Renaissance Festival in search of a new, larger location

The Maryland Renaissance Festival , one of the largest celebrations of 16th-century English culture in the country, is looking for a new home.

[Doug]

No,no,no.I't's already too crowded.shrink it, if anything.

[Robin Hood]

I agree. It has gotten too big (25,000 people per day), expensive, and crowded.

I liked the original location and atmosphere back in the late-1970s when I was a teen. I think it was in Howard County somewhere. It was more fun, inexpensive, and low-key.

Or they could start another one nearby with a slightly different theme instead.

Doug wrote:

No,no,no.I't's already too crowded.shrink it, if anything.

[C William Hartmann]

I come down from NJ every year for several weekends to The Revel Grove. This site is not only the best of any faire it also has the best prices not to mention the best production. I hear that the proprieters are being forced out by some religious zealots at the church across the street from the faire who in order to further their own interets are forcing the land owner to sell them the property to build a religios retreat and rid them of people they do not wish to see. I believe they call themselves Christians. Not the Christianity I was raised with./

[Nora]

Our family lives on Crownsville Road and even though they offer free tickets to the residents there,trying to go anywhere on the weekends during
the festival is a serioud nightmare.
When tring to leave and head toward 450 - people going to the festival are rude- not allowing you out of your driveway or even into the driveway when returning. So we have to drive alternate route to come and go.Personally I would not be sad to see it leave the area.

[Robin Hood]

Nora wrote:

Our family lives on Crownsville Road and even though they offer free tickets to the residents there,trying to go anywhere on the weekends during
the festival is a serioud nightmare.
When tring to leave and head toward 450 - people going to the festival are rude- not allowing you out of your driveway or even into the driveway when returning. So we have to drive alternate route to come and go.Personally I would not be sad to see it leave the area.

The Festival needs to be moved to a place near a highway in a rural area. I would suggest somewhere out west off of I-70--maybe around Hagerstown.