Spring Festival • Fall Fling • GARF After Dark
Fall Fling • Saturdays Oct. 31–Dec. 5 + Black Friday
Georgia Renaissance Festival · Fall Fling 2026
Fifteen Stages. Three Live Jousts. Music in Every Pub.
Live music, circus, comedy, roaming characters, and a new jousting production built for the world of Nottingham — with performers appearing at the Festival for the first time alongside returning favorites.
October 31–December 5Saturdays + Black Friday1:00–9:00 PM
All Fall Fling Dates
The tournament field becomes part of the Fall Fling story as Robin Hood, Marian, and the Sheriff of Nottingham bring their rivalry into an original jousting production by Noble Cause Productions.
Original knights compete for honor inside the world of Nottingham while live horsemanship, combat, pageantry, fire, and spectacle bring the tournament field to life.
2:00 PM5:00 PM7:30 PM
Three Live Jousts Every Fall Fling Day
The joust is part of the larger Nottingham story.
Discover Robin Hood, the Sheriff & the Story of NottinghamThe lineup
The performers bringing fantasy music, folk rock, circus, comedy, character entertainment, and spectacle to the village this fall.
First Time at the Festival
Live Music
All Fall Fling Dates
A family of musicians from the ancient lands of Ethland, united by song, loyalty, and shared purpose.
Their music crosses styles and instruments — bagpipes, tin whistles, saxophone, drums, guitars, and violins. After going viral online, they have built a large and growing following.
Fantasy music with a world of its own.
First Time at the Festival
Live Music
All Fall Fling Dates except Dec. 5
Pop vocals, folk instrumentation, and cinematic underscoring shape original music inspired by fantasy, myth, the cosmos, and nature.
Tight vocal harmonies meet big drums and percussive tap dance in a performance built around rhythm, movement, and atmosphere.
When music becomes more than something you hear.
First Time at the Festival
Circus & Comedy
All Fall Fling Dates
Gabs may not speak a word, but that does not stop the Fool from creating a world of wonder and delight.
From atop a unicycle, Gabs combines juggling, fearless feats, rope walking, physical comedy, and a strategically deployed kazoo.
Circus of Whimsy.
Select Dates
Circus & Danger
Nov. 14, 21, 27 & 28 · Dec. 5
Multiple Guinness World Record holder Dash Rippington brings more than 25 years of sideshow experience to a danger show ripped from the pages of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
Dash subjects himself to discomfort, danger, and considerable amounts of pain in the name of entertainment, combining sideshow feats with comedy and crowd interaction.
Watch Dash do something dangerously stupid.
First Time at the Festival
Live Music · Folk Rock
All Fall Fling Dates except Oct. 31
An energetic folk-rock power trio built around fiddle, drums, and guitar.
Drawing on the traditions of Scotland, Ireland, and Cape Breton, they bring a large, energetic sound to festival favorites and music meant to bring a crowd together.
Folk rock with a flair for the dramatic.
Aerial · Dance · Stage Combat
All Fall Fling Dates
The Sagas of the Sisters of the Skies follows the Valkyries through stories of adventure, heroism, and friendship.
Storytelling combines with aerial arts, dance, stage combat, and occasional fiery spectacle in a show centred on strength, unity, and adventure.
Defying gravity, defining destiny.
Juggling · Comedy · Fire
All Fall Fling Dates
Masterful juggling, danger, and comedy in a fast-moving show where the only thing sharper than the knives may be the jokes.
Expect juggling, audience interaction, and plenty of fire.
Juggling, danger and comedy — now with fire.
Circus · Fire · Comedy
All Fall Fling Dates
Fast-paced jokes meet fire, danger, and skill in a crowd-friendly comedy show.
Expect rapid-fire entertainment and tricks designed to keep the energy moving.
Fire. Danger. Comedy.
From the lanes to the pubs
There is always a tune to be heard. These musicians move between Brewer’s Pub, the Drunk Monk, the Tavern on the Hill, and the lanes of the village — follow the sound.
Pub Songs · Fiddle
A Festival staple for more than ten years — popular Celtic pub songs with comedic jabs that make the crowd part of the show.
Celtic & Pirate
Two men met upon the high seas to share their love of Celtic and pirate music. One rule: the more you drink, the better they sound.
Acoustic · East Meets West
Playful. Evocative. Bawdy. Sublime. Rich vocal harmonies and driving rhythms from England to Morocco, Turkey to the New World.
Mischievous Melodies
Known for just that. A trio of wand’ring Irish bards who will steal your heart and anything else they can get ahold of.
Rowdy Pirate Music
Drifted ashore from the dread ship The Crimson Curse, Naughty Nellie Peachbottom and Joni Minstrel bring as much mischief as music.
Medieval & Renaissance Music
Music of the people from the 12th to 17th centuries — recorders, whistles, plucked psaltery, and hammered dulcimer.
Solo Flute
A spellbinding solo flautist playing Renaissance, Celtic, and fantasy melodies.
Live Music
Songs and music gathered from his wanderings across the world.
Nov. 14, 27 & 28
The Pirate Bard
Celtic, English, and continental folk songs on a variety of exotic instruments — sea shanties, call and response, and banter in period tongue.
Want a guide through the pubs? The Official Unofficial Friar Tuck Fan Club leads a 21+ pub crawl on every Fall Fling date.
Join the Pub CrawlAlso performing
Fifteen stages run throughout Fall Fling. These acts fill them alongside the featured performers.
Every Fall Fling Day
Live Music · Dance
World-class music and bellydance.
Shakespeare · Interactive Comedy
The Atlanta Shakespeare Company performs whatever play the audience pulls.
Comedy · Character Show
A satirical Medieval pregnancy how-to guide.
Magic · Mentalism
Laughter, danger, and a few magical surprises.
First Time at the Festival
Live Music
Demonstration
On Select Dates
Celtic Music
All dates except Nov. 21
Award-winning Celtic music and festival sing-alongs.
Hammered Dulcimer
All dates except Oct. 31
The enchanting sound of the hammered dulcimer.
First Time at the Festival
Comedy · Giant Dice
Oct. 31
Characters from Shakespeare face monsters from D&D. The dice decide who lives.
Improv Comedy
Oct. 31 · Nov. 7, 14 & 21
Improv comedy meets Dungeons & Dragons.
Swordplay · Comedy
Nov. 7 & 14
Babes. Bodices. Blades.
Celtic Folk Rock
Oct. 31 · Nov. 21 · Dec. 5
Atlanta’s Celtic folk rockers.
Acrobatics · Comedy · Danger
Nov. 27 & 28 · Dec. 5
Acrobatics, comedy and danger.
Comedy Magic · Mind Reading
Nov. 27 & 28
Hilarious magic and mind reading.
Seasonal appearance
Santa joins the village for the final three Fall Fling dates — Nov. 27 & 28 during Royal Market Days, and Dec. 5 for the Yuletide Revel.
Nottingham
Robin Hood, Marian, the Sheriff, Friar Tuck, and the people of Nottingham pull guests into the story all day long. You are not just watching it — you can become part of it.
Stage locations and individual performance times will be published closer to the festival.
Joust times
2:00 PM5:00 PM7:30 PM
Core entertainment runs all season, while each themed weekend adds its own characters, traditions, and featured moments.
Fall Fling 2026
Three live jousts. Musicians in every pub. Circus, comedy, characters, and performances throughout the village.
Some acts you will come looking for. Others you will discover because you heard a crowd laughing around the next corner.