The smell of bonfires and food spreads around St. Bendts Kirke, when we finally and for the eighth time hold the Ringsted Medieval Festival in 2024!
It will be a blast of a festival, and the square will be teeming with clowns, knights, musicians and traders, and in the many stalls you can find all kinds of delicacies.
Look forward to fantastic fire shows, music and theater and let the children play in the family area.
All the performers live in the camp by the square, and you are welcome to take a look inside.
Ringsted Middelalderfestival is a historical festival which is held in Klosterlunden in Ringsted city centre. The festival was first held in 2009 and has only grown bigger since then. The last festival was held in 2022, where around 15.000 happy guests passed by.
The festival is a collaboration between Museum Vestsjælland, Ringsted Municipality, clergy group and parish council at Sct. Bendts Church, local associations, local business, local volunteers and charities and the local press.
Many thanks to everyone who helped with the funding – Ringsted Municipality, Ringsted Museum Association, Nordea Foundation, Bjarne Jensen's Foundation, Sparekassen Sjælland Foundation and Hanne Marie Motzfeldt's Foundation.
At the festival, there are several activities for children - you will find them all in the large family area, which we call Valdemar's Workshop! Here you can, for example:
Look forward to a wealth of experiences for the whole family!
Also take a trip to the camps where jesters and zealots live and cook and get a feel for how people lived and lived in the Middle Ages.
At the market place you can supply yourself with both food and drink.
Try local draft beer, mead and apple cider.
When hunger strikes, visit the food stall, which serves delicious barbecue food. The food is prepared on a grill and over a fire.
Opening hours:
Friday 16 August at 16.00-21.00 / Saturday 17 August at 10.00-21.00 / Sunday 18 August at 10.00-16.00
Price: FREE
Parking: The parking at the roundabout in front of Sct. Bendts will be closed during the festival. We refer to the other car parks in Ringsted city centre.
Public transport: Klosterlunden is located 800 meters from Ringsted train station, approx. 10 minutes walk.