Tuesday
21st July 2026
- —Volunteers & Set up only
2026 Festival Program
Please check back regularly for updates, as more activities may be added and timings may change.
Use the day links below to jump around the programme. Music, ceremonies, feast notices and key activities are subtly highlighted for easier scanning.
Festival Schedule
General schedule by day. Workshop and activity details should be checked on the tickets page and at the workshop tents during the festival.
Wednesday
22nd July 2026
- —Volunteers & Set up only
Thursday
23rd July 2026
- 09:00Volunteers, Traders & Set up only on main site
- 16:00Car park opens for early arrival campers
- 17:00Early check in opens
- 17:30Ale, Cider and Mead Bar OPEN
- 20:00Trivia night starts — top prize: free 2027 weekend tickets
- 22:00Early check-in closes for campsite access only
- 23:30Last Orders at the Bars
- 00:00Campers must vacate towards the campsite
- 00:00Midnight Storytelling by the main campsite firepit — weekend campers only
Friday
24th July 2026 — General Festival Schedule
- 10:00Gates open
- 10:00Market opens
- 10:00Little Valhalla opens play area & crafts: 1h50min sessions for children
- 10:00Viking Hair & Make Up / Face-painting open
- 10:00Henna Tattoos open
- 10:00Willow Weaving have-a-go opens
- 10:00Tattoos open
- 10:00Have a go at Archery opens (Archery Zone) no prebooking needed
- 10:00Axe Throwing opens no prebooking needed
- 10:00Trebuchet Game open no prebooking needed
- 10:00Various workshops start (check workshop schedules below)
- 10:00Living History Villages open (by reenactment arena and woodland)
- 10:00Birds of Prey open for meet and greet
- 11:00MUSIC Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer (main stage in Mead Hall)
- 12:00Battle (in reenactment arena)
- 12:45MUSIC Damh the Bard (main stage in Mead Hall)
- 13:15Birds of Prey flying demonstration (in reenactment arena)
- 14:00Terry The Science Viking: Weapons Demonstration (in Sparring arena)
- 14:00MUSIC Solfyr (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 15:00Opening Ceremony (in Woodland Temple)
- 15:45Viking Battle (in reenactment arena)
- 16:00MUSIC Bruni (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 16:00Firewalking Assembly (Firewalking Zone)
- 16:30Kids VS. Vikings (in reenactment arena)
- 17:00Mead MAKER's COMPETITION (by Feast Hall)
- 17:00Storytelling (in Woodland Temple)
- 17:00Strongman performance (in Sparring arena)
- 17:00Mead Tasting & Talk (Afon Mel stall, by Feast Hall)
- 17:45Battle training for the public — adults only (in Sparring arena)
- 18:00Horseback Birds of Prey flight demonstration (in reenactment arena)
- 18:00Feast starts letting in (Feast Hall)
- 18:30MUSIC Kayt (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 19:15Storytelling (in Woodland Temple)
- 19:45MUSIC Perkelt (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 21:00Feast ends, Feast Hall becomes open to all
- 21:15MUSIC Blóð Dýr (on main stage in Feast Hall, open access to all)
- 22:45MUSIC Thunarwulf (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 23:00Storytelling (in Woodland Temple)
- 23:30Bar last orders
- 00:00Deadline for day visitors to vacate the festival grounds
- 00:00Midnight Storytelling by the main campsite firepit — weekend campers only
- 00:30Car park gates close for the night
Saturday
25th July 2026 — General Festival Schedule
- 10:00Festival opens to the public
- 10:00MUSIC Kayt performing by the entrance
- 10:00Market opens
- 10:00Little Valhalla opens play area & crafts: 1h50min sessions for children
- 10:00Viking Hair & Make Up / Face-painting open
- 10:00Henna Tattoos open
- 10:00Willow Weaving have-a-go opens
- 10:00Tattoos open
- 10:00Have a go at Archery opens (Archery Zone) no prebooking needed
- 10:00Axe Throwing opens no prebooking needed
- 10:00Trebuchet Game open no prebooking needed
- 10:00Various workshops start (see workshops below)
- 10:00Living History Village opens (by reenactment arena)
- 10:00Willow Weaving have-a-go no prebooking needed
- 10:00Birds of Prey meet and greet open
- 10:30Meet & Greet / Q&A with Chaka Schipper of Heilung (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 11:30Battle (in reenactment arena)
- 12:00MUSIC Olaf the Skald (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 12:30Handfasting in Woodland Temple real pagan wedding ceremony; anyone welcome to watch but please be respectful of the couple
- 13:15MUSIC Bruni (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 13:15Puppet Show (next to Woodland Temple)
- 13:45Horseback Birds of Prey flight demonstration (in reenactment arena)
- 14:00Terry The Science Viking: Weapons Demonstration (in Sparring arena)
- 14:30MUSIC Blóð Dýr (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 14:30Puppet Show (next to Woodland Temple)
- 15:15Viking Battle (in reenactment arena)
- 16:00Kids VS. Vikings (in reenactment arena)
- 16:00MUSIC Perkelt (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 16:00Firewalking assembly (Firewalking Zone)
