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2010

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Date/Area	Description
5 Aug - 8 Aug Soca, Triglav National Park, Slovenia	12th Grand Annual Meeting of The Slovenian Tolkien Society Gil-Galad Harad at the Crossroads - Grand Annual Meeting For full details, please take a look at the website. Venue: Soca Web site: http://www.drustvogil-galad.si/main_eng.htm
13 Aug - 15 Aug Pontrhydfendigaid, Wales, UK	Festival in the Shire Announcing perhaps the biggest and most exciting event for Tolkien enthusiasts in 2010: Festival in the Shire! Including a conference, a collector’s exposition of original art, rare books and memorabilia, as well as a large festival with stalls and entertainment. More Info Venue: Pafiliwn Bont, Pontrhydfendigaid Web site: http://www.festivalintheshire.com Contact details: info AT FestivalintheShire DOT com Phone: (44) (0) 1650531329 Postal Address: Mark Faith, Festival in the Shire , Bwlchcoediog Isaf, Cwm Cewydd, Machynlleth, Powys SY20 9EE, United Kingdom,
13 Aug - 16 Aug Moreton-in- Marsh	Edge of the Wild Now into its seventh year, and with free entry, our annual Art Exhibition is held at The Redesdale Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos, a wonderful Victorian building both on the outside and inside, making it an ideal location with free parking too. More Info Venue: The Redesdale Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh Web site: http://www.adcbooks.co.uk Contact details: malcx AT adcbooks DOT co DOT uk Phone: +44 (0)1608 812867 Postal Address: Unit 8 Wychwood Court, , Cotswold Business Village, , Moreton-in-Marsh, , Glos,, GL56 0JQ,, UK
28 Aug Melbourne, Australia	Tolkien Society Seminar: Tolkien's Odyssey - Middle-earth and Beyond "You step onto Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to."- Frodo quoting Bilbo in The Lord of the Rings. The theme of odysseys is wide-ranging in scope and can cover not only various aspects of odyssey in the works of Tolkien, but also the trials and tribulations of Tolkien's own life in his quest to produce his own 'British' mythology. CFP: papers 20 or 45 minutes long with time for questions/discussion. There may also be scope for short, 10 minute, presentations. Venue: to be defined Contact details: mlk AT activ8 DOT net DOT DOT au
24 Sep - 26 Sep Oxford, UK	Oxonmoot 2010 The Tolkien Society's annual Oxford event. Including art show, dealers room, party, talks and panels and Enyalië. Venue: Lady Margaret Hall Web site: http://www.oxonmoot.org/ Contact details: bookings AT tolkiensociety DOT org Postal Address: 21 Christian Street, Peel, ISLE OF MAN, IM5 1NW
26 Sep Long Island, NY, USA	Heren Istarion First Decennial On Sept 25th-- since Sept 22nd is a Wednesday -- we will be holding our Bilbo and Frodo's Birthday Party. Venue: Private Residence, Long Island, NY, USA Web site: http://herenistarionnets.blogspot.com/2010/07/bilbo-and-frodo-birthday-bbq-and-nets.html Contact details: herenistarionnets AT gmail DOT com Phone: +1-(516)-633-6788 Postal Address: Will be disclosed per e-mail.
30 Sep - 3 Oct Gothenburg, Sweden	Autumn Feast XX: Beleriand Jubilee Feast! Organiser: Mithlond - The Tolkien Society of Gothenburg. Venue: Kviberg's Kantin Web site: http://www.mithlond.se/hg/Beleriand/HGXX_Beleriand_uk.html Contact details: jubel AT mithlond DOT se
31 Dec - 28 Feb Dartford, UK	The Hobbit Join Gandalf the Sorcerer as he leads Bilbo Baggins and his Dwarf companions off on a frightening but magical journey, a journey from which they might never return! More Info Venue: The Orchard Web site: http://www.orchardtheatre.co.uk/wrt-productions_details.asp?pid=3464 Contact details: admin AT orchardtheatre DOT co DOT uk Phone: 01322 220000 Postal Address: The Orchard, Home Gardens, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1ED

Date/Area

Description

5 Aug - 8 Aug

Soca, Triglav National Park, Slovenia

12th Grand Annual Meeting of The Slovenian Tolkien Society Gil-Galad

Harad at the Crossroads - Grand Annual Meeting

For full details, please take a look at the website.

