Upcoming events and exhibitions

And here are the events and exhibitions for September (book info is in a previous post since there were so many of them).

Just a reminder that both The National Maritime Museum‘s Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames and the National Portrait Gallery‘s Double Take: Versions and Copies of Tudor Portraits exhibitions end September 9, 2012.

I should also mention that the re-enactment of Katherine Parr’s funeral that I slipped in to a Sunday Short Takes since I figured it would sell out before I got it into this round-up has indeed sold out. But you can still enjoy Sudeley’s exhibition celebrating the 500th anniversary of Katherine Parr’s birth until the end of October.

Also at Sudeley, Alison Sim (author of Food and Feast in Tudor England and The Tudor Housewife, etc.) will be joining Lady Ashcombe for a lunchtime event on September 3rd. See Alison Sim’s website for more information.

On September 13, Maria Hayward (author and editor of several works on the inventories and clothing of the Tudors) will be giving a talk at the National Archives entitled “Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn: clothing, courtship and consequences”. Check the National Archives site for more information. They often have free podcasts of their talks so if they post this one I’ll put it in a future blog entry.

Closer to my neck of the woods, Texas Early Music Project‘s next concert will be “The Tudors: From Henry To Elizabeth” on September 15 & 16 in Austin. I’m not 100% sure if I can make it to the concert but I’m going to try!

Description of the concert:

Popular culture has been interested in all things Tudor in recent years, so more people than ever are interested in the very important courts of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. We will perform lovely works written by Henry VIII as well as masterpieces from the court composers from both rulers. Our renowned singers will present solo and small ensemble vocal works and viola da gamba superstar, Mary Springfels, will lead our consort of viols.

And finally…

There have been and will be a bunch of events in Southampton’s Tudor Revels but I wanted to point specifically to their Michaelmas Faire on September 29 and 30 that will have a lot of events over those two days. From the press release:

On Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th September the Michaelmas Fair in Southampton sees the oldest part of the city transformed in to a Tudor festival of workshops, living fair, historical re-enactments, storytelling, townsfolk and walks.

The Michaelmas Fair is the busiest weekend of the Tudor Revels project – An exciting programme of events and activities based on the heritage, archives and real lives of Southampton’s Tudor period.

Bugle Street, St Michael