This is a list of historical reenactment events.
Comparison of events Name Dates Location Period Hosts Based on Style Battle of Austerlitz reenactment December Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic 19th century Projekt Austerlitz Battle of Austerlitz Battle / Commemoration Battle of Evesham Festival and Reenactment First weekend in August Evesham, England 13th century Battle of Evesham Battle of Evesham Battle / Commemoration Battle of Hastings reenactment October Battle, England 11th century English Heritage Battle of Hastings Battle Battle of Waterloo reenactment June Waterloo, Belgium 19th century Battle of Waterloo Battle Bristol Renaissance Faire July to September Bristol, Wisconsin, USA Renaissance n/a Renaissance fair Caldicot September Caldicot, Wales Middle Ages n/a Renaissance fair / battle Colonial Faire July Oak Glen, San Bernardino County, California 18th Century, American Colonial Riley's Farm Boston Massacre Colonial Life Living History Education / Faire / Reenactment Cosmeston Cosmeston, Wales Middle Ages Cosmeston Medieval Village n/a Informal skirmishes Civil War Remembrance Memorial Day weekend Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan, USA American Civil War Greenfield Village n/a Living history, tactical demonstrations D-Day reenactment August Conneaut, Ohio, United States World War II D-Day Ohio, Inc. / Conneaut Township Pre-invasion Encampments in England, Occupied France / Normandy beaches invasion / road and bridge battle scenarios Battles / Commemoration / Living History / Veterans Dixie Days varies Mechanicsville, Virginia, USA American Civil War Local Sons of Confederate Veterans camps Various battles Combat reenactment East Anglia Medieval Fayre July, September (planned) Bury St Edmunds, England Middle Ages Early Medieval Alliance n/a Renaissance fair / battle Living History Festival June Weald & Downland Living Museum 17th Century through to World War II Weald & Downland Living MuseumLiving History Education / Festival / Reenactment Pennsic War Late July / early August; lasts 17 days Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania Pre-17th century Society for Creative Anachronism n/a Yearly battle between East and Middle SCA kingdoms; classes, shopping Redesdale Uprising – A Commission of Array September near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA 15th century Lord Grey's Retinue a commission of array Reenactment / living history Rapska Fjera July 25 - July 27 Rab, Croatia Medieval/ Renaissance n/a n/a Renaissance fair / tournament Siege of Groenlo reenactment October Groenlo, Netherlands 17th century Siege of Groenlo (1627) Battle / fair Templecombe Medieval Pageant June 1 & 2 Templecombe, England Middle Ages Phoenix Warlords n/a Renaissance fair / battle Battle of Tewkesbury reenactment 2nd weekend in July Tewkesbury, England 15th century Battle of Tewkesbury Battle The Virginia Renaissance Faire Mid-May through mid-June; weekends near Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA 15th century Such stuff as dreams are made on. Reenactment / living history Zeitreise Fulda Second Weekend of August Schloß Fasanerie Fulda Germany 18th. century Hessen Militaer Hessische Militär und Zivilgeschichte Reenactment of Revolutionary War Battles in America Battle, Fair, Living History, ReenactmentPoland Through the Ages: A Living History FaireMemorial Day WeekendFountainville, Pennsylvania10th Century-PresentPolish Living HistoryHistorical reenactment. Siege of Jasna Gora. Slavic Vikings. Polish Pioneers in America. WWI, WWII ... etc.Living history. Military & civilian life.
Australia 1988 First Fleet Re-enactment Voyage
Germany Zeitreise Fulda
Italy Federicus
Netherlands Battle of Grolle
Poland Battle of Grunwald reenactment
Russian Federation Battle of Borodino (Borodino Museum, Mozhaysky district, Moscow oblast) Bylinniy bereg (Kimry, Tver oblast). Defense of Moscow (Borodino Museum, Mozhaysky district, Moscow oblast) Doushonovo Festival (Doushonovo Manoeuvres)
South Africa Battle of Blood River Battle of Isandlwana Battle of Majuba Hill
Spain Battle of Almansa reenactment
United Kingdom Eglinton Tournament of 1839 Largs Viking Festival Battle of Largs War and Peace Revival Whitehall Parade, London, commemorating the execution of King Charles I (The King's Army) 28 January 2007Whitehall Parade, London
United States
Military Battle of Averasborough, North Carolina Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Battle of the Little Bighorn, Montana Battle of Olustee, Florida Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia Big Cypress Shootout, Florida Boston Massacre, reenactment in Oak Glen, California Camp Harding, Pennsylvania D-Day Conneaut, Ohio Numerous events at Fort Ticonderoga, New York Assault on Fort Ontario "Something Wicked This Way Comes" Oswego, NY Poland Through the Ages: A Living History Faire Fountainville, PA
Renaissance fairs Alabama Renaissance Faire, Alabama Arizona Renaissance Festival, Arizona Bristol Renaissance Faire, Wisconsin Carolina Renaissance Festival, North Carolina Georgia Renaissance Festival, Georgia Kansas City Renaissance Festival, Kansas Kentucky Highland Renaissance Festival, Kentucky King Richard's Faire, Massachusetts Koroneburg Renaissance Festival, California Louisiana Renaissance Festival, Louisiana Maryland Renaissance Festival, Maryland Michigan Renaissance Festival, Michigan Middlefaire, Texas Minnesota Renaissance Festival, Minnesota New York Renaissance Faire, New York Ohio Renaissance Festival, Ohio Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival, Pennsylvania Renaissance Pleasure Faire of Southern California, California Scarborough Renaissance Festival, Texas Sterling Renaissance Festival, New York Texas Renaissance Festival, Texas Virginia Renaissance Faire, Virginia Wicked Winter Renaissance Faire, New Jersey
Rendezvous
Spirit of Vincennes Rendezvous, Indiana Feast of the Hunter's Moon West Lafayette, Indiana Bridgeton Mountain Man Rendezvous Bridgeton, Indiana Southwestern Regional Rendezvous, Arkansas Rocky Mountain National Rendezvous, location changes year to year (past events held in MT, CO, WY) Colonial Faire (http://www.rileysfarm.com/faire) Oak Glen, California Gathering at Garst Greenville, Ohio Feast of the Strawberry Moon Grand Rapids, Michigan Gathering at the Crossing Cayuga, Indiana Woolaroc 1840’S Mountain Man Camp Bartlesville, Oklahoma Paiute Mountain Rendezvous, California Joliet Muzzleloaders Spring Rendezvous, Illinois
Colonial/Frontier Fairs and Markets
Colonial Market Days Lebanon, Indiana Fair at New Boston, Ohio Colonial Market & Fair Mount Vernon, Virginia Kalamazoo Living History Show Kalamazoo, Michigan The 18th Century Colonial Trade Fair at Wolf Creek Loudonville, Ohio
Other 1940's World War II Era Ball, Colorado Victorian Day in Historic Grand Ledge, Michigan The Palace Garden Party Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia Living History Weekend, Fort Ligonier, Pennsylvania Revolutionary War Living History Weekend, Pennsylvania Numerous events at Fort Ticonderoga, New York Revolutionary War Weekend, Mount Vernon, Virginia History Alive at Fort Piqua, Ohio River Through Time Coldwater, Michigan Stone's Trace Historical Society Pioneer Festival Ligonier, Indiana River of Time Bay City, Michigan Apple Festival of Kendallville Kendallville, Indiana Johnny Appleseed Festival Fort Wayne, Indiana Fort Harrod Settlement & Raid Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Footnotes
See also Historical reenactment List of historical reenactment groups