(Last updated Dec. 4, 2024)
 

2025 events

Jan. 10-12, 2025 - Thunder Creek Long Rifles Wintervous, Bear Wallow Road near Martinsville, Indiana. Contact thundercreek1972@gmail.com, Facebook page. Wintervous takes place in a cabin. Shoot Saturday. Participants should provide their own water, food and beverages. Pre-1840 attire is required, but modern footwear is acceptable for weather conditions.

 

Jan. 18-19, 2025 - Sons of Liberty Indoor Trade Fair, Canters Cave 4-H Camp, 1362 Caves Road, Jackson, Ohio. For dealer information, contact Norman Garringer, 740-773-3891. Period vendors selling pre-1890 wares. Vendors must be in period dress. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. $30 per table space for vendors. Setup is 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, or if necessary, 7-9 a.m. Saturday. Public admission is $4 per person.

 

Jan. 25-26, 2025 - Linton Trade Fair, Roy Clark Community Building, Linton City Park, 1351 A St NE, Linton, Indiana 47441. Hosted by Buck Creek Muzzleloaders. Contact Tim Goldman, 812-887-4497, or Mark Nicklasch, 812-249-0916, www.facebook.com/Buckcreek-Muzzleloaders-114394185248848. Time period 1750-1840. Featured author Eddie Price. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. Admission $4; children 15 and younger free with adult.

 

Jan. 25-27, 2025 - Frostbite Rendezvous, Ball & Arrow Primitive Weapons Club, 5190 Days Lane, New Philadelphia, Ohio. Contact Glenn, 740-381-8548, or Troy, 330-432-8939, Facebook page. Camp fee $10, which includes one shoot fee. Additional shooters are $10 each and $15 blanket prize required. Potluck Saturday night. Provide your own drinking water.

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Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2025 - 18th Century Artisan Show, Carlisle Expo Center, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Contact Eric Fleisher at 717-275-2667, Facebook page. Juried event with about 150 tables of 1750-1850 artisans. Open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission $10.

 

Feb. 7-8, 2025 - 18th Century Market Fair, Bucksnort Longhunters, Pritchard Community Center, 404 S. Mulberry St., Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Contact Mike Martin, 270-312-5983; Bob Baker, 270-272-2470; or Robbie McMillan, 270-765-3626; Facebook page. Call for trader information. Walk-in traders $30. Setup 8-11 a.m. Friday. Open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission $5. Children 12 and younger free with paid adult.

March 1-2, 2025 - Old Town Trade Fair, Assembly Hall, Greene County Fairgrounds, 120 Fairground Road, Xenia, Ohio. Contact Tim and Sharon Milligan, stitchersm@aol.com, 937-857-9745 or Facebook page. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. Admission $4 per person; children 11 and younger free. Food available on site. Reenactors, dealers, collectors, educators, craftsmen and history buffs welcome. Wares must 1700-1890 originals or reproductions.

 

March 15-16, 2025 - Kalamazoo Living History Show, Kalamazoo County Expo Center, 2900 Lake St., Kalamazoo, Michigan. Sponsored by Yankee Doodle Muzzle Loaders Inc. Contact Leslie Martin Conwell, 765-563-6792, kalamazoolivinghistoryshow@gmail.com, www.KalamazooShow.com, Facebook page. Vendors are invited to email kalamazoolivinghistoryshow@gmail.com for an application. The largest juried show in the Midwest devoted to pre-1890 original or reproduction living history supplies, accoutrements and related crafts. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Admission $9 one day or $13 for weekend pass.

 

April 25-27, 2025 - Spring Thaw Rendezvous, Ball & Arrow Primitive Weapons Club, 5190 Days Lane, New Philadelphia, Ohio. Contact Duane Winkler, 330-343-4880 or winky4@roadrunner.com, Facebook page. Camp fee $25, which includes first trip through the woodswalk, hawk & knife and archery trail for one shooter. Re-entry is available. Additional shooters in each camp are $15 each for adults and $10 for ages 12-15. The fee for walk-in shooters is $15. Primitive dress is required. New this year will be an archers “smoker” round, which has an additional entry fee and no re-entry. Public day is 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Provide your own drinking water.

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April 26-27, 2025 - Ashville Ohio Reenactment Timeline/Grove of Heroes, 165 Walnut St., Ashville, Ohio 43103. Contact Roger Bechtel, 614-214-0827, vikingfestival@gmail.com, Facebook page. Takes place in conjunction with the Ashville Viking Festival and includes all eras. In the Grove of Heroes visitors can learn how weapons developed and what maneuvers carry forward to today’s soldiers. Also, information on foods, medicine, clothing development and recreation. Encampment is adjacent to the Saxon Market shopping, food and entertainment.

