The Battle of Evesham 2026

Name: The Battle of Evesham 2026
Start: 2026-08-01T22:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-08-02T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Evesham Crown Meadow

Schedule

Sat, 01 Aug, 2026 at 10:00 pm to Sun, 02 Aug, 2026 at 05:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Evesham Crown Meadow | Evesham, EN

THE BATTLE OF EVESHAM 2026
1-2 August 2026
Crown Meadow, Evesham WR11 4SS
Two days of medieval mayhem
🛡 900+ re-enactors, soldiers, archers & living history performers
🛡 20+ Knights on war-horses
🛡 Mass archery demonstrations
🛡 Presentation pavilion, historic academic and fiction talks
🛡 Authors talks and book signings
🛡 Park and Ride/Stride
🛡 Siege engine
🛡 Tourney Arena for demonstrations and entertainment
🛡 Battle Arena for massive battles, cavalry and archery
🛡 55+ medieval crafts traders
🛡 55+ modern artisan crafts traders
🛡 30+ food and drink stalls
🛡 GRAND PARADE Starting Saturday 10am
🛡 TOURNEY Starting Sunday 10am
PRESENTATION PAVILLION (Ticketed)
Talks headlined by PROFESSOR ALICE ROBERTS
Live music from UKQueen and The Medieval Babes
GRAND PARADE ON SATURDAY
All performers, Knights on their war horses will be march though the streets of Evesham in full armour and medieval costume, joined by musicians, dancers and our regional Mayors. All in a fantastic parade of colour and noise.
THIRTEENTH CENTURY JOUST/TOURNEE ON SUNDAY
Watch close-up in the Tourney Arena the, first style of medieval tourney, which developed into the jousts we see in Hollywood Films.
BATTLE REENACTMENTS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Including all soldiers, archers and mounted Knights, fighting to the death in medieval mayhem.
FREE TO ENTER (suggested donation £2 each)
Come and enjoy a spectacular weekend of medieval action and education in the heart of Evesham and next to the Avon, a riverside Market Town on the edge of the Cotswolds with a big part to play in history.
Including are full-on battle re-enactments, Living History camp displays, trade stalls catering for medieval and modern tastes, beer tent and a Grand Parade through the streets of Evesham.
The festival commemorates the defeat of Simon de Montfort in 1265, but celebrates the survival of his ‘Representative Parliament’ now we call this the House of Commons.
5,000 men died on Greenhill and in the streets of Evesham, either defending the Magna Carta or the restoration of the Monarchy, leading to the greatest shift in land ownership since the Norman Invasion.