US HEMA Event Calendar

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1		US HEMA Event Calendar								Requires Vaccination?	Features Workshops	Features Tournaments	HEMA Scorecard?	HEMA Ratings?	Housing Included?	Food Included?	Workshops Included?	Mixed Weapons	Synthetic Longsword	Open Longsword	Advanced Longsword	Women's Longsword	Open Rapier	Rapier & Dagger	Sword & Buckler	Smallsword	Messer	Saber	Singlestick	Broadsword	Dagger	Harnisfechten	Beginner's Cutting	Open Cutting	Advanced Cutting	Unique Tournaments
2	Name of Event	2023 Date	Start	End	Recurring	Location	Hosting Club	Price	Approx. Attendance																											Unique Tournaments

3	Kings Cup (formerly Capitol Clash)	January 13-16	1/13	1/16	MLK	Oxon Hill, MD	Metropolitan Historical Fencing Academy	$100 - $200	Large (150+)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Incl.	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Longsword, S&B and R&D also have Womens, teen, and 40+	https://www.dchistoricalfencing.com/kingscup?fbclid=IwAR3JMrjdxqK9fZEXTqulMDS96YY2kc0XELY47v65fTBiUit0j-qlrzs_1p4
4	Valley of the Sun Cutting Tournament	January 14-15	1/14	1/15	January	Mesa, AZ	Phoenix Society / Mordhau KDF	$70	Medium (50-149)		Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	$45	$45	Arming Sword Cutting ($45)
5	WEIRD Open	January 27-29	1/27	1/29	January	Austin, TX	Austin Historical Weapons Guild	$0-$225	Small (<50)		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Camp	Yes	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	Incl.	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Women's Messer, 3v3
6	Midwinter Armizare	January 28-29	1/28	1/29	January	Chicago, IL	MHFL and FFMA	$75-$150	Medium (50-149)		No	Yes		Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Sword in One Hand
7	Socal Swordfight	February 17-19	2/17	2/19	President's Day	Long Beach, CA	SoCal Swords	$150	Large (150+)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Incl.	$20	$25	$25	$25	$25	$25	$25	No	$25	No	$25	No	No	No	No	$40	$40	$40	Advanced Saber, Teens Longsword, Arming Sword Cutting
8	Rapier and Saber Pedagogy Retreat (RASP) VI	February 16-20	2/16	2/20	President's Day	Tullapoosa, GA	Atlanta Historical Fencing Academy	$450-775	Small (<50)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Incl.	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
9	Ascalon Sword Festival	March 17 -19	3/17	3/19	March	Columbus, OH	Royal Arts Fencing Academy	$160	Medium (50-149)			Yes		Yes	No	No	No	No	No	$45	$45	$45	No	$45	No	No	No	$45	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
10	Schnegal Fechten	March 18-19	3/18	3/19	Ides of March	Dallas, TX	Warlord Combat Academy	$50	Small (<50)		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Incl.	Incl.		Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No
11	Sotheast Arc Fencing Open (SAFO)	March 25-26	3/25	3/26	March	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta Historical Fencing Academy	$75	Small (<50)		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Incl.	Incl.	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	Incl.	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	All events Women's and Gender Minorities
12	Texas Sword Retreat	March 31 - April 2	3/31	4/2	April	Paradise, TX	Dallas Renaissance Sword Guild	$225/$250	Small (<50)		Yes	No	No	No	Incl.	Incl.	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
13	Tournament of Knightly Arts	April 8	4/8	4/8	April	Jefferson City, MO	Guild of Knightly Arts	$60	Small (<50)		No	Yes			No	No	No	Incl.	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
14	Legend of the Lake Open	April 8-9	4/8	4/9	April	Burlington, VT	UVM Historical Fencing Club	$15/$50	Small (<50)	Yes	Yes	Yes					$10	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
15	Arsenal Assault of Arms	April 14-16	4/14	4/16	April	Watertown, MA	Athena School of Arms	$50	Small (<50)		Yes	Yes		No			Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Invitational Broadsword and Dagger
16	Ladies Knight	April 15-16	4/15	4/16	April	Southhampton, NJ	NJ Klopffechters / MEMAG	$50/$75	Medium (50-149)		Yes	Yes			No	Lunch	Incl.	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
