Events Diary
January
20 The Harrington's Banquet, Bede Hall, Higham Ferrers, Northants. Medieval
March
23 Col Nicholas Devereux's Banquet, Avoncroft Museum, Worcs. English Civil War
29-31 Arundel Castle, West Sussex Medieval
April
20 St. George's Day Celebration, Wardown Park, Luton, Beds. Medieval
21 Aylesbury St. George's Event, Bucks Medieval
May
4-6 Lincoln, Festival of History (TBA)
5-6 Chiltern Open Air Museum, Bucks. Mayday celebrations Elizabethan
18-20 Tournament & Festival, Schloss Trebsen, Germany Late Medieval
25-27 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Medieval Festival "Skirmish" Late Medieval
June
8-9 Barnet Medieval Festival, Barnet, London Late Medieval
15-16 Bolsover Castle, Derbys, Knights' Tournament Medieval
July
6-7 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Medieval Festival Late Medieval20-21 Kenilworth Castle, Warks. Joust Late Medieval
27-28 Beeston Castle, Cheshire, Medieval Life Medieval
30-31 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, International Joust Week Late Medieval
August
1-4 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, International Joust Week Late Medieval
6-8 Pendennis Castle, Cornwall, Knights' Tournament Medieval
10-11 Sherwood Forest Fantasy Weekend What You Wish
20-22 Pendennis Castle, Cornwall, Knights' Tournament Medieval
24-26 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Festival of History Elizabethan
September
15 Bradwell Abbey, Heritage Open Day, Buckinghamshire Medieval
28-29 Battle Through History, South of England Showground, W. Sussex Elizabethan
October
30-31 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Characters Through History Medieval
Calendar 2023
January
21 The Harrington's Banquet, Bede Hall, Higham Ferrers, Northants. Medieval
March
11 Col Nicholas Devereux's Banquet, Avoncroft Museum, Worcs. English Civil War
April
7-9 Arundel Castle, West Sussex Medieval
22 Dunstable St. George's Event, Bedfordshire Henrician
30 Chiltern Open Air Museum, Bucks. Mayday celebrations Elizabethan
May
1 Chiltern Open Air Museum, Bucks. Mayday celebrations Elizabethan
6 Coronation Event, Northampton, Northants. Carolean
8 Coronation Event, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex Medieval
27-29 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Medieval Festival "Skirmish" Medieval
June
10-11 Barnet Medieval Festival, Barnet, London Late Medieval
July
8-9 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Medieval Festival Late Medieval15 St. Felix Fair, Soham, Cambs. Cancelled due to weather Medieval
25-30 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, International Joust Week Late Medieval
August
1-3 Pendennis Castle, Cornwall, Legendary Joust Late Medieval
5-6 Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, Clash of Knights Late Medieval
10-12 Busking and basking at Cropredy Festival All tunes we know & some we don't
19-20 Robin Hood Festival, Sherwood Forest, Notts. Medieval
26-28 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Festival of History Elizabethan
September
9 Dunstable Heritage Open Day, Bedfordshire Medieval
10 Bradwell Abbey, Heritage Open Day, Buckinghamshire Medieval
October
25-26 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Characters Through History Elizabethan
Calendar 2022
April
15-18 Arundel Castle, West Sussex Medieval
23-24 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, St. George's Day celebrations Medieval
May
1-2 Chiltern Open Air Museum, Mayday celebrations Elizabethan
June
2-5 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Medieval Weekend Medieval
July
9-10 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Medieval Weekend Medieval16 Opening Day, providing lyre music for Staffordshire Hoard Exhibition visitor display
Potteries Museum, Stoke on Trent
