KNIGHTLY VENTURES... A Medieval Experience
Step into a World of WarHorses, Knights, Armor and Timeless Adventure
We bring History to Life with Immersive & Engaging Medieval Experiences
Professional Show & Sport Support ~ Tailored services for events of all sizes
Entertaining & Educational Performances & Demonstrations
At Knightly Ventures, history isn’t just taught—it’s lived
Medieval Equestrian Entertainment & Jousting
Serving Idaho, the Northwest and beyond
At Knightly Ventures, we bring history to life
across Idaho, Washington, Montana, Oregon and beyond
Knights in armor, Warhorses and immersive medieval experiences.
Skills at Arms, Jousting, WarHorse Demonstrations and more!
Renaissance Faires & Medieval Fantasy Faires - Birthdays & Reunions - Medieval Wedding & Party Venue - Corporate team retreat & Medieval Monotony Breakers,Charities, School assemblies & Youth enrichment... and so much more!
Our Passion is Renaissance — Bringing History to Life on Horseback Step into the world of knights, warhorses, and the thundering heart of the Renaissance. Knightly Ventures delivers living history through exhilarating mounted Skills-at-Arms, Jousting shows, and immersive medieval entertainment. From the clash of lances to the prowess of warhorses, we bring chivalric tradition to life across Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana — and beyond. With over 30 years of armor, horses, and craft, we specialize in producing unforgettable experiences for Renaissance Faires, festivals, and private events of any scale.
Whether you seek a grand spectacle of knights in shining armor or an intimate behind-the-scenes look at the heart of the warhorse, Knightly Ventures offers customizable, unscripted performances that honor your vision and thrill you and your audience. Whether for an individual, private event, local fair or a multi-day event, Knightly Ventures is ready to ride — with a core team of knights, warhorses, marshals and squires, and a trusted network of seasoned medieval horsemen from across the region. We are Knights for Hire, dedicated to delivering an authentic, safe, and awe-inspiring medieval experience for audiences of all ages.
Our Services
THUNDERING HOOVES & SHATTERED LANCES
A Mounted Tournament Exhibition
From mounted skill-at-arms to breathtaking jousting, Thundering Hooves & Shattered Lances brings the tournament to life with powerful horses, authentic armor and highly skilled riders. It is medieval horsemanship and martial tradition brought to life before your eyes.
WARHORSES BEHIND THE SCENES
Meet the Horses Behind the Knights
We offer an exciting glimpse into the world of our magnificent steeds and the dedicated Knights and Squires who love them, we showcase the journey of all levels of riders and horses, revealing the artistry behind building Destriers. We pull back the curtain on the powerful partnership and tenacity it takes to build a modern-day warhorse.
A MEDIEVAL EXPERIENCE
You Are Our Stars
Forget sitting on the sidelines. Step through the gates and become part of the story.
Suit up in medieval armor, take up the tools of the medieval warrior and experience the sights, sounds and traditions of another age.
For a few unforgettable hours, you aren't watching our story. You are living your own.
MODERN & HISTORICAL EQUESTRIAN ARTS
Ride Beyond the Ordinary
Horse and rider have shared an extraordinary partnership for thousands of years. Discover the skills, traditions and disciplines that have shaped that partnership — from historical mounted skills-at-arms to the modern equestrian arts.
Whether you're an experienced rider looking for something entirely different or simply fascinated by what horse and rider can accomplish together, Knightly Ventures offers an opportunity to learn, ride and experience horsemanship from a whole new perspective.
MOUNTED GAMES CLINICS & TRAINING
Learn the Skills. Ride the Challenge
Ready to put your skills to the test in the Medieval Games? Bring your horse for four unforgettable hours of learning the skills that once swayed queens and toppled kingdoms.
Clinic fee: $250 riders & $50 auditors...Clinic participants day & evening pass for festivities. Pre-registration: $125 Rider & $25 Auditor non-refundable deposit.If interested don't hesitate to email and register early, we've limited spots
WARHORSE EXPERIENCE
Meet the Horses Behind the Legend
There is something different about standing beside a WarHorse.
Our WarHorse Experience gives guests the opportunity to spend meaningful time with the extraordinary horses at the heart of Knightly Ventures. Learn about their history, training, personalities and the remarkable partnership between horse and horseman that makes mounted medieval performance possible.
This is more than a visit to see beautiful horses. It is an opportunity to come behind the scenes, ask questions, get acquainted and experience these magnificent animals up close.
Meet the WarHorses. Discover the partnership. Experience the legend.
MEDIEVAL PHOTOSHOOTS
Step Into the Story
What if, for a moment, you weren't simply taking photographs—but stepping into another age?
Our Medieval Photoshoots bring history, fantasy and equestrian pageantry together for an unforgettable experience. Surrounded by armor, medieval accoutrements and our magnificent WarHorses, guests can create portraits and memories that look—and feel—like they belong in another time.
MEDIEVAL PARTIES & GATHERINGS
Make Your Celebration a Legend
Why settle for an ordinary gathering when you can invite your guests into another age?
Knightly Ventures transforms birthdays, family gatherings, celebrations and special occasions into immersive medieval adventures. With armor, encampments, medieval games, storytelling, hands-on activities and the opportunity to meet our WarHorses, we create experiences designed to be remembered long after the feast is over.
MEDIEVAL WEDDINGS
Begin Your Legend Together
Your wedding should be more than a ceremony. It should be a story worth telling.
