List of historical reenactment events

This is a list of historical reenactment events.

## Comparison of events

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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.

## Germany

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* Zeitreise Fulda

## Italy

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* Federicus

## Netherlands

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* Battle of Grolle

## Poland

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* Battle of Grunwald reenactment

## Russian Federation

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* 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

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* Battle of Blood River
* Battle of Isandlwana
* Battle of Majuba Hill

## Spain

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* Battle of Almansa reenactment

## United Kingdom

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* 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 2007[6]

## United States

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### Military

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* 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 [1]
* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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1. ^ "Projekt Austerlitz". Retrieved 2016-06-21.
2. ^ a b "Battle of Evesham".
3. ^ a b "Hastings 2006". The Vikings. Archived from the original on 2008-10-26. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
4. ^ "Riley's Farm Colonial Faire". Retrieved 2017-02-21.
5. ^ "East Anglia Medieval Festival". East Anglia Medieval Fayre. Archived from the original on 2008-09-18. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
6. ^ Whitehall Parade, London Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine

## See also

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* Historical reenactment
* List of historical reenactment groups