Puy du Fou
2026-01-01 - 2026-12-31 | Puy du Fou, Le Puy du Fou, Les Epesses, Pays de la Loire, 85590, France
Puy du Fou is a spectacular historical theme park in France, known for its large-scale live shows, immersive villages, dramatic battles, falconry, fire effects, and cinematic storytelling. Visitors can experience different periods of history, from Roman arenas and Viking raids to medieval castles and musketeer adventures. It is a great destination for anyone interested in history, performance, and epic reenactment-style entertainment.

Traquair Medieval Fayre
2026-05-23 - 2026-05-24 | Traquair Medieval Fayre, Traquair House, Innerleithen, Scotland, EH44 6PW, United Kingdom
Traquair Medieval Fayre brings medieval life to the grounds of Traquair House, Scotland’s oldest inhabited house, with jousting, falconry, armed combat, archery, living history displays, music, craft demonstrations, medieval traders, and family activities. Set in the Scottish Borders, it is presented as Scotland’s only authentic medieval fayre and offers a full weekend of medieval entertainment for all ages.

Keskiajan Turku
2026-06-25 - 2026-06-27 | Keskiajan Turku, Vanha Suurtori 3, Turku, Turku, 20500, Finland
Medieval Turku is Finland’s largest medieval festival, held in the historic Old Great Square of Turku. Visitors can enjoy a medieval market, crafts, music, performances, workshops, and living-history activities in one of Finland’s oldest cities. It is a great event for anyone interested in medieval culture, Nordic history, and family-friendly historical festivals.

Les Médiévales de Bayeux
2026-07-03 - 2026-07-05 | Bayeux, rue Lambert-Leforestier, Bayeux, Normandy, 14400, France
Les Médiévales de Bayeux transform the historic centre of Bayeux into a medieval town filled with parades, street performances, concerts, artisan demonstrations, reenactments, taverns, and a large medieval market around the cathedral. One of France’s major medieval festivals, it draws thousands of visitors each year and celebrates Bayeux’s rich medieval heritage with a lively weekend of costumes, music, fantasy, and history.

Kaltenberger Ritterturnier
2026-07-10 - 2026-08-26 | Kaltenberg Ritterturnier, Schloss Straße 13, Kaltenberg, Bayern, 82269, Germany
Kaltenberger Ritterturnier is one of Germany’s most famous medieval knight tournaments, held at Kaltenberg Castle in Bavaria. Visitors can expect dramatic jousting shows, a large medieval market, music, performers, food stalls, and a lively castle atmosphere. It is a great event for anyone interested in knights, medieval spectacle, and historical festival culture.

International Palace Games of Visegrád
2026-07-10 - 2026-07-12 | Visegrad, Visegrádi vár, Visegrád, Hungary
International Palace Games of Visegrád is Hungary’s largest medieval festival, held every July at the Royal Palace of Visegrád. The three-day event celebrates the famous royal meeting of 1335 with knight tournaments, royal processions, medieval music, dancers, jugglers, falconry, games, markets, and reenactors from across Europe. Set in the palace gardens and historic tournament field, it offers a vivid mix of Central European history, spectacle, and family-friendly medieval entertainment.

Festa dell’Unicorno
2026-07-10 - 2026-07-12 | Unicorno, Via Roma, Vinci, Tuscany, 50059, Italy
Festa dell’Unicorno is Italy’s biggest fantasy festival, filling the historic town of Vinci in Tuscany with cosplay, medieval fantasy, steampunk, horror, concerts, markets, live shows, reenactments, workshops, and family activities. Across three days, visitors can explore themed areas full of elves, pirates, magical creatures, performers, and fantasy worlds in the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci.

Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
2026-07-11 - 2026-07-12 | Tewkesbury, Church street, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 5RZ, United Kingdom
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival is one of Europe’s largest free medieval gatherings, centred on the dramatic reenactment of the Battle of Tewkesbury from 1471. The festival fills the town with living history camps, medieval traders, entertainers, music, food, and thousands of reenactors recreating life during the Wars of the Roses. It takes place beside Tewkesbury town centre and around the historic battlefield and abbey.

Mercado Medieval de Óbidos
2026-07-16 - 2026-07-26 | Obidos, Castelo de Óbidos, Óbidos, Óbidos, 2510-001, Portugal
Mercado Medieval de Óbidos transforms the walled town and castle area of Óbidos into a medieval world of knights, merchants, music, theatre, food, crafts, and costumed performances. Set beneath the castle walls, the festival recreates the atmosphere of medieval Portugal with markets, shows, historical characters, and lively street entertainment throughout the old town. The 2026 edition runs from 16–26 July at Cerca do Castelo, Óbidos.