Venue: Soca

Web site: http://www.drustvogil-galad.si/main_eng.htm

13 Aug - 15 Aug

Pontrhydfendigaid, Wales, UK

Festival in the Shire

Announcing perhaps the biggest and most exciting event for Tolkien enthusiasts in 2010: Festival in the Shire! Including a conference, a collector’s exposition of original art, rare books and memorabilia, as well as a large festival with stalls and entertainment.

More Info

Venue: Pafiliwn Bont, Pontrhydfendigaid

Web site: http://www.festivalintheshire.com

Contact details: info AT FestivalintheShire DOT com

Phone: (44) (0) 1650531329

Postal Address: Mark Faith, Festival in the Shire , Bwlchcoediog Isaf, Cwm Cewydd, Machynlleth, Powys SY20 9EE, United Kingdom,

13 Aug - 16 Aug

Moreton-in- Marsh

Edge of the Wild

Now into its seventh year, and with free entry, our annual Art Exhibition is held at The Redesdale Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos, a wonderful Victorian building both on the outside and inside, making it an ideal location with free parking too.

More Info

Venue: The Redesdale Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh

Web site: http://www.adcbooks.co.uk

Contact details: malcx AT adcbooks DOT co DOT uk

Phone: +44 (0)1608 812867

Postal Address: Unit 8 Wychwood Court, , Cotswold Business Village, , Moreton-in-Marsh, , Glos,, GL56 0JQ,, UK

28 Aug

Melbourne, Australia

Tolkien Society Seminar: Tolkien's Odyssey - Middle-earth and Beyond

"You step onto Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to."- Frodo quoting Bilbo in The Lord of the Rings.

The theme of odysseys is wide-ranging in scope and can cover not only various aspects of odyssey in the works of Tolkien, but also the trials and tribulations of Tolkien's own life in his quest to produce his own 'British' mythology.

CFP: papers 20 or 45 minutes long with time for questions/discussion. There may also be scope for short, 10 minute, presentations.

Venue: to be defined

Contact details: mlk AT activ8 DOT net DOT DOT au

24 Sep - 26 Sep

Oxford, UK

Oxonmoot 2010

The Tolkien Society's annual Oxford event. Including art show, dealers room, party, talks and panels and Enyalië.

Venue: Lady Margaret Hall

Web site: http://www.oxonmoot.org/

Contact details: bookings AT tolkiensociety DOT org

Postal Address: 21 Christian Street, Peel, ISLE OF MAN, IM5 1NW

26 Sep

Long Island, NY, USA

Heren Istarion First Decennial

On Sept 25th-- since Sept 22nd is a Wednesday -- we will be holding our Bilbo and Frodo's Birthday Party.

Venue: Private Residence, Long Island, NY, USA

Web site: http://herenistarionnets.blogspot.com/2010/07/bilbo-and-frodo-birthday-bbq-and-nets.html

Contact details: herenistarionnets AT gmail DOT com

Phone: +1-(516)-633-6788

Postal Address: Will be disclosed per e-mail.

30 Sep - 3 Oct

Gothenburg, Sweden

Autumn Feast XX: Beleriand

Jubilee Feast!

Organiser: Mithlond - The Tolkien Society of Gothenburg.

Venue: Kviberg's Kantin

Web site: http://www.mithlond.se/hg/Beleriand/HGXX_Beleriand_uk.html

Contact details: jubel AT mithlond DOT se

31 Dec - 28 Feb

Dartford, UK

The Hobbit

Join Gandalf the Sorcerer as he leads Bilbo Baggins and his Dwarf companions off on a frightening but magical journey, a journey from which they might never return!

