That Dam Birka Event VII – Camping Event

That Dam Birka Event VII - Camping Event

When

June 18, 2026 - June 21, 2026    
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Event Type

This year’s theme is the “Wheel of Pain” 

Study up and practice with various weapons styles as you don’t know until you spin the wheel what weapon you’ll be fighting with or against.

Schedule

Thursday

  • Pack in and set up (2p or later)

Friday night

  • Torchlight tourney (weather permitting) (o’dark thirty)

Saturday (at the Greenup Locks and Dam)

10:00 am   Gate Open

11:00 am    Novice Tourney

12:00 pm    Unbelt Tourney

1:00 pm       Lunch (although nibbles throughout the day are encouraged)

2:00 pm       Rattan Melee or Rattan Tourney

4:00 pm       Chivalry Challenges (come fight a knight)

5:00 pm        Court (if needed)

6:00 pm        Site Closes

Tournaments:

  • Novice tourney (less than 2 years in kit)
  • Unbelt tourney
  • Chivalry challenges
  • Rattan melee
  • Boffer games (throughout the day)

Sla Ball if we have enough players (may substitute for melee – fighters will determine this day of)

Arts competition (rules TBA)

  • Populace vote open at 10:00 am through 4:00 pm

Page (kids) activities planned.

Bring a dish – Pot luck, picnic style gnosh.

Sunday

  • Clean up camp and pack out no later than 4:00 pm

 

Hosted by the Barony of Birka and the Barony of Silver Ring.

 

Address for campsite  Warrior Training Center 293 Happy Ridge Ashland, Ky 41102 (click for map)

Address for fighting field and pot luck Saturday 600 Corp Street, Greenup, KY 41144 (Note: Google maps will take you to the center of the bridge. Turn onto Ohio River Road by the gas station, then left onto Corp Street)

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