Community Calendar:
It’s time to celebrate 10 years of LOTRO! The Anniversary festival will be back on April 20th, as will Crickhollow’s Muddy Foot Day, an annual celebration of pipe-weed featuring music from five of the finest bands on the server. The HOPE will celebrate the anniversary on April 15th with the Magical Mystery Tour through Middle-earth on Landroval.
A new band will also be debuting Friday on Sirannon: Les Inconnus de Bree Sud perform at the Celondim Pavillion at 3pm EDT. Find details about these and many other events both below and on the Google calendars. Please note that the monthly Department of Harmony & Song concert has been postponed until April 23rd due to the Easter holiday.
This listing of featured events is only published on Fridays, but our Google calendar is kept up to date throughout the week and includes details on many more activities. We always aim to have the most complete events calendar in the game, and accept events of all types on all servers. Take a look at this week’s agenda for upcoming events around LOTRO and copy some or all events to your personal calendar. You may add events or post corrections in the comments section, but the fastest and best way to get it on this page and on the calendar is to submit a form.
Server calendars: Arkenstone Calendar, Belegaer Calendar, Brandywine Calendar, Crickhollow Calendar, Evernight Calendar, Gladden Calendar, Gwaihir Calendar, Landroval Calendar, Laurelin Calendar, and Sirannon Calendar
All events listed in Eastern Daylight Time (-4 GMT)/server time. Most Laurelin events will also be listed at British time, BST (+1 GMT), and all events on Belegaer and Sirannon are listed with CEST (+2 GMT). You may add events or post corrections in the comments section, but the fastest and best way to get it on this page is to submit a form. I’m always open to feedback and suggestions, both here and through the submissions form, so let me know if there’s something we should feature. Thanks for reading!
Featured events for this week:
Server: Sirannon
Time: 3pm EDT (9pm CEST)
Location: Celondim pavillion, 29.4S, 92.7W
Description: Un bien beau lieu, que l’on oublie parfois se trouve à Celondim. C’est en cet endroit que Les Inconnus de Bree Sud – qui ne demandent qu’à vous rencontrer – vous proposent de venir découvrir leur univers musical à l’occasion d’un concert. (There is a beautiful place that one sometimes forgets in Celondim. It is here that the new band Les Inconnus de Bree Sud, the Unknowns of South Bree, propose that you discover their musical universe in concert.)
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Warm Warders Welcome
Server: Landroval
Time: 9pm
Locations around the Shire
Description: The Warders of the Weald play each Friday at various locations throughout the Shire. If you can’t find them, send out a /regional request.
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The HOPE: Magical Mystery Tour through the Middle-earth
Server: Landroval
Time: 1pm
Location: Bree Festival Stage
Description: Concert featuring songs about Middle-earth on the occasion of the game’s 10th anniversary
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Server: Laurelin
Time: 3pm EDT (8pm BST)
Location: Duillond Merchant Area, Ered Luin
Description: The elves of Ered Luin open up their market stalls, craftsmen of all kinds laying out their wares. A sight that is rarer to see in this age, dwarves set out their wares, interspersed among the elves, carefully appraising items here and there. As the main purpose of this event is to encourage market RP with the exchange of wares, products, and conversation, we kindly ask everyone to keep their instruments and musical talents for other events.
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Dulcet Tones
Server: Crickhollow
Time: 4:30pm
Location: Prancing Pony Stone, Bree
Description: Weekly concert
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Server: Landroval
Time: 3pm
Location: Prancing Pony Stage
Description: Weekly concert
Purple Pipeweed Parlor Band
Server: Landroval
Time: 7pm
Location: Prancing Pony Stage
Description: Concert
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Ales and Tales
Server: Landroval
Time: 8:30pm for Nibbles & Nobs, 9:30pm for Ales & Tales
Location: High King’s Statue, Evendim
Description: Volunteer to tell a tale, sing a song, recite a new poem, anything you wish to share with others in an RP setting. Nibbles and Nobs offers an open stage to all performers, while Ales and Tales features a house band and scheduled performers (all are welcome to sign up). Location changes every week, so /joinchannel alesandtales to find out more information.
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Exploring the Lord of the Rings–On Location
Server: Gladden
Time: 9:30pm
Location: Lore Hall across from the Cat Lady’s House, Bree
Description: A free in-depth reading of the trilogy with the Tolkien Professor which will bring in other works that affected the story and considers new angles and aspects. The course takes place every Tuesday throughout January on a different server each week, followed by a field trip to a relevant site. Go to Discord or Twitch to follow the discussion.
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Server: Crickhollow
Time: 11am and 10:30pm
Location: Thorin’s Gate
Description: Midweek Tunes and Ales is a weekly event every Wednesday at 10:30pm and 11:00am servertime. It’s always in a different place each week, we could be at Weathertop or Rivendell, maybe even the depths of Moria, playing music throughout Middle Earth! We welcome all travelers who are passing through to join if like to share a tune, story, or just dance!
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Black Salad Day at the Bird and Baby Yard Party
Server: Laurelin
Time: 2:30pm EDT (7:30pm BST)
Location: Outside of the Bird & Baby, Michel Delving, The Shire
Description: This will be the third consecutive April where the Yard Party features the music of the incomparable Black Salad. All good people are welcome at the Bird and Baby Yard Party, a weekly event featuring you, our patrons! Sometimes there are visiting bands or other planned events, at other times, entertainment is provided by you, the patrons! When there is a scheduled event, feel free to play music, tell stories or whatever during breaks, but we ask that you yield the stage to the evening’s main act at their discretion.
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Server: Crickhollow
Time: 8pm
Location: The Party Tree in Hobbiton
Description: Muddy Foot Day is an annual celebration of the different pipe-weeds grown in the Shire. This year’s selections include the signature Muddy Foot along with some Old Toby and homemade Honey Brew beers.
Schedule:
8:00pm Muddy Foot Day starts at the Party Tree
8:30pm The Breakfast Club
9:00pm Misty Mountain Hobs
9:30pm Mithril Moon Band
10:00pm Puddle-jumpers
10:30pm Fraggle Rock
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Coming soon:
Today we’ll feature again feature some upcoming events on Crickhollow. The Great Race Across Middle-earth, a war-steed race from Michel Delving to the Black Gate is coming up on April 23rd at 1pm. It will be a long race with many dangers, but the prizes will include 3000 gold and a pile of LOTRO Points. Please visit the LOTRO Forums for more details.
Dawning Eclipse will celebrate their 10 year kin anniversary with a fashion show competition and a riddle race at 9pm on May 6th in the new scholar’s hall in Bree. More details soon.
Finally, a major announcement: Shirefest IV will be taking place June 16-18 at the Methel-stage. Band signup will open on the Crickhollow Music website at 4pm EDT/9pm BST on April 21st.
Looking back:
Weezit posted some great shots from RKO’s concert on Brandywine on April 11th. Take a look at his gallery!
Festival time:
The Official LOTRO Events Schedule is up to date through the end of the year (minus special perks like VIP or lootbox weekends). The Anniversary celebration will start at 10am EDT on April 20th!
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