Murder Melee in the Meadow XL

June 5–8th, 2025

Germania Park Campgrounds, 4221 Trinity Church Rd, Binbrook, ON L0R 1W0

Entry

Murder Melee in the Meadow returns for 2025 at the Germania Club!

Event Gate (Troll) opens on Thursday, June 5th at 6:00 PM and closes Sunday, June 8th at 12:00 PM. Gate open/close times are broken down in Gate Hours & Location and Major Events. ​If there is no attendant at Troll, please seek out an Event Steward or the Head of Gate to assist you with checking in.

More information regarding parking, camping spaces, and reservations will be available soon.

Attending with Children

SCA events are open to people of all ages, but parents of children will need to sign a waiver at the Event Gate for their children.

However if you are bringing a child for whom you are not the parent, or legal guardian, you will need to bring:

  1. A complete signed minor waiver or signed blue card
  2. A complete signed minor medical waiver (2 copies)​

Please see Ealdormere’s Attending with Children page for more details.

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Entry Fees

Adult Camping

$4500Thursday—Sunday
  • $55 for non-members

Adult Camping

$4500Friday—Sunday
  • $55 for non-members

Weekend Camping

$4000Saturday—Sunday
  • $50 for non-members

Day Trip (any single day)

$3000anytime
  • $40 for non-members

Youth (under 18)

Freeanytime
  • Free for non-members

Adult Camping

$4500Thursday—Sunday
  • $55 for non-members

Adult Camping

$4500Friday—Sunday
  • $55 for non-members

Weekend Camping

$4000Saturday—Sunday
  • $50 for non-members

Day Trip (any single day)

$3000anytime
  • $40 for non-members

Youth (under 18)

Freeanytime
  • Free for non-members

*Cheques must be made out to “SCA – Ben Dunfirth”

Location

Germania Park Campground

4221 Trinity Church Rd, Binbrook, ON L0R 1C0

Gate Hours

Thursday:

Open 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Friday:

Open 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM

Saturday:

Open 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Please note: If there is no attendant at Troll, please seek out an Event Steward or Head of Gate (Vivian of Ben Dunfirth) to assist you with checking in.

Camping

To register a campsite, please fill out the form below to send your request to the Campsite Coordinator, Countess Arlette of the Rozakii. Refer to the Site Map section below to view available campsites.

Efforts will be made to accommodate site preferences and maintain a layout similar to last year, however all placements will be subject to available space.

Site Map

Note: Site map is a work in progress and is subject to change.

Map courtesy of Prudence Underwit

Please click map for expanded view

Hand-drawn map of the Murder Melee camp site on a table
Duke Trumbrand throwing a shot at Sir Kellen's helmet

Full Schedule

More event information will be available closer to the event. All currently listed times are subject to change without notice.

A spreadsheet breakdown of the schedule will also be available.

Thursday:

6:00 PM – Event gate opens

6:00 PM – Tavern kitchen reserved

9:00 PM – Event gate closes

Friday:

9:00 AM – Event gate opens

9:00 AM – Tavern kitchen reserved

1:00 PM – Archery | Range opens

1:00 PM – Rapier | Pick-ups (Fighting Field)

2:30 PM – High Tea (Tavern)

4:00 PM – Baudouin’s Mead Social (Tavern)

5:00 PM – Archery | Range closes

5:30 PM – Tavern Treasure Tournament (Tavern)

6:00 PM – Armoured | Authorizations (Archery Field)

6:30 PM – Armoured | Novice Tournament (Archery Field)

9:00 PM – Bardic | Drafts Jubilee (Tavern)

9:00 PM – Event gate closes

Saturday:

9:00 AM – Event gate opens

9:00 AM – Tavern kitchen reserved

10:30 AM – Thrown Weapons | Range opens

10:30 AM – Archery | Range opens

10:00 AM – Rapier | Authorizations (Fighting Field)

11:00 AM – Rapier | Melees (Fighting Field)

12:00 PM – Thrown Weapons | Range closes for lunch

12:00 PM – Armoured | 5-Fighter Melee (Fighting Field)

12:30 PM – Armoured | 10-Fighter Melee (Fighting Field)

