Pat’s 2010 Colonial Calendar
Pat compiles this list of events from a variety of sources. It includes events of interest to re-enactors and history enthusiasts. Please note that inclusion in this list does not constitute an endorsement by GQCAT.
Jan 1 Glastonbury H.S. Antiques & Collectibles Show 9-4:30 PM
Jan 8-10 Boar’s Head & Yule Log Festival, Asylum Hill Congregational Church
Jan 9-10 Papermania Plus Antique Paper Show, XL Center, Hartford
Jan 16 GQCAT Meeting, 3 PM, Meriden
Jan 22 Storrowton Village at Big E 7 PM First Person presentation “Kegs, Keelers & Piggins – The Art and Mystery of Coopering”
Jan 26-29 65th Commemoration of the Battle of the Bulge, Fort Indiantown Gap, PA
Feb 5-7 Reenactor Fest Convention & Trade Faire at the Westin, Chicago North Shore, Wheeling, IL
Feb 13 GQCAT February Frolic, St. Bernard’s Church, Enfield
Feb 18-21 CT Convention Center, 2010 Flower & Garden Show
Feb 18-21 Rhode Island Convention Center – Spring Flower & Garden Show
Feb 20-21 41st Annual Guilford, CT Antiques Show, Elizabeth Adams School
Feb 20 GQCAT Meeting, 3 PM, Meriden
Feb 28 Somers Antique Bottle Club Annual Show & Sale, St. Bernard School, Enfield, 9-2 PM $2.0
Mar 5-7 Expo Center, Hartford, 16th Annual Spring Home Show
Mar 13-14 Big E – Old Deerfield, Spring Sampler Craft Fair, Young Building
Mar 13-14 CT Expo Center, CT Spring Antiques Show
Mar 19-20 Antique Show, 2nd Congregational Church, Manchester, CT
Mar 20 GQCAT Meeting at Curtis House in Woodbury, CT. 2:30 PM Glebe House tour with Judith Kelz, $5 pp.
Mar 21 Glastonbury H.S. Antiques & Collectibles Show and the Greater Hartford Vintage Clothing & Jewelry Show & Sale 10-4:30
Mar 26-27 Big E – Gem & Lapidary Wholesale Jewelry Show, Mallory North
Mar 27-28 Western Massachusetts Mineral, Jewelry & Fossil Show, Holiday In at Ingleside
Apr 8-11 School of Long hunter & Contemporary Long rifle Association Show, Prickett’s Fort, Fairmont, WV
Apr 10 6th Annual Fells Point Privateer Day, Fells Point (Baltimore), MD
Apr 12-16 Storrowton’s Workshop of Early American Crafts, Storrowton Village Museum
Apr 17 GQCAT Meeting, Meriden 3PM
Apr 17-18 Patriot’s Day Weekend, Old Fort Niagara, Youngstown, NY
Apr 22-25 18th Century Market Fair, Fort Frederick State Park, Big Pool, MD
Apr 23-25 Buccaneers & Privateers II, at the Radisson Hotel in New London, CT
Apr 24 LHA Spring Social & Banquet at Headquarters, Matterhorn Inn, 248 Route 100, West Dover, VT
Apr 24-25 BAR School of the Soldier at New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site, Vails Gate, NY
Apr 28-May 2 Lancaster County Long rifles Rendezvous & Shoot, Muddy Run Park, near Holtwood, PA
Apr 29-May 2 Big E Coliseum – Meltha Shrine Circus
May 1 Black Powder Reenactors Tag Sale, Lebanon, CT
May 1 Spirit of NJ History Fair, NJ Division of Parks & Forestry, Titusville, NJ
May 10-14 Danbury Historical Society School Shows
May 11-16 Brimfield, MA Flea Market
May 15-16 BAR Spring Firelock Match, Somers CT
May 22-23 The Road to Culloden, Backus Heritage Conservation Area, Port Rowan, Ontario
May 26-Jun 6 Original Northeastern Primitive Rendezvous, Thompson Lake, Thompson, CT
Jun 5-6 Big E, Better Living center – Heirlooms W. Springfield Rubber Stamp & Paper Arts Festival
Jun 12-13 18th Annual Peterboro Civil War Weekend, Peterboro, NY
Jun 17 Keuka Lake Renegades 16th Primitive Rendezvous, Yates County Sportsmen’s Association, 424 Rte. 54, Pen Yan, NY
Jun 19 37th Annual Antiques Festival on the Green, Main & Hubbard Sts., Glastonbury, CT $5.00 9-4
Jun 18-20 BAR Battle of Monmouth, Monmouth State Park, Freehold, NJ
Jun 25-27 F&I Encampment, Fort Ticonderoga, NY
Jul 2-4 F&I War Encampment, Old Fort Niagara, Youngstown, NY
Jul 7-17 NEPR at High Tor at the top of South Hill, Middlesex, NY. Call 585-554-5148 for more information.
