# List of historical reenactment events

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 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

* 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
* 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

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