King Richard’s Faire is a Renaissance festival in a wooded village at 235 Main Street in Carver, Plymouth County, with costumed performers, jousting and aerial acts. It was established in 1982 and draws roughly 150,000 people across a season. The 2026 Faire: weekends from September 5 through October 25 (dates not confirmed).
2026 admission by weekend group (dates as listed, not confirmed): weekends 1 to 3, September 5 to September 20, $36 for adults and $22 for children; weekends 4 and 5, September 26 to October 4, $40 and $24; weekends 6 to 8, October 10 to October 25, $46 and $26. Free for children under 4. Among the fairs compared in this guide, the Faire has the highest adult price: the lowest tier, $36, is $16 above the $20 listed for The Big E, the highest agricultural-fair adult price here.
The three tiers next to the agricultural fairs
The Big E in West Springfield (September 18 to October 4, seventeen days) had a $17.50 advance adult ticket on thebige.com; $20 was listed for the gate, a figure from secondary sources, since thebige.com showed no gate price on July 18. Adult admission at Spencer Fair was $18 across Labor Day weekend. Topsfield Fair, which dates to 1818, had a $15 advance ticket for its eleven days, October 2 to 12. Adult admission at Marshfield Fair was $12.
The Faire’s adult ticket: $36, $40 or $46 by weekend group, which is 2.1, 2.3 and 2.6 times The Big E’s $17.50 advance ticket, and 2.4, 2.7 and 3.1 times a $15 Topsfield advance ticket. Adult admission at the agricultural fairs: $12 to $20, for livestock exhibits and a midway. The Faire’s ticket covers a themed village with performers.
A family of four by weekend group
2026 ticket price for two adults and two children aged 4 or older, before parking, food or anything bought inside the village: $116 on weekends 1 to 3 ($36 + $36 + $22 + $22), $128 on weekends 4 and 5 ($40 + $40 + $24 + $24), and $144 on weekends 6 to 8 ($46 + $46 + $26 + $26). A Topsfield adult ticket was $15 in advance, and a Marshfield adult ticket was $12.
October overlaps
October 2026 in this guide: Topsfield Fair, October 2 to 12 in Essex County; The Big E, which ended October 4; Salem Haunted Happenings, all month in Salem; and Wellfleet OysterFest, October 17 to 18 out on the Cape. Salem and Wellfleet: both free.
Other fairs
Marshfield Fair ran August 21 to 30 in the Faire’s own county, Plymouth, and closed before the Faire’s listed opening. The North Quabbin Garlic & Arts Festival in Orange, in Franklin County, ran September 26 to 27 at $12 for adults.
What is not confirmed
The listed season start of September 5 has not been confirmed. The ticket tiers above are the organizer’s published online prices; no separate gate price is listed.
