Camlann Medieval Village
- Dates
- Expected May 2026
- Status
- Confirmed
- Venue
- Camlann Medieval Village, 10320 Kelly Rd NE
- Price
- $10
- Camping
- None on site
- Last checked
- Aug 24, 2026
The experience
What's special
Camlann Medieval Village is not a renaissance faire but a living-history museum: a hand-built recreation of a small rural village in southwest England in 1376, tucked in a forest clearing near Carnation in the Snoqualmie Valley and run by the Camlann Medieval Association, a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1981. The village opens every weekend from May through September, when interpreters embodying historical personas demonstrate blacksmithing, combat, cooking, pottery, weaving, and woodworking, and five monthly Festival Days add music, puppetry, magic, and dancing - from the May Faire's maypole to the season-closing Michelmasse. Its fourteenth-century inne, the Bors Hede, serves medieval fare year-round with minstrels and storytelling, monthly feasts recreate noble menus from medieval cookery books (2026's autumn feasts sold out), and the association runs craft workshops, school field trips, and experimental archaeology projects - all under a published commitment to distinguish what is historically attested, inferred, or inspired.
What people love
Fans call it a wonderful two-to-three-hour escape to fourteenth-century England: the blacksmith working the forge is the single most-mentioned attraction, the food, drink, tableware, and docents draw praise for being historically correct and engaging, and at ten dollars for an all-day adult ticket it is one of the cheapest days out in the region. The Bors Hede dinner is repeatedly recommended as the standout experience. The equally consistent caveat: this is a quiet, volunteer-scale museum, not a festival midway - regulars advise curtailing renfaire expectations, describing ordinary weekends with a few villagers demonstrating daily life rather than entertainers, minimal amenities, and an experience some find more museum than participatory; reviews split between the charmed and the underwhelmed.
Last time around
The 2026 season opened with the May Faire on May 9-10 and runs every weekend through September, with the Harvest Festival held August 22-23 and the Michelmasse Festival closing the season September 26-27. The season's Harvest, Michelmasse, and All Hallows feasts all sold out, with Yule feasts following on December weekends into early January 2027.
See it before you go
Themed weekends
The living-history museum season runs Saturdays and Sundays, May through September, 12 to 5 PM (closed July 11-12 in 2026). Five monthly Festival Days punctuate the season, and the Bors Hede Inne serves medieval dinners year-round on Saturday and Sunday evenings with seatings 5 to 7 PM (reservations at least 24 hours ahead)
On the lanes & stages
Set in the Medieval period. Event style: living-history.
Lineup
Costumes & what to wear
Do I need a costume?
Costumes are welcome and warmly received but never required, the village portrays 1376 specifically, yet visitors report that interpreters are relaxed about out-of-period outfits and are simply happy to see guests get in character. Flower crowns and other pieces are sold in the village, and many guests come in ordinary clothes to watch and learn
Joining in
Interactivity is the village's stated ethos: every guest encounter with an interpreter is meant to be interactive, and guests are invited at every opportunity to work with medieval tools and methods under supervision. Villagers demonstrate and teach blacksmithing, combat, cooking, music, pottery, weaving, woodworking, and writing; workshops cover arrow making, bow-making, calligraphy, leather working, sewing, and spinning; and the village hosts feasts, field trips, private events and weddings, and even a Nordic-style live-action role-play event. Volunteers are welcomed, and the village hires cooks, craftspeople, and performers
Getting there
Nearest airport SEA.
How do I get to Camlann Medieval Village?
Public transit 1
A patient transit chain gets you most of the way: Link light rail from Sea-Tac into the network, Metro/Sound Transit east toward Redmond or Issaquah, then the SVT Valley Shuttle, a flag-stop community bus linking North Bend, Snoqualmie, Fall City, Carnation, and Duvall that now runs seven days a week for a $1 suggested donation (stand at any Metro stop on the route and tell the driver where you're headed). The catch: the shuttle stops in Carnation town, and the village is still about 4 miles further north on Kelly Road with no stop, SVT only arranges off-route deviations at route endpoints by phone, so plan the last leg separately
Book / info →Taxi & rideshare 1
The village is a rural Snoqualmie Valley site about 35 miles from Sea-Tac. At the airport, app-based rideshare picks up from the designated Ride App Pick-Up area on the 3rd floor of the parking garage (marked stalls 1-34, across the skybridge from baggage claim); licensed taxis have their own curbside queue. The outbound trip is easy; for the return, book ahead, driver coverage around Carnation is thin, especially on Sunday evenings
Book / info →By train
No direct passenger rail to the venue was found. Use the airport transfers or shuttle options above.
🅿 Parking
Cost No parking fee published. The village publishes no parking details, day tickets are sold at the Front Gate at this rural site on Kelly Road NE, and visitors arrive by car. Confirm arrangements with the village if you have accessibility needs
🚙 Car hire
Compare car hire at SEA
A rental car is the practical way to visit: the village is a rural site with no transit stop, 35 miles from Sea-Tac's consolidated rental facility, and a car pairs the visit naturally with Snoqualmie Falls and the wider valley
Search car hire →Live price search coming soon.
Where
Venue
Camlann Medieval Village, 10320 Kelly Rd NE
Camping & Accommodation
Where can I stay near Camlann Medieval Village?
No on site camping. Here is where to stay nearby.
Budget stays 1
Redmond, WA, about 25 minutes' drive to the village
≈ $120-160 / night approx, book direct with the hotel
Book direct →Mid-range hotels 1
17770 NE 78th Place, Redmond, WA, about 25 minutes' drive to the village
≈ $160-210 / night approx, book direct with the hotel
Book direct →Luxe hotels 1
Snoqualmie, WA, perched above Snoqualmie Falls, about 25 minutes' drive to the village
≈ $300-420 / night approx, book direct with the hotel
Book direct →Airbnb & private camping
The Snoqualmie Valley around Carnation, Fall City, and Duvall has a genuine farm-stay and cabin rental market, riverfront cottages, small farms, and forest cabins, that fits the living-history mood better than a suburban hotel. Summer weekends (the village's open season) are the local high season, so book a few weeks out
Search Airbnb →Tolt-MacDonald Park, right in Carnation where the Tolt meets the Snoqualmie River, is a well-loved county campground with tent sites, yurts, and riverside camping about 10 minutes from the village, and Hipcamp lists private farms and forest sites throughout the valley
Search Hipcamp →Pricing
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