Viking rock • Saturday
Tordenkor
Midwest Viking rock with big riffs and choruses made for a festival crowd.
2026 entertainment
Music for the
end of the world.
Viking rock, dark folk, world percussion, and late-night music. Friday belongs to Loki’s Night. Saturday brings the full gathering.
NOV13–142026 · ST. JOSEPH
FRIDAY · 21+
Loki’s Night
One of Friday night’s headliners: Valkyrie’s Fire
GUNGNXR · Ice Howl · Mad Maudlyn · Trimble · Kater Tot · Marilynsdottir · DJ Laufeyson
Closing the night: Drum Circle
SATURDAY · ALL AGES
The Great Gathering
Saturday morning: Valkyrie’s Fire
Maggie Moon · The Bardcore Babe · Pictus · Tordenkor · Bragi’s Ulfhe∂nar · NorseMN · and more
Closing the night: Drum Circle
Bardcore • Saturday
The Bardcore Babe
A bright elven bard turning familiar favorites into tavern-ready bardcore with wit, strings, and a wink.
Songs, stories & comedy • Friday
Trimble the Troubadour
A wandering Kansas City bard sharing original songs, jokes, poems, and melodies fit for Middle-earth.
Norse folk • Friday
Mad Maudlyn and the Bedlam Boys
A St. Joseph folk act drawing on Norse and Celtic music.
War drums • Pyre
Bragi’s Ulfhe∂nar
Danial Roy’s kumi-daiko ensemble brings thunderous war drums to the pyre.
Drum & cabaret • Loki’s Night
Marilynsdottir
Rhythm, character, and cabaret energy for Friday night at Loki’s Night.
After-dark • Loki’s Night
DJ Laufeyson
The late-night DJ set at Loki’s Night.
Metal • Loki’s Night
GUNGNXR
Modern extreme metal, cinematic atmosphere, and scream-with-the-gods intensity for Friday night.
Loki’s Night headliner • Saturday morning
Valkyrie’s Fire
Nashville symphonic power metal with soaring dual vocals, orchestral sweep, and blazing riffs. One of Friday night’s Loki’s Night headliners, returning Saturday morning for the daytime gathering.
Burlesque sword dancer
Knotty Orchid
Kansas City burlesque artist Knotty Orchid brings theatrical flair, vintage glamour, and a blade to the gathering.
Wizard burlesque • Friday
Kater Tot
A pop-culture-inspired burlesque chameleon conjuring a mischievous wizard act for Loki’s Night.
Dance • roaming performance
Bellatryx
A gifted dancer with a commanding presence, Bellatryx brings movement, energy, and warrior spirit to the gathering.
Roaming performer • living story
Wanderer of the West
A road-worn traveler from beyond Hedeby who carries stories, encounters, and a little mystery through the festival grounds.
Norse storytelling & games
NorseMN
The NorseMN bring ancient sagas to life with lively storytelling, interactive games, folklore, Viking history, and a formidable supply of Norse dad jokes.
Beyond the stage
Players, makers & steel
Meet the crews and artists who make Hedeby move with interactive games, welcoming fantasy combat, tattoo artistry, and the unmistakable crash of armored sport.
Games & interactive play
Stulto Mori Games
Hands-on games that turn spectators into participants, with friendly competition and festival-sized foolishness.
Boffer combat & living village
Bluffwoods Boffers
Welcoming padded-weapon combat, demonstrations, and fantasy adventures for would-be heroes of many ages.
Armored combat
Banished KCAC
Kansas City’s armored combat team brings full plate armor, trained athletes, and the thunder of full-contact medieval fighting.
Tattoo artist • El Rey Tattoos
Reynaldo Barrera Mesa
Cuban-born artist Reynaldo Barrera Mesa returns to VikingFest with El Rey Tattoos, bringing bold custom tattoo artistry back to the gathering.
The full performance schedule will be posted closer to the gathering. Want to bring your talents to Hedeby?