 2008 Events Schedule Updated September 4th, 2008 |
| February 8 - 10 | ReEnactor Fest IV (Ancient - 1960) |
| Sheraton Chicago Northwest in Arlington Heights, IL. For further information, contact: e-mail: , website: www.reenactorfest.com. | |
| March 15 - 16 | Kalamazoo Living History Show (pre-1890) |
| Kalamazoo Fairgrounds, Kalamazoo, MI. For further information, contact: e-mail: , website: www.kalamazooshow.com, snail mail: Leslie Martin Dotson, Executive Director, Kalamazoo Living History Show, P.O. Box 2214, West Lafayette, IN 47996, phone: 765-563-6792. | |
| March 29 - 30 | Saugeen Bluffs Maple Syrup Festival |
| Saugeen Bluffs Conservation Area, Paisley, ON. For further information, contact: e-mail: , website: www.svca.on.ca/maplesyrup.htm. | |
| April 18 - 20 | Yesteryear's Essentials: War of 1812 Clothing Conference |
| Perrysburg, OH. For further information, contact: e-mail: , website: www.fortmeigs.org, snail mail: 29100 West River Road, Perrysburg, OH, 43551, phone: (800) 766-5334. | |
| May 2 - 4 | Battle of the Longwoods (1812), Longwoods Conservation Area |
| Delaware, ON (just outside London). For further information, contact: Chris McKay: email: , website: www.royal-scots.com,or Longwoods Road Conservation Area website: www.lowerthames-conservation.on.ca/LongwoodsRoadCA.htm, phone: (519) 264-2420. | |
| May 16 - 18 | Battle of Culloden (Scottish 1745), Westfield Heritage Village |
| Rockton, ON. For further information, contact: Chris Timm, e-mail: , website: www.kezarcelts.net/jacobite or www.westfieldheritage.ca, snail mail: 1049 Kirkwall Road, Rockton, Ontario, Canada, L0R 1X0, phone: (800) 883-0104 or (519) 621-8851, fax: (519) 621-6897 | |
| June 6 - 8 | Battle of Stoney Creek (1812), Battlefield House Museum |
| Stoney Creek, ON. For further information, contact: e-mail: , website: www.battlefieldhouse.ca, snail mail: 77 King Street West, P.O. Box 66561, Stoney Creek, Ontario L8G 5E5, phone: (905) 662-8458, fax: (905) 662-0529. | |
| June 27 - 29 | Battle of Carillon (1758), Fort Ticonderoga |
| Ticonderoga, NY. For further information, contact: e-mail: , website: www.fort-ticonderoga250th.org, snail mail: Fort Ticonderoga, PO Box 390, Ticonderoga, NY 12883, phone: (518) 585-2821. | |
| July 4 - 6 | French and Indian War Encampment (1759), Old Fort Niagara |
| Youngstown, NY. For further information, contact: e-mail: , website: www.oldfortniagara.org, snail mail: Old Fort Niagara Association, P.O. Box 169 Youngstown, NY, 14174-0169, phone: (716) 745-7611. | |
| July 19 - 20 | Assault on Niagara (1812), Old Fort Niagara |
| Youngstown, NY. For further information, contact: e-mail: , website: www.oldfortniagara.org, snail mail: Old Fort Niagara Association, P.O. Box 169 Youngstown, NY, 14174-0169, phone: (716) 745-7611. | |
| July 25 - 27 | Siege of the Fortress of Louisbourg (1759) |
| Louisbourg, NS. For further information, contact: e-mail: , websites: www.fortressoflouisbourg.ca,or www.louisbourg.ca/fort snail mail: Anne Marie Coutinho, Fortress of Louisbourg, NHSC, 259 Park Service Road, Louisbourg, Nova Scotia B1C 2L2, phone: (902) 733-3501. | |
| August 2 - 3 | Military Through the Ages, Fort Malden National Historic Site (Timeline) |
| Amherstburg, ON. For further information, contact: John MacLeod, e-mail: , website: www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/malden/index_e.asp, snail mail: Fort Malden National Historic Site of Canada, PO Box 38, 100 Laird Avenue, Amherstburg, ON, N9V 2Z2, phone: (519) 736-5416, fax: (519) 736-6603. | |
| August 9 - 10 | The Siege of Fort Erie (1812) |
| Fort Erie, ON. For further information, contact: Peter Martin, e-mail: , website: www.oldforterie.com, snail mail: 350 Lakeshore Rd. Fort Erie, Ontario , phone: (905) 871-0540. | |
| August 22 - 24 | Winona Peach Festival |
| Winona, ON. For further information, contact e-mail: , website: www.winonapeach.com, snail mail: Winona Peach Festival, P.O. Box 10505, Winona, Ontario, L8E 5R1 , phone: 1-866-90-PEACH or (905) 643-2084, fax (905) 643-0909. | |
| August 29 - 31 | Fair at New Boston (1790-1810), George Rogers Clark Park |
| Springfield, OH. For further information, contact email: , website: www.grcha.org, snail mail: George Rogers Clark Heritage Association, P.O. Box 1251, Springfield, OH 45501, phone: (937) 882-9216. | |
| September 6 | Locke Street Festival |
| Hamilton, ON. For further information, contact: website: www.loso.ca, or www.lockestreetfestival.ca, e-mail: . | |
| September 20- 21 | Grand Tactical 1812, Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum |
| St. Leonard, MD. For further information, contact e-mail: , website: http://1812grandtactical.tripod.com or www.jefpat.org, snail mail: 10515 Mackall Road, St. Leonard, Calvert County, Maryland 20685, phone: (410) 586-8501. | |
| September 27 - 28 | Feast of the Hunter's Moon (18th Century) |
| Lafayette, IN. For further information, contact: e-mail: , website: www.tcha.mus.in.us/feast.htm, snail mail: Tippecanoe County Historical Association, 909 South Street, Lafayette, IN 47901, phone: (765) 476-8411, fax: (765) 476-8414. | |
| October 10 - 12 | Mississinewa 1812 |
| Marion, IN. For further information, contact: e-mail: , website: www.mississinewa1812.com, snail mail: 402 South Washington Street, Suite 509, P. O. Box 1812, Marion, IN, 46953, phone: (765) 662-1809 or (800) 822-1812 -- note this 800 number does not work from Canada. | |
| November 15 | It's Our Birthday! Sale and Open House at Our Store |
| Hamilton, ON. For further information, contact: e-mail: , website: www.spencersmercantile.com/birthday.html. | |
| December 6 | Historic Merchants' Christmas Gathering - Christmas Market (1700 - 1919) |
| Sir John A. McDonald Secondary School, Hamilton, ON. For further information, contact: e-mail: , website: www.historicmerchants.com. | |
| December 14 | The Simple Joys of Christmas - Battlefield House Museum |
| Stoney Creek, ON. For further information, contact: e-mail: , website: www.battlefieldhouse.ca, snail mail: 77 King Street West, P.O. Box 66561, Stoney Creek, Ontario L8G 5E5, phone: (905) 662-8458, fax: (905) 662-0529. |
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We're always eager to find out about new things that are going on. **Please note that only events in which we are participating can be included in this listing. ** Note: Events marked with an asterisk (*) are events to which we have applied but are still waiting to hear from the jury as to whether or not we have been accepted. This information will be updated as we hear back from events. Other events may be added as well, so check back with us soon! Click for a listing of wholesale events |
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