2026 List of Events Tentative
February 21 – 22
Echoes of the Past Trade Show in Oshkosh
Wm. Booth, Draper will only have 2 tables for this show with limited stock. If there’s something you’d like us to bring please email ahead. Echoes of the Past trade show includes merchants & classes for reenactors, dealers, educators, related crafts people, historians & the general public interested in the mid 1700s to the 1860s. It’s open to the public Saturday 9-5 & Sunday 9-3 with a $5.00 door fee for everyone over 10 years of age. Food is available on site and parking is free.
March 7 – 8
New England Colonial Trade Fair
Over 40 vendors providing products from the 17th, 18th & 19th century attend this event but this will be the first year Wm. Booth, Draper will be present. It’s open Saturday 9-5 & Sunday 9-2, it costs $5 at the door to enter.
March 21 – 22
Kalamazoo Living History Trade Show
This is the largest indoor trade show in the Midwest with hundreds of merchants and classes providing goods for pre 1890s reenactors, dealers, educators, related crafts people, historians & the general public.
April 23 – 26
Fort Frederick
This event in Big Pool, Maryland represents eastern North America from 1730 to 1790. At the fair you will see merchants, traders, trades people, street vendors, entertainers, individuals, groups, military units, and American Indians portraying the 1730s up to the early republic.
Everything below is under construction!
May 3 – 4
Revolutionary War Days, Mount Vernon
This includes a full military encampment with all the buildings open for tours including the Museum of the American Revolution’s replica of General Washington’s War Tent, which served as the office & sleeping quarters while commander of the Continental Army. Food is available on site & normal fees apply.
May 10 – 11
French and Indian War Weekend, Fort at Number 4
This includes a full military encampment with all the buildings open & occupied. Wm. Booth, Draper hasn’t been to the this F&I event at Fort at Number 4 for several years. Normal Entrance fees apply.
June 6
Putnam County Heroes Fight the Redcoats
Putnam County will step back in time as “Putnam County Heroes: Battle the Redcoats” comes to Veterans Memorial Park in Carmel on Saturday, June 6, offering residents and visitors an immersive Revolutionary War living history experience as part of America’s 250th anniversary commemoration.
The free, family-friendly event will feature Revolutionary War battle reenactments, military encampments, historical demonstrations, live performances, food vendors, children’s activities, and appearances by General George Washington and colonial-era reenactors throughout the day.
June 13 – 14
Fort Ontario, NY
On the weekend of Flag Day this fort in New York will be occupied by British troops. Tensions between the residents & British regulars will be felt.
June 20 – 21
Battle of Gloucester, MA
Battle reenactments by land and sea and historical interpretations of life in 18th-century Gloucester at Stage Fort Park.
July 3 – July 5
Siege of Niagara 1759, NY
A reenactment of the French & Indian War and Old Fort Niagara’s largest event of the year. If you have never been to Fort Niagara this is worth a visit.
August 1 – 2
Redcoats & Rebels, Sturbridge, MA
Encamped on the Village Common of Old Sturbridge Village hundreds of recreated soldiers & civilians from the American Revolution. Visitors can explore exhibits, galleries & demonstrations & talk with costumed historians about everyday life in early New England, as well as tour the camps, witness recreated skirmishes & battles, see special presentations, chat with guest craftspeople, & enjoy fife & drum music. Old Sturbridge Village will have extended hours until 8:00 giving more time to explore.
September 12 – 13 (tentative date for 2026)
Return to No. 4: Revolutionary War Weekend, Charlestown, NH
This is a mid size event with many demonstrations in the recreated station which includes a bake oven & many rooms to explore. There are a fair number of tradespeople selling wares.
September 26
Colonial Faire and Muster of Fyfe & Drum
At the historic Longfellow’s Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts have a full day of music, muskets, history, & fun. The Sudbury Colonial Faire & Fife & Drum Muster opens at 10:00 am with a Colonial encampment, militia & crafts demonstrations, & contradancing. The muster will start at noon. We expect dozens of colonial & craft vendors & 25 fife & drum corps.
October 2 – 4
Mississinewa 1812, Marion, IN
Now moved to the new location, Ahsenionki Miami for “place of the stone.” Phonetically, pronounced “uh-say-nee-on-gee” this site is along the banks of the Mississinewa River with woods & a lake that will serve well to commemorate the significant battle that took place near the site. In the years past this has been a huge event with crafts people from all over interpreting their crafts & great outpouring of local support. Usually 1812 regiments from Canada attend this event making it the largest 1812 event in the United States.
October 10 – 11
Feast of the Hunter’s Moon, Lafayette, IN
Feast of the Hunters’ Moon at Fort Ouiatenon is a mid 18th century annual fall gathering of French & native American people at a fur trading outpost that has continued for 58 years. There are many shops & food to choose from.
October 24
Battle of Red Horse Tavern, Sudbury, MA
This one day event takes place at what Longfellow called The Wayside Inn. Although the inn was a meeting place for meetings & a resting place for travelers during the American Revolution, no battle took place here. Nonetheless, a battle is recreated before the soldiers adjourn to sing in the operating tavern.
November 14 – 15
Carolinas Revolutionary War Weekend and Battle Reenactment events/Battle of Camden, SC
This is a 1780 Revolutionary War Reenactment & market fair, with educational events by Liberty Live℠.