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.
SCHEDULE
1 pm - Pirate antics
2 pm - Sea legs & wooing contest
3 pm - Royal weenie contest
4 pm - Costume contest
5 pm - Pub Sing led by the Barehead Bards
6 pm - Final ticket drawing
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.
BONUS GIVEAWAY
We’ll going to raffle off an EXTRA SET OF GA REN FEST TICKETS for anyone who buys drinks between 12 - 12:30 pm.
EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM!
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
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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.