12:00 PM – Armoured | Grand Melee (Fighting Field)

1:00 PM – A&S Class | Mend It, Don’t End It (Tavern)

3:30 PM – A&S Class | Let’s Get Mead-Evil (Town Hall)

1:00 PM – A&S Class | A&S Class | Rage Against the Machine: Intro to Hand Sewing | (Tavern)

2:00 PM – Rapier | Academy of Defense Trials (Fighting Field)

3:00 PM – Event gate closes

After Melee – Children’s Piñata

After Piñata – Children’s Tug-of-War (*After 10-Person Melee)

5:00 PM – Archery | Range closes

6:00 PM – Evening Great Court (Fighting Field, by The Lake)

9:00 PMish – Barbarian Un-Court

Sunday:

Coming soon!

Youth of Ealdormere pulling on a tug-of-war rope with assistance from Duke Roak in a grassy field at Murder Melee

Major Events & Youth
Activities

Please note: All activities are currently pending and are subject to change without notice.

Thursday:

Coming soon!

Friday:

Coming soon!

Saturday:

Their Majesties will meet with Their Order of Thorbjorn’s Hammer.

Their Majesties will meet with Their Order of Chivalry.

Their Majesties will meet with The Master of Defense.

The youths are out for blood in this grueling combat melee! Most likely they’ll well outlast the adults.

A themed piñata created by Her Grace Hyrrokin is raised as a great beacon of joy for the youth of Ealdormere. It is then ceremoniously thrashed until it rains sweet, delicious candy upon its assailants.

Not yet having quenched their thirst for violence, the youth of Ealdormere compete in a grueling tug-of-war against the Barbarian household. So strong are the children of Ealdormere that they once tore the great tug-of-war rope clean in half!

Sunday:

Coming soon!

The Barbarian household's tag embroidered on a bolt of linen

Arts & Science
Activities

Please note: All activities are currently pending and are subject to change without notice.

Thursday:

Coming soon!

Friday:

Her Excellency Meredyth, at the behest of her majesty, Queen Mægwynn, invites all people of the realm old and new. Whether from Europe, The Steppes, Scandinavia, Africa, the Americas, or the East (mid, near, and far); Her Majesty would love to learn from whence you travel.

Come enjoy refreshments at High Tea!

*Sponsored by the Barbarian Household

Gather with other mead enthusiasts at The Tavern. Bring your own chalice and something to share! Nibbles welcome! 

Contact L’honorable Seigneur Baudouin de Domrémy if you have questions.

Host: Ascelyn of Ben Dunfirth

Once a year we bards unearth our abandoned drafts, half-finished thoughts, and not-quite-there works to share and ask: “is this anything?” Half workshop and half purge, bring anything and everything bardic that you want to get over the finish line…or just get out of your system.

Saturday:

Teacher: Domina Helena Katerina del Roero

Teacher: Hrvoje Mihajlovic

Class is restricted to 6 participants.

A brewing class for absolute beginners. Make and take a devilishly simple Hydromel.

This class will cover the very basics of homebrewing while we craft a 1/2gal of a 9.5% Traditional Hydromel.

Hrvoje will provide all the basic information as we mix our libations from sanitization, safety, recipe design, ABV calculations, yeast health and more. The class will be about an hour in length.

Cost: $30 (includes all basic equipment, ingredients, honey and yeast… plus you’ll have a nice lil’ fermenter for your next brewing adventure!!)

Contact Hrvoje Mihajlovic to reserve your seat!

Teacher: Laura Battista

Information pending

Sunday:

No planned activities

Duchess Kayla using a pink greatsword throws a shot at THL Katsu.

Armoured & Rapier
Activities

Please note: All activities are currently pending and are subject to change without notice.

Thursday:

No planned activities

Friday:

Run by: Cesare Ambrogino di Salvazzi

Just some good ol’ casual stabbing.

Run by: Cesare Ambrogino di Salvazzi

There is treasure in the tavern. Some want to keep it safe, some want it for themselves – but it is the last one standing that will keep it.

Armoured fighters who are not yet authorized may undergo the authorization process by fighting another opponent under the marshal’s instruction and review.