26-31 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Medieval Joust Week Medieval
August
7-8 Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, Knights' Tournament Medieval
13-14 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Medieval Weekend Medieval
19-22 Sherwood Wild in the Greenwood event, Sherwood Forest, Notts. Medieval
25-26 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, History Days Elizabethan
27-29 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, 12,000 Years of Combat Elizabethan
September
11 Bradwell Abbey, Heritage Open Day, Bucks. Medieval
17-18 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Medieval Weekend CANCELLED Medieval
November
26-27 Tudor Christmas, Igtham Mote, Kent Tudor
December
3 Tudor Christmas, Igtham Mote, Kent Tudor
10 Tudor Christmas, Igtham Mote, Kent Tudor
Calendar 2021
April
2-5 Arundel Castle, West Sussex CANCELLED Medieval
25 Aylesbury, Bucks, St. George's Day celebrations CANCELLED Medieval
May
29-31 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Medieval Weekend Medieval
June
3 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, History Day Elizabethan
26-27 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Medieval Weekend Medieval
July
10-11 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Medieval Weekend Medieval
17 "Flight of the Separatists" event, Gainsborough Old Hall, Lincs. Early Stuart
27-31 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Medieval Festival Week Medieval
August
1 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Medieval Festival Week Medieval
5 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, History Day Henrician
6 Bishop Waltham Palace, Hampshire Henrician
7-8 Kenilworth Castle, Warks, Legendary Joust Medieval
10-12 Pendennis Castle, Cornwall, Legendary Joust Medieval
14-15 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Medieval Weekend Medieval
20-23 Sherwood Wild in the Greenwood event, Sherwood Forest, Notts. Medieval
26-27 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, History Days Elizabethan
28-30 Arundel Castle, West Sussex, 12,000 Years of Combat Elizabethan
September
9-10 Tudor Days, Rayleigh, Essex and Erith, Kent School days
11 Heritage Open Day, Aylesbury, Bucks. Elizabethan
12 Bradwell Abbey Heritage Open Day, Bucks. Medieval
16-17 Tudor Days, Erith, Kent School days
Calendar 2020
January
11 The Harrington's Banquet, Bede Hall, Higham Ferrers Medieval
March
28 Col Nicholas Devereux's Banquet CANCELLED English Civil War
April11-13 Arundel Castle, 12th Century Normans CANCELLED Medieval
26 Aylesbury, St. George's Event, CANCELLED Medieval
May
10 "Flight of the Separatists" event, Gainsboro' POSTPONED TBA Early Stuart
23 Medieval Mayhem, Monk Bretton Priory, Barnsley CANCELLED Medieval
24-25 Beeston Castle, Knights' Tournament CANCELLED Medieval
27-28 Pendennis Castle, Cornwall, Clash of the Knights CANCELLED Medieval
30-31 Tournament & Festival, Schloss Trebsen, Germany CANCELLED Medieval
June
1 Tournament & Festival, Schloss Trebsen, Germany CANCELLED Medieval
20-21 Arundel Castle, Mustering for War CANCELLED Medieval
July
4-5 Boston Show, Lincs CANCELLED 1620 "Mayflower"
11-12 Arundel Castle, Norman Knights' Tournament CANCELLED Medieval
21-26 Arundel Castle, Medieval Joust Week (C15th) CANCELLED Medieval
August
1-2 Beeston Castle, Legendary Joust (C13th) CANCELLED Medieval
3-9 Robin Hood Festival, Sherwood CANCELLED Medieval
13-15 Cropredy Festival CANCELLED All tunes we know & some we don't
15-16 Arundel Castle, History Weekend CANCELLED Multi Period
15-16 Lincoln Castle, "Once Upon A Time" event CANCELLED Fantasy
27-28 Arundel Castle, History Days CANCELLED Elizabethan
29-31 Arundel Castle, Multi Period Event CANCELLED Elizabethan
September
11-13 Medieval Music in the Dales, playing for "Renaissance Footnotes" and more!