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May 1-4, 2025 - Early Ohio on the Portage, Wood County Museum, 13660 County Home Road, Bowling Green, Ohio. Timeline event, 1750-1865. For application, contact Kurt Harris, 419-494-2876, kurtharris53@gmail.com, or Frank Butwin, 419-270-0622, fb21@wcnet.org, Facebook page. Early setup Thursday. School day Friday. Public hours 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. Reenactors may stay until Monday. Exploration and settlement of the early days of the Northwest Territory, state of Ohio and the Ohio Country, especially along and near the Portage River in Wood County. Free dinner coupon for reenactors from food truck.

 

May 2-4, 2025 - Five Medals, Nappanee, Indiana. Contact Mike Judson, Five Medals Living History, Inc., fivemedals1812@gmail.com for an application. Facebook page. Juried event, 1750-1815. Event focused on demonstration and education. Friday school day. Public hours 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.

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May 14-18, 2025 - NRLHF Corps of Discovery, 3 Krepps Covered Bridge, McDonald, Pennsylvania 15057. Contact Don Ricetti, 724-622-0599, segundo98@earthlink.net, www.nrlhf.org, Facebook page. A learning rendezvous, seminars, workshops, educational sessions. Pre-registration fees are $20 per adult for NMLRA members; $25 for non-members. Children ages 17 and younger are free. No pets. A learning rendezvous, seminars, workshops, educational sessions. Free public admission 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. Setup Monday-Tuesday.

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May 16-18, 2025 - New Frontiersman's Spring Rendezvous, Ashland Conservation Farm, Ashland, Ohio. Contact Dave and Teri Moore, 419-589-4843, or Roy Howman, 419-961-1620, www.acwcl.org, Facebook page. Set up Friday. Camp fee $10. Trail walks Saturday and Sunday with $15 entry fee each day. Dogs must be on leash.

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(Timeline is new to this event) May 16-18, 2025 - Settlers Encampment & History Timeline, Auglaize Village & Farm Museum, 12296 Krouse Road Defiance, Ohio. Juried timeline event. To apply, contact Cheryl Daniel, 419-636-2560, or email villageauglaize@gmail.com, Facebook page. Public days 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. School day Friday. Settlers, pioneers, French, English and American civilians, military, Natives, merchants, artisans of all trades and any persona relevant to Ohio, the Old Northwest Territory, the Middle Ground or Great Lakes Region pre-1815 are invited to preserve history through education and demonstration.

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May 22-26, 2025 - Celtic Heritage Festival, Johnston Farm, 9845 N. Hardin Road, Piqua, Ohio. Contact Gerry Bender, gbender56@hotmail.com, 937-541-6167, Facebook page. Pre-registration deadline is May 1. Traders and trade blankets welcome. Camps and clothing must remain pre-1840 period correct at all times. Celtic music. Highland games.

June 6-8, 2025 - Living History Days, Crawford Park District, Lowe Volk Park, 2401 SR 598, Crestline, Ohio. Contact Julie Rossington, Rossingtonjulie65@gmail.com, 419-569-4454, Facebook page. Juried event focusing on the capture and death of Col. William Crawford in June 1782 on the grounds where it happened. Artisan area, food vendor, continental breakfasts and potluck Saturday night for participants. Native, Patriot and British forces welcome. Jury forms available on FB page, Living History Days at Lowe Volk Park. Public days 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Free admission.

 

June 20-27, 2025 - NRLHF Old Northwest Territory Primitive Rendezvous, Hidden Hollow Camp, 8672 Richman Road, Lodi, Ohio 44254. Early setup Wednesday and Thursday. Contact Facebook page or www.nrlhf.org. Pre-registration fees are $60 per adult for NMLRA members; $70 for non-members. Children ages 17 and younger are free. No pets.

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June 28-29, 2025 - Encampment at the Confluence, Pontiac Park Defiance, Ohio. Contact Taylor Moyer, 419-906-1660 or message on Facebook page. Living history event dedicated to life in the Maumee River Valley circa 1770 through the War of 1812. Living historians, reenactors and demonstrators can take part. Situated on the bank of the Maumee River at the site of American Indian villages and overlooking the historic grounds of Fort Defiance and Fort Winchester. In collaboration with Riverfest and Art in the Park.

 

July 25-27, 2025 - Gathering at Garst, 205 N. Broadway, Greenville, Ohio. Hosted by Garst Museum and Darke County Park District. Contact 937-548-5250, info@gatheringatgarst.com, Facebook page.

 

July 25-27, 2025 - Gunmakers Fair at Kempton, Kempton Community Center, Kempton, Pennsylvania. (Near Dixon's Muzzleloading Shop where the event took place for 37 years.) Contact John DeWald, 570-220-6450, Gunmakersfair@yahoo.com, gunmakersfair.wixsite.com/gunfair, Facebook page. Seminars, gunmakers, artisans, horners, reenactors, vendors of 18th and 19th centuries. Rifle and accoutrements judging and awards. Open 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. Admission $5 per person ages 16 and older.