You must be authorized for less than 3 years and must not have won a tournament prior to be eligible for the Novice Tournament.

Saturday:

Rapier fighters who are not yet authorized may undergo the authorization process by fighting another opponent under the marshal’s instruction and review.

A tournament of 10 on 10 rapier combatants participate in a melee battle. Teams of 10 will compete against other teams in a best-of-three battle.

Armoured fighters who are not yet authorized may undergo the authorization process by fighting another opponent under the marshal’s instruction and review.

Join the action in a round-robin tournament featuring 5-on-5 armoured melee combat! Teams of five will go head-to-head in intense best-of-three battles. Spears, shields, and swords abound!

5 + 5 = 10! Team up with a nearby 5-fighter group and join forces for even bigger melee action!

Take part in a round-robin tournament featuring 10-on-10 armoured combat. Each team of 10 will face off in best-of-three melee battles, testing teamwork, strategy, and skill in the field.

Coloured tape will be provided to mark helmets and designate the newly formed teams.

Gather whoever’s still standing and roll them together like a Katamari Damacy ball to form two final teams for an all-out Grand Melee!

Coloured tape will be provided to mark helmets and designate the newly formed teams—then fight until you can’t fight anymore!

Description pending

Teacher: Giovanni de Enzinas

How to fight in armour with spear, sword and dagger.

Sunday:

No planned activities

Archery & Thrown Weapons
Activities

All range activities are weather and marshal dependent.

Thursday:

Coming soon!

Friday:

Coming soon!

Saturday:

Coming soon!

Sunday:

Coming soon!

Site Rules & Accommodations

General Rules

The fighting and fencing fields have seasonal campers that are part of the Germania Club, please be respectful of these folks and no activities in that field after 6:00 PM.

There are memorial groves as part of the site – please be respectful of them.

Kitchens in the tavern and town hall are not for general use – if you would like to use them you must make arrangements with the event stewards in advance.

Parking

There are two parking areas, and we’ve set up some narrow roadways to help you get close to your camp – please unload and park your car as promptly as you can. There is a secondary gate after the main entrance to park by the camping fields.

You will receive a car pass with a number on it – please display it on your dashboard.

Safety cones mean don’t drive there – there are soft ground areas, septic beds, and other undrivable areas.

Camping

Camps are welcome to have campfires above ground – either bring a portable firepit or build an above ground fire with bricks, rocks, or other boundaries you bring with you. No digging firepits! There will be a communal fire area by the tavern camping field.

If you have a wagon or camper, please check before parking it – we want to make sure you don’t damage the site, and you can get it out at the end of the weekend.

Potable Water & Showers

There are marked spigots for drinkable water. Please bring your own containers to fill and take to your campsite.

There are no showers, however, you are welcome to swim in the lake (same lake as other Melees, just another side of it), but exercise caution and bring a buddy. There are no lifeguards.

Pets & Wildlife

Well-behaved and leashed dogs are welcome—please ensure you clean up after your pet.

Ticks are ever prevalent – please use caution if you go into the long grass or woods.

Toilets & Waste Disposal

There are flush toilets in the tavern and town hall, port-a-johns in the far camping fields, and marked spigots for drinkable water.

This is a garbage in, garbage out site.

Please bring garbage bags with you and be prepared to take any waste back home with you.

Event Staff & Volunteers

Event Stewards

Bellatrix Hespeler (They/He)

Fischer of Ben Dunfirth (They/Them)

Contact

Head of Gate

Vivian of Ben Dunfirth (She/Her)
Contact

Campsite Coordinator

Countless Arlette of the Rozakii
Contact

Armoured Combat Marshal

Sir Tristham the Barbarian (He/Him)
Contact

Youth Combat Marshal

Howell James of Town’s End (They/She)
Contact

Fencing Marshal

David of Ben Dunfirth (He/Him)

Contact

Archery Marshal

THL Don the Duckman (He/Him)

Contact

Thrown Weapons Marshal

THL Iohn Spooner (He/Him)
Contact

Seneschal

Ren (They/Them)

Contact

Royalty Liason

Alex Gladstone (He/Him)
Contact

Event Page Coordinator

Fischer of Ben Dunfirth (They/Them)

Contact