Here's our 2009 programme to date. More events will be added in due course so please revisit for information once available.
If you are interested in EventPlan organising an event on your behalf, please contact us Dates of multi-era events are in red. * denotes events directed on site by EventPlan.
| Date | Venue | Client | Event | Performers | Status |
| 18-19 April* | Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire | EventPlan Limited and The National Trust |
Grand historical bazaar - Take part in or visit this great multi-period bring and buy sale for re-enactors and historical enthusiasts in London, the Home Counties, South Midlands and East Anglia. A chance for re-enactors and living history enthusiasts of all eras to empty out those cupboards full of spare or no longer needed uniforms, equipment, weaponry, antiques, militaria, model soldiers, pictures & prints, books, CDs, DVDs, games and the like - indeed, anything historical* or historically-themed* and sell or swap them with fellow re-enactors (and around 4,000 other visitors) at this picturesque venue with excellent facilities. Come in period kit, set up your stall (preferably with period tent, definitely no car boots!), enjoy this start of season social, and browse all the other stalls. Modest pitch fees apply (discount for both days and for advance booking). Professional historical traders and group Living history displays also welcome. Supported by Skirmish Magazine. Free visitor admission (modest visitor car parking fee applies). * certain exceptions apply eg Nazi party or SS related items. No non-historical items for sale. |
Various participants | Confirmed |
| 25-26 April* | Rufford Abbey Country Park, Nottinghamshire | EventPlan Limited and Nottinghamshire County Council | Grand historical bazaar - Take part in or visit this great multi-period bring and buy sale for re-enactors and historical enthusiasts in the Midlands and the North. Just like our Wimpole Hall bazaar above, this is a chance for re-enactors and living history enthusiasts of all eras to empty out those cupboards full of spare or no longer needed stuff to sell or swap them with fellow enthusiasts! Modest pitch fees apply (discount for both days and for advance booking). Professional historical traders and group Living history displays also welcome. Supported by Skirmish Magazine. Free visitor admission (£2 visitor car parking fee applies, National Trust Members free). | Various participants | Confirmed |
| 16-17 May* | Ickworth, Suffolk | The National Trust | Medieval Spectacular - Colourful C14th-C15th encampments, living history, armoured knights and soldiers, camp followers, music, song, dance, drama, tournament and combat, re-enactments and entertainments including have-a-go archery. National Trust members free. | Various participants | Confirmed |
| 30-31 May* | Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire | The National Trust | Kedleston at War (event title to be confirmed) - Enjoy living history and entertainments evoking Kedleston Hall's role during WWII. Visitors are invited to join in with the spirit of the event by coming in period dress (completely optional, of course!). Re-enactors: All Allied personnel, civilians and vehicles warmly welcome! National Trust members free. | Various performers | Subject to confirmation |
| 6-7 June* |
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Marketing Gloucester | Gloucester festival of history - An impressive multi-period festival celebrating the rich heritage and history of Gloucester, at a number of key locations within the city. Timed displays, parade through the city centre, displays, historic ships and boats, entertainments and living history. Free admission, parking in city car parks (fee payable). | Various performers | Subject to confirmation |
| 13-14 June* | Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire | The National Trust | Wartime Clumber - Enjoy music, song, dancing, entertainments and living history, all evoking the home front during WWII. Visitors are invited to join in with the spirit of the event by coming in period dress (completely optional, of course!). Re-enactors: All Allied personnel, civilians and vehicles (plus German and Italian POWs) warmly welcome! Free admission, modest visitor parking charge applies (National Trust members free). | Various performers |
Repeat event - Confirmed
