April 27-29, 2012 - Grassy Run Heritage Rendezvous, Williamsburg
Community Park, sponsored by Grassy Run Historical Arts
Committee, Williamsburg, Ohio, Clermont County. Contact Ron Shouse,
513-403-0528, longhunter@zoomtown.com, www.grassyrun.org. A 1700s
living history encampment next to the scenic east fork of the Little Miami
River. Strolling musicians, Native American dancers, story tellers and
demonstrations such as blacksmithing, gun smithing, spinner weavers and
broom makers. Children's activities. School day Friday. Public hours 4-6
p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Address: 150
E. Main St., Williamsburg, Ohio.
April 27-29, 2012 - Seneca Muzzleloaders Spring Rendezvous, club
grounds, TR 131, Tiffin, Ohio, Seneca County. Contact John Miller,
419-447-2656, www.senecamuzzleloaders.org. Black power shoot, archery
and hawk & knife competitions, adult and children's games, camp potluck
Saturday evening. Registration is $20 on site, or $10 plus a prize donation.
Setup is Thursday evening and all day Friday. No pets. Located along the
Sandusky River five miles south of Tiffin at the Sandusky River Coon
Hunters grounds. Directions: From SR 53, turn east onto CR 6 and right
onto TR 131. Follow signs.
April 27-29, 2012 - Spring Thaw Rendezvous, B&A Primitive Weapons
Club, Roswell , Ohio, Tuscarawas County. Contact Bill Hanslik,
740-922-5082 or www.ballandarrow.org. Two-day trail shoot. Knife and
hawk trail. Primitive bow trail. Prizes awarded Sunday. Kids games.
Firewood and non-potable water provided but bring your own drinking water.
Ice available onsite. No pets. Must camp to shoot. Camp fee of $15 includes
one shooter, additional shooters $7. Public hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday
and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday. Address: 5190 Days Lane, Roswell. Directions:
Take I-77 to New Philadelphia , Ohio , exit 81. Take SR 39 east through New
Philadelphia . Continue about 5 miles to Roswell. Turn left onto Beaver Dam
Road (which becomes Main Street), then left onto Days Lane. Look for B&A
bear signs.
April 27-29, 2012 - Ashville Viking Festival, village park, Ashville,
Ohio. Contact VikingFestival@gmail.com, 740-983-9390, www.ashville
vikingfest.com. 10th-century event looking to expand into later time periods
so the public can see the differences in weapons, camps, clothing and living
arrangements. Seeking 1640-1840 reenactors to participate. Location:
Between Walnut and Park streets, Ashville, 30 minutes south downtown
Columbus. Directions: Take US 23 south to South Bloomfield. Turn left on
SR 316. In Ashville, 316 turns into Main Street. Continue to Walnut or Park
street and turn left.
May 4-6, 2012 - Greene County Fish and Game Spring Rendezvous,
Xenia, Ohio, Greene County. Contact Tom and Andy Cater,
sparkshooter308@yahoo.com, 937-408-3904, gcfng.com. Early setup
Thursday. Fees $15 per single or $25 per family. Rifle/smoothbore
woodswalk, pistol match, BB gun match for kids, archery, hawk & knife,
pastry toss. No pets. Address: 1538 Union Road, Xenia. Directions: From
SR 68, turn onto Union Road and go 2.2 miles south to the club grounds.
Look for a green and white sign at the driveway on the left side of Union
Road.
May 17-20, 2012 - Jennings Creek Council Spring Rendezvous, Camp
Clay YMCA, Van Wert, Ohio. Contact booshway Clint Meyers,
clint@vwymca.org, 419 203-4232. Setup after 2 p.m. Thursday.
Preregistration appreciated, but not required. Camp fee $25 for two adults
and children. Additional adults $10 each. Competitions include rifle and
smoothbore shoot, archery, hawk & knife, Seneca Run, men's and women's
games. Council fire Saturday evening. No pets. Address: 9196 Liberty-Union
Road, Van Wert, Ohio.