CANCELLED
15-17 Tudor Days, Erith, Kent School days
December
19-21 Kentwell Hall, Suffolk, 12 Days of Christmas Medieval
Calendar 2019
January
12 The Harrington's Banquet, Bede Hall, Higham Ferrers Medieval
March
23 Col Nicholas Devereux's Banquet English Civil War
April20-22 Arundel Castle, A Call to Arms Medieval
May
5-6 Chiltern Open Air Museum, Mayday celebrations Elizabethan
26-27 Kenilworth, Knights' Tournament Medieval
29-30 Pendennis Castle, Cornwall, Knights' Tournament Medieval
June
8-10 Tournament & Festival, Schloss Trebsen, Germany Medieval
15-16 Milton Keynes MKII "Festival of History" Elizabethan
22-23 Arundel Castle, Mustering for War Medieval
29-30 Battle of Cropredy Bridge 375, Cropredy, Oxon English Civil War
July
1 School Enrichment Day, Orpington Tudor Dance (school only)
5 Headstone Manor and Museum, Harrow Herician
13-14 Arundel Castle, Norman Knights' Tournament Medieval
20 Wild Woods Day, Hockley Woods, Essex Herician
21 English Heritage photo shot Elizabethan?
23-28 Arundel Castle, Medieval Joust Week Medieval
August
3-4 Beeston Castle Joust Medieval
5-11 Robin Hood Festival, Sherwood Medieval
10-11 Medieval Merriment, Rochester Castle Medieval
17-18 Bosworth Medieval Festival Medieval
24-26 Hever Castle, Walk Through History Elizabethan
September
1 Kett's Rebellion, Wymondham Tudor
8 Aylesbury Charter Day Tudor
9-10 Tudor Days, Erith, Kent School day
14 Wokingham Charter Day Medieval
Calendar 2018
January
13 The Harrington's Banquet, Bede Hall, Higham Ferrers Medieval
March
30-31 Lincoln Castle Medieval
April
1-2 Lincoln Castle Medieval
21-22 Beeston Castle - St. George's celebrations Medieval
May
6-7 Chiltern Open Air Museum, Mayday celebrations Elizabethan
19-21 Tournament & Festival, Schloss Trebsen, Germany Medieval
27-28 Kenilworth Castle Medieval
June
19 School Enrichment Day, Orpington Tudor Dance (school only)
July
2 School Enrichment Day, Orpington Tudor Dance (school only)
24-29 Arundel Castle Medieval
31 Pendennis Castle, Cornwall - Pirates Attack! Elizabethan
August
1-2 Pendennis Castle, Cornwall - Pirates Attack! Elizabethan
9-10 Busking and basking at Cropredy Festival All tunes we know & some we don't
11-12 Medieval Merriment, Rochester Castle Medieval
18-19 Battle of Bosworth Medieval
25-27 Hever Castle, Walk Through History Elizabethan
28-31 Robin Hood Festival, Sherwood Medieval
September
1-2 Robin Hood Festival, Sherwood Medieval
7 Tudor Day, Erith, Kent School day
9 Aylesbury Charter Day Tudor
October
6 Medieval Siege Society Anniversary Banquet Medieval
11 West Stow Anglo Saxon Village, "Lyresong" Private Function
Calendar 2017
April
1-2 Lincoln Castle Medieval
11 Norris Museum, St Ives, Cambs Early Stuart/Civil War
22-23 Kenilworth Castle - St. George's celebrations Medieval
30- Chiltern Open Air Museum, Mayday celebrations Elizabethan
May
1 Chiltern Open Air Museum, Mayday celebrations Elizabethan
20-21 Lincoln Castle Medieval
28-29 Kenilworth Castle - Pageant Elizabethan
June
3-4 Weald & Downland Living History Festival Elizabethan
9-11 Luther's Wedding Celebration, Wittenberg, Germany 1517/35
17-18 Milton Keynes 50 Celebrations Elizabethan
July
1-2 "History Alive", Stonham Barns, Suffolk Elizabethan
10 School Enrichment Day, Orpington Tudor Dance (school only)
22-23 Hever Castle, Medieval weekend Medieval
29-30 Norris Museum, St Ives, Cambs Early Stuart/Civil War.