 

July 26-Aug. 2, 2025 - NRLHF Northeastern Primitive Rendezvous, 2911 Stoney Run Road, Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania 16350. Contact Keith Anderson, 814-688-1313, keithanderson10@rocketmail.com, www.nrlhf.org, Facebook page. 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.

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July 28-Aug. 3, 2025 - Mackinaw Rendezvous and Trade Fair, Mackinaw City, Michigan. Contact sniderconst@centurylink.net, mackinawcity.com/rendezvous-in-mackinaw-18th-century-trade-fair-114, Facebook page.

 

Aug. 7-9, 2025 - Contemporary Longrifle Association Show & Meeting, Central Bank Center, 430 W. Vine St., Lexington, Kentucky 40507. Contact 540-886-6189, cla@longrifle.com, www.longrifle.com, Facebook page. Members-only show. Memberships available. Thursday setup. Open 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday.

 

Aug. 15-17, 2025 - Galesburg Heritage Days, Lake Storey Park, Galesburg, Illinois. Contact Dave and Lisa Bernhart, 309-335-7743 or 309-342-6159, thebernharts@yahoo.com or galesburgheritagedays@gmail.com, Facebook page and www.galesburgheritagedays.org. Early setup starts at 8 a.m. Aug. 14. Pre-1840 Early American Colonial/Frontier Rendezvous and Civil War Battle Encampment/ Reenactment at two separate, but close, venues at the park. Event includes almost 1,000 visual storytellers, reenactors, merchants and sutlers. Free public admission. Rendezvous fee $25 per camp and $50 per trader. Civil War camp fee is $10 per person ages 16 and older.

 

Aug. 22-24, 2025, and Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2025 - Great Trail Festival, festival grounds, SR 43, Malvern, Ohio. Contact 330-794-9100, www.greattrailfestival.com, Facebook page. Reenactors, musicians, blanket traders and buckskinning families by invitation and inquiry. Cannon firing, tomahawk contest, battle reenactments, French Quarter and participant dinner. Public hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and Memorial Day.

 

Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2025 - Fort Rowdy Gathering, Covington Community Park, 140 W. Broadway, Covington, Ohio. Contact Kari Hollis, 937-570-8548, khollis311@gmail.com, Facebook page. Rendezvous and community festival along the Stillwater River, connected by a 209-foot-long portable footbridge. Free live entertainment on both sides of the river and food and crafts on the festival side.

 

Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2025 - Greene County Fish & Game Labor Day Rendezvous, 1538 Union Road, Xenia, Ohio 45385. Contact Brian Lavery, 937-241-8327, or Hope Lavery, 937-241-8915, Facebook page. Camp fee. No extra fee for traders. Competitions include shoots, archery, hawk & knife, pastry toss.

 

Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2025 - Fall Rendezvous, Ball & Arrow Primitive Weapons Club Inc., 5190 Days Lane NE, New Philadelphia (Roswell), Ohio 44663. Contact Jamie Maize, 330-663-8190, or Larry Pringle, 330-432-8244, Facebook page. Period dress required. Camp fee $25. Additional shooters $10 each. Walk-ins welcome with $25 per shooter fee. Rifle woods walk, primitive archery woods walk, knife & hawk and kids games. Provide your own drinking water. No pets.

 

Aug. 29-31, 2025 - The Fair at New Boston, George Rogers Clark Park, 936 S. Tecumseh, Springfield, Ohio. Contact Pam Cottrell, 937-322-4181, rcottrel@woh.rr.com, 937-882-9216, Facebook page. Sponsored by George Rogers Clark Heritage Association. Invitation-only, juried event. Time period 1790-1812. Friday school day. Entertainment, food, taverns, craftsmen, Woodland Indian village, military encampment, children’s games and puppets, music, street entertainers, shopping. Learn dance steps from 1800. Battle reenactment each day.

 

(New site) Oct. 3-5, 2025 - Mississinewa 1812, new site along the Mississinewa River between Marion and Gas City, Indiana. Contact 765-613-9248, info@mississinewa1812.com, www.mississinewa1812.com, Facebook page. Juried event. Commemorates the Battle of Mississinewa fought Dec. 17-18, 1812. Admission.

 

Oct. 25-26, 2025 - Colonial Market Days, Abner Longley Park, 1601 Longley Dr., Lebanon, Indiana 46052. Contact 317-762-0117, colonialmarketdays.com for application form. Facebook page. Colonial merchants, demonstrators and craftsmen. Military units and tacticals. Entertainment such as jugglers, street performers, magic and music.

 

Nov. 6-9, 2025 - Pathways Women's Gathering, Fort La Buse, Bellville, Ohio. Women only. Beginners welcome. Contact Facebook group. 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. Shoot, archery, hawk & knife, history quiz and other competitions. Food. Raffle donations requested.

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