May 18-20, 2012 - Lost Arts Festival, Seven Eagles Historical
Education Center, 16486 Wapakoneta Road, Grand Rapids, Ohio,
Wood County. Vendors, reenactors and campers contact Martin Nagy,
419-509-0095, MartinNagy@aol.com. Forty acres of woods, two-acre
Cricket Frog Pond and open meadows. The site includes a recreated
40-foot Woodland Indian longhouse and 20-foot wigwam, a Scottish tavern,
trappers hut, a 205-year-old pioneer cabin and a trading post
Demonstrations include blacksmithing, basket weaving, lace making,
woodcarving, gourd working, silversmithing, spinning, hide tanning, leather
work, hat making and tinsmithing. Black powder shoot, archery, hawk &
knife. Registration fee is $5 per person ages 6 and older, plus $10 for
blanket traders and $25 for vendors. Find application from events page at
http://seven-eagles.com. Mailing address: Seven Eagles, P.O. Box 246,
Grand Rapids, OH 43522. One mile south of Grand Rapids and one mile
north of US 6.
May 18-20, 2012 - Spring Gathering, Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village,
Waynesville, Ohio, Wayne County. Contact 513-897-1120,
ccpv@embarqmail.com, www.caesarscreekpioneervillage.org. Setup Friday.
Early setup available on request. Pre-registration is $15 per tent with up to
four people ages 13 and older. Children 12 and younger free. Additional
adults $3 each. Vendor fee $25, plus a prize donation. Blanket trader fee
$10. Competitions include archery, woods walk, hawk & knife. GPS address:
3999 Pioneer Village Road, Waynesville.
May 19-20, 2012 - New Frontiersmen Spring Rendezvous, Ashland
Conservation Farm, Ashland, Ohio, Ashland County. Contact Dave and
Terri Moore, 419-589-4843; Jack Johnson, 419-756-6867; Frank Wilson,
419-994-3927, www.acwcl.org. Setup Friday. Primitive and modern camp fee
$6. Trail walk, rifle, pistol, smoothbore, hawk & knife. Pets allowed on leash.
Location: CR 1035 off US 30.
May 25-28, 2012 - Logan Hills Festival and Pre-1840 Rendezvous,
Mad River Muzzleloaders, Hall-Fawcett Park, Zanesfield, Ohio, Logan
County. Contact booshway Sam Miller, 937-407-5003; Teresa Miller,
937-407-6430, or Carrie Anne Fogle, scribe, fozsbear@yahoo.com,
loganhills.homestead.com/rendezvous.html. Includes Taloga Outdoor Drama
depicting local history and a Native Woodland Gathering with drumming and
dancing. Camp fee $20 for pre-registered campers; $25 for walk-ins; $35 for
vendors. Address: 4595 CR 153, Zanesfield. Location: Off SR 33 between
Bellefontaine and Marysville.
May 25-28, 2012 - Sons of Liberty Spring Rendezvous, Canters Cave
4-H camp, Jackson, Ohio. Contact Norm Garringer, 740-773-3891,
normanga@roadrunner.com. See the Facebook page for more information.
Setup anytime with a two-hour maximum setup and teardown. Camp fee $10
for members and $15 for non-members. Public hours 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Competition include woodswalk, hawk & knife, archery. Potluck dinner
Saturday evening. Club provides main dish. Address: 1362 Cave Road,
Jackson, Ohio.
May 26-27, 2012 - First Siege 1813, Fort Meigs, Perrysburg, Ohio,
Wood County. Contact (419) 874-4121, (800) 283-8916, www.fortmeigs.org
and click on "special events" to follow links and find registration form. Juried
War of 1812 event. Registration required by May 12. Saturday night dinner
and dance. Address: 29100 W. River Road (SR 65), Perrysburg. Directions:
From I-75, take Exit 192 (I-475, exit on left), then take Exit 2 (SR 25 / Dixie
Hwy). Turn north on and go about three miles. Turn west onto Indiana
Avenue (SR 65) Indiana Avenue becomes West River Road. Fort Meigs is a
half mile on the right.
May 26-27, 2012 - Pioneer Days at the Mill, Wolf Creek/Pine Run Girst
Mill, Loudonville, Ohio. Contact www.wolfcreekmill.org. Early 1800s
encampment, pioneer crafts, demonstrations and vendors. Live old-time
music.
