2025 THEMED WEEKENDS:
From Pets to Pirates
Every Weekend is a
New Adventure!
April 12 & 13 – Opening Weekend
Viking & Barbarian Weekend!
Invaders from the North will descend upon Newcastle and terrible...FUN will occur!
Odin has decreed this weekend be one of fun and frivolity, and so we feel obligated to oblige!
Costume Contest
1:00pm at the Joust Arena
Best Beard Contest
2:00pm at the Brewer's Pub
Der Flingen of der Fishin Competition
3:30pm in the Joust Arena
April 19 & 20
Pet Friendly Weekend!
Bring your fur baby to the Festival this weekend!
Dogs and cats on leashes are welcome - please read and fill out the Registration Form here before you arrive - and check in at our Registration Tent outside the Front Gate.
Pet Costume Contest
1:00pm - Joust Arena
Dog Eating Contest - HOT Dog, that is!
3:30pm - Joust Arena
April 26 & 27
Highland Fling Weekend!
The Village of Newcastle welcomes the Scottish and Irish (and everyone else, of course!)
Bagpipes, drums and kilted characters abound, plus special contests! Bring your whole clan!
Don't miss the John Mohr Mackintosh Pipe & Drum Band parading through the Village.
The John Mohr Mackintosh
Pipe and Drum Band
Costume Contest
1:00pm in the Joust Arena
Bonnie Knees Contest
2:00pm at the Brewer's Pub Stage
Mashed Potato Eating Competition
3:30pm in the Joust Arena
May 3 & 4
Time Traveler/Cosplay Weekend!
Cosplayers from all universes, time periods, genres, and multiverses will be converging in Newcastle this weekend!
Don your best cosplay and enter the costume contest!
Cosplay Costume Contest
1:00pm at the Joust Arena
May 10 & 11
Romance Weekend
Chivalry and courtship reign this weekend in the Village of Newcastle.
Treat that special someone and sample delicious food, drink and fun!
Plus, free flowers to the first 100 moms who enter on Mother's Day - Sunday, May 11!
Costume Contest
1:00pm at the Joust Arena
Vow Renewal Ceremony
4:30pm at the Celebration Garden
May 17 & 18
Wizarding Weekend!
Didn't get an owl from that famous wizarding school?
Don't worry - we'll be celebrating all things magical this weekend with wizard-themed costume contests and magical events. Travel by flue powder or your Nimbus 2000, but be here for all the spell-binding adventures!
Get Sorted!
11:00am at the Juggling School
Costume Contest
1:00pm at the Joust Arena
Magical Broom Race
3:30 at the Joust Arena
May 24 thru 26
Pirate Invasion Weekend!
It's a 3-Day Pirate Invasion!
AARRRR, MATEYS! Drop anchor in the Village of Newcastle and discover delicious food and drink, artisan-made treasures, and rollicking good entertainment! It's three days full of fun piratical hijinks! Plus on Memorial Day Monday all veterans and active military get in free at the gate! See details.
Pirate Costume Contests
1:00pm at the Pirate's Treasure Ship
Pirate Sea Leg Races
3:30pm at the Joust Arena
May 31 & June 1 – Closing Weekend
Flights of Fantasy
As the Festival comes to a close, residents of the fairy realm will make the trek to Newcastle to share their magic with us!
Be on the lookout for magical creatures of all sorts!
It's our last weekend - Come out and get one last turkey legge, grab that special treasure you've had your eye on, and see your favorite show! After this weekend, we're history!