Education Through Entertainment
With our living history encampment and thrilling unpredictable live steel show, we bring the Middle Ages to life.
Best of Kansas City Renaissance Festival 2017
Guardians of the Black Forest
First to fight last to fall
With our living history encampment and thrilling unpredictable live steel show, we bring the Middle Ages to life.
Meet Us
By combining a living history encampment with live, non-choreographed, audience-lead, steel sword fighting demonstrations the Guardians of the Black Forest provide a full educational and entertaining encampment. Our fighters entertain you with their dangerous, humorous, and high energy shows! While the rest of the team provides family activities, living history demonstrations, and in-depth knowledge of the weapons, armor, and history of the times. We have a large eclectic group of individuals who all together make our encampment ruin smoothly and bring audiences back again and again.
2021
October 9-10: Iowa Renaissance Festival in Middle Amana
2022
May 7-8: Des Moines Renaissance Faire at Adventureland
May 14-15: Des Moines Renaissance Faire at Adventureland
More fairs will be added as the year progresses so check back!
Hire Us
Multiple tents
Hands-on weapon and armor displays
Living history displays and interactions
Daily life reenactment
Patron crafts
Children’s activities
Audience-led
Story line spanning multiple shows
Wide range of weapons and armor
Engaging and interactive
Non-choreographed fights
Parades
Wedding sword arches
County fairs
Educational demonstrations
New events
Join Us
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Monday 6pm-8pm
Lockwood Cafe
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Friday 4pm-7pm
Noelridge Park
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TBA
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Sunday
Looking for general information about our encampment? We will get you in touch with the right person!
Looking for our tutorials, handbook, gear recommendations and upcoming fair information? Contact your local chapter leader for login information.