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The Minnesota Renaissance Festival is a Renaissance fair an interactive outdoor event which focuses on recreating the look and feel of a fictional 16th Century England-like fantasy kingdom. It operates during weekends from mid-August until the final week in September on a site near the Minnesota River in Shakopee a suburb of the Twin Cities.The Minnesota Renaissance Festival began in September 1971 on a 22-acre (89000 m2) field in Jonathan Minnesota.