2024 Events
I'm adding 2024 events as I receive them or verify them.
 
If you know dates for events in 2024, please let me know by emailing them to Vicki@RendezvousOhio.com ... 

This list includes events that take place in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. 

Click here for national/regional events that are at least five days long.

(Last updated Sept. 11, 2024)
 

2024 events

Sept. 12-14, 2024 - Fur and Ginseng Trading Post Days, Bicentennial Rendezvous at Bear Mountain, Pikeville, Kentucky. Juried event: 1760-1800 and 1801-1840. Contact Charles Chalk, 606-216-8002, fgtradingpostdays@gmail.com, fgtradingpostdays.com. Camp fee $35 per person or $40 per family. Rifle, smoothbore, longbow, hawk & knife, best camp.

Sept. 13-15, 2024 - The Gathering at the Outpost, 23119 Bally Alley Road, Loudonville, Ohio 44842. Timeline event, 1700-1840, by Stynk Hill Rendezvous Family. Contact Robert Spring, 614-402-9051, or Jerry Teel, 567-217-1202. Set up noon-7 p.m. Friday. Blanket shoot ($20 prize), woods walk, archery blanket shoot ($20 prize), bow trail, hawk & knife, story-telling and flint knapping. Blanket traders welcome.

Sept. 13-15, 2024 - A River Through History, Columbia Woods Forest Preserve, Willow Springs, Illinois. Contact Monique Koenigsmark, 708-955-2035, monique@ariverthruhistory.com, www.ariverthruhistory.com. Friday school day. No fee for general camper, $25 for blanket traders, $45 for general traders. Fees waived for demonstrators with sales less than $75. Registration by June 1. Skillet toss, flint & steel, fashion show, voyageur landing, canoe race, woods walk ambush.

Sept. 14-15, 2024 - New Frontiersman Fall Frolic Campout, Ashland Conservation Farm, Ashland, Ohio. Contact Dave and Teri Moore, 419-589-4843, or Roy Howman, 419-961-1620, www.acwcl.org. Set up Friday.

Sept. 14-22, 2024 - Fall National Shoot, National Muzzleloading Rifle Association, Walter Cline Range, Friendship, Indiana. Contact 812-667-5131 or 800-745-1493.

Sept. 20-22, 2024 - Tiffin-Seneca Heritage Festival, lower level of Hedges-Boyer Park, Tiffin, Ohio. Contact Rudi Feasel, rudifeasel@basbroadcasting.com, www.tiffinfestival.com. Advanced registration required. Setup Thursday and after 2 p.m. Friday. School day Friday. No competitions. Demonstrators encouraged.

Sept. 20-22, 2024 - Rendezvous on the Reserve, Montpelier Historical Society, Montpelier, Indiana 47359. Contact Bryon Maddox, 765-730-0400, bryon.maddox60@yahoo.com. A fur trade living history encampment on the Blackford County Reservation of Myaamia Chief Francois Godfroy. Mississinewa Confederation Native village, settlers, traders, trappers, voyageurs. Shoots, archery, hawk & knife, women's and kids' games. Advanced registration preferred. Public hours 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.

Sept. 20-22, 2024 - Hill’s Fort Rendezvous, American Farm Heritage Museum, Greenville, Illinois. Contact Kan Gaffney, 217-246-3891, kencathy22@hotmail.com. Located at reconstructed 1812 frontier fort off I-70 45 minutes of St Louis. War of 1812, Colonial, fur traders, buckskinners. Demonstrations, fife & drum, blanket shoot, blow shoot, candy cannon. Traders welcome. Food on site.

Sept. 20-27, 2024 - NRLHF Eastern Primitive Rendezvous, 438 Trout Run Road, Zion Grove, Pennsylvania 17985. Contact Charlie Kovalewski, 570 590-3839, cfk@epix.net, www.nrlhf-1.org. Early setup Wednesday and Thursday. Pre-registration fees are $60 per adult for NMLRA members; $70 for non-members. Children ages 17 and younger are free. No pets.

