Upcoming Tolkien Events
| Date | Type | Loc |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 30- May 10 |
Event | UK |
| ‘Lord Of The Rings’ anniversary concerts Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore London, SW7 2AP | ||
| Apr 30- May 3 |
Event | USA |
| 66th Annual ABAA Book Fair Park Avenue Armory 643 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065 | ||
| May 1-2 | Event | USA |
| LobsterCon guest artist Donato Giancola Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts | ||
| May 1-2 | Event | USA |
| The Hobbit in 60 minutes Community League Theatre 100 W 3rd St, Williamsport, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17701 | ||
| May 4 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Hobbit, chapters 8-13 - Rob Tally These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| May 4-25 | Event | Online |
| Biblioventures | Tolkien, Beowulf, and Faerie | Virtual - Michael Drout & Corey Olsen | ||
| May 4 | Event | UK |
| Lord of the Rings 25 Anniversary Cinema Showing The Pickaquoy Centre, Muddisdale Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1LR | ||
| May 8-31 | Event | USA |
| The Hobbit Based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, Adapted by Greg Banks THEATRE IN THE ROUND, 245 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55454 | ||
| May 9 | Event | USA |
| Middle Earth After Dark - Later showing Orlando, 2500 Curry Ford Rd #4, Orlando, FL 32806 | ||
| May 9 | Event | USA |
| Mountain Moot - The Roads Not Travelled: ‘What If?’ in Middle-earth Drury Inn, 9445 E Dry Creek Road Centennial, CO 80112 | ||
| May 13-17 | Event | Austria |
| Mereth Ethuil 2026 - Das Frühlingsfest der Österreichischen Tolkiengesellschaft KIM Zentrum, Grub 1, 4675 Weibern | ||
| May 13-15 | Event | Online |
| GIFCon 2026 Glasgow International Fantasy Conversations The Technologies of the Fantastic | ||
| May 14-16 | Event | USA/Online |
| The 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies Western Michigan University Kalamazoo MI 49008-5200 | ||
| May 14-17 | Event | UK |
| Firsts London Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York's HQ, King's Road, London SW3 4RY | ||
| May 15-16 | Event | UK |
| London Rare & Antiquarian Book Fair ILEC Conference Centre, IBIS London Earls Court, 47 Lillie Road, London, SW6 1UD | ||
| May 16 | Event | UK |
| The Music of The Lord of The Ring Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Birmingham City University 200 Jennens Road Birmingham B4 7XR | ||
| May 18 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Hobbit, chapters 14-19 - John Rateliff These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| May 19 | Event | UK |
| The 2026 Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature - Brandon Sanderson Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate's, Oxford OX1 1BX | ||
| May 21 | New Release | UK |
| Myths and Legends (Boxed Set) #2 | ||
| May 22-24 | Event | USA |
| Westmoot 2026 Royal Sonesta Minneapolis Downtown, 35 S 7th St, Minneapolis, MN 55402 | ||
| May 22-24 | Event | UK |
| MCM London Comic Con ExCeL, London | ||
| May 23 | Event | USA |
| Special Westmoot performance - The Hobbit on stage THEATRE IN THE ROUND, 245 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55454 | ||
| May 23-24 | Event | France |
| Fellowship of the cards 2026, a big event near Paris Évry-Courcouronnes, salle Bexley – 7 rue Montespan | ||
| May 23 | Event | Belgium |
| Willow Moot - Facing the Darkness: Hope and Courage Against Overwhelming Odds Collegium Veteranorum at Maria Theresa College, Sint-Michielsstraat 2-4 3000, Leuven | ||
| May 27 | Event | Online |
| 20th Anniversary of the Tolkien Collector's Guide TBC | ||
| May 28-31 | Event | Sweden |
| 54 year Jubilee of the Swedish Tolkien Society Forodrim! Västerängs Lägergård, Södra Kärra, Hammar, Motala | ||
| May 28-31 | Event | USA |
| Fan Expo 2026 Colorado Convention Center 700 14th St, Denver, CO 80202 | ||
| May 28-31 | Event | Germany |
| Tolkien Tage Eichental Pont Bruchweg 58 – 64 47608 Geldern | ||
| May 29-31 | Event | USA |
| Fan Expo 2026 Pennsylvania Convention Center 125 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 | ||
