10 articles tagged Reenactment.
Festival Guide
Tilt versus mêlée, how a joust is scored, what the lance and the armour weigh, which festival jousts are theatre and which are sport, and where to watch one.
Tom Saxby · 10 min read ·
Festival Guide
The Battle of Hastings re-enactment is in Battle, not Hastings, on the real 1066 slope: what the day contains, 2026 tickets, where to stand, and who it suits.
Tom Saxby · 7 min read ·
Planning
Viking festivals in Europe in 2027, in date order: Scalloway, Lerwick, York and Wolin with checked dates, eight more with hedged months, and which of them are actually Viking.
Elke Brandt · 10 min read ·
Planning
What happens on the field at a European medieval festival, an American renaissance faire and a living-history site, whether Europe has faires, and which one to pick.
Tom Saxby · 10 min read ·
Festival Guide
Nobody in a camp wants to hear huzzah. How to talk to reenactors, what not to touch, when to photograph, whether to dress up, and the one rule behind all ten.
Tom Saxby · 8 min read ·
Planning
Five festivals and three living-history sites across seven countries in September and October 2026, in date order, with confirmed dates and which are free.
Wren Ashdown · 8 min read ·
Planning
About 1,400 armoured fighters restage 15 July 1410 on the original field in Poland, free, at 15:00 on a Saturday. The 2027 date, where to stand and how to get there.
Tom Saxby · 9 min read ·
Planning
Landshut re-stages a 1475 ducal wedding with 2,500 townspeople in costume, 25 June–18 July 2027. What's free, what needs a ticket, and why you book on 9 January.
Tom Saxby · 8 min read ·
Festival Guide
Portugal's biggest medieval recreation runs twelve days under a real castle 30 km from Porto. When it runs in 2027, what a day ticket costs, and when to arrive.
Tom Saxby · 8 min read ·
Festival Guide
Free entry, a 1471 battle fought twice, a river meadow that behaves like one: when Tewkesbury runs in 2027, where to stand, where to park and where to sleep.
Tom Saxby · 8 min read ·
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