The 2026 Non-Physical Non-Musical lineup. Voting runs January 1 to February 1, 2027.
Comedy Shows
5 nominees
An interactive three-person comedy that speedruns the deaths in Shakespeare's tragedies.
A mature-rated barbarian stage show of music, comedy and flirtation celebrating female strength.
Pirate comedy following a day in the life of the crew of the Sunken Skull.
Suds and Buds
A slapstick comedy wash-wench show.
An all-female comedy company performing at 32 festivals across the United States and Canada.
Faeries
7 nominees
A fairy offering interactive storytelling and lane performance.
An all-ages fairy queen hosting naming ceremonies, games, questing, tea, court and light music.
A bubble fairy delighting patrons in the lanes.
A little fairy spreading joy and bubble magic in the lanes.
A nature fairy and a dice goblin offering magic seeds, dice games and bickering banter.
A faery character greeting patrons in the lanes.
A fae flower fox sharing joy, stories and heartfelt messages through impromptu lane interactions.
Improv & Interactive Comedy
5 nominees
Improvised comedy on stage and in the lanes.
Made Up Mayhem
Improv comedy through short-form games and scenes plus long-form plays created on the spot.
A pun tournament blending wordplay and professional wrestling with plenty of audience participation.
Riddles, games, trivia, jokes and interactive side quests woven throughout the festival.
A wacky adventuring party bringing travel tales, dice rolls, monster battles and their famous PubQuest.
Lane Characters
7 nominees
A traveling pirate telling jokes in the lanes and creating content for YouTube and social media.
A lane duchess inviting groveling, foot-kissing and other low peasantry.
Geralt of Rivia, The Witcher Safehouse
Geralt of Rivia travels the realm seeking contracts and challenging patrons to games of Gwent.
Interactive living statues and fantasy characters in the lanes.
A walking, talking, laughing, joking gargoyle roaming the lanes.
A comedy act featuring a one-woman dance party, pasta distribution, a horse race and (bad) influencing.
Fortune telling with tarot, oracle cards, palm reading and Elder Futhark runes.
Magic
6 nominees
Celtic Magic with Daniel GreenWolf and Bella
An Irish-themed illusion show.
Serious magic done comedically, on stage and in the lanes.
A comedy magic stage show.
A horned enchantress blending sleight-of-hand magic, audience participation and sharp-witted fantasy comedy.
Patrick The Pyrate Prestidigitator
A pirate magician blending a variety of magic and comedy to mystify audiences.
A jester comedy magic show.
Storytellers
7 nominees
Bardic storytelling with good stories, dubious advice and bad jokes on stage and in the lanes.
An interactive puppetry show bringing dragons and other mythical creatures to life.
Interactive improv comedy storytelling that turns audience volunteers into heroes, villains and unlikely legends.
A fun, quirky show with storytelling, audience competitions and a live dragon.
Fast-paced vaudeville retellings of literary classics.
A ventriloquist and his puppet partners serve up puns and mischief, often drafting audience members.
A high-energy gnome who turns audience suggestions into fast, funny, fully improvised stories.
Mermaids
3 nominees
A mermaid offering meet-and-greets, bubble play, storytime and water-conservation activities for all ages.
A mermaid sharing sea stories, lyre melodies, games and photos with patrons of all ages.
Mermaid Kita and The Northern Pod
A growing mermaid pod with a magical lagoon at the Sparta NJ Renaissance Festival: singing, selfies, memory bubbles and a swim show.
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