| May 30-31 | Event | UK |
| Tolkien Society - Sarehole Festival 2026 Sarehole Mill, Cole Bank Road, Birmingham B13 0BD | ||
| May 30 | Event | Canada |
| THE HOBBIT runs until October 23 Avon Theatre, 99 Downie St, Stratford, ON N5A 1X2 | ||
| Jun 1 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Lord of the Rings, Book 1, part 1 - Giuseppe Pezzini These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Jun 6-28 | Event | USA |
| The Hobbit (Greg Banks) Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse, 499 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308 | ||
| Jun 11 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien and his Medieval Sources - Larissa Tracy | ||
| Jun 11-13 | Event | France |
| C.S. Lewis 2026 : War, Fellowship, and Survival in the Lives and Works of C.S. Lewis and Kindred Spirits University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens | ||
| Jun 15 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Lord of the Rings, Book 1, part 2 - Erik Jampa Andersson These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Jun 18 | New Release | UK |
| Great Tales Deluxe Edition | ||
| Jun 19-21 | Event | Netherlands |
| Lustrumfeest - Tolkien in de 21e eeuw De Berckt 1 Baarlo, Limburg 5991 PD | ||
| Jun 19-28 | Event | USA |
| Performance: The Hobbit Playhouse in the Park 701 Gil Hopson Dr Murray, KY, 42071 | ||
| Jun 23-25 | Event | UK |
| Fantasy’s Present Pasts University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland | ||
| Jun 25-28 | Event | USA |
| Mythmoot XIII - Unexpected Company National Conference Center, 18665 Conference Ctr Dr, Leesburg, VA 20176 | ||
| Jun 26-28 | Event | Germany |
| Enmonsterisations in the Fantastic", German Inklings Society Symposium Technische Universität Braunschweig Universitätsplatz 2 38106 Braunschweig | ||
| Jun 29 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Lord of the Rings, Book 2, part 1 - Kristine Larsen These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Jul 4 | Event | UK |
| The Magic of Middle Earth until 27th September Bewdley Museum, Load Street, Bewdley, DY12 2AE | ||
| Jul 6-9 | Event | UK |
| IMC 2026 - Temporalities University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 9JT | ||
| Jul 8 | New Release | USA |
| Myths and Legends (Boxed Set #2) | ||
| Jul 11 | Event | UK/Online |
| Tolkien Society Seminar 2026 Leeds and Online | ||
| Jul 11-12 | Event | UK |
| Tolkien Weekend Great Haywood Memorial Hall, Main Rd, Great Haywood, Stafford ST18 0SU | ||
| Jul 13 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Lord of the Rings, Book 2, part 2 - Christian S. Trenk These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Jul 16-19 | Event | Germany |
| Tolkien Thing 2026 Rittergut Lützensömmern | ||
| Jul 19-25 | Event | UK |
| Tolkien: The Great War and the Beginnings of Middle-Earth - John Garth Brasenose College, Oxford, OX1 4AJ | ||
| Jul 21 | New Release | USA |
| Great Tales Deluxe Edition | ||
| Jul 23-26 | Event | USA |
| San Diego Comic Con San Diego Convention Center, 111 Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101 | ||
| Jul 24-27 | Event | USA/Online |
| Mythcon 54 SWOSU Weatherford Campus 100 Campus Drive Weatherford, OK 73096 | ||
| Jul 27 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Lord of the Rings, Book 3, part 1 - Patrick Curry These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Jul 30- Aug 2 |
Event | USA |
| Omentielva Minquea, 11th Int'l Conf. on Tolkien's Invented Languages Marquette University, Milwaukee | ||
| Aug 1 | Event | USA |
| Helcaraxë Moot The Long Winter and the Unending Light: Endurance in Tolkien’s World and the North Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, 2300 Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK 99701 | ||
| Aug 3-10 | Event | New Zealand |
| 7 Day Lord of the Rings Tour - Red Carpet Tours Auckland | ||
| Aug 7-9 | Event | USA |
| Fan Expo 2026 Boston Convention & Exhibition Center 415 Summer St Boston, MA 02210 | ||
| Aug 10 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Lord of the Rings, Book 3, part 2 - Pete Belmont These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Aug 13 | New Release | UK |