Exchange your vows surrounded by medieval atmosphere, magnificent horses, armor and the people who matter most. From an intimate ceremony to a celebration worthy of nobility, Knightly Ventures can create a wedding that feels like it stepped straight from the pages of legend.
Begin your legend together — and give your guests a wedding they will never forget.
MEDIEVAL YOUTH DAY CAMP
History Comes Alive
Forget sitting in a classroom and imagining what medieval life was like. Come experience it.
Our Medieval Youth Day Camps combine history, hands-on activities, adventure and imagination in an immersive experience designed to engage young minds. Participants can explore medieval life, discover the world of knights and horses, try their hand at period-inspired activities and learn through doing.
It's history you can touch, experience and remember—and an adventure they'll be talking about long after the banners come down.
Learn the history. Live the adventure. Make memories that last.
MEDIEVAL ADULT DAY CAMP
A Day Outside Your Own Time
Leave the modern world behind for a day and step into the medieval world. Learn the skills of the warrior, explore medieval life, test your abilities and discover what it took to live, work and fight in another age.
Our camps combine hands-on learning, horses, history, armor, games and adventure into an experience participants won't soon forget. Because history is much more memorable when you get to experience it yourself.
CORPORATE GATHERING TEAM BUILDING
Forge a Stronger Team
A great team isn't built around a conference table. It's built through communication, trust, problem-solving and shared experience.
Knightly Ventures brings those principles to life through an immersive medieval team-building experience. Participants step away from the ordinary workplace and into challenges that encourage cooperation, leadership, communication and a little healthy competition—all within an unforgettable medieval setting.
No spreadsheets. No conference-room walls. Just your team, a challenge and an experience they'll remember together.
Build trust. Test your mettle. Forge your team.
Have you missed us? or maybe want to see us in action and meet us? Here's your chance...
Our public events & gatherings are posted here... We do not post on our public event schedule until we sign contract. Private events are not posted...
OUR 2026/2027 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Renaissance Faires
Come see us at
May 2026
Newport Renaissance Faire
August 2026
MidSummer Renaissance Faire
October 2026
Spokane Renaissance Faire
Medieval Monotony Breakers
Spring/Summer & Fall/Winter
Monday through Sunday
We've make time for early birds & night owls
IF you'd like to book us or visit with us
please contact us well in advance of your date as our public and private schedule fills months in advance.
Medieval Mounted Games Clinics
Join Us with your Horse or Audit
August 29th (Sat) 2026
@ Flying M Olympia, WA
October (10th) 2026
@ Knightly Ventures Farm Priest River, ID
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@ Flying M Olympia, WA
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a few of our favorite photos of Tournaments, Performances and WarHorses in the makings
from 2010 to UNTIL... the plague upon the land 2020-2021... when we took a step back and reorganized...
utilized everything we've been building on for 30 years... and began to breathe life into our dream...
Knightly Ventures - A Medieval Experience
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Often asked... "When did you get medieval"?
In 1994 I was introduced to Dameon (now former) Director & Founder of a Premier Stage Combat & Theatrical Joust troupe and soon became a Mounted Knight & Fighter for The Seattle Knights soon after they had formed (1993). Choreographed fights and scripted outcomes, far from the Equestrian or Athletic Sports I'd competed in previously, but after many years of Showing, Gaming, Track (sprinter), etc...
Horsemanship with medieval flavor was the challenge I was looking for and my Medieval journey began.
I started as a Mounted Games rider first, and soon worked into Theatrical Jousting, all the while training hard and attending the Seattle Knights Stage Combat Training Academy graduating all levels of weapons use for stage combat on & off horse. A decade of training and show experience that benefited my medieval work,
never thought I'd fall in love with combat off horse... but over time I did.
below are a few favorite photos of my time with the original Seattle Knights (1994-2004) as "Kirsa"
medieval beginnings. Looking back... Old photo tech, back then when it came to capturing action shots... you were lucky to snap a photo and catch a tail ; )
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My modern medieval equestrian lifestyle grew on my husband (the best personal squire and fight partner) and our sons, in the 20 years since moving on from 10 years with the Seattle Knights....
together we've been founding members of two other Medieval Equestrian teams and members of another before starting Knightly Ventures Through the years theatrical jousting & choreographed fighting transcended into mounted skills at arms & tournament jousting... We've had an amazing journey, this crazy medieval life we live... Blessed and honored to continue to build and share with others.
below are a few favorites from Performances, Training & more training
for the SK and also our other troupe for Draft WarHorse Exhibition 2000-2010
Looking back, we've all changed so much over time, especially our children, Enjoy'em whilst you have them!
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Often asked... "How long have I been working with horses"?
I've been competing horses since I was 8 years old, 45 years now. Born into a family of horseman, thrown on everything from gentle giants to naughty ponies. breeding farms through show barns... all the amazing mentors and horses that taught me so much, those moments in time benefit me to this day and fuel passion.
these Family photos are from the1980's
(ancient photo tech, photos you can hold that have stood the test of time) please excuse the wear
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We are often asked... "Where did you get your wood castle encampments & furniture"?
We fell & skid pine trees with our warhorses, throw them in our sawmill, mill hundreds of boards and then we burn them all to aid in preservation. We personally design and build our wooden castles, encampments & furniture. A labor of love to share this amazing experience with others.
"Who was the artist behind our logo"?
Our Dad, my husbands father is a gifted artist. He designed our logo in 2001
A special gift we treasure to this day