Sighișoara Medieval Festival
2026-07-24 - 2026-07-26 | Sighișoara Medieval Festival, Piața Cetății, Sighișoara, 545400, Romania
Sighișoara Medieval Festival brings Romania’s famous UNESCO-listed citadel to life with knights, troubadours, theatre, music, crafts, parades, medieval markets, and costumed performances. Set inside one of Europe’s best-preserved inhabited medieval towns, the festival turns Sighișoara’s cobbled streets, towers, and squares into a vivid Transylvanian medieval world. The 2026 edition runs 24–26 July.

Mittelalterlich Phantasie Spectaculum Bückeburg 1
2026-07-25 - 2026-07-26 | MPS, Schlossplatz 1, Bückeburg, 31675, Germany
MPS — Mittelalterlich Phantasie Spectaculum is a travelling German medieval-fantasy festival mixing medieval markets, music, knights, fire shows, camps, crafts, food, and fantasy performances. Rather than being strictly historical, MPS is known for its colourful “not authentic, but fantastic” atmosphere, with bands, traders, reenactors, and costumed visitors creating a large open-air medieval world across different German locations.

CastleFest
2026-07-30 - 2026-08-02 | Kasteel Keukenhof, Keukenhof 1, Lisse, Holland, 2161 AN, Netherlands
Castlefest is one of the Netherlands’ biggest fantasy festivals, held at Castle Keukenhof in Lisse. Visitors can expect a magical mix of live folk and medieval music, fantasy costumes, market stalls, crafts, food, and immersive performances in a fairytale setting. It is a great event for fans of fantasy, history, cosplay, and medieval-inspired culture.

Wolin Viking Festival
2026-07-30 - 2026-08-02 | Wolin, Recław 37, Wolin, 72-510
Wolin Viking Festival, officially the Festival of Slavs and Vikings, is one of Europe’s largest early-medieval reenactment events, held at the Slavs and Vikings Centre in Wolin, Poland. Visitors can explore a reconstructed settlement, watch Viking and Slavic battles, craft demonstrations, rituals, music, archery, spear throwing, and living-history camps inspired by the 9th–11th centuries. The 2026 festival runs from 30 July to 2 August.

Mittelalterlich Phantasie Spectaculum Bückeburg 2
2026-08-01 - 2026-08-02 | MPS, Schlossplatz 1, Bückeburg, 31675, Germany

Medieval Week in Gotland Visby
2026-08-01 - 2026-08-09 | Medeltidsveckan på Gotland, Strandgatan 28, Visby, Gotland, 621 56, Sweden
Step into the medieval streets of Visby during Medeltidsveckan på Gotland, one of Scandinavia’s most atmospheric medieval festivals. Expect jousting, fire shows, live music, markets, historical crafts, storytelling, workshops, guided walks, taverns, and family-friendly performances throughout the week. Set among Gotland’s old stone walls and ruins, the festival brings the Middle Ages to life with a mix of history, fantasy, food, and spectacle.

Mittelalterlich Phantasie Spectaculum Weil am Rhein
2026-08-14 - 2026-08-16 | MPS weil am rhein, Weil am Rhein, 79576, Germany

Mittelalterlich Phantasie Spectaculum Speyer
2026-08-22 - 2026-08-23 | MPS speyer, Domplatz, Speyer, 67346, Germany

Olite Medieval Festival
2026-09-05 - 2026-09-07 | Olite, Olite, Navarre, 31390, Spain
The Medieval Festivals of Olite take over the historic town of Olite in Navarra, Spain, with a lively medieval market, music, parades, performers, jousting, workshops, and costumed celebrations around the famous Royal Palace. For one weekend in August, the town returns to its past as a royal court, creating one of Navarra’s most atmospheric medieval events.

Terra de Troubadours
2026-09-11 - 2026-09-13 | Terra de Trobadors, Plaça Joan Alsina, Castelló d’Empúries, Girona, 17486, Spain
Terra de Trobadors transforms Castelló d’Empúries into a lively medieval town of troubadours, markets, music, taverns, tournaments, and historical reenactments. Held on the second weekend of September, it celebrates the town’s medieval past as the former capital of the County of Empúries, with a special focus on troubadour culture and the 12th–13th centuries. Visitors can explore artisan stalls, performances, costumes, and even a medieval market where payment is made using medieval-style currency.

Festival-Mediaval
2026-09-11 - 2026-09-13 | Festival, Selb, 95100, Germany
Festival-Mediaval is one of Europe’s leading medieval music festivals, held on the Goldberg in Selb, Bavaria. The festival mixes major medieval-rock and folk bands with fire shows, jugglers, markets, camp life, fantasy atmosphere, and family-friendly entertainment. The 2026 edition runs 11–13 September 2026 under the theme “Legends”, with acts including In Extremo, Corvus Corax, Subway to Sally, Faun, and more.
