Visitor Information

Plan Your Visit to King's Grove

EMF - King's Grove is more than a day out. It is a full medieval festival experience where visitors can step into a living medieval and renaissance world filled with knights, performers, traders, re-enactors, music, food, drink, storytelling, hands-on activities, and immersive festival atmosphere.

Whether you are coming for a single day, joining us for the full festival day and evening, bringing a group, travelling from further afield, camping for the weekend, or visiting with your dog, this page will help you find the key information you need.

What You Can Expect at EMF - King's Grove

• Thrilling knights jousting and horseback skill-at-arms displays
• Living history encampments, medieval demonstrations, re-enactors, craftspeople, and traders
• Roving entertainers, jesters, storytelling, theatre, minstrels, dancers, musicians, and drummers
• Hands-on activities for children and adults, including archery, axe throwing, blacksmithing, calligraphy, chain mail making, and copper bowl crafting
• Food traders, bars, local ales, mead, medieval feasting, and festival treats
• Camping, glamping, evening entertainment, and a full weekend festival atmosphere

Useful Visitor Information

Use the links below to find the most important information for planning your visit. These pages cover where to stay, how to get here, what food and drink will be available, bringing dogs, visiting as a group, and accessibility information.

Come for the Day or Stay for the Weekend

Visitors can choose the experience that suits them best. Join us for a day of jousting, markets, activities, and entertainment, or stay later with a full festival day ticket to enjoy the atmosphere after dark. Weekend visitors can make King's Grove their home for the August Bank Holiday with weekend passes, camping, glamping, and evening entertainment.

Whether this is your first visit or a return to the festival, EMF - King's Grove is designed to feel like stepping into another world: a medieval woodland realm of pageantry, music, performance, food, family fun, and unforgettable festival moments.