17	Icebreaker Open	April 21-23	4/21	4/23	April	St Paul, MN	Minnesota HEMA Study Group	$40/$70/$120	Medium (50-149)	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	$40	$20	Yes	$40	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Mixed steel and Mixed synthetics tournaments
18	Wine Country Sword Crush	April 22-23	4/22	4/23	April	Santa Rosa, CA	En Garde Fencing	$45	Small (<50)		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	$20	No	$10/20	No	$20	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
19	AG Open	May 5-7	5/5	5/7	May	Plymouth, MI	Ars Gladii	$95	Medium (50-149)		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Incl.	No	No	Incl.	Incl.	Incl.	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	Incl.	Incl.	No	Longsword Relay (3 person teams)
20	Springeck	May 6	5/6	5/6	May	Vernon, NJ	NJHFA	$50	Small (<50)		Yes	No	No	No	No		Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
21	Sword Strong KC	May 6-7	5/6	5/7	May	Olathe, KS	Baerswords School Of Western Martial Arts	$90/$100	Medium (50-149)	No		Yes			No	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Team Mixed, novice rapier+, novice longsword, novice saber
22	Steel Jam	May 13				Winter Park, FL	Crossroads, Kraken, Neal Voor		Medium (50-149)		yes	Yes	yes				yes			Yes								Yes, synthetic
23	Spring Fechten	May 20	5/20	5/20	May	Oklahoma City, OK	Cymbrogi School of Western Martial Arts	$0			Yes						$25	No	No	$30	No	No	No	No	No	No	$30	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Judges Certificaiton ($20)
24	FunFecht	May 26-29	5/26	5/29	Memorial Day	Pittsburgh, PA	Hilt and Helm	$110	Medium (50-149)		Yes	No	No	No	Camp	Incl.	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
25	Battle Born	May 27-28	5/27	5/28	Memorial Day	Carson City, NV	Noble Science Academy	$20	Medium (50-149)	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	$40	No	$40	$40	No	No	No	No	No	No	$40	No	No	No	No	No	Both Steel & Synthetic Broadsword; Single-Life Broadsword
26	IFG Spring Fling - Tournament of Roses	June 3-4	6/3	6/4	June	Tigard, OR	Indes Ferox Gladio	$10/$35/$65	Medium (50-149)						No	No	No	No	No	$25	No	$25	$25	No	$25	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	$15	No
27	Southeast Renaissance Fencing Open (SERFO)	June 9-11	6/9	6/11	June	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta Historical Fencing Academy	$85/$100	Medium (50-149)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Dorms	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	Incl.	No	Incl.	Incl.	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	First Blood Rapier, Team Rapier
28	Hellafecht	June 16-18	6/16	6/18	June	Oakland, CA
29	Brass Frog Assault of Arms	June 23-25	6/23	6/25	June	East Haddam, CT	WST&R	$90			Yes	Yes		No	No	No	Incl.	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
30	Fecht Yeah (Women's Focused)	June 23-25	6/23	6/25	June	Cairo, NY		~$100			Yes	Yes		Yes	Camp	No	Incl.	No	No		No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Open Gekken
31	Revolution Rumble	July 1	7/1	7/1	July	Philadelphia, PA	Bucks Historical Longsword	$50/$69			Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
32	Cornhusker State Games	July 14-16	7/14	7/16	July?	Bellevue, NE		$45	Small (<50)		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
33	Queen's Court Open	July 14-16	7/14	7/16	June/July	Harveysburg, OH	Queen City Sword Guild	$0				Yes		Yes	No	Dinner	No	No	No	$20	$20	No	No	No	No	No	$20	No	No	No	No	$20	No	No	No	Solo Recital'
34	Queens Gambit	July 15-17	7/15	7/17	July	Charlotte, NC	Swordwind	$50/$80/$100		Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes			Incl.	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	Incl.	No	Sidesword Cutting, Sidesword and Offhand, Spear
35	CombatCon	July 20-23	7/20	7/23	July / Aug	Las Vegas, NV	None	$125/$250	Large (150+)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Incl.	No	No	$25	$25	$25	No	$25	$25	No	$25	$25	No	No	No	No	No	$75	$75
36	Musketeer Challenge	July 25	7/25	7/25	July	Columbus, OH	Royal Arts Fencing Academy	$0			No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	$20	No	$20	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Epee and Foil ($20 each)
37	Raleigh Open	August 12	8/12	8/12	2nd Sat in Aug	Raleigh, NC	Triangle Sword Guild	$40/$65	Medium (50-149)		No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Sidesword and Buckler