- 16:15Puppet Show (next to Woodland Temple)
- 16:45Strongman Performance (in Sparring arena)
- 17:00Mead Tasting & Talk (Afon Mel stall, by Feast Hall)
- 17:30Storytelling (in Woodland Temple)
- 17:45Battle training for the public — adults only (in Sparring arena)
- 18:00Feast starts letting in (Feast Hall)
- 18:15Birds of Prey Flying demonstration (in reenactment arena)
- 18:30MUSIC Seidrblot (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 19:15Storytelling (in Woodland Temple)
- 20:00MUSIC Ravensdale (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 21:00Feast ends, Feast Hall becomes open to all; please enter and enjoy the music
- 21:15Fire Show starts (in reenactment arena)
- 21:45Boat Burning Ceremony weather/drought depending
- 23:00MUSIC Galdorcræft (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 23:15Storytelling (in Woodland Temple)
- 23:30Bar last orders
- 00:00Deadline for day visitors to vacate the festival grounds
- 00:00Midnight Storytelling by the main campsite firepit — weekend campers only
- 00:30Car park gates close for the night
Sunday
26th July 2026 — General Festival Schedule
- 10:00Festival opens to the public
- 10:00Market opens
- 10:00Little Valhalla opens play area & crafts: 1h50min sessions for children
- 10:00Viking Hair & Make Up / Face-painting open
- 10:00Henna Tattoos open
- 10:00Willow Weaving have-a-go opens
- 10:00Tattoos open
- 10:00Have a go at Archery opens (Archery Zone) no prebooking needed
- 10:00Axe Throwing opens no prebooking needed
- 10:00Trebuchet Game open no prebooking needed
- 10:00Living History Village opens (by reenactment arena)
- 10:00Various workshops start (see workshops below)
- 10:00Willow Weaving have-a-go no prebooking needed
- 10:00Birds of Prey meet and greet opens
- 10:30Viking Tournament (reenactment arena), you can enter and it is for a good cause — sign up here
- 10:30MUSIC 2 Elves and a Dwarf (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 10:30Puppet Show (next to Woodland Temple)
- 11:00Challenge the Jarl (in reenactment arena), after tournament finishes; time is approximate
- 11:30Fenrir's Howl competition (in reenactment arena), after Jarl Challenge finishes; time is approximate
- 11:45MUSIC Bruni (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 12:00Puppet Show (next to Woodland Temple)
- 12:30Handfasting in Woodland Temple real pagan wedding ceremony; anyone welcome to watch but please be respectful of the couple
- 13:15Viking Battle / Games (in reenactment arena)
- 13:30MUSIC Kayt (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 13:45Puppet Show (next to Woodland Temple)
- 14:15Birds of Prey Flying demonstration (in reenactment arena)
- 15:00MUSIC Ravensdale (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 15:15Viking Battle (in reenactment arena)
- 15:45Kids VS. Vikings (in reenactment arena)
- 16:00Firewalking assembly (Firewalking Zone)
- 16:15MUSIC Seidrblot (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 16:15Cairn for the dead (in Woodland Temple)
- 16:30Terry The Science Viking: Weapons Demonstration (in Sparring arena)
- 17:00Storytelling (in Woodland Temple)
- 17:00Mead Tasting & Talk (Afon Mel stall, by Feast Hall)
- 17:45Battle training for the public — adults only (in Sparring arena)
- 18:00Feast starts letting in (Feast Hall)
- 18:00Horseback Birds of Prey flying demonstration (in reenactment arena)
- 18:45MUSIC Ravenhymn (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 19:30Storytelling (in Woodland Temple)
- 20:15MUSIC Olaf the Skald (on main stage in Feast Hall)
- 21:00Feast ends, Feast Hall becomes open to all
- 21:00Closing Ceremony Start (in reenactment arena)
- 21:30Closing Ceremony moves (in Woodland Temple)
- 22:15Storytelling (in Woodland Temple)
- 23:30Bar last orders
- 00:00Deadline for day visitors to vacate the festival grounds
- 00:15Car park gates close for the night
Monday
27th July 2026
- 10:00Visitors vacating deadline
- —Volunteers & Take-down only after
- 19:00Volunteers, traders and performers thank you party for anyone helping with set up, during the festival and take down
Tuesday
28th July 2026
- —Volunteers & Take-down only
Workshops & Activities
For workshops and activities, please check the tickets page.
Archery and Axe Throwing are also available as non pre-booked activities. Just walk up to their area to have a go on the day.
If any workshops show as sold out on the website, please enquire with the workshop leader in case there are any no-shows, as you may still be able to join on the day.
The workshops being held in each tent will be listed outside the workshop tent. All workshop tents are next to each other. For workshops held in other places, please see the festival map in the printed programme, available free of charge at the entrance tent.
Do you organise something we don't have on the list? We'd love to hear from you if you'd like to be a part of this! Get in touch.