Community Park, sponsored by Grassy Run Historical Arts
Committee, Williamsburg, Ohio, Clermont County. Contact Ron Shouse,
513-403-0528, longhunter@zoomtown.com, www.grassyrun.org. A 1700s
living history encampment next to the scenic east fork of the Little Miami
River. Strolling musicians, Native American dancers, story tellers and
demonstrations such as blacksmithing, gun smithing, spinner weavers and
broom makers. Children's activities. School day Friday. Public hours 4-6
p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Address: 150
E. Main St., Williamsburg, Ohio.
April 27-29, 2012 - Seneca Muzzleloaders Spring Rendezvous, club
grounds, TR 131, Tiffin, Ohio, Seneca County. Contact John Miller,
419-447-2656, www.senecamuzzleloaders.org. Black power shoot, archery
and hawk & knife competitions, adult and children's games, camp potluck
Saturday evening. Registration is $20 on site, or $10 plus a prize donation.
Setup is Thursday evening and all day Friday. No pets. Located along the
Sandusky River five miles south of Tiffin at the Sandusky River Coon
Hunters grounds. Directions: From SR 53, turn east onto CR 6 and right
onto TR 131. Follow signs.
April 27-29, 2012 - Spring Thaw Rendezvous, B&A Primitive Weapons
Club, Roswell , Ohio, Tuscarawas County. Contact Bill Hanslik,
740-922-5082 or www.ballandarrow.org. Two-day trail shoot. Knife and
hawk trail. Primitive bow trail. Prizes awarded Sunday. Kids games.
Firewood and non-potable water provided but bring your own drinking water.
Ice available onsite. No pets. Must camp to shoot. Camp fee of $15 includes
one shooter, additional shooters $7. Public hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday
and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday. Address: 5190 Days Lane, Roswell. Directions:
Take I-77 to New Philadelphia , Ohio , exit 81. Take SR 39 east through New
Philadelphia . Continue about 5 miles to Roswell. Turn left onto Beaver Dam
Road (which becomes Main Street), then left onto Days Lane. Look for B&A
bear signs.
April 27-29, 2012 - Ashville Viking Festival, village park, Ashville,
Ohio. Contact VikingFestival@gmail.com, 740-983-9390, www.ashville
vikingfest.com. 10th-century event looking to expand into later time periods
so the public can see the differences in weapons, camps, clothing and living
arrangements. Seeking 1640-1840 reenactors to participate. Location:
Between Walnut and Park streets, Ashville, 30 minutes south downtown
Columbus. Directions: Take US 23 south to South Bloomfield. Turn left on
SR 316. In Ashville, 316 turns into Main Street. Continue to Walnut or Park
street and turn left.
May 4-6, 2012 - Greene County Fish and Game Spring Rendezvous,
Xenia, Ohio, Greene County. Contact Tom and Andy Cater,
sparkshooter308@yahoo.com, 937-408-3904, gcfng.com. Early setup
Thursday. Fees $15 per single or $25 per family. Rifle/smoothbore
woodswalk, pistol match, BB gun match for kids, archery, hawk & knife,
pastry toss. No pets. Address: 1538 Union Road, Xenia. Directions: From
SR 68, turn onto Union Road and go 2.2 miles south to the club grounds.
Look for a green and white sign at the driveway on the left side of Union
Road.
May 17-20, 2012 - Jennings Creek Council Spring Rendezvous, Camp
Clay YMCA, Van Wert, Ohio. Contact booshway Clint Meyers,
clint@vwymca.org, 419 203-4232. Setup after 2 p.m. Thursday.
Preregistration appreciated, but not required. Camp fee $25 for two adults
and children. Additional adults $10 each. Competitions include rifle and
smoothbore shoot, archery, hawk & knife, Seneca Run, men's and women's
games. Council fire Saturday evening. No pets. Address: 9196 Liberty-Union
Road, Van Wert, Ohio.
