UPCOMING EVENTS
June 23-25, 2023
Fort Loudoun Market Fair
Friday, June 23 (9AM-5PM)
Saturday, June 24 (9AM-5PM)
Sunday, June 25 (9AM-2PM)
Admission: $5 per adult, 17 & under FREE
BRING CASH FOR ADMISSION - NO ATM ON SITE
The Fort Loudoun Market Fair returns, June 23-25, 2023, the as one of the largest history events in Pennsylvania!
Visit and shop with some of the best 18th Century Artisans in the country (some coming as far away as Connecticut, Michigan, and Florida), which includes demonstrations and entertainment of early American life. Purchase one-of-a-kind items!
Listen to Forbes Road Frolic’s early American Music. Be entertained by Professor Horn’s Punch & Judy Show. Watch your pockets at Scoundrel Alley’s dirty jobs museum! Eat great food from Halfcrown Bakehouse, Georgian Kitchen, Antietam Dairy, Edward's Kettlecorn, Uncle Eddie's BBQ, Shuman's Concessions, Jenni's Knife and Spork, and Redneck Dogs.
Sponsored by MUZZLELOADER Magazine and Franklin County Visitors Bureau
Fort Loudoun Market Fair
Friday, June 23 (9AM-5PM)
Saturday, June 24 (9AM-5PM)
Sunday, June 25 (9AM-2PM)
Admission: $5 per adult, 17 & under FREE
BRING CASH FOR ADMISSION - NO ATM ON SITE
The Fort Loudoun Market Fair returns, June 23-25, 2023, the as one of the largest history events in Pennsylvania!
Visit and shop with some of the best 18th Century Artisans in the country (some coming as far away as Connecticut, Michigan, and Florida), which includes demonstrations and entertainment of early American life. Purchase one-of-a-kind items!
Listen to Forbes Road Frolic’s early American Music. Be entertained by Professor Horn’s Punch & Judy Show. Watch your pockets at Scoundrel Alley’s dirty jobs museum! Eat great food from Halfcrown Bakehouse, Georgian Kitchen, Antietam Dairy, Edward's Kettlecorn, Uncle Eddie's BBQ, Shuman's Concessions, Jenni's Knife and Spork, and Redneck Dogs.
Sponsored by MUZZLELOADER Magazine and Franklin County Visitors Bureau
Join us at Fort Loudoun on November 11th for an interactive experience as we commemorate the Allegheny Uprising, aka. Black Boys Rebellion of 1765. What side will you choose: the British garrison or Justice William Smith and the frontier rebels? Each side will present convincing arguments and you decide who you will support. Learn about this pre-Revolutionary War uprising and it’s impact on American history.
Public! Admission is FREE gift shop and musem opens at 10AM & the action begins at 1200 sharp!
Public! Admission is FREE gift shop and musem opens at 10AM & the action begins at 1200 sharp!
PAST EVENTS
Fire a Roman Ballista, crawl into a WWII foxhole, shoot a medieval longbow! Experience hands-on history at Fort Loudoun's “Across the Centuries”, a living history timeline that covers 2,000 years of world history. From Ancient Greeks and Romans to World War II and Vietnam, this event has something for everyone! Food vendors on site.
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Visit Fort Loudoun on April 1st and 2nd and experience America in the 17th Century. The 17th Century School of the Soldier is a weekend long exercise for reenacting units that specialize in this period. Want to see matchlocks, pikemen, and swordplay…this is your chance.
Interested in the history of the Norse people commonly referred to today as Vikings? Join Njörðr's Wanderers at Fort Loudoun for a weekend of early Medieval history. FREE.
A Viking warband has established a Longphort along a local waterway for the duration of winter. We are trading the last of our goods on hand, crafting items for next year's trade, putting up supplies for the winter, and securing the vicinity against the locals. There is talk that the location would make a fine trade town, and a few have started on establishing a permanent settlement. Journey back to 1757 when Pennsylvania’s Army occupied Fort Loudoun. Join Joseph Armstrong’s Company of Pennsylvania Provincial Soldiers as they garrison Fort Loudoun.
Learn about what life was like for soldiers at a frontier post like Fort Loudoun. These soldiers patrolled the area, guarded farmers, escorted supplies, and built the Forbes Road. The REAL Santa will be visiting Historic Fort Loudoun on Saturday, December 17th, 12PM to 5PM. Parents bring your cameras, take photos, no fee!
Craft Vendors on site. Museum and gift shop open. Christmas Village & Train Display. Complimentary book to each child while supply lasts) courtesy of the Franklin County Book Mobile. Fort Tours, axe throwing, kids games, blacksmithing, fur trade display, highland garrison drill, and...the Belsnickel. A gathering of Highland Clans and celebrate Scottish culture, 18th Century style. Kilts & Bagpipes! Need we say more?
A fun filled evening at Tavern Night. Axe throwing, games, music and more. Bring a date and/or friends and spend a candle lit evening enjoying the evening pastimes of the 18th Century. This event is FREE and includes complementary beverages and food refreshments.
Great music by Forbes Road Frolic! Did you know that before becoming a General in the American Revolution, Hugh Mercer (the namesake of Mercersburg) was a Scottish rebel in the last Civil War in Britain called the Jacobite Rebellion, aka. "the 45."?
Visit Fort Loudoun March 25th and 26th and catch a glimpse of the Jacobite Rising, the last challenge to the British crown in 1745. See Highlanders, lowlanders and British regulars of the mid 18th Century. Learn about Mercers’ journey from rebel to American, Highland Culture, the Jacobites, the ‘45 Rising and its impact on America. |