Events Diary

Welcome to Historic UK’s Living History Events Diary! One of the most enjoyable ways to experience history first hand is to attend one of the many Living History re-enactments taking place this year. Simply scroll down for details of just some of the excellent events taking place around Britain.

To discover what it is like to become a re-enactor, read Jay Derby’s blog, ‘A Re-enactor’s Story‘.

Dunkeld Living History Event

4th and 5th May 2024 at Stanley Hill Park, 12 The Cross, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. Discover Dunkeld’s historic past through the ages…

Civil War Weekend with The Wardour Garrison

4th and 5th May 2024 at The Bishop’s Palace and Gardens, Off Market Place (through The Bishop’s Eye entrance), Wells, Somerset. Step back in time to the English Civil Wars with Wardour Garrison

May Day Festival

4th – 6th May 2024 at Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk. Celebrate a Tudor May Day with processions, dancing and riotous good cheer.

May Day Merriment

5th and 6th May 2024 at Chiltern Open Air Museum, Newland Park, Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire. Join us for Elizabethan May Day festivities!

Napoleonic Living History Weekend

1st and 2nd June 2024 at Chiltern Open Air Museum, Newland Park, Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire. Step back into the Napoleonic era…

Barnet Medieval Festival

8th and 9th June 2024 at Barnet Elizabethans Rugby Club, Byng Road, Barnet, London. London and the Home counties’ very own spectacular annual medieval festival!

Medieval Jousting

22nd and 23rd June 2024 at Chiltern Open Air Museum, Newland Park, Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire. Experience the excitement of medieval jousting.

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