| Tolkien Calendar 2027 | ||
| Aug 14-16 | Event | USA |
| Fan Expo 2026 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center 5555 N River Rd, Rosemont, IL 60018 | ||
| Aug 18 | New Release | USA |
| Tolkien Calendar 2027 | ||
| Aug 24 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Lord of the Rings, Book 4, part 1 - Tom Hillman These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Aug 27-30 | Event | Canada |
| Fan Expo 2026 Metro Toronto Convention Centre 255 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5V 2W6 | ||
| Aug 29 | Event | USA |
| Cascade Moot - Taking Craft Seriously: Tolkien (and You!) as Maker Portland English Language Academy (PELA), 2007 Lloyd Center, Portland, OR 97232 | ||
| Sep 2 | Event | Worldwide |
| Tolkien passed into the West on this day in 1973 | ||
| Sep 3-7 | Event | USA |
| Dragon Con Atlanta, GA | ||
| Sep 3-6 | Event | UK/Online |
| Tolkien Society Oxonmoot St Anne’s College, Woodstock Road, Oxford | ||
| Sep 4-6 | Event | USA |
| DoxaMoot - Tolkien: The Monsters and the Monsters All Saints Orthodox Church, 520 Buck Jones Rd Raleigh, NC 27606 | ||
| Sep 4 | New Release | UK |
| Volante Opera Productions - The Hobbit | ||
| Sep 7 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Lord of the Rings, Book 4, part 2 - Mercury Natis These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Sep 9-13 | Event | UK |
| The Brandywine Festival (UK) Weston Park, Weston Under Lizard, Staffordshire, TF11 8LE | ||
| Sep 11-12 | Event | UK |
| York National Book Fair The Knavesmire Suite, York Racecourse, York, YO23 1EX | ||
| Sep 11-13 | Event | USA |
| Ranger Moot - The Hidden Way: Paths, Journeys, and the Road Less Traveled Camp Friedlander, 581 Ibold Road, Loveland, OH 45140 | ||
| Sep 11-13 | Event | USA |
| Fan Expo 2026 Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center 650 S Griffin St, Dallas, TX 75202 | ||
| Sep 21 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Lord of the Rings, Book 5, part 1 - Alina Fairbanks These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Oct 1 | Event | USA |
| The Brandywine Festival (US) Terrapin Hill Farm, 7695 Mackville Road, Harrodsburg, KY 40330 | ||
| Oct 2-4 | Event | Czechia |
| Euro Moot The Great Music: Cosmology, Harmony, and Discord in Middle-earth and Beyond Kampus Hybernská, Hybernská 998/4, 110 00 Nové Město | ||
| Oct 5 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Lord of the Rings, Book 5, part 2 - Jackie Sheppard These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Oct 8-11 | Event | USA |
| New York Comic Con Javits Center, 429 11th Ave, New York, NY 10001 | ||
| Oct 11 | Event | Ireland |
| The Fellowship of the Ring In Concert 25th anniversary Dublin 3Arena (Matinee and Evening performance) | ||
| Oct 16-18 | Event | Germany |
| Environment, the World around us, and the Connatural World in Tolkien’s Works Universität Augsburg Wissenschaftszentrum Umwelt Universitätsstr. 1a 86159 Augsburg | ||
| Oct 17 | Event | UK |
| Oxford Book Fair Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 0BP | ||
| Oct 19 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Lord of the Rings, Book 6, part 1 - Breanna Rodgers These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Oct 24 | Event | USA/Online |
| New England Moot - The Second Breakfast Club: Food, Feasting, and Famine in the Legendarium Studio Lab, 11 A Street, Derry, NH, 03038 and Online | ||
| Nov 2 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Lord of the Rings, Book 6, part 2 - Tom Emanuel These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Nov 5 | New Release | UK |
| Hardback Special edition of The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth | ||
| Nov 7 | Event | USA/Online |
| Carolina Moot - The Salt of Middle-earth: Minor Characters Who Season the Tale Drury Inn & Suites, 6920 Northlake Mall Drive, Charlotte, NC 28216 and Online | ||
| Nov 16 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Lord of the Rings, Appendices A-D & Epilogue - Shawn Marchese These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Nov 17-20 | Event | Spain |
