Renaissance Festival Program 2023
Program of the Manifestation
Renaissance Festival Koprivnica
17th – 20th August 2023
Thursday (17th August)
7 p.m. – Opening of the Manifestation at the City Fortifications (Festung)
(Knights and craftsmen of Koprivnica only)
Medieval fair set up (local craftsmen)
Interactive knight’s workshop (archery practice)
Arrival of traveller traders and negotiations with the Town’s Judge
Wooden labyrinth set up and opening
Children’s Renaissance games and dances
Serfs’ and „lepers“ brawl
Torture
Duelling knights
The Musketeers of Koprivnica – fire display
Animals
Daily Program
Friday (18th August till 3 p.m.)
Saturday and Sunday (19th – 20th August from 10 a.m. till late into the night)
Main motif: ANIMALS
– traveller traders – Marking the 750th Anniversary of the first mention of the Town of Koprivnica
– the biggest Medieval sales fair in this part of Europe (craftsmen and traders, alchemists …)
– the most opulent offer of Medieval cuisine and beverages (game, fish, porridges, gingerbread …)
Royal dishes by Podravka, dishes and beverages made with nettles, PAN beer, wine, and mead)
– Medieval brewery – Monastery beer with nettles
– Medieval cookery
– wooden labyrinth
– life in medieval knights’ camps
– exhibition of wild and domestics animals; performances of hawk dressers
– Jousting and knights duelling (knights fighting and competitions, archery – a performance)
Cross bow shooting, bludgeon fights, sword fights, lances, and firearms exhibitions; cannon firing)
- Firing from siege equipment
– interactive knight workshops (archery and cross bow exhibitions and practice)
– Medieval entertainers’ shows _ jugglers, king’s fools, stilt walkers, …)
– Medieval rugby
– Medieval musicians, drummers, belly dancers …
– Medieval kindergarten – Renaissance dances
– Medieval workshops of crafts and practices for children and adults
– Medieval camps and shows of knight companies from Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Rumania, Israel, Bosnia and Hercegovina and Croatia
– the siege of Koprivnica
– mystical night life in Renaissance Koprivnica under moonlight and torches
– life in a village of “lepers”
– serfs’ games
The Children’s’ Renaissance Kingdom – Društvo „Naša djeca“ Koprivnica/Association “Our children” Koprivnica/
The Renaissance Festival is the first manifestation of its kind without plastic, and food and drinks will be served in ceramic and wooden vessels. Drinks can only be enjoyed from ceramic mugs which can be rented at info spots and catering services, and, at the end of day, can be returned to these with a full refund.
18th August – Friday
The King’s Stage
3 p.m. – Renaissance dances and games (Dječji vrtić Tratinčica – group Prsteki)
3:30 p.m. – Town’s Judge acquaints the public with the henchmen
4 p.m. – gathering of the „lepers“
4: 15 p.m. – arrival of the travelling traders and negotiations with the Town’s Judge
5 p.m. – Renaissance dances and games (Dječji vrtić Tratinčica – group Prsteki)
5: 30 p.m. – Seisenbergensis Tumultus Žužemberk (Slovenija)
5:45 p.m.– musical performance Sonivius Vappae (Hungary)
18,15 – Knight’s company Ursus performance (Slovakia)
6: 30 p.m. – musical performance Sonivius Vappae (Hungary)
7:15 p.m. – King’s jester’s Jage III. Kukuriječkog performance
8: 00 p.m. – Renaissance Fashion Show
The Knights’ Stage
6: 00 p.m. – Sbandieratori di Palmanova – flag show (Italy)
6: 30 p.m. – Pepiloue and his performing geese (France)
7: 15 p.m. – Knights’ Equestrian Tournament Hector (Slovakia)
8: 00 p.m. – Knight’s company Marku’s performance (Czech Republic)
8: 30 p.m. – Concert Sonivius Vappae (Hungary)
9: 00 p.m. – Orientart – oriental belly dance
9: 30 p.m. – fire show of the Musketeers of Koprivnica
19th August – Saturday
PAN RENAISSANCE TRAIN – free of charge – (departure from Zagreb before noon and return to Zagreb in the evening – Open Door Day of the Carlsberg brewery – degustation of beer free of charge
The King’s Stage
11:30 a.m. – arrival of the companies of knights to the fortification and the commencement of the Charter awarding of the Free King’s Town of Koprivnica to the citizens of Koprivnica
Introducing the Knights companies
Grants for the Town Judge
1:00 p.m. – musical performance Sonivius Vappae (Hungary)
1:00 p.m.– Renaissance dances and games (Dječji vrtić Tratinčica – group Prsteki)
1:50 p.m. – arrival of the travelling traders and negotiations with the Town’s Judge
2:15 p.m.– Dance company Kontea (Konjščina)
2: 45 p.m. – Knight’s company Ursus (Slovakia)
3:15 p.m. – Seisenbergensis Tumultus Žužemberk (Slovenia)
3: 45 p.m. – Igralska skupina viteza Gašperja Lambergerja (Slovenia)
4: 15 p.m. – Knight’s company Markus M (Czech Republic)
