Early modern reenactments
Pike and shot, musketeers and civil wars: re-enactments from the Renaissance to the eve of the French Revolution, 1500–1789.
26 events listed across 11 countries: Belgium, Canada, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
November 2026
Carolinas Revolutionary War Weekend (Battle of Camden Reenactment)
The largest force-on-force Revolutionary War reenactment in the United States, and a Kershaw County tradition of more than half a century.
December 2026
Geneva Escalade Festival
Annual commemoration of the night of 11-12 December 1602, when the forces of Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy failed to take Protestant Geneva by scaling its walls. Known locally as Fête de l'Escalade.
April 2027
Battle of Lexington, Dawn Muster
Early Modern
Almansa 1707
≈800 reenactors · Early Modern
May 2027
Sealed Knot — Siege of Basing House
Early Modern
June 2027
Five-Petalled Rose Festival, Český Krumlov
The 38th edition of one of Europe's oldest continuously-revived municipal historical celebrations, recreating Renaissance-era Cesky Krumlov under the Rozmberk (Rosenberg) family, commemorating a 1586 event tied to Jan Zrinsky's 20th birthday. Known locally as Slavnosti pětilisté růže.
July 2027
Stralsund Wallenstein Days
Northern Germany's largest historical folk festival, held every July in the Hanseatic old town of Stralsund since its revival in 1991. Known locally as Wallensteintage Stralsund.
August 2027
New France Festival, Québec City
Annual four-day street festival in the Old Town of Québec City, held at the beginning of August, recreating life in New France under the French regime with costumed participants, period markets, parades and performances. Known locally as Les Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France.
Kentwell Hall — Tudor High Summer: Hands on History
Interactive, hands-on Tudor-era living history for visitors across Kentwell Hall's moated manor and gardens in Long Melford, Suffolk, part of the hall's annual sequence of named Tudor events.
Wismar Swedish Festival (26th)
A four-day August festival in the UNESCO-listed old town of Wismar marking the 155 years the Hanseatic port spent under the Swedish crown, and billed as the largest Swedish festival outside Sweden. Known locally as Schwedenfest Wismar.
Relief of Groningen (Bommen Berend)
Annual city-wide commemoration in Groningen of the lifting, on 28 August 1672, of the siege by Prince-Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen of Münster ('Bommen Berend'); costumed reenactors playing 1672 soldiers, burghers and craftspeople populate the city centre… Known locally as Groningens Ontzet.
September 2027
Sealed Knot — Windsor Castle
The Sealed Knot's Prince Rupert's Bluecoats garrison Windsor Castle's Moat Garden for a living-history weekend marking the castle's role in the English Civil War, when Charles I was imprisoned there before his execution.
Sealed Knot — Moseley Old Hall
Sealed Knot living historians recreate the aftermath of the 1651 Battle of Worcester at Moseley Old Hall, one of the National Trust properties where Charles II hid during his flight to exile.
Sealed Knot — Fernhurst Furnace
A free heritage day at a former Wealden ironworks that once cast cannon, combining guided furnace-site tours and falconry with Sealed Knot living-history and drill demonstrations, 11am-5pm both days.
Sealed Knot — Corsham
A single-day Sealed Knot living-history display at the Alms Houses in Corsham, Wiltshire, running midday to mid-afternoon.
English Civil War Society — Basing House
The English Civil War Society's own muster at Basing House, distinct from the Sealed Knot's separate event at the same site — the two societies hold independently organised weekends there on different dates.
Kentwell Hall — Tudor Michaelmas Weekend
Costumed interpreters present Tudor-society living history at Kentwell Hall to mark Michaelmas, part of the hall's recurring annual programme of named Tudor events.
Lessines Historical Pageant
An annual Renaissance-themed civic pageant in the Hainaut town of Lessines, commemorating the town's successful 1578 defence against attackers during the Eighty Years' War, an episode local tradition credits to guard captain Sébastien de T… Known locally as Fêtes historiques du Festin de Lessines.
The Diversions of Malle
A one-day historical elegance event at the Château de Malle in the Sauternes wine region celebrating the 17th and 18th centuries, with period calligraphy demonstrations, Molière theatre performances, music by Lully, costumed reenactors playing mercha… Known locally as Les Divertissements de Malle.
Battle of White Mountain Reenactment
Annual large-scale reenactment of the 1620 Battle of White Mountain, staged on the Bilohorska plain near the Hvezda Game Reserve in Prague 6, the actual site of the decisive Bohemian Revolt battle that opened the Thirty Years' War. Known locally as Bitva na Bílé hoře 1620.
Ponte a Cappiano Renaissance Festival
An annual Renaissance-themed festival at the fortified bridge of Ponte a Cappiano, a hamlet of Fucecchio in Tuscany, recreating the 16th century when the bridge and its Medici-built sluice complex were at the height of their commercial prosperity under Cosimo I d… Known locally as Il Ponte Rivive.
Scandiano Palio dell'Angelica
A two-day historical pageant at the Rocca dei Boiardo in Scandiano (Emilia-Romagna) recreating the world of the 15th-century Renaissance poet Matteo Maria Boiardo, lord of Scandiano and author of Orlando Innamorato, whose heroine Angelica gives the event its… Known locally as Palio dell'Angelica.
Pienza Race of Pius II
A Renaissance historical pageant in Pienza (Siena province, Tuscany) commemorating Pope Pius II's 1462 transformation of his home village of Corsignano into the ideal Renaissance city of Pienza. Known locally as La Corsa di Pio.
October 2027
Battle of Grolle 1627 (400th Anniversary)
The Slag om Grolle 1627 reenacts Prince Frederik Hendrik's 1627 siege of Groenlo, when the Dutch States army broke the Spanish garrison holding the fortress town during the Eighty Years' War. Known locally as Slag om Grolle 1627 (400th anniversary).
Dates to be announced
These events are known to recur, but there is nothing yet to place them in the year — no announced dates, and no previous edition on record to expect the next one from. They are listed here so they are not lost.
Battle of Monmouth Reenactment
Hundreds of troops encamp at Monmouth Battlefield State Park to recreate the battle of 28 June 1778, one of the longest of the Revolutionary War and the day the Continental Army, retrained over the winter at Valley Forge, held the field against the main British army.
English Civil War Society — Newport Pagnell Muster
The English Civil War Society's major end-of-season muster, held over the August Bank Holiday weekend at Newport Pagnell.