| X INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MYTH IN THE ARTS Congress Vitoria-Gasteiz | ||
| Nov 29 | Event | UK |
| The Fellowship of the Ring In Concert 25th anniversary London The O2 (Matinee and Evening performance) | ||
| Nov 30 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Lord of the Rings, Appendices E-F - Andrew Higgins These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Dec 6 | Event | UK |
| The Fellowship of the Ring In Concert 25th anniversary Glasgow OVO Hydro (Matinee and Evening performance) | ||
| Dec 12 | Event | UK |
| The Fellowship of the Ring In Concert 25th anniversary Manchester Co-op Live (Matinee and Evening performance) | ||
| Dec 12 | Event | USA/Online |
| Motown Moot - Tolkien and the Modern Age Woodside Bible Church, 42021 E Ann Arbor Trail, Plymouth, MI 48170 and Online | ||
| Dec 14 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Father Christmas Letters - Dimitra Fimi These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Dec 19 | Event | UK |
| The Fellowship of the Ring In Concert 25th anniversary Birmingham BP Pulse Live (Matinee and Evening performance) | ||
| Dec 28 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Adventures of Tom Bombadil - Sara Brown These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Dec 31 | New Release | UK/USA |
| Tolkien and the Inklings: Men of the West Bradley J. Birzer | ||
| Date | Type | Loc |
| Jan 3 | Event | Worldwide |
| Tolkien's Birthday | ||
| Jan 11 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Silmarillion, Ainulindalë and Valaquenta - David the Ñoldo These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Jan 25 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Silmarillion, chapters 1-9 - Silmarilleanne These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Feb 6-8 | Event | New Zealand/Online |
| Kiwi Moot - Stars and Signs Thistle Hall Community Venue, 293 Cuba Street, Wellington, Aotearoa | ||
| Feb 8 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Silmarillion, chapters 10-16 - Cami Agan These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Feb 15 | Event | USA |
| Lord of the Rings Musical runs until April 10,2027 Hale Centre Theatre, 9900 South Monroe Street • Sandy, UT 84070 | ||
| Feb 27 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Silmarillion, chapters 17-20 - Clare Moore These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Mar 8 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Silmarillion, chapters 21-24 - Yvette Kisor These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| Mar 18 | New Release | UK |
| Illustrating the Lord of the Rings in the Soviet Bloc: Iconographies of Difference Paperback edition | ||
| Mar 18 | New Release | UK |
| Illustrating the Lord of the Rings in the Soviet Bloc: Iconographies of Difference (Perspectives on Fantasy) paperback | ||
| Mar 22 | Event | Online |
| Tolkien Society Big Read - The Silmarillion, Akallabêth, and Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age - Kaitlyn Facista These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. | ||
| May 13-15 | Event | USA |
| The 62nd International Congress on Medieval Studies Western Michigan University Kalamazoo MI 49008-5200 | ||
| Aug 18-22 | Event | UK |
| Tolkien 2027 Hilton Birmingham Metropole, NEC | ||
| Sep 2 | Event | Worldwide |
| Tolkien passed into the West on this day in 1973 | ||
| Sep 15 | Event | Worldwide |
| 50th Anniversary of The Silmarillion | ||
| Sep 21 | Event | Worldwide |
| 90th Anniversary of The Hobbit | ||
| Dec 17 | New Release | USA |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum | ||
Recent Past Events
| Date | Type | Loc |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 26-27 | Event | UK |
| Oxford Premier Fair Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, OX3 0BP | ||
| Apr 23-26 | Event | USA |
| The Hobbit Full Moon Theatre 1000 Alabama Ave Sheffield, AL | ||
| Apr 24-26 | Event | UK/Online |
| Tolkien Society Springmoot and AGM Manchester Townhouse, 101 Portland Street Manchester M1 6DF | ||
All Past Events
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