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| 20-21 June* | Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire | The National Trust | Muskets and Mayhem. Wimpole returns to 1649, the unrest of the English Civil War and execution of King Charles I. Top performers bring Wimpole to life as it might have been in this troubled time. Drill with the foot soldiers, visit their encampment, see their daily life and rations, and contrast these with that of their C17th social superiors. Meet Wimpole’s owner of the time, the staunch Royalist Sir Thomas Chicheley, and discover his plans for his new estate and concerns for the future. Talk with the workers and lower classes as they go about their daily business. Watch radical Levellers as they demand revolutionary political reform and military courtroom drama as they defend their views. See if you can spot the Royalist spy, and finally, cover your ears during a thrilling skirmish between Parliamentarian and Royalist troops. A thoroughly engaging day out for the whole family. Free children’s treasure trail. Themed menu in Old Rectory Restaurant. | The English Civil War Society | Confirmed |
| 18 July* | Abbey Field, Colchester, Essex | The British Army (16 Air Assault Brigade and Colchester Garrison) | The Colchester Military Festival - Living history and arena displays of Classical Greek warriors to modern army troops, forming a central part of the huge army show, the most ambitious of its kind in the UK, with 30,000 visitors expected and many other displays. | Various performers | Repeat event - Confirmed |
| 19 July* | Abbey Field, Colchester, Essex | Snake in the Grass Limited | The Colchester Chariot Spectacular - Roman chariot racing, gladiatorial combat and armoured Imperial soldiers, plus a full second day of our Classical Greek to modern era living history and historical displays. | Various performers | Repeat event - Confirmed |
| 1 August | Forge Mill Needle Museum, Worcestershire | Redditch Borough Council | Titanic themed day. Meet "passengers" from this famously ill-fated liner and visit the "Titanic: Honour and Glory" exhibition (which is running for much of the summer) | The Chatelaines | Subject to final confirmation |
| 8-9 August* | Sutton Hoo, Suffolk | The National Trust | Sutton Hoo through the ages. End of Empire Romans, dark ages, Normans, Napoleonic redcoats and 1940 Home Guard. A multi-era event placing Sutton Hoo and it's world famous 7th century burials in their historical context. Living history, combat, displays and entertainments. | Various performers | Repeat event - Confirmed |
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15-16 August*
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Rufford Abbey Country Park, Nottinghamshire | Nottinghamshire County Council | On the Home Front, 1939-45. Our third great year of fantastic forties fun! Military and civilian displays, living history, fashion, music, song, firemen and pumps, entertainments and much more! Visitors are invited to join in with the spirit of the event by coming in period dress (completely optional, of course!). Re-enactors: All Allied personnel, civilians and vehicles warmly welcome! Free daytime admission (modest car parking fee applies). | Various performers | Repeat event - Confirmed |
| 30-Bank Holiday 31 August* | Norfolk Heritage Park, Sheffield | Sheffield City Council | The Sheffield Fayre - Our seventh year presenting superb quality Ancient to WWII multi-period displays with battles, combat, displays, living history encampments and entertainments, as part of this extremely popular annual event. Free admission, modest on-site parking charge applies. | Various performers | Repeat event - Confirmed |
| 12-13 September* | Abingdon, Oxfordshire | Abingdon in Action Group | Abingdon in Action! A multi-period event celebrating the history of England's oldest town. Please revisit for updates. | Various performers | Subject to confirmation |
| 19-20 September* | Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Hampshire | Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Hampshire | Dockyard in Action - A updated version of our highly successful 2007 Dockyard 800 event commemorating the history of Portsmouth and the royal dockyard. Ancient to 1980s living history including on HMS Victory, HMS Warrior and Monitor M33, arena displays, Mary Rose themed demonstrations including cooking on the recreated ship's galley, boats rowed by period sailors, musket and cannon firing, music and song, and much more. The dockyard's history brought to life in spectacular fashion! | Various performers | Repeat event - Confirmed |
| 3-4 October* | Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve | Nottinghamshire County Council | Sherwood through the ages - Our fifth year at this most picturesque of living history venues. Follow the time trail around the Major Oak pathway and meet some the people who have lived in or helped to shape the history of this famous forest from ancient times to the 1980s on exercise. Includes displays of archery, medieval combat and Civil War musket firing. Plus modern day conservation activities staged by the park rangers. Free admission, £3 car parking fee applies. | Various performers | Repeat event - Subject to final confirmation |
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