Evesham’s Other History by Carmel Langridge

Carmel Langridge, the Chair of Evesham’s Historical Society, will be sharing her vast knowledge of Evesham from the earliest times.

St Nicholas Supper

This is the Society’s Christmas get together at a popular hostelry or retreat. Good food, drink and company to start the seasonal festivities.

6 December 2025
7:00 pm

October Day School: Ceremony and Splendour

This is the Society’s annual popular one-day Day School which features a number of lectures by leading academics, living history and re-enactment. More details will be posted later.

The fee includes refreshments and lunch.

11 October 2025
9:00 am

Evesham Battle Festival – 1 to 3 August 2025

This year is the 760th anniversary of the Battle of Evesham so the normal Battle Festival will be extended to provide a range of activities over 3 days (1 – 3 August) starting with:

Day 1/Friday when jousting and tournaments will be held on Crown Meadow

Days 2 and 3 will cover our award winning Medieval Festival and Battle Re-enactments in the meadows in Evesham

In addition, there will our first War Game Festival in Evesham: “Baron’s War 2025” in Wallace House, Oat Street, Evesham

1 August 2025
10:00 am

Evesham Battle Festival – Tournament Day, Friday 1 August 2025

This year is the 760th anniversary of the Battle of Evesham so the normal Battle Festival will be extended to provide a range of activities over 3 days (1 – 3 August) starting with:

Friday when Jousts and Tournaments will be held.

Days 2 and 3 will cover our award winning Medieval Festival and Battle Re-enactments. In addition, there will our first War Game Festival in Evesham: “Baron’s War 2025”

1 August 2025
10:00 am

Light in the Darkness by Heather Rendell

A Zoom only meeting featuring an examination of the contrast between life in the medieval hall and the chivalry ideal of life.

Most of the Society’s lectures are in person but because of the likely inclement weather at this time of year the lectures will be given remotely until the spring.

9 January 2025
7:30 pm

Battle of Evesham Festival 2025 – 760th Anniversary Festival

THE BATTLE OF EVESHAM 2025

760th Anniversary Festival – 3 days of medieval mayhem

NEW Tourney Arena for demonstrations and entertainment

NEW c13th Joust-Tourney on Friday

NEW Kenilworth Castle built on the Battle Arena

NEW Siege engine warfare attacking and defending the castle

NEW Presentation pavilion, historic academic and fiction talks

NEW Park and Ride/Stride

NEW Wargamers Barons War Festival in the Town Centre

900+ re-enactors, soldiers, archers & living history performers

20+ Knights on war-horses

Mass archery demonstrations

Authors talks and book signings

55+ medieval crafts traders

55+ modern artisan crafts traders

30+ food and drink stalls

GRAND PARADE Saturday 10am.

THIRTEENTH CENTURY JOUST/TOURNEE ON FRIDAY
Watch close-up in the Tourney Arena the, first style of medieval tourney, which developed into the jousts we see in Hollywood Films.

GRAND PARADE ON SATURDAY
All performers, Knights on their war horses will be march though the streets of Evesham in full armour and medieval costume, joined by musicians, dancers and our regional Mayors. All in a fantastic parade of colour and noise.

BATTLE REENACTMENTS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Including all soldiers, archers and mounted Knights, fighting to the death in medieval mayhem.

FREE TO ENTER (suggested donation £2 each)
Come and enjoy a spectacular weekend of medieval action and education in the heart of Evesham and next to the Avon, a riverside Market Town on the edge of the Cotswolds with a big part to play in history.

Including are full-on battle re-enactments, Living History camp displays, trade stalls catering for medieval and modern tastes, beer tent and a Grand Parade through the streets of Evesham.
The festival commemorates the defeat of Simon de Montfort in 1265, but celebrates the survival of his ‘Representative Parliament’ now we call this the House of Commons.

5,000 men died on Greenhill and in the streets of Evesham, either defending the Magna Carta or the restoration of the Monarchy, leading to the greatest shift in land ownership since the Norman Invasion.

1 August 2025
10:00 am