Event Series: British Festival & Saturday Queen’s Tea

Maypole dancers outside a historic schoolhouse.

Venue

Historic Rugby
1331 Rugby Parkway
Rugby, TN 37733 United States + Google Map
Phone +1 (423) 628-2441

British Festival & Saturday Queen’s Tea

Name: British Festival & Saturday Queen’s Tea
Start: 2026-05-09T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-09T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Historic Rugby

May 9 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT

Rugby’s British Festival has become an annual May event for Historic Rugby. This year it’s back, May 9 & 10! And it’s still on Mothers Day Weekend, so bring yours. Look for vendors, food, tours of the historic buildings and more — including a Maypole dance led by Lark in the Morn Country Dancers, a demonstration of the game Cricket and horse-drawn carriage rides. Bring the family for a celebration in this British-founded 1880 village! We’ll have more details here as they become available.

In addition, on Saturday May 9 only at 1 p.m. EDT we will have a special “Queen’s Tea” by prior reservation. A ticket purchase link ($35) including more details IS NOW HERE! Act quickly to reserve as space is limited.

Each year we get more local musicians. This year three of them, Azekiel, Michealan and Andi, have made it to the finals of the Tennessee Songwriters Competition and have performed at the Bijou Theater in Knoxville.

OUR PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE: Saturday May 9: 11 a.m. EDT Azekiel Harness, 11:30 Michealan Rose, Noon Maypole Dance, 12:30 Wildwood Flutes, 1:00 Andi Morrow, 1:30 Stephen Phillips, 2:00 Maypole Dance, 2:30 Cornet Band, 3:30 Junction South, 4:30 Junction South.

Sunday May 10: Noon EDT Maypole Dance, 2:30 Kibbs McKibbin, 1:00 Jodie Manross, 1:30 Greg Horne, 2:00 Whitewater Bluegrass, 3:15 Gerald Hanwright, 4:00 Maypole Dance, 4:30 Whitewater Bluegrass.