Schedule
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Site Opens | |
| 10:00 | Lists open for inspections, authorizations, and pickups | Marshal Lists |
| 10:00 | A&S Challenge Setup Opens | Arts & Sciences |
| 10:00 | Myrddyn’s Grove Opens | Bardic Arts |
| 10:00 | Youth Point Opens | Youth Point |
| 11:00 | A Celebration of the Peerages Tournament | Archery Range |
| 11:00 | Armored Combat Novice Tournament | Armored List |
| 11:00 | Rapier Youth Tourney: The Lord of Misrule | Rapier List |
| 11:00 | Rapier Cut & Thrust Bear Pit Tourney | Rapier List |
| 11:00 | Thrown Weapons Bull's Eye Tournament | Thrown Weapons Range |
| 12:00 | Society Seasonal Archery Challenge | Archery Range |
| 12:00 | Armored Combat Standard Format Bear Tournament | Armored List |
| 12:00 | A&S Challenge Setup Closes | Arts & Sciences |
| 12:30 | A&S Challenge Voting Opens | Arts & Sciences |
| 1:00 | Rapier Round Robin: Japester's Delight Tournament | Rapier List |
| 1:00 | Thrown Weapons Range Open | Thrown Weapons Range |
| 1:30 | Disappearing Bear Hunt | Archery Range |
| 2:00 | Thrown Weapons Atlatl How To | Thrown Weapons Range |
| 2:30 | Get Gwyneth's Goats | Archery Range |
| 2:30 | Armored Combat Double Elimination Prowess Tournament | Armored List |
| 2:30 | Rapier Ladder of Renown Tournament: A Fool's Ransome | Rapier List |
| 3:00 | A&S Challenge Voting Closes | Arts & Sciences |
| 4:00 | All Marshal Lists Close | |
| 4:00 | Myrddyn’s Grove Closes | Bardic Arts |
| 4:00 | Youth Point Closes | Youth Point |
| 5:00 | Court | Main Hall |
| 6:00 | Feast | Feast Hall |
| 9:00 | Site Closes |
Bardic
Myrddyn’s Grove. A sylvan retreat for poets, musicians, storytellers, and their company. Share your skills, perform a new piece
Sit, relax, perform, chat, or just listen. Play with the Instrument Petting Zoo Come and be welcome, one and all! If you would like to reserve a slot to perform or teach, please fill out this SignUp form or contact Ollamh Brendan O Corraidhe. Open from 10 AM until 4 PM.
Arts & Sciences Challenge
A pair of rabbits jousting in the margins of a prayer book. A raunchy woodcarving peering down at churchgoers from the ceiling of All Saints, Hereford. A clay sippy cup outfitted with legs, rabbit ears, and a spout out the snout. These artifacts and thousands more tell us something invaluable about the attitudes of our predecessors: even long ago, people loved to laugh.
For our Arts & Sciences Challenge at Regular Event, we put out the call for your objects of delight! A child’s clay toy with a silly face, an animal-eared chaperon, an embroidery of singing frogs, a peeking mouse hidden in a woodcarving – anything you create to make others smile is a welcome contribution.
This challenge is open to all members of the populace, and an under-12 category will be open for our younger crafters. Feel free to enter new or existing projects in any medium. Tables will be provided.
Voting will be by populace bean count, with the winner and runners-up announced at court. Setup is from 10 AM until 12 PM. All entries must be cleared by 3 PM. The populace must cast their votes from 12:30 to 3 PM to allow plenty of time to count. Please also be aware that the tables will not be continuously attended by event staff.
Please contact A&S Challenge Coordinator Lady Luka Radokovaia if you have questions. We look forward to sharing in your joy!
Classes
All classes are scheduled for 50 minutes with a 10 minute break between sessions.| Room A | Room B | Room C | Room D | |
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| 12:00 | Fast and Easy Calligraphy - Celtic | |||
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- Fast and Easy Calligraphy- Celtic. For VERY Beginners. Want to learn? This is how. Limit:10 [Instructor: Mistress Roewynne Langley]
We’re looking for classes on humorous, playful or surprising topics for our “Misrule” class track! Ideas for classes in this track could include surprising or little-known historical events, commedia d’ell arte, juggling, period games and toys, writing funny songs or stories, cooking subtleties, Shakespeare’s comedies, and more. Just indicate that you want to be added to the “Misrule” class track when you sign up to teach!
Sign up to teach a class at A (not-so) Regular Event here!
Youth
Youth Point is open from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM and will feature a day of game-focused family fun for all ages! Activities include a site-wide “sheepy” scavenger hunt, a central Family Activities area with a wide variety of games to play, and a make-and-take game area where participants can create and enjoy their own. Weather permitting, outdoor games may be offered in the afternoon if a grassy area is available. An activity passport will be available to encourage families to try multiple activities throughout the day. Youth Point is designed as a come-and-go space, allowing families to participate at their own pace. If instructors are available to teach specific games at scheduled times, those sessions will be added to the event schedule.
Archery
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Range open for inspections and warm-ups
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM A Celebration of the Peerages
A Celebration of the Peerages and Their Heraldry. Grand Archery Tournament shoot, rescheduled from Crown 2025. This classic “shoot each target once, highest points wins”-style tournament.
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Society Seasonal Archery Challenge
Society Seasonal Archery Challenge – as time allows, actual shoot to be determined. (Grand Archery Tournament)
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM Disappearing Bear Hunt
This hunt is an elimination challenge, therefore you must be present at the start of the tournament to compete. Two rascally bears have appeared on the range, hunt them as they run away and duck for cover!
