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Festival
of History 2010! The Ultimate Live Historical
Blockbuster – 2000 years of history in one weekend!
Enjoy an
exhilarating family day out at the Festival of
History 2010, Kelmarsh Hall in Northamptonshire on
17th & 18th July. Experience thrilling, edge of your
seat drama as history comes to life before your eyes.
There is something for everyone and children will never
be bored by history again! Witness explosive battles,
breathtaking aerial displays, jousting, fashion shows,
historical shopping and much more.
Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, The Fosse Way,
Leamington Spa, CV31 1XN
INTERNATIONAL LIVING HISTORY FAIR. Currently staged
twice a year in February and October, the International
Living History Fair has become the primary multi-period
market place for re-enactors, historical interpreters
and historical enthusiasts across Europe.
The International Living History Fair exists to
provide a market place, a meeting place and a fabulous
opportunity for all, visitors and re-enactors alike, to
meet and discuss all periods of our historical past.
Many of Europe's best artisans, craftsmen and traders
are on hand happy to advise on and provide a huge array
of items and replicas of our historical heritage.
Admission Charges £3.50
(Children 5 – 15 £1.50) More details:
http://www.livinghistoryfairs.com
Helping us to
mark the Celtic festival of Lughnasa we will have the
re-enactment group The Vicus with us all weekend,
demonstrating things from crafts through to weapons display.
More details:
http://www.butserancientfarm.co.uk
The History Channel will be running a 410AD Week in July,
featuring programmes on Roman Britain and the early Anglo-Saxon
period. Every night from 8pm from 19th – 25th July on HISTORY Sky
529, Virgin 234.
3rd & 4th July 2010 11am - 5pm Caerleon
Ampitheatre, South Wales
Caerleon Festival - Arthur:
Caerleon to Camelot.
Come and join us for a magical weekend as Caerleon comes
alive to tales of Arthur in this spectacular show. Watch
Britannia, the Arthurian society, in the Amphitheatre,
Listen to Dr Juliette Wood talk on 'The Truth about King
Arthur'. With Living History, Dragon puppets, craft stalls,
children's activities and tours of
Roman Caerleon with an Archaeologist. Children’
activities. £12 Family; Adult £4.50; Concession £2.50.
Suitable for all.
Comitatus and Legio II Augusta
Cavalry, two of the country's most accomplished
living history groups bring you cavalry, infantry,
artillery and gladiators. There will also be skills
and crafts in the tent-based encampment where you can
to talk to the soldiers about life in the army, see
and handle the equipment they used and meet the
horses they rode.
For more information visit
www.comitatus.net or www.legiiavg.org.uk/
24th
& 25th July 2010
Binchester Roman Fort, nr. Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham
National Archaeology Festival.Legio IX from York and members of
Nordmanni - the Saxon and Viking Living History Group -
join forces with Roma Antiqua
and (on Saturday) Barbaratus the Roman cavalryman as
part of the National Archaeology Festival.
Monday 30th August 2010
Binchester Roman Fort, nr. Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham
Roma Antiqua and Legio IX re-occupy Binchester. See military equipment like sling-staffs, bows and arrows and even a catapult being put to use on the
battlefield!
Experience the new province of Britannia brought to
life through living history and combat displays by The
Vicus. See how they lived, their craftsmanship and how
Romano-British civilians, armoured Roman soldiers and
native warriors coexisted in the 1st Century AD.
Second Weekend in
Every Month
Veralamium Museum, StyAlbans
Legion XIIII on Guard.
Verulamium Museum is invaded every
second weekend in the month by Roman soldiers who
demonstrate the tactics and equipment of the Roman Imperial
Army. Free. Contact 01727 751 810
Heritage
Festival & Peterfest Open Day. For one weekend only, the hugely popular
Heritage Festival is back and is bigger and better than
ever. This year’s Heritage Festival will take place over the
first weekend in July when costumed re-enactors from
throughout history will be staging arena displays and living
history encampments in the Cathedral grounds including Roman
soldiers, Norman Knights, English Civil War Roundheads and
Napoleonic Redcoats. The sprawling medieval market will also
return to the Cathedral green but the festival
will also spill out on to the square with a First World War
tank and recruiting party, World War II
tea van and re-enactors. Costumed characters will be seen on
the streets, including medieval jesters and a royal visit
from Henry VIII and Queen
Katharine of Aragon. There will also be a guest lecture on
Saturday evening in St John’s church by medieval historian
and Monty Python alumnus Terry Jones - tickets are available
from Peterborough Museum and the Key Theatre.
