"Hear ye, hear ye!"
Bardstock ~ LARP Adventures LARP Festival
July 17-20, 2025!
It shall be a July campout to remember with bardic competitions and quests for the ages.
For tickets visit:
https://www.larpadventures.com/summer-quest
The Council of Osterra, has bid me to once again call the brave from all over the realm, the multiverse, and beyond, to take part in a Summer Quest Bardic Adventure. Tune your lute, tighten your drum, ready your flute, and prepare your performances. We are to gather on Thursday, July 17th and and meet at the Tavern of ye olde Oakenshield, in central Pennsylvania for ~ Bardstock ~ a long weekend of celebration and adventure. This event runs Thursday through Sunday!
Grab your instrument, and a weapon of choice and join us for a four day festival of Live Action Role Playing (LARP) battle, puzzles, games of luck & skill, and bardic competitions! Quests, music, and adventures await!
Events & Combat Scenarios
Tournament Combat & Games, Evening Adventures, Woodland Capture The Flag, Scavenger Hunts, and of course Oakenshield fun by the creek.
Bards and Bandits! Orcs and Monsters! Gnomes and Dwarves!
Oh my!
The Summer Quest - Bardstock LARP Festival is designed so you'll have fun playing it as a stand-alone event, or building your character and being a part of the continuing story. Perfect for first time adventurers and seasoned veterans alike.
Live Action Role Playing (or LARPing) is an unscripted immersive experience where you live the adventure. Your choices on and off the field of play will help shape the story, as friendships will be forged and alliances will rise and fall. With the structure of an easy to learn open ended rules set, called the C.O.M.B.a.T. System, in just a few minutes you'll be in play and immersed in this unparalleled experiential event. As a participant, you will take on the persona of traveler from beyond the portals or an inhabitant of the world of Osterra, building a character of your own creation. It's an excuse outside of the Ren faire to wear fantasy medieval costumes, engage in quests, and have mock fights with realistic looking, yet super safe, foam LARP weapons. Battles will be won, quests completed, puzzles solved, flagons of mead emptied and indelible memories made. So, come join us for Bardstock ~ Summer Quest, sing songs, try your hand at challenges both martial and mental, make new friends…and slay them!
Our event organizers have over three decades of experience LARPing, organizing events, and fantasy film production. They will combine this experience with the structure of the LARP Adventures Rules System, the fantasy world of Osterra and a supporting staff of veteran LARPers to bring you a one-of-a-kind immersive experience. This event will come to life with replica weapons and armor, with activities that are accessible by those new to LARP, but complex enough to challenge even a grizzled LARP veteran. This event is open to everyone ages 16+, veterans and newcomers alike. Enjoy the event as a non-combatant if you would prefer to experience the adventure without a sword in your hand, there is ample opportunity for role play, and lots to do that is not combat oriented.
The event will begin on Thursday with registration open at 10 am, camp set up, rules & site orientation, and then a chance to hone your combat skills before the event gets underway in the afternoon on Thursday, with a Battle School. This is a LARP festival with plenty of time to relax and be in character! There will be a series of quests, challenges, and role play galore to engage in, that all ties into the complex fabric, and on going story that we share in the world of Osterra. Come see the fantasy medieval tavern with creek side views. We'll celebrate at the tavern with Bardic competitions, so work on your original songs and bring your musical instruments. We'll tell tales of the day’s glory around the bonfire, make and enjoy live music, it is a BYOB event, so share and drink your favorite wine, mead, cider, or other concoctions around the fire, responsibly. Plot twists, games of skill and chance, character development and action will continue throughout the evening. The adventure continues throughout the weekend.
153 Oakenshield Dr, Beech Creek, PA 16822
The Oakenshield driveway is the first right after Whitetail Mountain Road, before you get to the Monument rock.
Oakenshield is a primitive campsite at this time. We are in the process of reclaiming it after over 50 years of being vacant. We have running water for cleaning, but the only potable water is water you bring in with you. This event is bring your own food, with camp cooking. It is also BYOB. Players have organized some food options, please join our vibrant Discord community to find out more. There is ample deadfall and plenty of dead standing wood to gather for firewood. We also offer firewood for $5 a bundle. Bring a bathing suit and river shoes if you want to go in the creek. If you plan on bathing (recommended) please use a natural soap or body wash, approved for freshwater use.
http://thedyrt.com/.../gear/natural-shampoo-safe-outdoors/
It is nature in a remote area, be prepared and aware of all kinds of wildlife, including bugs, snakes, various rodentia(squirrels, bunnies and mice and everything in between), deer, snapping turtles, black bears... Remember they live there, we're really just visiting. Store food properly, or you'll invite unwanted guests. Camp tools are recommended.
Also check out other Trips & Adventurous Activities in Beech Creek, Festivals in Beech Creek, Contests in Beech Creek.
