List of historical reenactment events
This is a list of historical reenactment events.
Comparison of events
| Name | Dates | Location | Period | Hosts | Based on | Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of Hastings reenactment[1] | October[1] | Battle, England | 11th century | English Heritage | Battle of Hastings | Battle |
| Bristol Renaissance Faire | July to September | Bristol, Wisconsin, USA | Renaissance | n/a | Renaissance Fair | |
| Caldicot | September | Caldicot, Wales | Middle Ages | n/a | Renaissance Fair / Battle | |
| Cosmeston | Cosmeston, Wales | Middle Ages | Cosmeston Medieval Village | n/a | Informal skirmishes | |
| Civil War Remembrance | Memorial Day weekend | Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan | American Civil War | Greenfield Village | n/a | Living history, tactical demonstrations |
| Dixie Days | varies | Mechanicsville, Virginia | American Civil War | local Sons of Confederate Veterans camps | various battles | Combat reenactment |
| East Anglia Medieval Fayre | July, September (planned)[2] | Bury St Edmunds, England | Middle Ages | Early Medieval Alliance | n/a | Renaissance Fair / Battle |
| Templecombe | June | Templecombe, England | Middle Ages | Early Medieval Alliance | n/a | Renaissance Fair / Battle |
| Battle of Tewkesbury reenactment | 2nd weekend in July | Tewkesbury, England | 15th century | Battle of Tewkesbury | Battle | |
| Redesdale Uprising – A Commission of Array | September | near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US | 15th century | Lord Grey's Retinue | a commission of array | Reenactment/ Living History |
| Rapska Fjera | July 25 - July 27 | Rab, Croatia | Medieval/ Renaissance | n/a | n/a | Renaissance Fair / Tournament |
| Siege of Groenlo reenactment | October | Groenlo, Netherlands | 17th century | Siege of Groenlo (1627) | Battle / Fair | |
| The Virginia Renaissance Faire | Mid-May through Mid June; Weekends | near Spotsylvania, Virginia, US | 15th century | www.varf.org | Such stuff as dreams are made on. | Reenactment/ Living History |
| Battle of Waterloo reenactment | June | Waterloo, Belgium | 19th century | Battle of Waterloo | Battle |
Netherlands
Poland
- Battle of Grunwald reenactment
Russian Federation
- Battle of Borodino (Borodino Museum, Mozhaysky district, Moscow oblast)
- Defence of Moscow (Borodino Museum, Mozhaysky district, Moscow oblast)
- Doushonovo Festival (Doushonovo Manoeuvres).
South Africa
United Kingdom
- War and Peace Revival
- Eglinton Tournament of 1839
- Whitehall Parade, London commemorating the Execution of King Charles I (The King's Army) 28 January 2007
- Largs Viking Festival Battle of Largs
United States
Military
- Battle of Averasborough, North Carolina
- Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina
- Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
- Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Battle of the Little Bighorn, Montana
- Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia
- Battle of Olustee, Florida
- Big Cypress Shootout, Florida
- Camp Harding, Pennsylvania
Renaissance Fairs
- Alabama Renaissance Faire, Alabama
- Arizona Renaissance Festival, Arizona
- Bristol Renaissance Faire, Wisconsin
- Carolina Renaissance Festival, North Carolina
- Georgia Renaissance Festival, Georgia
- Kansas City Renaissance Festival, Kansas
- Kentucky Highland Renaissance Festival, Kentucky
- King Richard's Faire, Massachusetts
- Louisiana Renaissance Festival, Louisiana
- Maryland Renaissance Festival, Maryland
- Michigan Renaissance Festival, Michigan
- Middlefaire, Texas
- Minnesota Renaissance Festival, Minnesota
- New York Renaissance Faire, New York
- Ohio Renaissance Festival, Ohio
- Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival, Pennsylvania
- Renaissance Pleasure Faire of Southern California, California
- Scarborough Renaissance Festival, Texas
- Sterling Renaissance Festival, New York
- Texas Renaissance Festival, Texas
- Virginia Renaissance Faire, Virginia
- Wicked Winter Renaissance Faire, New Jersey
Other
- Indiana Territory Festival, Indiana
- Spirit of Vincennes Rendezvous, Indiana
- Victorian Day in Historic Grand Ledge, Michigan
- 1940's World War II Era Ball, Colorado
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hastings 2006". The Vikings. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
- ↑ "East Anglia Medieval Festival". East Anglia Medieval Fayre. Retrieved 2008-12-27.