So from archery in the Dean’s Gardens to Living History
Precinct Tours, as well as a sumptuous hog roast and
children’s entertainment, what better way to spend a summer
weekend with your family than engaging in the biggest and
most exciting free festival around? To download a
full itinerary please visit
www.peterborough.org.uk now and plan your approach to
discovering a world where history comes to life before your
very eyes. Come and experience two thousand years of history
brought to life, all in one day!
17th July
and 31st July, 14th August
2010 10.30am - 5pm
Sutton Hoo, Suffolk
Anglo-Saxon Encampment with
Ealdfaeder. Come and see how the Anglo Saxons lived.
Watch demonstrations of craft and cookery, listen to Anglo
Saxon tales and learn about clothing and weaponry.
Vikings! of Middle England.
The Vikings return! Be prepared for battles, horses,
pageant, living history camp and much more. Noon to 5pm.
Every night throughout the year Market Square,
Ripon, North Yorkshire
Every night, in a tradition dating from
886 A.D., at 9 pm. the Wakeman blows his horn in the
Market Square
at the four corners of the Obelisk to 'set the watch'. The
City has 3 'sounding' horns, the oldest of which (no longer
blown because of antiquity) is known as the 'Charter' horn
and is dated A.D. 886 since, according to ancient tradition,
it symbolised the granting of 'charter rites' to Ripon in
that year. The second horn is dated 1690; the third, an
African Ox horn (blown daily today) was given to the city in
1865 by the then serving Mayor.
Saturday 31st
July & Sunday 1st August 2010 10am - 6pm
Dover Castle, Dover, Kent
The Siege
of 1216. Experience the atmosphere and drama of a
medieval castle under attack. The Siege of 1216 was one of
the bloodiest that Dover Castle had ever seen. Witness the
opposing forces prepare for battle, with armour displays,
fletchers and blacksmiths crafting their weaponry and an awe
inspiring trebuchet in action. Experience the fear and
anticipation of battle with the rallying cry of generals as
they prepare their soldiers for the impending bloodshed.
VIDEO SHORT:
Wars of the Roses Re-enactment, Kenilworth
Castle 2007
3rd and 4th July 2010 11am - 5pm
Dorset Medieval Festival, Winterborne Came, near Dorchester,
Dorset
Dorset
Medieval Festival. The festival will present all the spectacle and
pageantry of the Middle Ages, with jousting, archery,
cannon-fire, minstrels, jesters, falconry and combat
displays. The emphasis will once again be on living history,
with re-enactors in several encampments showing off
traditional craft skills such as cookery, rush-weaving,
wool-carding and spinning, net-making and
candle-dipping, recreating the sounds and sights of a
genuine medieval tented village. The many strolling
musicians will add greatly to the atmosphere.
More details:
www.dorsetmedievalfestival.co.uk
First
weekend of every month, July to September 2010 11am - 4pm Ty Mawr
Medieval Hall, near Castle Caereinon, Powys
The largest
restored medieval aisled hall in Wales will open its
doors to visitors the first weekend of every month from
July to September with a costumed guided tour and
medieval living history displays in the grounds,
including 15th century cooking, crafts and archery. The day offers a unique insight into
life in medieval Wales and is supported by the local
heritage group ‘History Matters’ and reenactors from the
‘Montgomery Levy’ living history society.
July 3rd and 4th 2010 sees them host a visit from members of
the William Stanley’s Household, whose members from
throughout the UK will help to transport the visitors back
to the life and times of the
mid 15th Century. Free car parking with toilets
facilities and light refreshments available,
disabled access on request and tickets are £6 for
adults, children £3 and concessions £4
10th and 11th July 2010 11am - 5pm
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival, Lincoln Green Lane, Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury
Medieval Festival. Tewkesbury Medieval Festival includes
a huge re-enactment of the Battle of Tewkesbury, featuring
around 2000 warriors, including knights in full armour,
gunners with cannon and hand guns, archers with the
traditional English Longbow, and men at arms with swords,
spears and other weapons of the period, all brought to life
with a lively and informed commentary, and taking place on
part of the site of the original battle of 1471. Visit King
Edward and his court in their sumptuous camp. See how
ordinary medieval soldiers and their families lived on
campaign. Watch armourers and other craftsmen at work as you
browse our medieval market. Enjoy our range of period
enthralling entertainment and taste a wide range of beers
and meads.
