{"id":271030,"date":"2026-08-24T04:38:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271030\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T04:38:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:38:26","slug":"pittsburgh-renaissance-festival-postpones-opening-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271030\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival postpones opening weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">SOUTH HUNTINGDON TOWNSHIP, Pa. \u2014 The Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival is postponing its opening weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The popular gathering of knights, maidens and creatures was originally scheduled to begin tomorrow and run through Labor Day (Sept. 27). Due to expected inclement weather, organizers decided to push the opening back to next weekend (Aug 29-30).<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Organizers said rainy weather from earlier this week compromised the festival grounds and parking lot. While they were hoping Friday\u2019s pleasant weather would dry things out, organizers say the \u201cmoisture has been too heavy to allow full enjoyment of the native landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cWe feel the conditions for our patrons\u2019 enjoyment just aren\u2019t where we would like them to be, and postponing the opening of Festival Season 2026 is just the right thing to do,\u201d owner Jim Paradise said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Time will not be lost, though, with organizers extending the season through the first weekend of October. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Renaissance Festival features jousting, nine stages of shows, knighting ceremonies, arts and crafts for six weekends and Labor Day through Oct. 4. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">For more information on the event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghrenfest.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghrenfest.com\/\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOUTH HUNTINGDON TOWNSHIP, Pa. \u2014 The Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival is postponing its opening weekend. 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