The best way to enjoy the Ohio Renaissance Festival starts with something decidedly modern: an app.
Why it matters: With more than 100 shows across 22 stages, a little planning goes a long way.
Pro tip: Cheryl Bales, the festival’s longtime marketing director, strongly recommends using the festival’s app before leaving home.
- You can build an itinerary and use a map to find stages, food and bathrooms.
- Most of it works without cell service, which can be spotty.
Buy tickets early: Renaissance Festival tickets used to be open-ended. But as attendance has surged, the festival has moved to date-specific tickets to manage crowds, Bales says.
- A limited number of tickets are available each day, so pick from the nine themed weekends and buy early.
- Screenshot the QR code before you go just in case the internet keeps tickets from loading.
Getting there: Parking is free, and a third entrance lane should help get visitors in faster this year…