More details:
www.tewkesburymedievalfestival.org
Saturday 24th &
Sunday 25th July 2010 11am - 5pm
Scarborough Castle, Scarborough, North Yorkshire YO11 1HY
Medieval
Jousting. Enjoy the thrills and spills of medieval jousting and
cheer on your favourite knight as our competitors break
lances in real mounted combat. The knights' teams complete
in mounted skill at arms and there's plenty of laughter with
entertainment by our own jester and medieval musicians.
Complete with living history, townsfolk and soldiers, fully
armoured Knights and the pomp and pageantry of a medieval
joust this event is a great family day out. Plus, there is a
full programme of children's interactive activities with the
Time Travellers.
3rd & 4th July, 10th & 11th July 2010
Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk
Great Annual Re-Creation of Tudor Life.
The biggest (and probably best) event of its type in the
UK (and possibly in the world). Kentwell's Great Annual
Re-Creation of Tudor Life transports visitors back to a year
in the 16th Century. Little remains to remind you of modern
life - all about you is the Tudor age. Relax into it
and enjoy the 16th Century! Modern life is separated from
the 16th C. Re-Creation by a Time Tunnel through which the
Re-Creation is entered and left. Once inside the
Re-Creation, everywhere is 16th Century - spread over the
approx. 40 acres that surround the 16th Century House.
Visit
Kentwell Hall
or Tel: 01787 310 207 for more
information
3rd & 4th July 2010 11am -
5pm
Baddesley Clinton, West Midlands
Hands on the Past. This very
popular living history group returns to Baddesley to portray
life in Tudor Times.
The Tudors are Coming!
Learn something you didn't know about the Tudors.
See some Tudor food, music, dance and a static owl
display. A
National Trust event.
Accommodation in Tudor and/or Stuart Houses Lavenham Priory, Lavenham,
Suffolk
3rd & 4th July 2010 11am-
5pm
Ham House & Gardens, Surrey
Time Travellers - 400 years of
Ham House! Ham House and Garden's 400th
anniversary re-enactment weekend.
King Charles I gives his old friend William
Murray the lease of Ham House. To celebrate this
generous gift and royal patronage, Murray hosts a
small fayre within the grounds of his new home. Come
and meet Murray, his tenants, estate workers and
villagers. Discover life in early Stuart England.. A
National Trust event.
31st
July & 1st August
2010 11am - 5pm Old Wardour Castle,
Wiltshire SP3 6RR
Siege of Old Wardour.
Join the Wardour Garrison as we step back to the Civil
War and watch displays of life from over 360 years ago.
Witness the siege of Old Wardour with Lady Arundel herself,
complete with musket firings! Plus, there will be a living
history camp to see displays of cookery, weaving and
surgery, music inside the castle and traditional games for
the whole family to enjoy. As 2010 marks the 21st
anniversary of the Wardour Garrison you know you are in for
a special treat! An
English Heritage event
VIDEO SHORT:
The Kings Army March, Whitehall, London, 31st
January 2010
On the 31st January
2010 The English Civil War Society carried out The King's
Army March, following the route taken by
Charles I to the
place of his death.
All Hallows Highwaymen! Meet the Highway robbers of the past in person & hear
their tales of adventure, but watch out! The local
constable and Militia have got wind of this gathering of
rouges, and things could certainly turn sour.
A living history day with 17th Century Life3 and Times.
Saturday 3rd
July 2010 The American Museum in
Britain, Claverton Manor, Bath
BA2 7BD
War of
Independence Camp and Drill Displays.
Part of the July 4th celebrations at the American Museum.
Includes The Crown Forces Drill Display at 1pm and 3pm.
Saturday 3rd
July 2010
Geffrye Museum,
Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA
Restored Historic Almshouse. Visit one of the Geffrye’s
18th century almshouses which has been fully restored to its
original condition, offering a rare glimpse into the lives
of London’s poor and elderly in former times.
Timed entries on Saturdays are at 11.00am,
12.00pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm.
Tickets: Adults £2.00, Friends of the
Geffrye, disabled visitors and children under 16 free.
Numbers are limited and will be allocated on a first-come,
first-served basis. Please note that only groups of 8 or
more can book in advance.
10th & 11th July 2010
1pm-
4.30pm
Attingham Park, Shropshire
Regency Weekend. Step back
in time to a period of Regency splendour. Experience
the costumes, music, dance, food and extravagance of
the time, meet our Regency dandy and learn how
excess became the downfall of the 2nd Lord Berwick.. A
National Trust event.
24th & 25th
July
2010 11am - 5pm Royal Gunpowder Mills,
Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 1JY
Georgian Military Festival - with the
Napoleonic Association.
