The Marche of Winged Hills welcomes one and all to Harvest Days!
DATE AND LOCATION
Greene County Expo Center
120 Fairground Road
Xenia, OH 45385
September 11 – 12, 2026
The site will be open for setup at 6 PM on Friday.
The event opens at 8 AM on Saturday.
All attendees must be offsite by 8 PM on Saturday.
There will be no camping at this event.
COST – Preregistration available soon
Adult: $25
Adult Member: $15
Children (17 and under): Free
First SCA Event: Free
ACTIVITIES
Rapier
Since Harvest Days is on the same day as Pferdestadt Rapier Classic, we will not have any planned rapier tournaments or activities, nor will there be a designated fencing list. Rapier fighters are allowed to participate in the Heavy Weapons Tavern Brawl.
Schedule
10:00-12:00 Attack of the Killer Produce Tournament
12:30-1:30 Archery range closed for lunch
1:30 Sign-ups for the Baronial Archery Championship begin
2:00 Baronial Archery Championship and Open Shoot
4:00 Archery range closes
Baronial Archery Championship
Archers from the Barony of Flaming Gryphon may compete in the categories of Handbow, Crossbow, and Youth to be the new Baronial Archery Champions. You must be a member of Flaming Gryphon to win, but visitors have the option to participate in the tournament or engage in open shooting.
TBA
Crafters’ Green
Artisans of any skill level are invited to set up a workspace to demonstrate their craft. The general populace are invited to visit the Crafters’ Green and spend time watching and learning.
Classes
This class covers Insular Celtic-style knotwork background, basic interlacing techniques, simple border and panel construction, and provides links to advanced sources for further research. This tutorial should be considered introductory in nature and assumes no experience in Celtic art or design; just a fascination with it! Techniques from this tutorial can be (and have been) applied to both hand-drawn and computer-constructed designs.
The handout for this class is free and available at Rolin’s website.
This class builds on the techniques learned in the Introduction course and discusses pattern analysis, doubled interlacing, and non-square grids.
The handout for this class is free and available at Rolin’s website.
There will be a space set up where bards are welcome to come and perform throughout the day. In addition, there will be two competitions.
Harvest Days Bardic Competition
The theme this year is Weather. The competition will be held in the bardic space at 1:00. All singers and storytellers are welcome to compete for bragging rights for a year. Winners are invited to help judge the following year. The winner will be announced following the Baronial Championship.
Flaming Gryphon Baronial Bardic Championship
Noble Attalos, the current champion, will running the competition to choose the new Baronial Bardic Champion. The theme is Harvest or Bounty and the competition is open to all members of the Barony of Flaming Gryphon. All of the bardic arts are allowed – songs, stories, poetry, anything you like. The Baronial Championship will be held in the bardic space immediately after the Harvest Days Bardic Competition.
Harvest Days will have a silent auction to raise money for the travel fund of Prince Radagaisus and Princess Ceinwen.
We will have both indoor and outdoor space for merchants. Please contact the Merchant Coordinator if you wish to vend.
Current Merchants:
- Firefly Fiber Arts Crochet plushies and accessories (Facebook)
- Redbird Bakery
- Stillroom Food mixes, tea, natural soaps, items for the hearth and household (Website & Facebook)
- Springer Lee Cakes, gingerbread, coffee, & tea (Facebook)
- Yay Beads! Historical glassbeads (Website & Facebook)
The Barony of Flaming Gryphon will be holding a Baronial Court at 5:00 (or at the pleasure of the Baron and Baroness). Court will be held inside.
FAQ
There will be four to five food trucks on site, due to another large event occurring at the fairgrounds at the same time as Harvest Days.
There will not be any Midrealm Royalty at this event, so there will not be any Midrealm Tournaments. Court will only consist of Flaming Gryphon’s Baronial Court.
This event will primarily be held outside in a location that is flat but grassy. Indoor space (with carpeted concrete flooring as well as tables and chairs) is available. This site has accessible restrooms. The bardic space, silent auction fundraiser, some of the merchants, and Flaming Gryphon’s Baronial Court will all be held inside. Court will not have a stage/dais and will be wheelchair-accessible.
If the weather is bad, heavy fighting can be moved inside.
Service animals are always permitted. Pets are allowed if they’re on a leash (or contained in a pen/stroller) at all times.
Animals are allowed inside, but may be asked to be taken outside if there is a problem with noise/disturbances (especially since the Bardic Competitions and Flaming Gryphon’s Baronial Court will be taking place inside). We strongly encourage everyone to leave pets outside with a friend, if possible. The indoors areas are carpeted, so owners will be responsible for the cost of any clean-up.
Any animals (including service animals) are subject to ejection from the event if there are complaints of growling/lunging at people/dangerous behavior.
STAFF
| Event Steward | Lady Anneke vamme Holte | rebecca.basner4@gmail.com |
| Event Steward | Forester Altan of Flaming Gryphon | altan.of.flaminggryphon@gmail.com |
| Gate Steward | The Honorable Lady Mughain nic Cairt Ciannact | mughain@yahoo.com |
| Merchant Coordinator | Baroness Thyra Bubbasdottir | rosamundi2021@gmail.com |
| Silent Auction Coordinator | Mistress Alexis MacAlister of Beverlay | bevroden@gmail.com |
| Crafter’s Green Coordinator | Lady Johanna Bakendochters | d1964perry@hotmail.com |
| Bardic Teahouse | Countess Isolde de la Ramee | isolde@moyen.org |
| Armored Combat | Count William of Fairhaven | sirbill@housefairhaven.com |
| Archery | Forester Bertrande Fresneau | bertrandefresneau@gmail.com |
| Thrown Weapons | Master Eirik the Elder | eiriktheelder@gmail.com |