Combatants Keep Shows

All Combatants Keep show formats can be tailored to reflect budget, available space and needs of our clients. If you have an idea for a show you do not see listed, please do not hesitate to ask as customized performances are our specialty.

Tournament of Arms

Combatants Keep provides a full-out fifteenth century armored murder-mystery joust tournament.

This specialty show includes:

• A skill-at -arms course showcasing the mounted equestrian skills required by a fifteenth century knight.
• A crest melee, which allows our combatants an opportunity to showcase their riding skills, hand-eye coordination and aggressive combative nature, all while trying to uncrest or unhorse one another with clubs for the entertainment of the audience.
• A four-horse, armored joust.
• Ground Combat to the death.

Specialty Events

Combatants Keep can do any number of specialty events providing atmosphere and entertainment including:

• Restaurant Openings
• Golf Outings
• Themed Fund Raisers

Eductional Presentations

Using a show-and-tell format, Combatants Keep can provide any number of presentations inspired by our shows.  These presentations can include:

• Arming of the Medieval Knight
• Fifteenth Century Weapons and Warfare
• Weapons of the Eighteenth Century
• Nineteenth Century Calvary Equipment

If you have a particular demonstration in mind which is not listed, please feel free to ask and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Highland Challenge

The year is 1745 the Jacobite rebellion is in full swing and evil British Redcoats are hunting down the highlanders. Into the midsts of this chaos, rides a highland champion to challenge the British supremacy.

This performance showcases:

• 18th Century mounted skill at arms
• Highland Combat
• Authentic garb and equipment
• And the heroism of the immortal Scottish Highlander

Headless Horseman

From the pages of Washington Irving’s Classic rides forth two of the most identifiable characters of Halloween.

The Hessian and Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones and the Dutch Wives are all available to add color and character to your next Halloween Event.  Either Mounted or dismounted, these ghosts can haunt your next All Hallow’s Eve.

Western/Calvary Presentations

Combatants Keep has the capacity to provide for your special event anything from a show and tell description up to a full-blown presentation of 19th Century American Cavalry skills. This presentation includes targets horses guns sabers, whips and lariats. Like all Combatant’s Keep shows, everything is included.  All the client needs to provide is access to water and enough square footage to accomplish the task.  Please be certain to consult your local police department to schedule an event as it does include gunfire.