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For the next few years the Abbey Museum will be consolidating the development of the new Tournament grounds to make it as authentic as possible. It has taken all of our residual funds to achieve even this small beginning.

Our goal is to create a venue for the Festival that has beauty, an authentic ambience and supports the growth of the festival. The success of the Tournament on its new site will eventually allow us to raise funds needed to sustain the fabulous collections of the Abbey Museum, which is one of the primary purposes of the festival.

View of the new festival site looking across the market area.

In the next year we will be planting more trees, sympathetic to the role of the festival ground, landscaping and undertaking infrastructure projects as the Museum receives approvals from Council.

The Tournament involves people of all ages on many levels. We believe that it will continue bringing pleasure to thousands of people who take part in Australia’s largest medieval festival

To achieve our vision, the festival needs enormous support. If you would like to help, there are several ways to do so. We need donations, sponsorship, trees and equipment, but especially we need lots of volunteers to keep the Festival alive.

If you enjoy making history, come and volunteer at the Abbey Medieval Festival.