July-August events

Summertime events are in full swing! Here's a detailed list of July and August events. If you know of events not listed here, please contact Vicki at Vicki@ReenactorChronicles.com. Thanks!

July 10-13, 2025 - IMM of PA Primitive Rendezvous, Emlenton, Pennsylvania. Sponsored by Independent Mountain Men of PA. Contact Gene Nagel, 724-586-7220, www.IMMOFPA.com. Gate hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Camp fee $10 per person; free for ages 17 and younger. No addition fee for period traders. Public hours 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Shoots, junior shoot, archery, hawk & knife, kids' games. Fireworks Saturday night. Meat provided for camp feast Saturday; campers provide side dishes. Breakfast available at clubhouse Friday-Sunday mornings. Service dogs only on leash. Horses and mules welcome if pre-registered. GPS address: 420 Squaw Valley Road, Parker, Pennsylvania.

July 11-12, 2025 - Summer Rendezvous, Jefferson County Longrifles, 1000 Harriger Hollow Road, Brookville, Pennsylvania 15825. Contact JeffersonCountyLongrifles.blogspot.com or Facebook page. Traders welcome. Camp fee. Pets must be on leashes. Shoots, aggregates. Primitive attire required in primitive areas. Hours 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.​

July 12-19, 2025 - Rocky Mountain National Rendezvous, Lonetree, Wyoming, near the site of the 1825 rendezvous. Contact Todd Erlandson, booshway1rmnr2025@gmail.com, or James McDonald, mcdonaldj8431@gmail.com,  www.RMNR.org, Facebook page.    Bicentennial celebration of rendezvous in the Rocky Mountains. Trader and blanket trader fees are waived for 2025 only. If postmarked by June 14, camp fees are $50 per adult, $15 for ages 15-17 and free for ages 14 and younger. Fees are $10 more at the gate. Early setup July 9-11 with fees of $5 per person per day (ages 15 and older). Seminars and workshops, kids games, horse camp, cannon shoot, shooting program, knife and hawk, archery. Elevation 7,550 feet.

July 18-20, 2025 - Summer Rendezvous, Old Westmoreland Rifles, 188 McCullough Road, Derry, Pennsylvania 15671. Contact Darryl Myers, 724-522-1729; Duane King, 724-850-7305; or Dennis Hoffman, 412-680-1050, www.oldwestmorelandrifles.com/schedules.html. Shoots, archery, hawk & knife. Camp feast Friday evening.Take your own water. Camp fee $15, registration fee $10. Tear down after noon Sunday.

July 19-20, 2025 - Cass River Colonial Encampment, "Colonial Frankenmuth," River Place, Frankenmuth, Michigan. Contact Brent Kemmer, kemmerc@hotmail.com, 989-366-6531. Fur trade camp contact Merlyn Hodge, lafalcon@tds.net, 248-515-2398. Juried 18th-century event for Rev War, F&I, Voyageurs, Woodland Indians. Advanced registration required. A few new rules. Sponsored by Frankenmuth River Place Shops, Bavarian Inn Lodge and Bavarian Inn Restaurant. Town also known for its Bavarian heritage, Zehnder’s and Bronner’s provides back drop for the 18th-century event. Battles centered around a fortified hill and a wooden bridge. Canoe race, period dance and ladies tea. Large public attendance. Powder ration, modern bath 24/7, showers, Saturday dinner and food for purchase on site. Set up Friday and stay until Monday to shop in town.

July 19-20, 2025 - 250th Anniversary of Hugh Stephenson's "Bee Line March" to Cambridge, Morgan's Grove Park, 4198 Kearneysville Pike, Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443. Contact Facebook page.​

July 25-27, 2025 - Gathering at Garst, 205 N. Broadway, Greenville, Ohio. Hosted by Garst Museum and Darke County Park District. Contact 937-548-5250, info@gatheringatgarst.com, Facebook page. 

A customer examines a trader's wares at the 2024 Gathering at Garst in Greenevill, Ohio. This year's Gathering at Garst is July 25-27.