Sept. 21-22, 2024 - Life in Early Ohio, Fort Meigs, 29100 W. River Road, Perrysburg, Ohio. Contact 419-874-4121, www.fortmeigs.org/events. Juried event. Registration required. Check-in starts at noon Friday. Everyone ages 16 and older must check in. Lantern tour 7-10 p.m. Friday.

Sept. 21-22, 2024 - Trail of Courage, Fulton County Historical Society, 37 E. 375 N, Rochester, Indiana 46975. Contact 574-223-4436, fultoncountyhistory.org, Facebook page. Blanket traders and merchants, craft demonstrations, historical programs, Native dancers. Public hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Admission $10 adults, $5 kids ages 6-11. Proceeds go to operate the museum.

Sept. 21-22, 2024 - Colonial Market Days, Abner Longley Park, 1601 Longley Dr., Lebanon, Indiana 46052. Contact 317-762-0117, https://colonialmarketdays.com for application form. Colonial merchants, demonstrators and craftsmen. Military units and tacticals. Entertainment such as jugglers, street performers, magic and music.

Sept. 27-29, 2024 - Luckey Fall Festival Rendezvous, between Krotzer Avenue (SR 582) and Gilbert Road on Adams Street, Luckey, Ohio. Contact Sue Brinker, thunderlodge@yahoo.com. Camp in conjunction with Luckey Fall Festival, https://luckeyfallfestival.com.

Sept. 28-29, 2024 - Michigan Antique Arms Collectors Inc., 46100 Grand River, Novi, Michigan 48374. Contact Greg Zemsta, 248-556-6590, mauserman98@hotmail.com, www.michiganantiquearms.com. Guns and accoutrements, Native artifacts, knives, relics and similar items. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. Members admitted at 8 a.m. Admission fee $8 and parking $10.

Oct. 5-6, 2024 - American Heritage Days at South Park, 100 Brinkerhoff Avenue, Mansfield, Ohio. Sponsored by Richland Early American Center for History. Contact Tom Pappas, 419-564-5097 (leave voicemail) or email  tpappas@gmail.com. Set up Thursday evening or Friday. Friday is a Food Truck Festival for townspeople as they watch the official opening and camp set-up. Food truck also will be onsite Saturday and Sunday. Grounds feature an 1808 log cabin with Rumford fireplace and baking oven, an original 1812 blockhouse and a late 18th/early 19th-century blacksmith/woodworking shop. Dance Saturday evening with period musicians. Camp breakfast Saturday and Sunday before the event. Details will be given upon arrival. No camp fee. No merchant fee. Take down camp Sunday evening or Monday. Public hours 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Oct. 5-6, 2024 - Feast of the Hunters’ Moon, Tippecanoe County Historical Association, Fort Ouiatenon Historical Park, 3921 S. River Road, West Lafayette, Indiana. Contact Leslie Martin Conwell, feast@tippecanoehistory.org, 765-476-8411, www.feastofthehuntersmoon.org. Juried event: 1717-1791. Public hours 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. No pets. More than 40 recreated period foods. Musicians, interpreters, military reenactors and Native American groups.

Oct. 4-6, 2024 - Seneca Muzzleloaders Fall Rendezvous, Sandusky River Coon Hunters grounds, 7575 TR 131, Tiffin, Ohio 44883. Contact Rob Gerding, 419-341-8657, robbob@hush.com. Black powder shoot, archery, hawk and knife, children’s games, potluck Saturday evening. Camp fee $25. Setup after 2 p.m. Thursday and all day Friday. No pets.

Oct. 4-6, 2024 - Vermilion Creek Colonial Gathering, Peacock Road Family Farm, 11854 Peacock Road, Laingsburg, Michigan 48848. Contact Queen’s Rangers Highland Company – Michigan, 517-625-4322, highlandmann@gmail.com. Juried 1750s-1780s event on the banks of Vermilion Creek. Setup starts at noon Friday. Cannon and military drills, battle, surgeon, cooking, sutler's row, frontier trading post trading with Native Americans of the Great Lakes region. Saturday evening pig roast and potluck. Public hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday.

