Cultural Affairs – Pennsic War

The Pennsic Choirs

The Pennsic Choir has a decades-long tradition of performing medieval and renaissance choral music at the Pennsic War. In recent years it has expanded into four Pennsic Choirs, each with its own director. Directorship changes each year. The choirs perform a joint concert on Thursday of War Week in the Performing Arts Tent. Warmup…

Pennsic University Guide Pennsic 52

Welcome back everyone! Pennsic University is the place where our passion for sharing what we know and what we do comes alive. We offer more than a thousand classes, taught by hundreds of instructors, I challenge anyone to look through the listing of classes and not find at least one…

Newcomers’ Classes at Pennsic University

Every year we offer a special track of classes for Newcomers. These classes will mostly be geared towards those who are new to the SCA and Pennsic. A Pennsic 101 class will be held on July 29, 30, August 1, 3, 4. at 2-3 pm each day in University tent #6. Feel…

Family Point Info

Now located next to the Great Hall, with our entrance off of St. Lawrence way, Family Point provides activities and entertainment for those under 18 and their families. The Family Point Lounge serves as our “info point”, as well as hosting playgroups and parent meetups. The new Family Courtyard provides…

Pennsic 52 A&S Display Information

European Dance News and Updates

EUROPEAN DANCEThe European Dance Tent is a lovely place to spend time at Pennsic. We are at the corner of Chandler’s Road and Dragon’s Trace, across from the Great Hall. There’s ample shade, iced water, plentiful benches, a beautiful wooden floor, constant music, and dancing! You can join in the…

Update to rules: Children at Pennsic

Greetings all! We received a lot of feedback publicly and privately on the updated rules concerning minors at Pennsic. Some of the feedback was helpful and informative. Some of it was not. We wish to thank those who engaged in meaningful discussion with us, and provided perspective, shared personal stories,…

Family Point is Moving!

We are excited to announce our new and improved Family Activities Area conveniently located near the Great Hall and Pennsic University on Chandler’s Road, between St Lawrence Way and Dragon Trace. Our new space will include Family Point, Youth University, and Teen University, with age-specific tents, a teen hangout space,…

Greetings from Pennsic University!

Greetings from your friends at Pennsic University! Class registration for Pennsic War 52 is open, so please go to Thing 2.0 (https://thing.pennsicuniversity.org/login/) to start registering classes you want to teach as well as any other activities that are usually scheduled through Thing. Classes are scheduled in the order they are…

Middle Eastern Dance at Pennsic War 52

Greetings to All and Welcome back from that long town run. I invite you to look at all the offerings we have for you to explore this year. We have a diverse offering of Classes and multiple Hafflas in a number of locations from Touch the Earth, down by the…