31 Robin Hood Festival, Sherwood Medieval
August
1-6 Robin Hood Festival, Sherwood Medieval
10-12 Busking and basking at Cropredy Festival All tunes we know & some we don't
14 Broadstairs Folk Week Dylan Project
19-20 Battle of Bosworth Medieval
22-24 Pendennis Castle, Cornwall - Pirates Attack! Elizabethan
26-28 Hever Castle, Walk Through History Elizabethan
September
10 Aylesbury Charter Day Tudor
16-17 Major Oak Woodland Festival, Sherwood Forest, Notts Music and more!
Calendar 2016
March
15-20 Germany Band Tour
26-27 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Elizabethan
April
1 Lincoln Castle Medieval
23-24 Kenilworth Castle - St. George's celebrations Medieval
May
14-16 Whitsun Tournament & Festival, Schloss Trebsen, Germany Medieval
29-30 Kenilworth Castle - Pageant Elizabethan
June
27 The Mill, Banbury Fotheringay
July
2-3 Stonham Barns, Suffolk "History Alive" Elizabethan
4 School Enrichment Day, Orpington Tudor Dance (school only)
23 Hereford History Day Shakespearian
26-28 Pendennis Castle, Cornwall Civil War - Jacobean
30-31 Bramall Hall, Stockport for Griffin Historical Elizabethan
August
1-7 Robin Hood Festival, Sherwood Medieval
11-13 Busking and basking at Cropredy Festival All tunes we know & some we don't
19 Huntingdon Hall, Worcester Fotheringay
20-21 Battle of Bosworth Medieval
28-29 Old Sarum, Salisbury Medieval
September
3 Lewes Festival 21 Elizabethan
11 Aylesbury Charter Day Tudor
17-18 Lincoln Castle - King John Returns Medieval
20 Grovewood Primary, Raleigh, Essex Tudor
November
11-13 UK Dylan Project
December
7-18 UK Dylan Project
Calendar 2015
March
22 Richard III Reburial Ceremony Bosworth Medieval
April
25-26 Kenilworth Castle - St. George's celebrations Medieval
May
3-4 Kenilworth Castle Elizabethan
23-25 Lincoln Castle Medieval
June
20 Banquet for The Medieval Bowmen Soc, Sandwich, Kent Medieval
July
4 Westgate Museum, Winchester Tudor
6 School Enrichment Day, Orpington Tudor Dance (school only)
25-26 Lincoln Castle Tudor
28-29 Pendennis Castle, Cornwall - Pirates Attack! Elizabethan
August
1-2 Beeston Castle Civil War - Jacobean
3-9 Robin Hood Festival, Sherwood Medieval
13-15 Busking and basking at Cropredy Festival All tunes we know & some we don't
16 "Medfest" at Manor Hall, Ruislip Medieval
22-23 Battle of Bosworth Medieval
29-31 Framlingham Castle Elizabethan
September
12 Celebrate Heritage! Open Day, Colchester Multi Period
13 Aylesbury Charter Day Henrician Tudor
14 Rayleigh Primary, Rayleigh, Essex International Project
18 Grovewood Primary, Raleigh, Essex Tudor
24 "Agincourt 600" Archery competition, Chatsworth House Medieval
November
26-29 UK Dylan Project
December
17-20 UK Dylan Project
Calendar 2014
January
25 Kentwell Hall, Suffolk Burns' Night
March
10 School Enrichment Day, Orpington Tudor Dance (school)
May
3-5 Kenilworth Castle Elizabethan
24-25 Audley End Elizabethan
31- St. Fagan's National Museum of Wales Tudor
June
1 St. Fagan's National Museum of Wales Tudor
July
5 Wedding, Beeley, Derbyshire Elizabethan
20 Rievaulx Abbey Medieval
August
2-3 Lincoln Castle Medieval
4-8 Robin Hood Festival, Sherwood Medieval
9-10 Middleham Castle, Yorkshire Medieval
16-17 Battle of Bosworth Medieval
21-22 Muncaster Castle, Cumbria Elizabethan
24-25 Samlesbury Hall, Preston Medieval
27-29 Pendennis Castle, Cornwall Elizabethan