Jul 9-11 LHA Revolutionary War Dept, Battle of Hubbardton, Hubbardton Battlefield State Park, Hubbardton, VT
Jul 10-11 Erie Canal Village Civil War Weekend, State Route 46, Rome, NY
Jul 10-11 6th Annual Civil War Encampment at Rose Hill Manor Park, 1611 N. market St., Frederick, MD
Jul 13-18 Brimfield, MA, Flea Market
Jul 16-18 Founder’s Day Celebration at Fort La Presentation, Ogdensburg, NY
Jul 16-18 BAR Battle of Stony Point, Stony Point State Historic Site, Stony Point, NY
Jul 23-25 LHA Rev. War “Soldiers on the Mount” Commemoration, Mount Independence State Historic Site, Orwell, VT
Jul 23-25 Nathan Hale Homestead, Coventry, CT
Aug 6-8 LHA Rev War Living History Demonstration Weekend at the General Henry Knox Mansion, Thomaston, ME
Aug 6-8 “Redcoats to Rebels” Old Sturbridge Village, MA
Aug 13-15 LHA Americana Days, Battle of Bennington Commemorative Event, Bennington Battle Monument, Monument Avenue, Old Bennington, VT
Aug 13-15 LHA Wilmington, VT, Old Home Week Celebration, Matterhorn Inn, 148 Rte. 100, West Dover, VT
Aug 13-15 BAR National Encampment, Fort Ontario, Oswego, NY
Aug 20-22 LHA Americana Days, Roman Army Living History Encampment & Display, Matterhorn Inn, 248 Rte. 100, West Dover, VT
Aug 27-29 LHA Americana Days, Civil War Event, Matterhorn Inn, 248 Rte. 100, West Dover, VT
Aug 27-29 Grand Encampment of Rev. War Soldiers, Fort Taber Park, New Bedford, MA, call 508-994-3938
Aug 29 Danbury Historical Society Colonial Crafts Day 10-4
Sep 4-6 BAR 18th Century Immersion Weekend, Eastfield Village, and East Nassau, NY
Sep 6-Oct 18 Colonial Williamsburg Quilted Fashions Exhibit at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
Sep 7-12 Brimfield, MA Flea Market
Sep 17-Oct 3 Big E, Eastern States Exposition, Agawam, MA
Sep 17-19 New Hampshire Highland Games, Loon Mountain Ski Resort, Lincoln, NH
Sep 18 (probable) GQCAT Meeting, Meriden, 3 PM
Oct 1-3 LHA 24th International Time Line Event, Matterhorn Inn, 248 Rte. 100, West Dover, VT
Oct 1-3 Governor Jonathan Trumbull Tercentennial Encampment, Town Green, Lebanon, CT
Oct 1-3 BAR Twin Forts Day at Fort Montgomery State Historic Site, Fort Montgomery, NY
Oct 1-3 Heritage Days, Smith-Harris House, East Lyme, CT
Oct 10 BAR Fall Firelock Match at Daniel Boone Homestead State Historic Site, Birdsboro, PA
Oct 16 (probable) GQCAT Meeting, Meriden, 3 PM
Nov 6-7 Putnam Park, Redding, CT
Nov 20 (probable) GQCAT Meeting, Meriden, 3 PM
Dec 10-12 Annual 18th Century Christmas Market, Pricketts Fort, Fairmont, WV
Dec 11 (probable) Old Saybrook, CT, Torchlight Parade and Muster