Oct. 5-6, 2024 - Feast of the Hunters’ Moon, Tippecanoe County Historical Association, Fort Ouiatenon Historical Park, 3921 S. River Road, West Lafayette, Indiana. Contact Leslie Martin Conwell, feast@tippecanoehistory.org, 765-476-8411, www.feastofthehuntersmoon.org. Juried event: 1717-1791. Public hours 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. No pets. More than 40 recreated period foods. Musicians, interpreters, military reenactors and Native American groups.

Oct. 10-13, 2024 - Harvest Moon Rendezvous, Infirmary Mound Park, 4351 Lancaster Road, Granville, Ohio. Contact Mat Stickles 740-403-1372, mathew.stickles@gmail.com, or Jason Vermilion, 740-258-8962, vermilionjason@yahoo.com. Pre-1840 event. Setup is Thursday. Rendezvous starts at 9 a.m. Thursday. Camp fee is $10. Vendors camp free. Trade blankets welcome. Public days 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Walk-in shooters welcome, but period dress is required. Rifle and smoothbore woodswalk, hawk & knife, archery, fire starting with re-entry, pistol match is blanket shoot. Saturday evening potluck with auction to follow. No pets.

Oct. 11-12, 2024 - Early American Trades Fair, Log Cabin Shop, 8010 Lafayette Rd, Lodi, Ohio 44254. Contact 330-948-1082, logcabin@logcabinahop.com, www.logcabinshop.com. Visitors are invited to meet with and learn from skilled artisans as they work. Handcrafted items for sale and trade. Free admission. Food available. Open noon-6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday.

(Canceled for this year; returning Oct. 3-5, 2025) Oct. 11-13, 2024 - Mississinewa 1812, Mississinewa Battlefield, site at 6000 N 300 W27, La Fontaine, Indiana 46940. Contact 765-613-9248, info@mississinewa1812.com, www.mississinewa1812.com. Juried event. Largest War of 1812 event in North America commemorates the Battle of Mississinewa. Military encampment, Indian village, Rivertown, wilderness area. Commemoration of battle fought Dec. 17-18, 1812. Public hours 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Admission.

Oct. 11-13, 2024 - Fort Obie Rendezvous and Living History Encampment, Steve Kaiser Farm, 817 Cleveland Road, Colona, Illinois. Contact Nick Hopper, 515-577-9566, or Jeff Hopper, 515-729-3479. Friday school day 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Shoots, archery, hawk & knife, demonstrations , trade goods, music. Public hours 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday.

Oct. 18-20, 2024 - Sons of Liberty Fall Rendezvous, Canters Cave 4-H Camp, 1362 Caves Road, Jackson, Ohio. Contact Norman Garringer, 740-773-3891, normanga@roadrunner.com. Pre-1840 rendezvous with black powder shoot, hawk and knife and primitive archery competitions. Potluck dinner Saturday night for paid campers only. Friendly event and newbies welcome.

Oct. 18-20, 2024 - Thunder Creek Long Rifles Annual Rendezvous, east of Martinsville, Indiana, on Bear Creek Road, Morgantown, Indiana. Contact 812-785-6166, thundercreek1972@gmail.com, https://thundercreeklongrifles.org. Setup Thursday. Competitions include archery, rifle, smoothbore, pistol, hawk & knife.

Oct. 18-20, 2024 - ​Salt Festival, Big Bone Lick State Historic Site, 3380 Beaver Road, Union, Kentucky 41091. Contact Melissa Lohman, mlohman513@gmail, 513-266-3627, Facebook page. New vendor information this year. Contact Greta Gay, 859-384-3522. Early setup is Thursday. School day Friday. Open to public 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.