30 Private party Myal & Tabby
September
6-7 SENSEation, Victoria Embankment Gardens, London Elizabethan
12-13 UK Band
14 Aylesbury Charter Day Henrician Tudor
19 The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Road, Nunhead, London SE15 Myal & Tabby
29-30 Germany Steve Gibbons Band
October
1-14 Germany Steve Gibbons Band
November
16 UK Dylan Project
December
10-12 UK Dylan Project
Calendar 2013
March
8 Eye Castle Medieval Music Project Medieval (schools)
11 School Enrichment Day, Orpington Tudor Dance (school)
12-14 Museum of Kent Life Henrician (schools)
22 Eye Castle Medieval Music Project Medieval (schools)
April
7 Buckler's Hard Maritime Museum Tudor
29 & 30 Museum of Kent Life Henrician (schools)May
4-6 Kenilworth Castle Tudor
25-27 Kenilworth Castle Elizabethan
June
1 & 2 Colchester Oyster Fayre Medieval
14-15 Eye Castle Medieval
22 Banquet for The Medieval Bowmen Soc, Sandwich, Kent Medieval
August
5-8 Robin Hood Festival, Sherwood Medieval
9-10 Cropredy Festival Busk-a-thon
17-18 Battle of Bosworth Medieval
25-26 Salmesbury Hall, Preston Medieval
28 Isle of Man Steve Gibbons Band
Sept
26-27 Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk, Armada Event Elizabethan
October
28-31 UK Dylan Project
November
1-12 UK Dylan Project
23 Norwich Castle Medieval
December
14 & 15 UK Dylan Project
Calendar 2012
February
4 Eltham Palace Tudor
5 The Old Naval College, Greenwich Tudor
March
10 & 11 The World Museum, Liverpool Elizabethan
12 School Enrichment Day, Orpington Tudor Dance (school)
13-16 Museum of Kent Life Tudor Days (schools)
20-23 Penshurst Place Tudor Days (schools)
24 & 25 Penshurst Place Elizabethan /Armada EventApril
18 Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk Tudor
May
2 Museum of Kent Life Roman Day (schools)
12 & 13 St. Fagan's National Museum Wales Mayday Misrule EventJune
2-5 Colchester Medieval/Oyster Fayre Medieval
4 Eye Castle Jubilee Beacon Event Medieval
July
2 St. Fagan's Haverfordwest Merchant's House Elizabethan Tudor
28 Corporate Day, Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk Tudor
August
10 & 11 Cropredy Festival Busk-a-thon
18 & 19 Battle of Bosworth Medieval
26 & 27 Salmesbury Hall Medieval
September
19-21 Oxburgh Hall School Days only
22 & 23 Oxburgh Hall Elizabethan Tudor
November
21-25 UK Dylan Project
30 UK Dylan Project
December
1 & 2 UK Dylan Project
11-17 UK Dylan Project
Calendar 2011
March
15-18 Museum of Kent Life Tudor Days (schools only)
21-25 Penshurst Place Tudor Days (schools only)
26 & 27 Penshurst Place Elizabethan /Armada Event
April
9 St. Fagan's National Museum Wales Tudor "Taster" Day
30 St. Fagan's National Museum Wales Mayday Misrule Event
May
1 & 2 St. Fagan's National Museum Wales Mayday Misrule Event
7 Cressing Temple Templars Fayre
14 Norwich Castle Museum Club only
21 Brant Broughton Show Tudor
June
12 Hedingham Castle Medieval Living History
25 & 26 Peterborough Cathedral Tudor
August
20 & 21 Battle of Bosworth Medieval
28 & 29 Salmesbury Hall Medieval
September
11 Aylesbury Tudor Day
17 & 18 Norwich Castle Medieval
22 & 23 Oxburgh Hall School Days only
24 & 25 Hardwick Hall Elizabethan Pageant
October
1 St. Helens Medieval
3-7 Museum of Kent Life School Days only
17-31 Germany Steve Gibbons Band
November
25-28 UK Dylan Project
December
2-11 UK Dylan Project
16-18 UK Dylan Project