More Info

Venue: The Orchard

Web site: http://www.orchardtheatre.co.uk/wrt-productions_details.asp?pid=3464

Contact details: admin AT orchardtheatre DOT co DOT uk

Phone: 01322 220000

Postal Address: The Orchard, Home Gardens, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1ED

2011

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Date/Area	Description
26 Mar Westford, MA, USA	The 3rd Conference on Middle-earth It's time to get together at the Green Dragon for a nosh and a natter. So, I call you here to speak of J.R.R. Tolkien, his works, works based on Tolkien and his works, criticism, teaching Tolkien in the classroom, the impact of the books on yourself, friends, family, and/or the world, the films & the film industry, the music, the art, the fannish side of this universe and its impact, and anything and lots more. More Info Venue: Westford Regency Inn Web site: http://www.3rdcome.org Contact details: thain AT 3rdcome DOT org
20 May - 22 May Baarlo, The Netherlands	'From Hobbits to Dragons: 30 years of strolling through Tolkien's world with Unquendor' In a hole...No, once upon a time in a remote corner of Europe there was a Tolkien Society. Quite an old one too... We are of course talking about the Dutch Tolkien Society Unquendor. It was founded in 1981, which means that next year we'll be celebrating our sixth lustrum. Needless to say this must be done in style, as we did with the previous lustra. Yes, it's partytime again in the Lowlands! So: More Info Venue: Castle Web site: http://www.unquendor.nl/drupal/en/node/338 Contact details: lustrum AT unquendor DOT nl Postal Address: Lustrumfeest Committee Unquendor, p/a Marion kippers, Dr.W.Dreesstraat 39, 4207NS Dordrecht, The Netherlands
11 Aug - 14 Aug Valencia, Spain	Omentielva Cantea The Fourth International Conference on J. R. R. Tolkien's Invented Languages More Info Venue: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Web site: http://www.omentielva.com/next.htm Contact details: Beregond AT omentielva DOT com Postal Address: Omentielva Cantea, The Fourth International Conference on J. R. R. Tolkien's Invented Languages, 11–14 August 2011, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain,

Date/Area

Description

26 Mar

Westford, MA, USA

The 3rd Conference on Middle-earth

It's time to get together at the Green Dragon for a nosh and a natter. So, I call you here to speak of J.R.R. Tolkien, his works, works based on Tolkien and his works, criticism, teaching Tolkien in the classroom, the impact of the books on yourself, friends, family, and/or the world, the films & the film industry, the music, the art, the fannish side of this universe and its impact, and anything and lots more.

More Info

Venue: Westford Regency Inn

Web site: http://www.3rdcome.org

Contact details: thain AT 3rdcome DOT org

20 May - 22 May

Baarlo, The Netherlands

'From Hobbits to Dragons: 30 years of strolling through Tolkien's world with Unquendor'

In a hole...No, once upon a time in a remote corner of Europe there was a Tolkien Society. Quite an old one too... We are of course talking about the Dutch Tolkien Society Unquendor. It was founded in 1981, which means that next year we'll be celebrating our sixth lustrum. Needless to say this must be done in style, as we did with the previous lustra. Yes, it's partytime again in the Lowlands! So:

More Info

Venue: Castle

Web site: http://www.unquendor.nl/drupal/en/node/338

Contact details: lustrum AT unquendor DOT nl

Postal Address: Lustrumfeest Committee Unquendor, p/a Marion kippers, Dr.W.Dreesstraat 39, 4207NS Dordrecht, The Netherlands

11 Aug - 14 Aug

Valencia, Spain

Omentielva Cantea

The Fourth International Conference on J. R. R. Tolkien's Invented Languages

More Info

Venue: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

Web site: http://www.omentielva.com/next.htm

Contact details: Beregond AT omentielva DOT com

Postal Address: Omentielva Cantea, The Fourth International Conference on J. R. R. Tolkien's Invented Languages, 11–14 August 2011, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain,

2012

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Date/Area	Description
16 Aug - 20 Aug Loughborough, UK	The Return of the Ring A Gathering of Friends celebrating Tolkien in 2012. Five days of lectures, workshops and other events, including a ceilidh, a costume masquerade, dealers room, art show and a banquet. Venue: Loughborough University Web site: http://www.returnofthering.org Contact details: secretary AT returnofthering DOT org

Date/Area

Description

16 Aug - 20 Aug

Loughborough, UK

The Return of the Ring

A Gathering of Friends celebrating Tolkien in 2012.

Five days of lectures, workshops and other events, including a ceilidh, a costume masquerade, dealers room, art show and a banquet.

Venue: Loughborough University

Web site: http://www.returnofthering.org

Contact details: secretary AT returnofthering DOT org

Have you an event that should be on this page? If so, you can send details to <events DOT page AT tolkiensociety DOT org>.

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