July 25-27, 2025 - Gunmakers Fair at Kempton, Kempton Community Center, Kempton, Pennsylvania. (Near Dixon's Muzzleloading Shop where the event took place for 37 years.) Contact John DeWald, 570-220-6450, Gunmakersfair@yahoo.com, gunmakersfair.wixsite.com/gunfair, Facebook page. Seminars, gunmakers, artisans, horners, reenactors, vendors of 18th and 19th centuries. Rifle and accoutrements judging and awards. Open 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. Admission $5 per person ages 16 and older. 

July 26-Aug. 2, 2025 - NRLHF Northeastern Primitive Rendezvous, 2911 Stoney Run Road, Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania 16350. Contact Keith Anderson, 814-688-1313, keithanderson10@rocketmail.com, www.nrlhf.org, Facebook page. Early setup Wednesday and Thursday. Pre-registration fees are $60 per adult for NMLRA members; $70 for non-members. Children ages 17 and younger are free. No pets.​

July 30-Aug. 3, 2025 - Mackinaw Trade Fair, Conkling Heritage Park, Mackinaw City, Michigan. Contact Cindy Snider, sniderconst@centurylink.net, 231-537-4851, Facebook page. Educational event about Native Americans, American, French and English people as they lived and traded in the 1700s in the Mackinaw region. Live demos, street battle, merchants, trade blankets, live music and entertainment 18th- and 19th-century auction.

July 31-Aug. 3, 2025 - Ohio Valley Mountain Men Summer Rendezvous, 157 Richmond Lane, Glen Easton, West Virginia. Contact Allen Gellner, 304-650-4657. Gun trail woods walk, archery trail walk, painted target shoot, hawk & knife, kids games. Camp fee $20. Dealers welcome with no extra fee. Kitchen open Friday and Saturday. Camp feed Saturday night. Ice available. Service animals only. Public welcome 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday.

(Canceled by historical site) Aug. 1-3, 2025 - Gnadenhutten Pioneer Days, 352 S. Cherry St., Gnadenhutten, Ohio. Contact Ed "Grizz" Ackman, 330-831-6135, Gnadenhutten Historical Society, 740-254-4143, Facebook page. Event in conjunction with community celebration in Ohio's oldest existing settlement. Set up after 5 p.m. July 30. Traders welcome. Hawk & knife demonstrations. Crock auction. Special presentations to be announced. Saturday evening camp feed. Sunday morning church service.

Aug. 7-9, 2025 - Contemporary Longrifle Association Show & Meeting, Central Bank Center, 430 W. Vine St., Lexington, Kentucky 40507. Contact 540-886-6189, cla@longrifle.com, www.longrifle.com, Facebook page. Members-only show. Memberships available. Thursday setup. Open 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday.

Aug. 7-10, 2025 - Seneca Muzzleloaders Fun-de-Vous, Sandusky River Coon Hunters grounds, 7575 TR 131, Tiffin, Ohio 44883. Contact Rob Gerding, 419-341-8657, robbob@hush.com, Facebook page. Primitive dress is welcome, but shorts and a T-shirt is the usual dress for this event. Otherwise, it's a rendezvous with black powder shoots, archery, hawk and knife and other competitions. Saturday evening potluck. Camp fee $25. Setup after 2 p.m. Thursday and all day Friday.

Aug. 7-10, 2025 - West Virginia Boys Rendezvous, 3008 W. South Range Road, Columbiana, Ohio 44408. Contact Facebook page. Camp fee $20 per camp. Provide your own water. Trail walks, for rifle, archery and hawk & knife. Camp feed Saturday; provide a side dish.

Aug. 9-10, 2025 - 18th-Century Colonial Trade Fair at the Mill, Wolf Creek Grist Mill Museum, 3175 SR 3 South, Loudonville, Ohio 44842. Contact mark@wolfcreekmill.org, 419-541-0161, www.wolfcreekmill.org. Juried event seeking demonstrators and traders. Public hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.​

Aug. 9-10, 2025 - Napoleonic Days 1799–1815, Old Fort Wayne, 1201 Spy Run Ave., Fort Wayne, Indiana. Contact 260-437-2836. Reenactor, sutler, demonstrator applications at oldfortwayne.org/get-involved/reenactor-registration. Public hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.

