King Richard's Faire
King Richard's Faire is a Renaissance Faire held in Carver, Massachusetts, which recreates a 16th-century marketplace, including handmade crafts, foods, musicians, singers, dancers, minstrels, mimes, jugglers, whip artists, magicians, comedians, puppeteers, acrobats, animal acts, mud beggars, stilt walkers, knights jousting on horseback, a royal court, and the fictional King Richard. King Richard's Faire is the largest and longest-running Renaissance Faire in New England.
History
The Faire was founded in 1982 by the late Richard Shapiro and his wife Bonnie, who ran the original "King Richard's Faire" in Bristol, Wisconsin. Today, Bonnie and her daughter Aimée Shapiro Sedley produce the show. King Richard's Faire is the largest and longest-running Renaissance Faire in New England.There was no faire in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 39th faire was deferred to 2021.
The 40th anniversary season ran weekends and Monday holidays from September 4th through October 24th, 2021.
Performers have included social media personality and Guinness World Record holder Jack Lepiarz.
In March of 2025, it was announced by new owners Lancelot Entertainment Boston, LLC that King Richard's Faire will relocate to the nearby Edaville Railroad.