Activities at Canterbury Faire

Canterbury Faire includes a remarkably broad range of activities. Please check this page regularly if you want to keep up to date with what sorts of things are on offer, as some details may not be added or finalised until a few weeks before the Faire.

If you wish to offer to help with anything noted here, or have ideas for other possible activities, please contact the  Faire Steward.

Village Football

Come one, come all!

Field Archery

Field archery this year is as varied as ever.

Arts & Sciences

A&S activities for this Canterbury Faire will involve up to 40 classes or workshops, plus an A&S display on Friday. This is not a formal A&S competition, it is an opportunity to display your work, show off projects both completed and underway and enthuse and get feedback about new things you are learning. Documentation is heartily encouraged, but is not required -- in your notes, please do at least mention who you are and the nature of your entry!

Ball

A range of dances will be provided from the simplest to the most challenging, almost certainly accompanied by live musicians.

For Children

Apart from the Boffer Tourney (5-17), there will be other organised or semi-organised activities for children at the Faire. Generally they are in great part self-sustaining, with the older children entertaining the younger ones to a significant degree, as in a medieval village.

Please check out the requirements regarding supervision of children on site.

Combat

There will be plenty of combat-related activities, including heavy and rapier tourneys, field archery, war scenarios (all mixed) and woods battle (heavy only), along with our fort and possibly siege weaponry.

Equestrian Activities

After the success of equestrian activities at Canterbury Faire 2010, there will be more this year on the main field!

Fencing/Rapier

Half-Circle Theatre

The right noble and virtuous Dramatikal Compagnie of Lord Lovel's Men doth array upon the stage The Half CIRCLE THEATRE, wherein shall be presented divers entertainments gathered out of the best approved players and musicians augmented with ne'er before seen interludes.

Market

Merchants of good standing are welcome to display their wares at Canterbury Faire.

All merchants are welcome and no Faire taxes are charged for any who have goods to sell. As space in the hall is limited, those who are willing to set up just outside among the eager crowds are encouraged to do so.

Should you wish to let Faire-goers know of your fine wares, we would be delighted to provide you with space in this venue to post your news and announcements. This may prove particularly advantageous for those travelling from far afield, to both whet the appetite of potential customers and, possibly, to provide a point of contact for any who wish to arrange a pre-order so you can be confident of sales.

Fabric Shopping (before or after the event)

For the benefit of travellers to Canterbury Faire, we have prepared the following guide to fabric shopping in Christchurch (600KB Word document). It shows the location of key fabric stores in Christchurch, mentioning what fabrics, discounts and other arrangements may be of interest to SCAdians.