIVITIES
12:30 pm - Early Bird Ticket Drawing
Anyone who buys a drink between 12 - 12:30 pm will be entered into a drawing for a pair of GA Ren Fest tickets. Arrive early and try your luck.
1 pm - Pirate Antics
A crew of wandering pirates will be stirring up a little mischief around the garden. Expect loud sea tales, questionable pirate wisdom, and dramatic “ARRRGHs”.
2 pm - Sea Legs, Wooing & Town Crier Contests
Sea Legs Contest: Step forward and show off your best pirate calves. The crowd will decide whose sea legs are strongest.
Wooing Contest: Couples compete to see who can best woo their beloved and who can deliver the most dramatic swoon.
Town Crier Contest - Round 1: A volunteer will step up and read a proclamation in their loudest, most theatrical town crier voice.
3 pm - Royal Weenie & Town Crier Contests
Royal Weenie Contest: Six brave members of the royal court (aka the crowd) will compete for glory. With hands behind their backs, contestants must catch a dangling hotdog tied to their waist using only their mouth. First one to catch and hold the weenie without dropping it wins.
Town Crier Contest - Round 2: Another brave soul takes their turn announcing to the kingdom.
4 pm - Costume & Town Crier Contests
Costume Contest: Pirates, royalty, wenches, knights - go big and get creative. The crowd will help crown the winner.
Town Crier Contest - Round 3: Final chance to shout your proclamation across the land.
5 pm - Pub Sing led by the Barehead Bards
The Barehead Bards will lead the garden in a proper pub sing. Shenanigans, Landloch'd, and any wandering characters may jump in along the way. Just before the singing begins, we’ll bring back our three Town Crier finalists and the crowd will decide who earns the title of Red’s Official Town Crier.
6 pm - Final Ticket Drawing
We’ll wrap up the day by drawing the final Ren Fest ticket winner.
The Georgia Renaissance Spring Festival runs April 11 through May 31, 2026
Saturdays & Sundays plus Memorial Day • 10:30am - 6:00pm • Rain or Shine!
For more details, visit http://www.garenfest.com
-------------
More about Red's Beer Garden:
Red's is a counter service restaurant offering the best hotdogs in town along with delicious sandwiches and sides. What sets us apart is our beautiful outdoor beer garden and over 200 types of beer, wine, cider, mead, hard kombucha & seltzer and non-alcoholic options available in our self-serve coolers.
PARKING: Ample, free parking is available in the Grant Park Clinic and behind the church*, to the right of Red’s (south). You can also park in front of Red’s or street parking off Benteen Way (0.1 mile away). Do not park in front of Iglesia Pentecostal el Tabernaculo de Restauracion or across the street on Warmbreeze Rd SE. You will be towed.
Love your pup? Dogs are not allowed inside but are welcome in the outdoor beer garden. There is direct access to the beer garden along the south side of our building. Follow the concrete path through the bamboo forest.