SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
COMBAT ARENA
5:00- 10PM DJ BearBonez Spinning Between Demos
6:30 RVA MFFG
7:00 Virago Alley
7:30 Japanese Sword Arts Study / RVA Katana
8:00 HEMA sport fencing
8:35 SCA
9:00 PLF & DJ BearBonez
STORYTELLER’S STAGE / OUTDOORS:
6:00 Spooky Hollow Storytellers / Myths & Legends
6:35 Mosaic Singers
7:00 Spooky Hollow Storytellers / Ghost Stories
7:35 Mosaic Singers
8:00 Spooky Hollow Storytellers / Myths & Legends
8:35 Mosaic Singers
9:00 Spooky Hollow Storytellers / Ghost Stories
MAIN STAGE / GALLERY5:
5:00-12AM WRIR DJ Spinning Between Sets
6:30 Court Jester Magic / Jonathan Austin
6:45 Scéalaí
7:45 Court Jester Magic / Jonathan Austin
8:15 Bard City
9:15 Court Jester Magic / Jonathan Austin
9:45 Ex Patriots
5:00 - 6:30PM: DJ BearBonez
ARTISAN DEMOS:
GALLERY5 CROSSROADS:
Black Heath Meadery - pop up
Agecroft Hall & Gardens - Tudor age arts and crafts to take home.
K.P. Knitcraft - Tablet Weaving, the Iron Age way
Richmond Weavers Guild - weaving demonstrations.
Richmond Faerie Federation - A Fairy Trading Post to benefit Richmond Mutual Aid Disaster Relief.
Richmond Moon Market - Check out woodworks, chainmail, jewelry, clothing, herbalists, tarot, art, pottery, caricatures, fairy hair, face painting and much more at the Richmond Moon Market
GWAR BAR PARKING LOT:
Join or Die - Bladesmith demo crafting a sword from start to finish throughout the night!
Richmond MFFG Combat Demos - Richmond MFFG is a Historical Fencing study group under the umbrella of the Meyer Freifechter Guild. They will be presenting historical techniques based on the manuscripts written by Joachim Meyer in the late 1500s.
Virago Alley Combat Demos - Their mission is to provide an accessible and inclusive platform for the exploration, education and preservation of historical martial arts and artisan trades. Patrick Glynn and Bizhan Khodabandeh will be demonstrating differences between Historical European and Persian martial practices using spear, saber and dagger. Both of them will be offering workshops through Virago Alley in the future.
Japanese Sword Arts Study / RVA Katana Demo - They will be demonstrating historical Koryu Kenjutsu/Battojutsu (Kukishin Ryu) practices from Japan. The school is run by Scott takahashi and currently operates in RVA Katana, who also have a booth tonight. Go buy a sword!
HEMA Sport Fencing - Members of Scuffletown Federfechters and VCU HEMA will be demonstrating the competition aspect of Historical European Martial Arts or HEMA. Competitions in HEMA have varying rulesets. Today they will be demonstrating a priority rule set.
SCA / Society of Creative Anachronisms Combat Demo - Welcome to the Kingdom of Atlantia, Barony of Caer Mear - the Society of Creative Anachronism local branch. An inclusive community pursuing research and re-creation of pre-seventeenth century skills, arts, combat and cultures of the known world. You can visit their tent to learn about their Arts/Sciences and here they will be demonstrating both heavy combat and rapier fencing.