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                 Calendar 2024

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                                                                 Medieval

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        POSTPONED        Late Medieval

15-16        Bolsover Castle, Derbys, Knights' Tournament                                    Medieval

July

6-7            Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Medieval Festival                              Late Medieval

20-21        Kenilworth Castle, Warks. Joust                                                      Late Medieval

27-28        West Horsley Place, Surrey "Hosting Henry" 1533                            Henry VIII

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

14               Dunstable Heritage Open Day, Bedfordshire                                       Medieval

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

November

30               Festive Fun, Brodsworth Hall, nr. Doncaster, S. Yorks.                       Victorian

December

1                 Festive Fun, Brodsworth Hall, nr. Doncaster, S. Yorks.                       Victorian

7-8              Festive Fun, Brodsworth Hall, nr. Doncaster, S. Yorks.                       Victorian

14-15          Festive Fun, Brodsworth Hall, nr. Doncaster, S. Yorks.                       Victorian

21-22          Festive Fun, Brodsworth Hall, nr. Doncaster, S. Yorks.                       Victorian

 

                 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 Medieval

15              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                              Medieval

16               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

April

11-13         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

April

20-22         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 Event

April

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 Event

June

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