Medieval Booker

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Medieval Booker Knight membership

Never miss a medieval festival: the dates update themselves in your calendar, and a weekly letter tells you which day to go, what sells out and where to sleep.

Medieval Booker is free to use: every festival page, country and month listing, and article on medievalbooker.com is open to everyone, with no account and no paywall. Medieval Booker Knight is an optional paid membership that costs $9.99 per month (US dollars, or the local equivalent), billed through Paddle, and you can cancel at any time.

What do Knights get?

Knight is a paid newsletter, not a paywall: members receive a weekly festival letter, a live calendar feed, guides and advice for individual festivals, places to visit in European festival cities, and monthly and yearly festival calendars, all by email.

A live calendar that corrects itself

One private link for Google, Apple or Outlook holds every upcoming festival we list. When an organiser confirms an expected date, or moves one, your calendar changes by itself, usually within a day. Expected dates are always labelled expected.

Ready within minutes of joining

Guides and advice for the festivals worth the trip

One festival at a time: which day to pick, what sells out and when, where to sleep, what it costs and what to wear. Not every festival has one yet. Members' requests decide which gets written next.

New guides every month

The weekly festival letter

What got confirmed this week, what's on in the next six weeks, and one festival in depth. Written by one person, by hand. It carries no ads, and nobody can pay to be in it.

Once a week

The season on paper

The whole season on one sheet to print for the fridge door, and a page for each month. They are re-issued as dates are confirmed, and every copy carries the date it was last checked.

Once a month

A short list of places in the festival cities

A few places worth your afternoon in each festival city we've covered so far, and the ones we rejected, with the reason. Never a top 25.

In the letter

What does Knight cost?

Membership

Knight

$9.99 per month
  • Live festival calendar. One link, every date, updated when an organiser confirms or moves it.
  • Festival guides. Which day to go, what sells out, where to sleep.
  • Weekly festival letter. What got confirmed, and what's on in the next six weeks.
  • Monthly and yearly calendars. The year on one sheet and a page per month, to print.
  • Places to visit, city by city. A few places we're sure of, and the ones we'd skip.
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  • Secure checkout by Paddle
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Free Every festival page, date, map and article stays open to everyone, no account needed. Knight is the part that comes to you.

How it works

  1. Create your account

    An email address and a password. Half a minute.

  2. Pay securely

    $9.99 a month through Paddle, which shows the final price in your currency before you pay.

  3. Add the calendar

    Your private calendar link is on your account page within minutes of paying. The next letter follows within the week.

Questions about membership

Is Medieval Booker free?

Medieval Booker is free to use: every festival page, country and month listing, and article on medievalbooker.com is open to everyone, with no account and no paywall.

What does Medieval Booker Knight cost?

Medieval Booker Knight is an optional paid membership that costs $9.99 per month (US dollars, or the local equivalent), billed through Paddle, and you can cancel at any time.

What do I get the day I pay, before the first letter lands?

Your private calendar link, within minutes. It is on your account page, with buttons for Google, Apple and Outlook, next to everything written so far. The next letter arrives within the week.

The date for my festival isn't confirmed. What am I paying for?

For exactly that. We keep checking every date against its organiser. When one is confirmed or moved, your calendar changes by itself, usually within a day, and the next letter tells you. An expected date is always labelled expected: we never dress a guess as a fact.

What if I only go to one festival a year?

Then join for the month or two you're planning it, take the calendar and the advice, and cancel when you're home. One month is $9.99. That's a perfectly good way to use it.

Is there a guide for my festival?

Maybe not yet. The guides are written one at a time, and the list grows every month. Reply to any letter if yours is missing: requests decide what gets written next. If you joined for one guide and it isn't there within your first 14 days, ask for your money back.

How do I cancel, and can I get a refund?

Cancel from your account page in two clicks: no call, no survey. You stay a Knight until the end of the period you paid for. If the first payment wasn't worth it, ask within 14 days and we refund it in full.

Who writes this, and can festivals pay to be in it?

One person, by hand. And no: nobody can pay to be listed or mentioned, and the letter carries no ads or sponsors. Our city lists include the places we rejected, and why.

Why do I need an account, and what happens to my card?

So the membership belongs to you: its status, the renewal date, your calendar link and the cancel button. Reading the site never needs one. Payment runs through Paddle, the seller of record, which shows the final price in your currency before you pay. We never see your card.

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Last updated 21 September 2026.

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$9.99 a month. Cancel the day you get home and come back next season. The site stays free either way.

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