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

| Battle of Austerlitz

| Battle / Commemoration

|-

! Battle of Evesham Festival and Reenactment

| First weekend in August

| Evesham, England

| 13th century

| Battle of Evesham

| October

| Boston Massacre Colonial Life

| Living History Education / Faire / Reenactment

|-

! Cosmeston

| <!-- Dates? -->

| Cosmeston<!-- is a redirect to village at the moment... -->, 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 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

| <!-- Host? -->

| 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

| <!-- Host? -->

| 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.

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Australia

  • 1988 First Fleet Re-enactment Voyage

thumb|Tall ship [[First Fleet re-enactment on Sydney Harbour, Australia Day, 1988. The Australian Bicentenary was marked with much ceremony across Australia.]]

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 2007

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 [http://www.rileysfarm.com/faire]
  • 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