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	2024 Date	Start	End	Recurring	Location	Hosting Club	Price	Approx. Attendance																											Unique Tournaments

3	Kings Cup Small Edition	Jan 13-14	1/13	1/14	MLK	Oxon Hill, MD	Metropolitan Historical Fencing Academy	$50/$75	Medium (50-149)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Incl.	No	No	Full	No	$25/35	$25/35	No	$25/35	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		https://www.dchistoricalfencing.com/kingscup?fbclid=IwAR3JMrjdxqK9fZEXTqulMDS96YY2kc0XELY47v65fTBiUit0j-qlrzs_1p4
4	Valley of the Sun Cutting Tournament	Jan 13-14	1/13	1/14	January	Mesa, AZ	Phoenix Society / Mordhau KDF	$80	Medium (50-149)	No	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	Jan 26-28th	1/26	1/28	January	Austin, TX	Austin Historical Weapons Guild	$175	Medium (50-149)		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	$40	$25	No	No	No	Incl.	No	Incl.	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Sidesword, womens+ Sidesword
6	Midwinter Armizare	Feb 3-4	2/3	2/4	Jan/Feb	Chicago, IL	MHFL and FFMA	$85-$150	Medium (50-149)		No	Yes		Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	One-handed Sword, Sword and Companion
7	Socal Swordfight	Feb 16-18	2/16	2/18	President's Day	Costa Mesa, CA	SoCal Swords	$175	Large (150+)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Incl.	No	$25/50	$25/50	$25/50	$25/50	$25/50	$25/50	No	$25/50	No	$25/50	No	No	$25/50	No	$40	$40	$40	Teens Longsword; Tournaments cost $50 for those not judging
8	Rapier and Saber Pedagogy Retreat (RASP) VI				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	Clash for the Cash Longsword Tournament	March 2	3/2	3/2		Pemberton, NJ	MEMAG Crossing Fight School	$50	Medium (50-149)			Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
10	Ascalon Sword Festival	March 15	3/15	3/15	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
11	Schnegal Fechten				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
12	Sotheast Arc Fencing Open (SAFO)				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
13	HellaFecht	March 16-17	3/16	3/17	March	Oakland, CA	F3 Sword Academy								No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Youth Longsword; Short Sword; Sidesword w/ Sidearm
14	Rose & Thorns	March 23-24	3/23	3/24	Biannual	Auburn, CA	Diamond Rose Academie d'Armes			No
15	Texas Sword Retreat	April 5-7	4/5	4/7	April	Paradise, TX	Dallas Renaissance Sword Guild	$270	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
16	Tournament of Knightly Arts				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
17	Legend of the Lake Open				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
18	Arsenal Assault of Arms	April 5-7	4/5	4/7	April	Watertown, MA	Athena School of Arms	$50	Small (<50)		Yes	Yes		No			Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Charity Smallsword and Antiques Show & Tell
19	Ladies Knight	April 26-28	4/26	4/28	April	Vincentown, NJ	NJ Klopffechters / MEMAG	$50/$75	Medium (50-149)		Yes	Yes		Yes	No	Lunch	Incl.	No	No	No	No	Incl.	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	All events Women's and Gender Minorities
20	Icebreaker Open				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
21	Wine Country Sword Crush	April 27-28	4/27	4/28	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
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23	Springeck				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
24	Sword Strong KC				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
25	Spring Fechten				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)
26	Battle Born	May 18-19	5/18	5/19	Memorial Day	Carson City, NV	Noble Science Academy	$65	Medium (50-149)	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Incl.	No	No	$40	No	No	$40	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	$40	No	No	No	No	No	Single-Life Broadsword; Women's Smallsword; HEMA Trivia
27	Bayou Fecht	May 24-26	5/24	5/26	May	Baton Rouge, LA	Nachreisen	$100	Medium (50-149)		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Incl.	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No
28	FunFecht				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
29	Iron Gate Exhibition (IGX) SPRING	June 1-2	6/1	6/1	June?		Forte				Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Incl.	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Open Ringen and GenEq ringen included
30	IFG Spring Fling - Tournament of Roses	June 15-16	6/15	6/16	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
31	Southeast Renaissance Fencing Open (SERFO)				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
32	Brass Frog Assault of Arms				June	East Haddam, CT	WSTR	$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
33	Fecht Yeah - Gender Minority Focused	June 22-23	6/22	6/23	June	Trivoli, NY		~$100			Yes	Yes		Yes	No	No	Incl.	No	No		No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Open Gekken
34	Revolution Rumble				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
35	Cornhusker State Games				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
36	Queen's Court Open				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'
37	Queens Gambit				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
38	CombatCon	July 25-28	7/25	7/28	July / Aug	Las Vegas, NV	None	$125/$250	Large (150+)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Incl.	No	No	$25	$25	$25	No	$25	$25	$25	$25	$25	No	No	No	$25	No	$60	$60	Sidesword
39	Musketeer Challenge				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)
40	Raleigh Open				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
41	Boar's Tooth				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
42	Donnybrook				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
43	The Madtown Fechtschul				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
44	Hemageddon				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
45	Blood on the River				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
46	Fraufecht (Women's)	Aug 31-Sept 1	8/31	9/1	Labor Day	Carson City, NV	Noble Science Academy	$89	Small (<50)	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Incl.	No	No	No	No	$25	$25	$25	No	$25	No	No	No	$25	No	No	No	No	No	Women's Broadsword, Women's Rapier (both single and R&D), Women's Smallsword, Women's Flourish (Performance)
47	Swordsquatch				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
48	American Smallsword Symposium				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
49	AG Open	Sept 13 - 15	9/13	9/15	September?	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)
50	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
51	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)
52	Octoberfecht				October?	Pittsboro, NC	Triangle Sword Guild	$100			Yes	Yes	No	No	Camp	Incl.	Incl.
53	Salt Lake Open	NOT HELD IN 2024			October		True Edge Academy?	$85			No	Yes			No	No	No	No	No	$20	No	$20	No	No	No	$20	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Leather Dussack
54	Gesellen Fechten				October?	Oklahoma City, OK	Cymbrogi School of WMA					Yes		Yes
55	Badger State Games				November?	Rothschild, Wi	Wisconsin Historical Fencing Association
56	Mid-Continental HEMA Open (MCHO)				Biannual?		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
57	Nachtoberfest				November?	Uniondale, NY	Long Island Historical Fencing Society				Yes	No		No
58	Autumn Fecht				November?	Millersville, MD	Maryland KDF			Yes	Yes	No	No	No
59	Tournament of Defense				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
60	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
61	Blue Box Open				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
62	As You Wish				December?	Columbus, OH	Columbus Saber Academy																	Incl.
63	King of the Green Mountains Open				December	Northfield, VT	Norwich Society of Historical Fencing and Swordsmanship	$25	Small (<50)		No	Yes	No							$15	$15		$15					$15
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