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The Texas Renaissance Festival has announced group tickets will be available for purchase, online at www.texrenfest.com for the 2012 season.

Among the tickets available are Season Passes; a package of 17 tickets that can be used for any day and in any number of customer combination throughout the 2012 festival. Also available is the Family 4-Pack (two adult/two child any day), Adult 4-Pack, and Weekend Adult and Child Passes (1 Saturday adult/child, one Sunday adult/child).

Loyal Texas Renaissance Festivals patrons can secure their group tickets now, while individual tickets will go on sales Aug. 1, 2012. Discounted tickets, available at Houston area Randalls and Walgreens, will go on sales Sept. 1, 2012 in what is shaping up to be the most promising festival in its 38 years.

The Texas Renaissance Festival is managed throughout the entire year by a full-time staff to maintain and improve the grounds to ensure visitors receive the best experience from the nation’s largest renaissance festival.

“We have made significant improvements to the festival grounds and more popular attractions,” said Terre Albert-General Manager at the Texas Renaissance Festival. “We have remodeled stages, replaced fencing, and doubled our camping facility.”

The new camp ground expansion has been dubbed The Fields of New Market Campground by local outdoorsmen anxious to see the 100 acre addition to the already large habitat.

In the past decade Texas Renaissance FestivalWeddings have become more popular among visitors. A recent contest announced on Facebook and through an e-news letter asked for couple’s best engagement story for a chance to win “A Faire Royale Ceremony” package, 10 additional guest tickets and room vouchers to La Torretta Hotel in Conroe, Texas valued at $4,250. Numerous entries were received and for several weeks Renaissance Weddings were trending locally on Twitter.

The 2012 Texas Renaissance Festival season will run eight weekends beginning Oct. 6, 2012 through Nov. 25, 2012, including Thanksgiving Friday. In addition, the 2012 School Days program will be held on Nov. 6-7, 2012. The festival will have eight themed weekends including Oktoberfest, All Hallows Eve and the ever popular Barbarian Invasion.

For more information on purchasing tickets, themed weekends, school days, weddings and general Texas Renaissance Festival updates, visit http://www.TEXRENFEST.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

The Texas Renaissance Festival is the world’s largest and most acclaimed Renaissance theme park where the sights, sounds, tastes, and beauty of the 16^thCentury come alive for eight magically-themed weekends. The Festival is held Saturdays, Sundays and Thanksgiving Friday and is located 50 miles northwest of Houston on FM 1774, in Todd Mission, Texas. For more information visitwww.texrenfest.com.