Each event usually runs for several days, with at least one day open to the public, as published. During the event, all anachronisms should be hidden, and all participants should be in costume and character. Usual activities include a full muster with some drill, an archery contest, jousting and martial exercise. Civilian activities generally including cooking, dancing to live music, perhaps a football game, a religious procession or ceremony, etc. Anyone willing to get his knuckles skinned is welcome to participate.
Minors require parental consent.
Same rules apply to longbows, crossbows, handgonnes, slings, trebuchets, etc. Soldiers or camp followers should be predominantly Burgundian and Flemish, and civilians should be entirely English. Participants are welcome to adopt any portrayal they can realistically clothe and equip. Merchant sales staff should be appropriately costumed. Tentage and furnishings must be historically correct, and all wares must be correct for 1471.