The East Anglia Medieval Fayre is an annual British medieval reenactment

Medieval reenactment

Medieval reenactment is a form of historical reenactment that focuses on re-enacting European history in the period from the fall of Rome to about the end of the 15th century. The second half of this period is often called the Middle Ages...

 held during a single weekend.

The fayre was originally staged near Bury St Edmunds, East Anglia

East Anglia

East Anglia is a traditional name for a region of eastern England, named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the East Angles. The Angles took their name from their homeland Angeln, in northern Germany. East Anglia initially consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk, but upon the marriage of...

 in July 2005, and featured jousting

Jousting

Jousting is a martial game or hastilude between two knights mounted on horses and using lances, often as part of a tournament.Jousting emerged in the High Middle Ages based on the military use of the lance by heavy cavalry. The first camels tournament was staged in 1066, but jousting itself did not...

, birds of prey

Bird of prey

Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially vision. They are defined as birds that primarily hunt vertebrates, including other birds. Their talons and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing flesh....

, a medieval market, two (semi-contact) battle reenactments and a full-contact tournament and combat display by the Lancasters Armourie display group. In 2008 the Fayre moved to Cressing Temple, near Braintree, Essex

Braintree, Essex

Braintree is a town of about 42,000 people and the principal settlement of the Braintree district of Essex in the East of England. It is northeast of Chelmsford and west of Colchester on the River Blackwater, A120 road and a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line.Braintree has grown contiguous...

. For 2009 it will be staged at the Skylark Showground, Wimblington

Wimblington

Wimblington is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 1700 as of the 2001 census.-History:Formerly a hamlet of the large Doddington parish, in 1874 it became a separate parish and a new church, St...

, March, Cambridgeshire, over the weekend of 12 and 13 September.