May 18-20, 2012 - Lost Arts Festival, Seven Eagles Historical
Education Center, 16486 Wapakoneta Road, Grand Rapids, Ohio,
Wood County. Vendors, reenactors and campers contact Martin Nagy,
419-509-0095, MartinNagy@aol.com. Forty acres of woods, two-acre
Cricket Frog Pond and open meadows. The site includes a recreated
40-foot Woodland Indian longhouse and 20-foot wigwam, a Scottish tavern,
trappers hut, a 205-year-old pioneer cabin and a trading post
Demonstrations include blacksmithing, basket weaving, lace making,
woodcarving, gourd working, silversmithing, spinning, hide tanning, leather
work, hat making and tinsmithing. Black powder shoot, archery, hawk &
knife. Registration fee is $5 per person ages 6 and older, plus $10 for
blanket traders and $25 for vendors. Find application from events page at
http://seven-eagles.com. Mailing address: Seven Eagles, P.O. Box 246,
Grand Rapids, OH 43522. One mile south of Grand Rapids and one mile
north of US 6.
May 18-20, 2012 - Spring Gathering, Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village,
Waynesville, Ohio, Wayne County. Contact 513-897-1120,
ccpv@embarqmail.com, www.caesarscreekpioneervillage.org. Setup Friday.
Early setup available on request. Pre-registration is $15 per tent with up to
four people ages 13 and older. Children 12 and younger free. Additional
adults $3 each. Vendor fee $25, plus a prize donation. Blanket trader fee
$10. Competitions include archery, woods walk, hawk & knife. GPS address:
3999 Pioneer Village Road, Waynesville.
May 19-20, 2012 - New Frontiersmen Spring Rendezvous, Ashland
Conservation Farm, Ashland, Ohio, Ashland County. Contact Dave and
Terri Moore, 419-589-4843; Jack Johnson, 419-756-6867; Frank Wilson,
419-994-3927, www.acwcl.org. Setup Friday. Primitive and modern camp fee
$6. Trail walk, rifle, pistol, smoothbore, hawk & knife. Pets allowed on leash.
Location: CR 1035 off US 30.
May 25-28, 2012 - Logan Hills Festival and Pre-1840 Rendezvous,
Mad River Muzzleloaders, Hall-Fawcett Park, Zanesfield, Ohio, Logan
County. Contact booshway Sam Miller, 937-407-5003; Teresa Miller,
937-407-6430, or Carrie Anne Fogle, scribe, fozsbear@yahoo.com,
loganhills.homestead.com/rendezvous.html. Includes Taloga Outdoor Drama
depicting local history and a Native Woodland Gathering with drumming and
dancing. Camp fee $20 for pre-registered campers; $25 for walk-ins; $35 for
vendors. Address: 4595 CR 153, Zanesfield. Location: Off SR 33 between
Bellefontaine and Marysville.
May 25-28, 2012 - Sons of Liberty Spring Rendezvous, Canters Cave
4-H camp, Jackson, Ohio. Contact Norm Garringer, 740-773-3891,
normanga@roadrunner.com. See the Facebook page for more information.
Setup anytime with a two-hour maximum setup and teardown. Camp fee $10
for members and $15 for non-members. Public hours 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Competition include woodswalk, hawk & knife, archery. Potluck dinner
Saturday evening. Club provides main dish. Address: 1362 Cave Road,
Jackson, Ohio.
May 26-27, 2012 - First Siege 1813, Fort Meigs, Perrysburg, Ohio,
Wood County. Contact (419) 874-4121, (800) 283-8916, www.fortmeigs.org
and click on "special events" to follow links and find registration form. Juried
War of 1812 event. Registration required by May 12. Saturday night dinner
and dance. Address: 29100 W. River Road (SR 65), Perrysburg. Directions:
From I-75, take Exit 192 (I-475, exit on left), then take Exit 2 (SR 25 / Dixie
Hwy). Turn north on and go about three miles. Turn west onto Indiana
Avenue (SR 65) Indiana Avenue becomes West River Road. Fort Meigs is a
half mile on the right.
May 26-27, 2012 - Pioneer Days at the Mill, Wolf Creek/Pine Run Girst
Mill, Loudonville, Ohio. Contact www.wolfcreekmill.org. Early 1800s
encampment, pioneer crafts, demonstrations and vendors. Live old-time
music.
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