2017 Royal Medieval Faire, Waterloo - A Number 1 Waterloo Attraction in My Book

The Royal Medieval Faire has been held annually in Waterloo for the past few years.

Visitors lining up to get into the Royal Medieval Fair, Waterloo Park

It is getting popular and attracting many people to attend this event.

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The Medieval Festival is a fun gathering about all things Medieval.

We have been going to Waterloo monthly for many years.

We did not know about this new annual event until a few weeks ago. 

It was held last weekend and it could not have been held on a better day. 

As we were going into the Waterloo park where the event site was, we kept coming across people dressed in various beautiful and colourful Medieval costumes.  

People really got into the mood dressing for this Medieval  Festival. 

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Not only did we run into many people who dressed their part as ladies or knights.

We ran into someone dressed as soldiers or hunters carrying their hunting gear.

Adults were not the only ones dressed for this fun festival.

A family in Medieval costumes

Numerous children dressed up as well in Medieval clothes. 

The Medieval Festival is a fun way to teach kids and adults alike about life, people and their customs in the Middle Ages.

Climbing up to the top of the tower.

There were a lot of activities and demonstrations for visitors to enjoy a the festival. 

Trying to ram open a castle door

One of the popular activities for children was the simulated castle siege attack activities in which they learned about how enemies attacked the castles and tried to ram down the castle door.

There were marksmanship activities such as  archery lesson.

The archery activity was another popular one among the visitors to the festival.

A sword fight demonstration

There were a lot of going on at the festival.

Sword fighting and duel were fun activity for boys ( girls too) and men alike.

An attack demonstration

This pair got an attentive audience for their demo.

They demonstrated to an intriguing group of boys how they worked together with an axe and a pick to break through the attackers' shields.

A  Medieval duel

There were quite a few costumed demonstrators entertaining festival goers with skills and humour.

People who preferred quieter and gentler activities could also take part in such games.

One of the catapult games at the Waterloo Medieval Festival 

Trying to construct a device that would carry as many gold coins as possible

Children were not the only ones having a lot of fun at the festival. One of the booth setups involved a hands on science activity that got many of the parents and grandparents engaged in it as well.

When completed, the transportation devices were floated down

Participants were challenged to help the king to transport as many gold coins as possible down to the bottom of the river by constructing a transportation device able to carry a load.

The carrying vehicles were put to a test.

After building their floating device people could let them float down the river meeting obstacles on the way.

It was a lot of fun for kids and adults alike!

A booth selling Medieval clothes

There were many interesting booths displaying and selling crafts and items related to the Middle Ages era.

Miniature plants in cute tiny containers such as thimbles at one of the booth

One of my favourite booths was the one selling miniature plants in tiny cute planters.

Some plants were planted in thimbles
glued to either rocks or pieces of wood.

I remember how much our children were mesmerized by Medieval things when they were in grade school.

I could imagine how much fun our young children and other kids would have at this fun festival.

We thoroughly enjoyed the Medieval Festival and had a blast with the activities and displays.


This is the number one attraction in my book for the city of Waterloo!


R.T.
Royal Medieval Faire
Waterloo Park
Waterloo