List of historical reenactment events
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This is a list of historical reenactment events.
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[edit] Comparison of events
| Name | Dates | Location | Period | Hosts | Based on | Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of Hastings reenactment[1] | October[1] | Battle, England | 11th century | English Heritage | Battle of Hastings | 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 | |
| Cosmeston | Cosmeston, Wales | Middle Ages | Cosmeston Medieval Village | n/a | Informal skirmishes | |
| Civil War Remembrance | Memorial Day weekend | Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan | American Civil War | Greenfield Village | n/a | Living history, tactical demonstrations |
| Dixie Days | varies | Mechanicsville, Virginia | American Civil War | local Sons of Confederate Veterans camps | various battles | Combat reenactment |
| East Anglia Medieval Fayre | July, September (planned)[2] | Bury St Edmunds, England | Middle Ages | Early Medieval Alliance | n/a | Renaissance Fair / Battle |
| Templecombe | June | Templecombe, England | Middle Ages | Early Medieval Alliance | n/a | Renaissance Fair / Battle |
| Battle of Tewkesbury reenactment | May | Tewkesbury, England | 15th century | Battle of Tewkesbury | Battle | |
| Redesdale Uprising – A Commission of Array | September | near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US | 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 | |
| Battle of Waterloo reenactment | June | Waterloo, Belgium | 19th century | Battle of Waterloo | Battle |
[edit] Poland
[edit] Russian Federation
- Battle of Borodino (Borodino Museum, Mozhaysky district, Moscow oblast)
- Defence of Moscow (Borodino Museum, Mozhaysky district, Moscow oblast)
- Doushonovo Festival (Doushonovo Manoeuvres).
[edit] UK
- Eglinton Tournament of 1839
- Whitehall Parade, London commemorating the Execution of King Charles I (The King's Army) 28 January 2007
- Largs Viking Festival Battle of Largs
[edit] United States
- Big Cypress Shootout, Florida
- Bristol Renaissance Faire
- Indiana Territory Festival, Indiana
- Spirit of Vincennes Rendezvous, Indiana
- Victorian Day in Historic Grand Ledge, Michigan
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b "Hastings 2006". [[The Vikings (reenactment)|]]. http://hastings.vikingsonline.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
- ^ "East Anglia Medieval Festival". East Anglia Medieval Fayre. http://www.east-anglian-medieval-fayre.co.uk/index.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
