Bartholomew Fair

 

Hosted in-person by

The Shire of Lionsdale (Fraser Valley, BC )

Bartholomew Fair

Event Summary

Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Jameson Wheeler
Event Date(s): August 15 , 2025 until August, 17 2025
Site opens at: 5:00 PM on August 15th 2025
Site closes at: 6:00 PM on August 17th 2025

Event site:
Chilliwack Pioneer Village
44146 Luckakuck Way Chilliwack, British Columbia V2R 4A7

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This is a Level 1: Other (Branch primary events of regional or Kingdom interest) event.

For the first time in many years: Come and revel for an entire weekend as the Shire of Lionsdale invites one and all to our expanded Bartholmew Fair.

That’s right everyone Bartholmew Fair is a camping event this year!!

There will be merchants, tournaments, classes, bardic, laughter, shenanigans, pageantry and……showers

Help find Lionsdale Champions in Rapier, Thrown Weapons, Target Archery, Combat Archery
Lionsdale’s Second Banner tourney for Armoured Combat

The Atchelitz Thesherman’s Assoc will also have their very impressive farming museum open to us (Not part of our rental nor site fee. So it would be a donation to them)

This event includes the following activities and/or services:
Royal Presence - Tir Righ
Has Merchants
Has Classes
Has an Heraldic consultation table
Has Heavy Fighting activities
Has Rapier and/or Cut & Thrust activities
Has Archery activities
Has Thrown Weapon activities
Has Bardic activities
Has Arts & Sciences activities

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Site Fees

Event Schedule

Bartholomew Fair Schedule
TUTR schedule to follow

Fri Aug 15
5 pm Site/gate opens

Sat Aug 16
9 am Gate reopens
10 am Opening Court
1030 am Thrown Weapons range opens
Target Archery Range opens
Rapier Inspection
11 am Rapier Championship
2 pm Heavy Combat Inspection
230 pm Banner Tourney
330 pm Target Archery Finals
4 pm Thrown Weapons Finals
Combat Archery Inspections
430 pm Combat Archery Competition
530 pm Rapier Inspection directly followed by Street Fight!!!
7 pm Closing court
9 pm Eric Party

The schedule has built in room, in case of extreme heat, things can get moved around. The safety of all the participants are of the utmost importance.

Sunday Aug 17
10 am Super Extra Special Community Practice!!
Thrown Weapons range opens
Target Archery Range opens
List field opens for pickups and practice fights

Site Closes 4pm

Tournament Information

Vie to become Lionsdale’s next Champion in

Rapier

Thrown Weapons

Target Archery

Combat Archery

Test your mettle in our second Annual Armoured Combat Banner Tourney

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