Wednesday, July 1
Newcomers’ Welcome Breakfast (8:30)
Hosted by Mora of Lincolnshire & Gertude of Kieth; location: Tyger’s Rest
A Newcomers’ Breakfast will be held beside Tyger’s Rest on Adeline Avenue (2nd row of Merchants’ Road). We invite everyone who is attending their first Quad War to come and share breakfast with the leaders of our SCA community. Our goal is to make all the newcomers feel welcome, and ensure that their Quad War is enjoyable and fulfilling.
Note that the eating, greeting, and meeting will continue until 10:00 but the food service may end before that so it is suggested you arrive earlier. Food and dishes will be provided, but it is recommended that attendees bring chairs if possible. The breakfast will include pancakes, sausage patties, coffee, and juice, and we will provide a gluten-free option.
For more information, please talk to Mora of Lincolnshire & Gertude of Kieth.
Queen’s Tea with the Teddies (10:00)
Hosted by HRM Sadb Jofreysdottir and HRM’s retinue; location: At the Royal Pavilion
It’s a tea party, and the Teddies are invited!
All Teddies (and friends) who were created, entered, and donated in the Avacal Grand TUA Best Dressed Teddy Bear contest are codially invited to have tea with Her Royal Majesty at the Royal pavilion. This invitation is extended to not only the Teddies still in the Avacal Children’s Largess, but also those that may have been selected by a young gentle before Quad War; (Teddy owners are welcome, too!).
We encourage you to show off your skills once again, or for the first time, to create a medieval garb for a Teddy (or friend) that you would like to donate to children’s largess! Such fun!!
AND EVEN BETTER….these new Teddies are invited to have tea with Her Royal Majesty as well!
All completed entries are asked to arrive at the Royal Pavilion by Saturday morning, between 9:00 – 9:30 in preparation to have tea with Her Royal Majesty and any members of the populace who wish to attend.
Prizes will be awarded and all entries will be donated to Avacal’s Children’s Largesse. Plus, there is probably going to be a photo op! Medieval paparazzi will be about!
Of course, those who are unable to complete an entry are still welcome to tea with Her Royal Majesty. Come enjoy the relaxed social!
Avacal Crowns host visting Crowns (17:00)
location: Dwarf Hollow
By invitation, TRM Sadb Jofreysdottir & Hjalti inn Undarligr Vikingr will host the visiting Royalty and their attendants. The menu is sure to be delish, and the company even better!
Recovery Gathering (20:30 ish)
location: Baron Fjall encampment
Looking for comraderie with others who are on the recovery journey? Then this reception is for you! directions to encampment will be announced at Court
Surly Duke Tavern (20:00 ish, after court)
location: Bardic Circle
for details, see Bardic Arts page
Blue Feather Reception (20:00 ish, after court)
Location: House Topolo
details TBD; directions to encampment will be announced at Court
Thursday, July 2
Helga Ball Practice (15:00 prep; 15:30 commence)
Hosted by Astrid Arnsbjornsdottir at the Erics
Helga ball is an enjoyable game played at many Inter-Kingdom events. Come learn and play. And if you’re not interested in playing, well come and watch! What would be more fun than watching a bunch of female contestants turn cabbage in to coleslaw on a “battle” field.
Teams will be set up prior to the event.
Newcomer’s Welcome Supper (17:00 start)
hosted by Jarla Ástríðr Arnbjarnardóttir & Jarl Hrogn Guntherson; location: Odin’s Bastards encampment
Are you new to the SCA? Do you like Smoked Brisket? Do you like free meals? Do you like meeting other newcomers so that you have some people to talk to, instead of all the weirdos?
Well then do we have a deal for you!!!
Join us in the campfire area of the Grotto for a meal on Thursday night around 6pm. Where’s that you ask? Just walk over to the longhall that’s under construction and through the arch into the bush and down the path. Anybody down that path will know where you’re going, so just ask somebody if you’re unsure.
We will have a full meal ready for 6pm for anybody who came to their first event in 2026. There’s no cost to the meal and we will have something to drink available, with both an alcohol and non-alcohol version. If you’d like something specific or fancy, please bring your own.
The meal will be a brisket, potato salad, buns and a vegetable tbd. Brisket, potato salad and vegetable will be gluten free. Paper plates and utensils will be provided. If it’s raining, we do have a covered space available too.
The goal will be to meet other people who are new to the SCA and develop some friendships and get to ask some people who have been here for a while any questions that you might have. And there’s free brisket…. So really, what more could you want!
Friday, July 3
San Ignatius Pig Roast Party (18:00)
hosted by Privateer ship San Ignatius; location: at the Castle
The crew of the Privateer ship San Ignatius has confirmed that we are making landfall on Friday (July 3rd) at Quad War Castle.
We will open the Castle doors at 6pm, food served at 7pm. At 8:30 p.m. we ask all smalls to vacate the castle when we bring up the war-chests full of rainbow-y deliciousness in all of their jiggly glory. Also we will have a barrel of grog and spear-the-beer!
Menu is: roast pig, salad, bread rolls. Dessert: All the jell-o with a punch you can eat (while supplies last).
Cost: by donation! The party is loosely pirate themed, but not required, so dress up or grab an eye patch if you desire. See you there!
Celebration: Sir Ogedie Vigil (location TBD) & HL Renee Carr Vigil (Lost Viking encampment)
Share snacks, beverages, and good company as we celebrate and share wisdom with the vigilants. Sir Ogedie is preparing for elevation to Order of the Laurel while HL Renee is preparing for elevation to Order of the Pelican..
