Participant Applications
2020 Entertainment, Vendor and Guild Applications
We welcome your interest in participating in the 36th Annual Central Coast Renaissance Festival to be held on July 18 & 19, 2020. Application forms and information for entertainers and guilds are now available, below. You can read the vendor information here.
The festival is held at Laguna Lake Park, a beautiful location in the heart of San Luis Obispo.
RV Camping
We have a limited amount of space for RVs and camper trucks. There are no hookups. You must reserve a space in advance. The fee is $10 per spot for the weekend. If you have an attached cargo trailer the fee is $15 (for both). These spaces are first come, first served. Reserve a space by sending a check or money order for the appropriate amount to Barbara Shrum at 1901 Mentone in Grover Beach 93433.
You are expected to leave your site and/or guild yard or vendor space clean. You will be charged $25 for trash left in your space. Please help us keep the San Luis Obispo City Parks Department happy by leaving it as clean as when you arrive. We are fortunate that they allow us to camp there. We don’t want to lose that privilege.
We will be controlling the parking and require that you park close to your neighbor to allow the maximum number of units to share the space.
Tent Camping
We allow tent camping on site. This is primitive camping without power, showers or flush toilets. Due to the high fire danger there will be no open flames allowed whatsoever. No candles, oil or propane devices – batteries only. This is very important. These are park rules and we want to make them happy by complying with their rules.
Contact your coordinator if you have questions. The contact information is at the bottom of this page.
Now, let’s get started… the first thing you need to do is read the SLO Rules and Regulations.
Vendor Criteria
Please read the full vendor criteria here.
This is a Renaissance theme event but we’re allowing Sunday to be “Pirate Day,” so if you have a pirate costume you may wear it on Sunday. Saturday is still reserved for Renaissance-era characters. If you are a vendor we ask that you keep pirate items for Sunday display only. Don’t bother applying if you sell sunglasses, vitamins, stuffed bunnies, flea market import items … you get the picture.
Your products and booth must conform to our theme criteria and you must wear an authentic costume. These requirements are not that difficult to meet and we can help you with suggestions for both.
Here is an excellent article to help you make your booth look appropriate.
Likewise, food must be of a nature that we can imagine it might have existed four hundred years ago. It is not difficult to meet this requirement, it might just involve a change of name or presentation of a food item. Check with the vendor coordinator for guidance.
We only allow certain numbers of vendors in each category in order to keep our overall offerings interesting and authentic and to ensure that each vendor has the maximum exposure. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply early. Once a category fills up, it is closed.
- VERY IMPORTANT! Here are the FIRE REGULATIONS. All on-site structures will be required to comply. Be sure to read them.
Please see the Entertainer Guidelines here.
Below are your key contacts if you have questions or concerns:
Guild Coordinator, Michael Teubner – guilds@CCRenFaire.com
Vendor Coordinator, Barbara Shrum – vendor@CCRenFaire.com
Media Coordinator & Entertainment Director, Rick Smith – rick@CCRenFaire.com