Oct. 18-20, 2024 - Fall Rendezvous, Dogg Clan Muzzleloaders, 323 N. State Line Road, Darlington, Pennsylvania. Contact Papa John, 330-853-4522, or Dan, 727-312-6713. Take your own drinking water. Shoots. Public day Saturday.

Oct. 18-20, 2024 - Frenchmen's Frolic, Macktown Living History, 2221 Freeport Road, Rockton, Illinois 61072. Contact Mike Bost, 815-978-8090, http://macktownlivinghistory.com. Seminars, workshops, games, shoots, hawk & knife, boules tournament. Traders and trade blankets welcome. Camp fee $35. Set up after 10 a.m. Wednesday. Friday setup after 2 p.m.

Oct. 19-20, 2024 - Girty's Town Rendezvous, north of the High Street bridge along the canal, St. Marys, Ohio. Contact Harold Curry, 419-295-2710, hcurry23@gmail.com, Facebook page. Camp fee $15. Beginners and veterans welcome. Nature walk Sunday. Archery and hawk & knife competitions. Blacksmith available. Camp dinner Saturday.

Oct. 19-20, 2024 - Historic Fall Trade Fair at Fort Piqua, Johnston Farm, 9845 N. Hardin Road, Piqua, Ohio. Juried event: 1742-1862 early Ohio. Applications due by Sept. 1. Wayne's Legion of Fort Piqua Facebook page. Demonstrations, role of women in the 18th century, longhunters, Colonial ballads, introduction to the Notorious Professions of the 18th Century, canal boat rides, shopping.

Oct. 19-20, 2024 - Fall Rifle Frolic, Buck Creek Muzzleloaders, Linton, Indiana. Contact Facebook page. Woods walk rifle and smoothbore, rifle and smoothbore "mountain man" contests with hawk & knife and flint & steel, pistol shoot, junior (12-15) and subjunior (5-11) shoots. Fees are $15 per person or $5 per subjunior, or $25 per family. At least one registered participant per camp is required. Shoots are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday.

Oct. 25-27, 2024 - Greene County Fish & Game Fall Rendezvous, 1538 Union Road, Xenia, Ohio 45385. Contact Brian Lavery, 937-241-8327, or Hope Lavery, 937-241-8915. Camp fee. No extra fee for traders. Competitions include shoots, archery, hawk & knife, pastry toss.

Oct. 25-27, 2024 - Camp Dubois Rendezvous, 198 N. Main St., Wood River, Illinois. Contact Luke Reinhold, www.facebook.com/luke.reinhold.5, also event Facebook page. Camp fee $10 and trade fee $25. Black powder shooting, woods walk, longbow, blacksmithing, clay baking ovens. School day Friday.

Nov. 1-3, 2024 - Pathways Women's Gathering, Fort La Buse, Belleville, Ohio. Women only. Theme TBA. Beginners welcome. Contact Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/777477168965740. Inside accommodations available by reservation. Plenty of space for tents. Registration by Oct. 1 strongly encouraged. Camp fee is $30, or $35 at the gate. Setup Thursday; no early arrivals. Seminars and workshops. Competitions. Potlucks. Raffle.

Nov. 2-3, 2024 - Fort de Chartres Winter Rendezvous and Woods Walk, Prairie du Rocher, Illinois 62277. Contact 618-284-7230, lesamisdufortdechartres@gmail.com, www.fortdechartres.us. Features 18th and early 19th-century camp life 1700-1820. Muzzleloader woods walk shooting competition, hand-made crafts, period music and food. Soldiers, trappers, traders and Native Americans.

Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2024 - Michigan Antique Arms Collectors Inc., 46100 Grand River, Novi, Michigan 48374. Contact Greg Zemsta, 248-556-6590, mauserman98@hotmail.com, www.michiganantiquearms.com. Guns and accoutrements, Native artifacts, knives, relics and similar items. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. Members admitted at 8 a.m. Admission fee $8 and parking $10.