Sherwood Robin Hood Festival

From Sherwood Robin Hood Festival Website:

The Sherwood, Oregon Robin Hood Festival Modern & Medieval Our 65th Year!

The historic and picturesque town of Sherwood, Oregon welcomes you to the realm of the Robin Hood Festival. One of the oldest and most unique community events in Oregon (est. 1954), our wondrous Festival and international archery tournament attract nearly 20,000 revelers of all ages each year in the summer. We also hold a Winter Festival the first Saturday of December every year, with a holiday parade. This year's Summer Festival will take place July 19-21 (Old Town Events: July19-20, Archery: July 20-21), with a community parade on Saturday, July 20.

With many fun activities both modern and medieval, the annual Summer Festival fills the streets of Old Town Sherwood, with the International Archery Tournament with Nottingham, England nearby. Our old-fashioned Summer Community Parade winds its way through Sherwood every year, featuring Maid Marian and her Court, Robin Hood and his Merry Men and 70+ imaginative entries from far and wide, some competing for high honors.

There will be dancing in the streets (and many enjoying the beer & wine garden nearby), as well-known bands from the Pacific Northwest and featured entertainers take to our popular Main Stage. The Family Stage in the Renaissance Village specializes in wonderfully creative, interactive performers to delight young and old, a traditional Knighting Ceremony, medieval re-enactments, stunts, swordplay, clowns, magicians, alchemists, comedians, improvisation, music & dance, and appearances by Maid Marian and her Court, Robin Hood and his Merry Men. Special surprises throughout the grounds of the Festival, occupying the streets of Sherwood Old Town and an enchanting historical park, make your Festival experience one people of all ages have enjoyed for multiple generations.

Thousands of Summer Festival visitors wander every year through the extensive Vendor Village consisting of more than 100 booths, with a wide variety of shopping and activities to explore. Everyone enjoys performances of a children's play each year by Sherwood's Voices for the Performing Arts in Cannery Square Park. Multiple contestants demonstrate their creativity every year in the annual Castle Building Contest. Festivities also include a teen dance, kids crafts and play areas, plus plenty of delicious food, with a beer/wine/cider garden featuring selections from local wineries and breweries. Festival admission is FREE, including all entertainment on the Main and Family Stages (excludes Voices for the Performing Arts performance, for which tickets must be purchased - vendors also charge fees for various activities).