Events Diary

Welcome to Historic UK’s Living History Events Diary! One of the most enjoyable ways to experience history first hand is to attend one of the many Living History re-enactments taking place this year. Simply scroll down for details of just some of the excellent events taking place around Britain.

To discover what it is like to become a re-enactor, read Jay Derby’s blog, ‘A Re-enactor’s Story‘.

Fort Amherst – Napoleonic Fort Living History

6th and 7th April 2024 at Fort Amherst, Chatham, Medway, Kent. This historic fort plays host to Napoleonic soldiers and their families.

No Man’s Land

6th and 7th April 2024 at Bodrhyddan Hall, Dyserth Rd, Rhuddlan, Rhyl, North Wales. Multiperiod living history.

International Living History Festival

20th and 21st April 2024 at Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. A multi-period event: living history from the Stone Age to the Cold War…

Dunkeld Living History Event

4th and 5th May 2024 at Stanley Hill Park, 12 The Cross, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. Discover Dunkeld’s historic past through the ages…

Civil War Weekend with The Wardour Garrison

4th and 5th May 2024 at The Bishop’s Palace and Gardens, Off Market Place (through The Bishop’s Eye entrance), Wells, Somerset. Step back in time to the English Civil Wars with Wardour Garrison

May Day Festival

4th – 6th May 2024 at Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk. Celebrate a Tudor May Day with processions, dancing and riotous good cheer.

May Day Merriment

5th and 6th May 2024 at Chiltern Open Air Museum, Newland Park, Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire. Join us for Elizabethan May Day festivities!

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