Judge orders sale of Texas Renaissance Festival following lengthy legal battle

The renaissance festival is an annual fall event that’s been held for more than 50 years in a small town northwest of Houston.

A Grimes County judge has ordered the owners of the Texas Renaissance Festival to sell its property and assets after siding with a group of prospective buyers who sued after a $60 million deal fell through in 2023.

A court trial was held last week in the civil lawsuit, filed in August 2023. Judge Gary Chaney released a judgment late Wednesday ordering the festival to keep up its end of the original sale agreement from which the festival owners were accused of backing out.

In a Thursday statement to Houston Public Media, a Texas Renaissance Festival spokesperson said business will continue as usual and that a decision had not yet been made regarding a potential appeal…

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