Tewkesbury Medieval Festival is Europe's largest free annual medieval battle re-enactment and fayre
On 14th & 15th July 2012, thousands of re-enactors will travel from all round the world to help re-create the Battle of Tewkesbury of 1471.
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Blackmore's Night Become Festival Music Patrons
The festival is honoured to welcome Blackmore’s Night, featuring Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night & their Band of Minstrels, as Music Patrons to the festival. The "fantasy" inspired folk-rock band, featuring legendary Deep Purple/Rainbow guitarist Ritchie and singer/songwriter Candice, are a multi-award winning band, that have achieved gold record status across the globe. In more recent years, he has turned to Renaissance and early music, forming, with Candice, Blackmore’s Night. They were married at a medieval inspired wedding in 2008. It was this interest that led Bill Hunt, one of the festival’s organisers, to try and contact the band, in order to invite them to become the festival’s music patrons.
New festival book - launch party
This year we have produced a most fantastic book of photographs of the battle over the years (you may well be in it!). It will obviously be available at the MedFest but we are having a launch at Alison's Bookshop in Tewkesbury prior to the battle. You are all invited to come along and see it - and, hopefully, buy it (one, two, three copies or more).
Helping has won local army cadets an award
The Tewkesbury Platoon of the Gloucestershire Army Cadets has won a community service award from the Honorable Company of Gloucestershire. The award will be presented to them at their Red Lane headquarters on July 28. The cadets have helped run the public car parking at the event off Lincoln Green Lane for the past three years. They will be helping again at this year's Festival, on July 9-10. Commanding officer Tim Smiles said that the cadets thoroughly enjoy their days at the festival and that he is delighted with the award. Penny Tubbs, who organises the parking for the festival said, They have always been very smart and efficient, and an asset to the smooth running of our event. They are always well turned out, polite and smiling.
The Honorable Company of Gloucester is an organisation set up uphold the traditions of Gloucestershire.
New festival book published
From a small local fete to the biggest medieval event of its kind in Europe, that is story of Tewkesbury Medieval Festival, now in its 28th year. Now you can see its development in new books of photographs by Nigel Byde. It includes pictures of the battle re-enactment, the living history camps the market and the entertainment. With a forward by the festival's patron, actor and historian Robert Hardy CBE FSA. The book will be launched at the end of June, and will be on sale at this year's festival, at a special price of £15, normal price £20. Proceeds from sales of the book will be shared between the Medieval Festival and the Battle Field Society.