Butser Ancient Farm
20/21st February
Filming with BBC
SÆXIA will appear alongside one of our affiliate groups, Bjarnafolk, to put on displays of combat & Living History at the renowned Experimental Archeology centre of Hampshire, including have-a-go archery & axe throwing
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SÆXIA in Swanage
May 11/12th
Swanage Bijou Campsite
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Corfe Castle PTFA Summer Fayre
Saturday June 8th
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St Marks PTA Summer Fair
July 5th
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CHALKE VALLEY HISTORY FESTIVAL 2024
June 29th & 30th
Link: CVHF2024
(Above: SÆXIA member Elen Lesourd prepares dinner for the Fyrdsmen...)
Visit SÆXIA at this years Chalke Valley History Festival and become part of a West Saxon Fyrd Recruitment and Training encampment from the time of King Alfred. Have an Early Medieval "medical" examination, get put through your paces and find out what kind of a warrior you are, and if you have what it takes to make your stand against the Vikings and win...!
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4 Kingdoms Adventure Park
July 13th/14th 2024
Royal British Legion Fundraiser
SÆXIA represented the Saxon side of a Viking encampment for the Living History part of a large multi-period historical festival at the 4 Kingdoms Adventure park near Reading, featuring our have-a-go authentic Saxon axe throwing and demonstrations of timber splitting.
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WEST STOW ANGLO-SAXON VILLAGE
26-28th July
Link: https://www.facebook.com/SwordsofPenda/
Link: WestStowASV
SÆXIA will join sister group Swords of Penda this July to bring the Anglo Saxon Village at West Stow to life, featuring Living History and early AS crafts and trades like Blacksmithing and carpentry, fabrics and authentic dyeing techniques, combat displays and much more!
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CHILTERN OPEN AIR MUSEUM
August 24th-26th
SÆXIA will join Swords of Penda and Wodens Hearth for another August Bank Holiday weekend at the fascinating and diverse Chiltern Open Air Museum, where one can experience everything from Iron Age Britons blowing their Carnyx, courtesy of Here be Flagons, to other historic buildings rescue and carefully reassembled on this site.
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ANCIENT OAK FAYRE
Quy Country Park 31st Aug-1st Sept
Link: AncientOak
Map: Stowcumquay
