The Barony of Stonemarche invites you to A Market Day at Birka XXXV!
January 23-25, 2026 at the Doubletree Hotel in Manchester, NH.
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Greetings Friends!
Come get out of the cold for the largest shopping event of the year! Merchants have come from near and far to tempt you with their wares. They will set out their enticing merchandise for you to peruse, and maybe lighten your purse a little. 😉
We’ll have our usual activities fencing, fighting, youth fighting and youth activities. Along with order and guild meetings, an A&S display, the famous Birka Fashion Show, Bardic Circle, a Ball and a Hafla.
Please join us as we ignore the cold, snow and ice outdoors, and have a fantastic time with our friends!
Hear ye, people of the East!
We, Gerhardt and Amalie, Baron and Baroness of Stonemarche, do hereby bid you most hearty welcome to a Market Day at Birka. Lay down your burdens and your purses, for merchants from across the known world have gathered to tempt you with their wares. There shall be fighting and fencing, singing and dancing, fashion and fashioning, that all assembled may find delight. Come, raise your spirits in good company, among friends both old and newly met.
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Baron Gerhardt and Baroness Amalie
Visiting Royalty
Midrealm:
Queen Kemma of the Three Rivers
Prince Louis LeCoffrier
Princess Sadb ingen Donnchadha
Northsheild:
Queen Wu Yen
Prince Axel Ulfgarsson
Princess Jacquette D’Anjou
The Story of Birka
A Market Day at Birka is sponsored by the Barony of Stonemarche, the New Hampshire chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. (“SCA”), a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the historical study of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
The historical inspiration for this event is the town of Birka, which flourished in Sweden on Björkö Island in Lake Mälar during the 9th and 10th centuries. During its heyday it was a great trading center for the Vikings and travelers from the Nordic world, and goods could be purchased there from throughout Europe as well as much of Asia. It was also the location of the first Christian congregation in Sweden, founded in 831 by St. Ansgar, where Christians and pagans lived side by side in peace. Birka and the nearby town of Hovgården were added to the World Heritage List in 1993 as well preserved examples of the Vikings’ trading networks during the two centuries (700-900) when they expanded economically and politically in Europe. Birka is one of the most complete and untouched Viking Age trading sites from this period. We celebrate the heritage of Birka today in an SCA context with our own market day. Enjoy!