4: 45 p.m. – King’s jester’s Jage III. Kukuriječkog performance
5: 10 p.m. – food delivery to the „lepers “
5: 50 p.m. – Concert Sonivius Vappae (Hungary)
6: 30 p.m. – King’s jester’s Jage III. Kukuriječkog performance
7: 30 p.m. – apprehension of the Copranitzka witch
Knight’s Stage
1:00 p.m. – Dragon order of Knighthood of Siklos (Hungary)
1:00 p.m.– Oroszlányszív Lovagrend egyesület (Hungary)
2: 00 p.m. – Renaissance rugby – Knight’s company Opolskie Bractwo Rycerskie (Poland)
2: 30 p.m. – Knight’s company Markus M (Czech Republic)
3: 00 p.m. – Sbandieratori di Palmanova – flag show (Italy)
3: 30 p.m. – Knight’s company Ursus (Slovakia)
4: 00 p.m. – Musical performance Sonivius Vappae (Hungary)
4: 30 p.m. – Sbandieratori di Palmanova – flag show (Italy)
5: 00 p.m. – Hawk dressers Sv. Bavona (Slovakia)
5: 45 p.m. – Pepiloue and his performing geese (France)
6: 45 p.m. – Knight’s equestrian tournament Hector (Slovakia)
7: 45 p.m. – Concert Sonivius Vappae (Hungary)
Evening hours
Illuminating the fortification with torches and fire irons
Night attack on the Town of Koprivnica – attack with fire balls, arrows, cannons, muskets and arquebusier
Fire swallowers– Markus M (Czech Republic)
20th August – Sunday – FESTUNG
10:00 a.m. – Start of the Manifestation
10:00 – 12:00 a.m. creative, art and games workshops at the Children’s Renaissance Kingdom and Fairyland Empire; serfs’ games
The King’s Stage
12:30 p.m. – Renaissance dances and games (Dječji vrtić Tratinčica – group Prsteki)
1: 00 p.m. – arrival of the travelling traders and negotiations with the Town’s Judge
1: 45 p.m. – delivery of lunch to the “lepers”
2: 00 p.m. – Seisenbergensis Tumultus Žužemberk (Slovenia)
2:30 p.m. – Igralska skupina viteza Gašperja Lambergerja (Slovenia)
3:00 p.m. – musical performance Sonivius Vappae (Hungary)
3:30 p.m. – Knight’s companyA ramis (Slovakia)
4: 00 p.m. – The town’s Judge introduces the public to the henchmen
4: 30 p.m. – musical performance Sonivius Vappae (Hungary)
5: 00 p.m. – King’s jester’s Jage III. Kukuriječkog performance
5: 30 p.m. – Renaissance dances from the Dutchy of Konjsko
6: 00 p.m. – musical performance Sonivius Vappae (Hungary)
6: 45 p.m. – King’s jester’s Jage III. Kukuriječkog performance
7: 15 p.m. – apprehension of the Copranitzka witch
The Knights’ Stage
1:00 p.m. – Orokeben Hunyadiak (Hungary)
1:00 p.m.– Dragon order of Knighthood of Siklos (Hungary)
2: 00 p.m. – Honour platoon fire of the Musketeers and soldiers of Koprivnica
2:15 p.m.– Knight’s company Markus M performance (Czech Republic)
2: 45 p.m. – Renaissance rugby – Knight’s company Opolskie Bractwo Rycerskie (Poland)
3: 15 p.m. – Sbandieratori di Palmanova – flag show (Italy)
3: 30 p.m. – Oroszlányszív Lovagrend egyesület (Hungary)
4: 00 p.m. – Knight’s company Ursus (Slovakia)
4: 30 p.m. – SaniDate di Palmanova – flag show (Italy)
5: 00 p.m. – Hawk dressers Sv. Bavona (Slovakia)
5: 45 p.m. – Pepiloue and his performing geese (France)
6: 45 p.m. – Knight’s equestrian tournament Hector (Slovakia)
7: 45 p.m. – musical performance Sonivius Vappae (Hungary)
8: 15 p.m. – Orientart – oriental belly dance
Evening hours
Illuminating the fortifications with torches and fire irons
fire show (Musketeers of Koprivnica)
Participants:
Knight companies from Croatia:
Vitezovi Zelingradski (Sv. Ivan Zelina)
Red vitezova Ružice grada (Orahovica)
Red čuvara grada Zagreba (Zagreb)
Kliški uskoci (Klis)
Vitezovi Vranski (Pakoštane)
Šibenska gradska straža (Šibenik)
Ordo Sancti Viti (Rijeka)
Viteški red Sv. Nikole (Varaždin)
Streličari krvavog mosta (Zagreb)
Red vitezova zlatnog hmelja (Zagreb)
Trakošćanski streličari (Koprivnica)
Koprivnički mušketiri i haramije (Koprivnica)
Knights’ companies and other performers from abroad:
Manufaktura mojster Janez (Slovenia)
Igralska skupina viteza Gašperja Lambergarja (Slovenia)
Pepiloue and his performing geese (France)
Markus M (Czech Republic)
Društvo Baron (Slovenija)
Hector (Slovakia)
Hawk dressers Sv. Bavona (Slovakia)
Opolskie Bractwo Rycerskie (Poland)
Ursus (Slovakia)
Varuhi kladiva (Slovenia)
Sonivius Vappae (Hungary)
Dragon order of knighthood of Siklos (Hungary)
Zsongvolgyi Cornailles (Hungary)
Orokeben Hunyadiak (Hungary)
Viteški red Hercega Stjepana Kosače (B&H)
Viridi Hedera (Slovenia)
Historical group (Israel)
Sbandieratori di Palmanova (Italy)
Seisenbergensis Tumultus Žužemberk (Slovenia)
Oroszlányszív Lovagrend egyesület (Hungary)
Marcin Rogowski Kokosz (Poland)
Note:
The Organiser withholds the right to changes and amendments to the program.
Movement and actions at the site of the Manifestation at own responsibility.
Note:
The Organizer withholds the right to changes and amendments to the program.