Categories: Interactive, Family Friendly, Activity. Location: Entire Event. Description: Join our royal scavenger hunt and embark on a quest fit for nobility! Follow a series of QR codes that guide you from clue to clue through the festival grounds. Solve each regal mystery, complete the hunt, and receive a royal prize for your efforts. Adventure […]
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Categories: Demonstration, Family Friendly, Activity. Location: Hawick Village. Description: Axe throwing is a popular sport that has gained a lot of popularity in recent years. It involves throwing an axe at a target, much like darts, but with a bigger and more satisfying thud. It may sound dangerous, but with the right safety precautions and
Categories: Craft, Demonstration, Historical. Location: Hawick Village. Description: We are the Steel Bonnets, border reivers from the Anglo/Scottish borders. Meet hired as scouts, foragers, and troops of the armies of Europe. Here you will learn more about survival, scouting, and other practices that make movement through the anglo/scottish border possible. They are ready to share
Categories: Craft, Demonstration, Historical. Location: Hawick Village. Description: Hair Braiding + St. Ives invites you to witness Renaissance-era weaving, games, illumination, spinning, jewelry-making and various other crafts! Come hone your skills. Whether you are starting off or have been making jewelry for years, all are welcome. Come learn, speak, and understand more about crafts that
Categories: Demonstration, Educational, Interactive. Location: Hawick Village. Description: La Orden de Santiago is a Spanish Military institute, traveling to war in the Netherlands to fight on behalf of King Philip II. Based in the late 16th century, we showcase military skill and unique maneuvers known of Spanish Military. We will showcase our Muskets and Cannons
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Category: Family Friendly, Photo Op, Craft. Location: Hawick Village. Description: The Hobbits of Thorngrove are a fantasy performing troupe who brings to life aspects of 18th century homesteading. With their hand-built hobbit homes, lively demonstrations, and whimsical tokens of luck, patrons can immerse themselves into a shire-like setting that makes anyone feel like a true
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Categories: Demonstration, Educational, Interactive. Location: Hawick Village. Description: Brotherhood of the Bottle represents a tavern of the Renaissance. You will find people of all stations and faraway lands who come to share our hospitality. At the tavern, we feast and sing, play games with visitors, and entertain with stories and silliness.
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Categories: Demonstration, Educational, Interactive. Location: Hawick Village. Description: The Blackshire’s Company of the Sword portrays Stoddard’s company of Foote, based on a Trained Band of English Militia that existed in the 16th century. What do you know of the pike? The pike is one of the most important weapons of a militia! It is used
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