Bored? Give This Family-Friendly TX Renaissance Festival a Try Good morrow, m'ladies, and gents. Are you feeling a bit restless these days? Are you bored and looking for something fun, unique, and out of the ordinary to do this coming weekend? If so, I heard there is a renaissance festival happening not too far away from East Texas! The Scarborough Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie isn't too far of a drive, it's just under two hours. If you have never been to a renaissance festival before, then you are missing out on a bucket list item, in my not-so-humble-opinion. It's like walking through an episode of The Witcher! I was very fortunate to go to one with my dad and uncle in Tennessee when I was a teenager. Renaissance festivals are typically held way out in the sticks so that the event is surrounded by lush countryside trees, reminiscent of a backwoods forest in the U.K.