Back by popular demand, the Napoleonic
Association bring their infantry and artillery displays to
recreate day to day and military life. Each day ends with a
battle between the French and the English forces. More
details:
http://www.royalgunpowdermills.com/
7th & 8th August
2010 10am - 5pm Blists Hill Victorian
Town, Ironbridge, Shropshire
Soldiers of the Queen Weekend.
Find out about the life of a soldier during the reign
of Queen Victoria, and see a military camp on the Green
at Blists Hill Victorian Town, Ironbridge.
21st - 29th August
2010 Llandrindod Wells, Powys, LD1 5DG
Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival.
Llandrindod Wells is
proud to present the leading Victorian Festival in
the UK today. Set in the beautiful heart of Wales, it is
held in the last full week of August before the Bank
Holiday. As Llandrindod was a thriving spa resort in the
Victorian era it seems natural to base the Festival on the
Victorian theme. The town's unspoilt architecture provides
a perfect backdrop to the celebrations, and on Temple
Gardens and Middleton Street we have ideal venues for the
many different types of street entertainment provided free
throughout the day. The 9 day Festival
will be incorporating some new events and street
entertainment with some of the old favourites which regular
Festival-goers have come to love. More details:
http://www.victorianfestival.co.uk/
26th September
2010 1pm-3pm London: starting at
Guildhall Yard, Gresham Street, London EC2
Costermongers' Harvest Festival Parade.
A parade of a marching band, street traders ("Costermongers"), Pearly
Kings and Queens and Victorian Characters from 1-3pm,
starting at Guildhall Yard, Gresham Street EC2 London. This
is followed by a Harvest Festival service at 3-4pm at St
Mary Le Bow Church, Cheapside EC2.
A "harvest festival" is a traditional thanksgiving ceremony, to give
thanks after crops have been harvested successfully.
Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th July
2010 Crich Tramway Village, Crich, Derbyshire
DE4 5DP
Edwardian Weekend. Relive the Edwardian period with soldiers,
suffragettes, civilians and period vehicles, plus the only chance to
ride on our horse tram. More information:
www.tramway.co.uk
111th July 2010
11am-
4pm
Clandon Park, Surrey
Front Line Medics: World War I.
Find out more about life in the trenches, as
First World War medics visit the Queen's Royal
Surrey Regiment Museum. A
National Trust event.
An Edwardian Banquet. Our 7 course Edwardian Banquet
takes place every Saturday night and is served by staff in
Edwardian tails and the girls in mob caps and aprons ( as in
'Upstairs Downstairs'). All the food is presented to guests
as it would be at one of Edward VII's banquets. There is a
short interlude by an actress describing Lillie Langtry’s
and Edwards’s story in words and music. More details on
our website
Armed Forces Weekend. Celebrating the role of
the armed forces throughout history and in particular the role of the cadet
forces. The event will also look at how Bletchley
Park assisted the armed forces during World War Two. The two day event will
feature a range of wartime displays and re-enactment groups, Battle of
Britain Memorial Flight Flypasts, featuring a Spitfire and a Dakota* and a
number of entertaining lectures about the Armed Forces and Cadet Corps. Telling the
story of the
siege of the British garrison in the
township of
Ladysmith in 1899, the
highlight of the weekend will be a Cadet Field Gun Run competition.
10th & 11th
July
2010 Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefield
World War II: The Home Front.
Discover the hidden history of Battle Abbey during the
Second World War. Imagine life for the troops stationed
there and how the home front coped with the impending threat
of invasion. An
English Heritage event
Last Sunday of Every
Month: Sun. 25th July 2010
The Forties Experience, Lincolnsfields Children's Centre,
Bushey Hall Drive, Bushey Herts. WD23 2ES
1940s
Experience Days - 1940s House Open Days.
Open last Sunday of each month. More details: 01923
233841.
11th & 12th September 2010
10am - 6pm
The Royal Airforce Museum, Grahame Park Way, Hendon, London
NW9 5LL
Battle of
Britain 70th Anniversary Living History Weekend.
Bring the whole family to the RAF Battle of Britain
Living History Weekend to watch re-enactments and learn more
about life during the battle. This year, the RAF Museum is inviting visitors to
remember the conflict which took place in the skies during
WWII and is often dubbed the nation's "finest hour". Highlights include:
Flypast by a Spitfire and Hurricane from the
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (weather permitting)
Living history areas with re-enactors
Performance by the RAFA band
Film screenings of the Battle of Britain and
Deep Blue Sky in the Museum's 250-seat cinema
Archive film footage from the Battle of Britain
including the White Eagle which examines the
contribution made by Polish Fighter Pilots during the
Battle of Britain, and Fighter Pilot which shows
actual Battle footage
