Information about upcoming events and any changes to our usual club schedule.
The section about club dates will be kept up to date as soon as we receive any information from the venue, or as soon as we know that anything else will affect a club session. Please do check back regularly to make sure you stay in the know!
Liverpool HEMA club dates
September
- Saturday 16th – monthly sparring session from 1-3pm
- Saturday 23rd – club trip to Royal Armouries (Facebook event)
October
- Saturday 14th – monthly sparring session from 1-3pm
November
- Saturday 11th – monthly sparring session from 1-3pm
December
- Saturday 9th – Liverpool December Fechtschule event, from 1-5pm
- Wednesday 20th – annual filming session
- Wednesday 27th – closed for the break
January
- Wednesday 3rd – closed for the break
- Wednesday 10th – back in the hall again!
Events in the wider community
2023
Wessex League – Winnersh
- Tournaments
- 16th-17th September 2023
- Winnersh, Berkshire
- https://wessexleague.org/
- https://www.facebook.com/events/853430939533447/
Stramash
- Lessons and tournaments
- 30th September – 1st October 2023
- Glasgow
- https://www.saorsaswords.co.uk/stramash
The S.L.A.P. 2023
- Lessons and free sparring
- 14th-15th October 2023
- Glasgow
- https://www.vanguardcentre.com/shop/events-seminars/the-slap-with-diana-matthess-2023/
- https://www.facebook.com/events/292995283357740
Wessex League – Taunton
- Tournaments
- 21th-22nd October 2023
- Taunton, Somerset
- https://wessexleague.org/
- https://www.facebook.com/events/1079735162989587/
Wessex League – Swindon
- Tournaments
- 25th-26th November 2023
- Swindon, Wiltshire
- https://wessexleague.org/
- https://www.facebook.com/events/809380787563588/
Liverpool December Fechtschule
- Fun fechtschule-style tournament & sparring games
- 9th December 2023
- Liverpool
- https://www.liverpoolhema.com/shop/december-fechtschule-2023/
- https://www.facebook.com/events/690519306280210/
2024
Glasgow HEMA Open
- Lessons and tournaments
- Dates to be announced, maybe around February 2024
Kings of the North
- Lessons and tournaments
- Dates to be announced, maybe around March 2024
Gathering of Wolves
- A variety of lessons, and Keith should be teaching something!
- 23rd-24th March 2024
- https://www.facebook.com/events/856098106207905/
The Art that Adorns You
- A variety of lessons, and beginner-friendly tournaments
- Dates to be announced, maybe around April 2024
By the Sword
- An event for women, with lessons and tournaments
- Dates to be announced, maybe around April 2024
May Melee
- Lessons and tournaments
- Dates to be announced, maybe around April or May 2024
Belfast Bladeworks
- Lessons and tournaments. Accommodation on-site!
- Dates to be announced, maybe around June 2024
Albion Cup
- Tournaments
- Dates to be announced, maybe around June 2024
FightCamp Skirmish (smaller event)
- Camping, lessons, tournaments
- Dates to be announced, maybe around June 2024
HEMAFest
- Camping, lessons, live music
- Dates to be announced, maybe around July 2024
FightCamp (main event)
- Camping, lessons, tournaments
- Dates to be announced, maybe around August 2024
Swordpunk
- Camping, lessons, and HEMA-adjacent activities
- Dates to be announced, maybe around September 2024