38	Boar's Tooth	August 18-20	8/18	8/20	July / Aug	Somerville, MA	Boston Armizare		Medium (50-149)		Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	Incl.	No	Incl.	Incl.	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Armor Triathalon, One Hit Kill Longsword
39	Donnybrook	August 18-20	8/18	8/20	August	Kansas City, MO	Heartland HEMA	$100	Medium (50-149)		Yes	Yes		Yes	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	Incl.	No	Incl.	Incl.	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	Open Stout Sword, Old Guard Saber
40	The Madtown Fechtschul	August 24-27	8/24	8/27	August	Madison, WI		$200			Yes	No		No	No	$75	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
41	Hemageddon	August 26	8/26	8/26	August	Columbus, OH	Royal Art Fencing Academy	$40				Yes	No	No	No	Lunch	No	No	No	$20	No	No	No	No	$20	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
42	Blood on the River	September 1-4	9/1	9/4	Labor Day	Pittsburgh, PA	Broken Plow + Pittsburgh Fighters Guild	$60	Medium (50-149)	No		Yes	Yes	Yes	Camp	Some		Yes		Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Exhibition Cage Matches, Armored Combat Cage Matches
43	Fraufecht (Women's)	September 2-3	9/2	9/3	Labor Day	Carson City, NV	Noble Science Academy	$89	Small (<50)	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	$25		No	No	$25	No	$25	No	$25	No	No	No	No	No	Women's Broadsword, Women's Rapier, Women's Saber, Women's Smallsword, Women's Flourish (Performance)
44	Swordsquatch	September 8-10	9/8	9/10	After Labor Day	Seattle, WA	Lonin League	$150	Medium (50-149)	Yes		Yes		No			Incl.	No	No	$40	$40	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
45	American Smallsword Symposium	September 9-10	9/9	9/10	August?	Alexandria VA		~$50	Small (<50)		Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
46	Crossroads				September?	Delaware, OH	Columbus Saber Academy				Yes	Yes		Yes	No		Incl.			Yes
47	Dance Fight				September?	Annapolis, MD	Maryland KDF	$120-$200		Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
48	Iron Gate Exhibition (IGX)	September 22-24	9/22	9/24	Sept / Oct	Fremont, NH	Forte Swordplay				Yes	?	No	No	Camp	No	Incl.				No												No	No	No
49	Four Openings Rapier Tournament				October?	Lansing, MI	Lansing Longsword Guild	$60				Yes			No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Incl.	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Fechschule Rapier (Head and torso cuts only)
50	Octoberfecht	October 20-23	10/20	10/23	October?	Pittsboro, NC	Triangle Sword Guild	$100			Yes	Yes	No	No	Camp	Incl.	Incl.
51	Salt Lake Open	October 13-14	10/13	10/14	October	Salt Lake City, UT	True Edge Academy	$85	Medium (50-149)		Yes	Yes	Yes		No	No	No	No	No	$20	Yes	$20	No	No	No	$20	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
52	Gesellen Fechten	October 20-22			October?	Oklahoma City, OK	Cymbrogi School of WMA					Yes		Yes
53	Badger State Games				November?	Rothschild, Wi	Wisconsin Historical Fencing Association
54	Mid-Continental HEMA Open (MCHO)				November?	Denver, CO	Denver Historical Fencing Academy					Yes		Yes				Incl.	Incl.	Incl.	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Weapon Skill/Obstacle Course, Teen Longsword
55	Nachtoberfest				November?	Uniondale, NY	Long Island Historical Fencing Society				Yes	No		No
56	Autumn Fecht	November 4			November	Millersville, MD	Maryland KDF			Yes	Yes	No	No	No
57	Tournament of Defense	November 4	11/4	11/4	November	Houston, TX	All For One Fencing				Yes	Yes		No?			$15	No	No	No	No	No	$60	$60	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
58	Shield Knock				November?	Mesa, AZ	Mordhau	$90	Small (<50)		Yes	No	N/A	No	No	Lunch	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
59	Blue Box Open	November 18	11/18	11/18	November?	Columbus, OH	Royal Arts Fencing Academy											No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
60	As You Wish				December?	Columbus, OH	Columbus Saber Academy																	Incl.
61	Winter Ring Tournament	Dec 2-3	12/2	12/3		Sarasota, FL	Steel Ring Academy	$125
62	King of the Green Mountains Open	Dec 9-10			December	Northfield, VT	Norwich Society of Historical Fencing and Swordsmanship	$25	Small (<50)		No	Yes	No							$15	$15		$15					$15
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