Aug. 15-17, 2025 - Galesburg Heritage Days, Lake Storey Park, Galesburg, Illinois. Contact Dave and Lisa Bernhart, 309-335-7743 or 309-342-6159, thebernharts@yahoo.com or galesburgheritagedays@gmail.com, Facebook page and www.galesburgheritagedays.org. Early setup starts at 8 a.m. Aug. 14. Pre-1840 Early American Colonial/Frontier Rendezvous and Civil War Battle Encampment/ Reenactment at two separate, but close, venues at the park. Event includes almost 1,000 visual storytellers, reenactors, merchants and sutlers. Free public admission. Rendezvous fee $25 per camp and $50 per trader. Civil War camp fee is $10 per person ages 16 and older. 

Aug. 22-24, 2025, and Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2025 - Great Trail Festival, festival grounds, SR 43, Malvern, Ohio. Contact 330-794-9100, www.greattrailfestival.com, Facebook page. Reenactors, musicians, blanket traders and buckskinning families by invitation and inquiry. Cannon firing, tomahawk contest, battle reenactments, French Quarter and participant dinner. Public hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and Memorial Day.

(New dates) Aug. 23-24, 2025 - Old Timey Days, Williams Park, Gibsonburg, Ohio, Gibsonburg Historical Society. Contact Jason Adams via text, 419-575-7496, or email RogueArtist@gmail.com, Facebook page. Reenactors, food and craft vendors. Public hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.

Aug. 23-24, 2025 - The 60 Years' War for Ohio: American Revolution, Fort Meigs, 29100 W. River Road, Perrysburg, Ohio. Contact 419-874-4121, www.fortmeigs.org/events, Facebook page. Juried event: American Revolution. Registration required.

(New event) Aug. 23-24, 2025 - Battle for Billie Creek, 65 S. Billie Creek Road, Rockville, Indiana 47872. Contact Jason Buckreis, jrbuckreis@outlook.com (reenactors) or Michelle, BillieCreekVillage@yahoo.com (food vendors), Facebook page. Mid-18th-century event featuring demonstrations from period civilians, military personnel, traders, crafters and others. Battle demonstration, vendors, crafts, food expected. Public hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission $10 for ages 11 and older, $7 for ages 6-10.

Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2025 - Fort Rowdy Gathering, Covington Community Park, 140 W. Broadway, Covington, Ohio. Contact Kari Hollis, 937-570-8548, khollis311@gmail.com, Facebook page. Rendezvous and community festival along the Stillwater River, connected by a 209-foot-long portable footbridge. Free live entertainment on both sides of the river. Archery, hawk & knife, atlatl, fire starting, Highland games. Donations for fundraiser auction appreciated. 

Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2025 - Greene County Fish & Game Labor Day Rendezvous, 1538 Union Road, Xenia, Ohio 45385. Contact Brian Lavery, 937-241-8327, Facebook page. Camp fee $20 per family; $15 per single; $10 for walk-in shooter. No extra fee for traders. Competitions include shoots, archery, hawk & knife, pastry toss. 

Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2025 - Fall Rendezvous, Ball & Arrow Primitive Weapons Club Inc., 5190 Days Lane NE, New Philadelphia (Roswell), Ohio 44663. Contact Jamie Maize, 330-663-8190, or Larry Pringle, 330-432-8244, Facebook page. Period dress required. Camp fee $25. Additional shooters $10 each. Walk-ins welcome with $25 per shooter fee. Rifle woods walk, primitive archery woods walk, knife & hawk and kids games. Provide your own drinking water. No pets. 

Aug. 29-31, 2025 - The Fair at New Boston, George Rogers Clark Park, 936 S. Tecumseh, Springfield, Ohio. Contact Pam Cottrell, 937-322-4181, rcottrel@woh.rr.com, 937-882-9216, Facebook page. Sponsored by George Rogers Clark Heritage Association. Invitation-only, juried event. Time period 1790-1812. Friday school day. Entertainment, food, taverns, craftsmen, Woodland Indian village, military encampment, children’s games and puppets, music, street entertainers, shopping. Learn dance steps from 1800. Battle reenactment each day.