This is a list of historical reenactment events.
Name | Dates | Location | Period | Hosts | Based on | Style |
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Battle of Austerlitz reenactment | December | Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic | 19th century | Projekt Austerlitz[1] | Battle of Austerlitz | Battle / Commemoration |
Battle of Evesham Festival and Reenactment[2] | First weekend in August | Evesham, England | 13th century | Battle of Evesham[2] | Battle of Evesham | Battle / Commemoration |
Battle of Hastings reenactment[3] | October[3] | 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 [4] | 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)[5] | 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 Museum | Living 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, Reenactment |
Poland Through the Ages: A Living History Faire | Memorial Day Weekend | Fountainville, Pennsylvania | 10th Century-Present | Polish Living History | Historical reenactment. Siege of Jasna Gora. Slavic Vikings. Polish Pioneers in America. WWI, WWII ... etc. | Living history. Military & civilian life. |