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM Get Gwyneth’s Goats
Help, Gwyneth’s goats have run amok! Herd them back to calmer pastures before the event is overrun!
Thrown Weapons
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Range open for inspections and warm-ups
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Thrown weapons range open
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Atlatl How To. Learn how to throw with an atlatl. There will be a target, throwers, and darts available.
Armored
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Lists open for inspections, authorizations, and pickups
11:00 AM to 11:30 AM — Armored Combat Novice Tournament
Atlantean Style Double Elimination Speed Tournament. If you have no fighting awards and feel you are a novice, feel free to fight in it.
12:00 PM to 2:30 PM — Armored Combat Standard Format Bear Pit Tournament
Max 3 wins. Success in this tournament will be used to seed the Double Elimination Tournament. NOTE: NO PRIZE IS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY THIS YEAR. Cleftlands will be providing a prize. The unbelted combatant who has the most victories will a Footman’s Mace.
2:30 PM to 4:30 PM — Armored Combat Double Elimination Prowess Tournament
The tournament will be seeded via scoring from the Bear-Pit Tournament. Grand Prize to the champion of the tournament will be a Longsword.
Rapier
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Lists open for inspections, authorizations, and pickups
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM — Youth Tourney: The Lord of Misrule
The winner of this tournament will receive the Lord of Misrule’s crown and may bear the title of “Lord of Misrule” (alternate titles include: Master of Revels, Chief Trickster or Mischief Maker, Festive Fool or Revels Captain, or Chaos Coordinator.)
This round robin style tournament is for authorized youths of any division and Adults with the Rapier Youth Sparring authorization. If you or your youth do not have these authorizations and wish to participate, please contact a rapier martial prior to the tournament to become authorized.
Pairings that do not involve a youth fencer will be fought at DIV 2 plastic rapier level. Plastic rapiers can be provided for participants.
NOTE: It is important for the promotion of youth involvement that youth focused activities are made visible to them. This tournament will be held even if no youth participate.
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM — Cut & Thrust Bear Pit Tournament
This tournament will be organized in the form of a bear pit where participants will line up around the list in no particular order. The first fencer in line will enter the next open list and hold a single bout against each fencer according to the format below. Wounds are NOT retained between bouts.
This tournament will be held in 2 rounds of 15 minutes each with a 10 minute break between them. During the first round, weapons will be limited to those with a blade length of 38″ or less. The fencer with the most collected points at the end of the second round will be declared the winner. In the case of a tie, tying fencers will be asked to fight until a single victor is determined.
If attendance allows for two or more lists, fencers will hold the list for “Two in then out” (a fencer entering the pit will fight the fencer currently holding the list, then they will fight the fencer entering the list regardless of wins or losses). Following their second bout, the fencer will exit the list and report any points earned to the keeper of the list.
If attendance allows for only 1 list, fencers will hold the list until their first loss or third win, then reporting any points earned to the keeper of the list.
2 points earned for a victory unscathed
1 point for victory while having taken a valid blow to a limb
Simultaneous lethal blows are a loss for both fighters
1:00 PM — Round Robin: Japester’s Delight Tournament
This tournament will be organized in the form of a round robin where each fencer will match once with each other fencer. If attendance demands, fencers will be broken into smaller pods for time. Each pairing will meet for a match of two (2) passes. Winning only 1 pass will grant 2 points. Winning both passes will grant 5 points. Bonus points will be awarded to a fencer who RECEIVES a valid blow to their secretly chosen location. Each fencer shall report their points to the keeper of the list after their match.
The fencer with the most collected points after all pairings are complete will be declared the winner. In the case of multiple pods, winners of each pod will be placed in a victor’s pod where a final winner will be determined. In the case of a tie, tying fencers will be asked to fight until a single victor is determined.
For this tournament, Winning is defined as remaining alive while having rendered your opponent non-offensive. (both fencers being rendered non-offensive but not receiving a killing blow simultaneously will result in a win for both. Both fencers receiving a killing blow simultaneously will result in a loss for both)
Each secret location will result in a different amount of bonus points based on the difficulty of baiting a blow to that location. Once a fencer has chosen a location, that will be their secret location for the entirety of the tournament. Secret locations may not be changed.
- 3 points: Right lower leg, Left lower leg, Right upper leg, Left upper leg
- 2 points: Right arm, Left arm, Torso (includes armpits and groin)
- 1 points: Right hand, Left hand, Head (includes neck)
2:30 PM — Ladder of Renown Tournament: A Fool’s Ransom
Each fencer is asked to provide a ransom/prize suitable to their station as entry to this tournament. The tournament will be divided into four separate double elimination brackets.
The first “novice” bracket is for all fighters who have not received any kingdom-level combat award. This winner of this bracket will be entered into the next level bracket.
The second “Arms” bracket is for fencers who have received at highest a Cavendish knot or dragon’s tooth for fencing. This winner of this bracket will be entered into the next level bracket.
The third “Grant” bracket is for fencers who hold the title of Warder within the Midrealm or an equivalent fencing related award. This winner of this bracket will be entered into the next level bracket.
The fourth “Peer” bracket is for fencers who hold the title of Master of Defense and landed baronage or royalty who elect to join this bracket rather than the other bracket for which they would otherwise qualify.
Following the conclusion of the tournament, participants will be invited to select a prize from the collection of those provided. First selection will be given to the winners of each bracket in descending order, followed by each bracket in descending or by placement within that bracket until each participant has had the chance to make a selection.