A TIMELESS WEEKEND
Renaissance Festival site proves to be a good host to modern music
T he Texas Renaissance Festival grounds in Grimes County got a new look this past weekend as nearly 25,000 fans from across the country flooded the woods to jam and scream along to Electric Dance Music.
The event was the first music festival on the Texas Renaissance Festival grounds in Todd Mission, and event goers celebrated the event’s success.
“It was an incredible production and setup,” said Amber Hunter, who bought a day pass Saturday to attend the multi-day festival. “The staff was the most generous and friendly I’ve experienced at a festival. I’d go again.” More accolades flooded in on social media. Festival goers were able to camp on the grounds if they had weekend passes, with sites ranging from simple car camping to a customized glamping environment.
The musical acts at the festival included Major Lazer, Rae Sremmurd, Kaskade, Houston rapper Fat Tony and others. It included five stages across 60 acres, kingdoms and castles, costumed performers, rides and art.
Middlelands is the work of Insomniac and C3 Presents, the groups behind Electric Daisy Carnival, Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits Music Festival.
While the stars aligned for a successful party, not every ending was happy by the time the festival wrapped up. The Grimes County Sheriff ’s Office reported that at least 10 people were arrested on felony drug charges during the Middlelands festival. KHOU reports that the arrests took place late Friday night and early Saturday morning.
Another man found himself stuck in a tree and had to be rescued by emergency personnel, according to EDM Sauce, a website reporting on electronic music. The rescue operation required the performer, GRiZ, to temporarily stop his set.