Saturday, July 4
Newcomers’ Welcome Breakfast (8:30)
Hosted by Mora of Lincolnshire & Gertude of Kieth; location: Tyger’s Rest
A second Newcomers’ Breakfast will be held beside Tyger’s Rest on Adeline Avenue (2nd row of Merchants’ Road). We invite everyone who is attending their first Quad War to come and share breakfast with the leaders of our SCA community. Our goal is to make all the newcomers feel welcome, and ensure that their Quad War is enjoyable and fulfilling.
Note that the eating, greeting, and meeting will continue until 10:00 but the food service may end before that so it is suggested you arrive earlier. Food and dishes will be provided, but it is recommended that attendees bring chairs if possible. The breakfast will include pancakes, sausage patties, coffee, and juice, and we will provide a gluten-free option.
For more information, please talk to Mora of Lincolnshire & Gertude of Kieth.
Night Market (following court)
Hosted by Iolar the Sinister; location: On Merchants’ Row
Saturday evening, right after court, merchants’ row will come alive with food, games, and open shops selling all sorts of items. There will be music, entertainment and a good time to be had by all; running until 10PM.
If you or your household would like to participate by setting up a merchant table, opening up a food stand, or running a midway game please contact HL Iolar the Sinister who will be happy to reserve you a spot and answer any questions you might have.
Wench Wars! (following court)
Show off your skills as a Tavern Wench and win the Tiara!
Actual selling, serving and Bardic skills are required, so Entrants, prepare a Tavern-worthy Bardic entry, prepare to entertain/scold Patrons, and be prepared to lift a tray with mugs of actual beer and carry money on your person!
Wet chamise attempts will be disqualified: no Wench worth their salt wastes beer!
Audience, bring coin to buy a pint off our Wenches and join in the fun. Any profit made/and all tips will go towards building picnic tables for the Tavern.
Parents, parental guidance suggested as this is an R-rated Adult Humour activity. Bardic for adults will round out the end of the evening once the winner is crowned the Wench Queen
Cost: none unless you’d like to join in the fun by buying a beverage. supervison of knowledgeable Artisans.
This activity will be dependent on fire conditions at the time of the event.
Cask & Castle Caravans (commences after court)
Hosted by The Quad Site Fundraising Team
Good Morning, Avacal! Over the years, the Quad War Castle has earned a place in the imagery and minds of our citizens as a landmark of your Principality and then your Kingdom. We have fought in its shadow, defended and attacked its doors, and some of us have even enjoyed sleeping in it. But over the years, like all of us, the castle has felt the burden of time wearing on it.
This is our 3rd year of raising funds to give our CASTLE A MAKEOVER AND BRING BACK THE GLORY IT DESERVES!!!
Here’s how it works. You donate $40 or more to the castle. That’s it. That’s all. Simple as that. You kick over cash to the castle. But wait, that’s not actually all. We’re running a Cask & Castle Caravan to show appreciation to all who support the castle rebuild. When you donate $40 or more to the castle rebuild, you’ll receive a wristband that shows you’re a supporter and that wristband will allow you access to one of the Caravans
On Sunday Night after evening court, we’re going to have 2 Caravans leaving the Court to tour local stops around the site.
The 1st Caravan will be the polite-est of our polite, finest of our fine, the most respectable and well mannered citizens who enjoy their tea with their pinky’s out and only use their inside voices.
The 2nd group will be the Kingdom’s scoundrels, the loud, the unsavory, the obnoxious, the people your peers warned you about, the thirsty, those who have lost their inside voices at the same event they lost their shame and dignity. So you just jump in with whichever group appeals more to you. The Fancy Tour goes first and the Rowdy Tour goes second.
But where are all these Stops around the Quad Site you ask?
Here are the tentative stops for 2026:
1. The Main Street Menagerie (Iolar/Coryn/Skaadi)
2. The Dark Lord’s Lair (Lord Vader & fiends…we mean friends! well…Lord Vader might be travelling on the caravan!)
3. The Embassy (Castle Rouge & friends)
4. The Ruffled Raven (Ruffled Raven household & friends)
5. The Boars (The Boars household)
6. The Grotto (Odin’s Bastards household)
7. Dwarf Hollow (Dwarf Hollow friends)
Each stop will have a food and drink offering, including non-alcoholic for those who don’t partake traveling with the Caravans that come by. Each Caravan will stay approximately 25 minutes, then travel onwards. Food will be appetizer-type offerings. (We’re not fighting world hunger and trying to feed the groups 5-6 full meals). And the drink offering should have a non-alcoholic option for those who don’t partake.
After the Caravans have passed through each stop, the final stop will be at Dwarf Hollow, where the Surly Duke is rumored to hang out. Any hosts with leftover food and drink are welcome to bring it to the fire and share with all who are there. This is intended to bring the entire populace together and enjoy a communal fire with songs and stories and laughing and general good times. So come on out and join in and either sing well or else sing loud, or ideally both, but if you have to pick one, go with loud.
Want to help? Contact one of the host groups above and volunteer your time or culinary skills.
Alternatively contact Hrogn (Dave Tarry) directly with any questions about this fundraiser
100% of the funds raised will go to the Castle Rebuild.
Castle Rebuild Donation:
$40
If you are unable to make it on that day, we thank you for your donation!
- Go to the fundraising page to reserve your Casks & Castle Tavern Crawl wrist band
- Then E-transfers can be sent to: Quadsitefund@gmail.com. Please make the question fundraiser & the password Quad2026 (once registration is open)
- Include the name of the registrant(s) in your e-transfer for whom you are paying & specify which fundraiser
- Pick up your wrist bands on Saturday, June 28 at Iolar’s cafe Merchants’ Row.