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Come one come all, ye adventurers, to share a time of fun and relaxation with dancing and drinking among other fine activities during these special events all around Middle-earth. These are times for celebration, not of war.


== Official Events Schedule ==

SSG maintains a schedule of upcoming events on the [https://www.lotro.com/news/lotro-public-event-schedule-en website].

== Seasonal Events == 
There are five main festivals throughout the year. During the festivals, adventurers can enjoy many different activities; some are repeated every season, and some are specific to one type of festival.

=== [[Spring Festival]] ===
* [[The Hedge Maze]]
* [[Stomp-a-Shrew]]

=== [[Midsummer Festival]] ===
*[[Minas Tirith (Midsummer)]]

=== [[Farmers Faire]] ===
Includes all content from the former [[Summer Festival]].
* [[The Keg-race of Thorin's Hall]]
* [[The Taste of Hobbiton]]

=== [[Harvest Festival]] ===
* [[The Haunted Burrow]]

=== [[Yule Festival]] ===
* [[Frostbluff]]

=== General Festival Events ===
The following events are also held during every seasonal festival.
* [[Dance of the Races]]
* [[Festival Horse Races]]
* [[The Ale Association]]
* [[The Inn League]]

== Welcome Back Events ==
From time to time, SSG introduces special "Welcome Back" weeks, weekends, or events, with temporary quest NPCs, free travel, or experience bonuses.

{{:Welcome Back Weekend}}

{{:Recognition}}

{{:Mark Acquisition Boost Weekend}}

== Special Barter Vendors ==
The following vendors are on a rotational basis and come and go:

[[Filbert Fig]]<br>
[[Rowan Raspberry]]<br>
[[Myrtle Mint]]

=== The Curator ===
The [[Curator]] barters [[Item:Figments of Splendour|Figments of Splendour]] for items and is only available at certain times of the year and is not part of the normal rotation of vendors listed above.

== Other Events ==
Many of these events are discontinued, some events repeat on a yearly basis and others repeat at random.

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! Event !! Timeline !! Notes
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| [[April Fool's Chicken Run]] || Yearly || Happens around April 1st to celebrate April Fool Day.
|-
| [[Bilbo & Frodo's Birthday]] || Yearly || Happens on September 22, birthday of both [[Bilbo Baggins]] and [[Frodo Baggins]].
|-
| [[Bounder's Bounty]] || Discontinued || 2013 server-wide event preceding the Launch of the [[Helm's Deep]] expansion.
|-
| [[The Combe Forester Event]] || Biweekly || This event premiered on September 15, 2023. It's the first crafting event.
|-
| [[Durin's Day]] || Yearly || Happens on October 18th at the Lonely Mountain, Its to celebrate the dwarven new year when both the sun and moon can be seen in the sky.
|-
| [[Hobnanigans|A Game of Hobnanigans]] || Monthly || Rebooted in 2014, aimed to be activated monthly for a few days. 
|-
| [[Ill Omens]] || Yearly || The Ill Omens skirmish event is a special event which is held periodically.
|-
| [[The Lost Ring-lore of Eregion‎]] || Discontinued || 2008 server-wide event preceding the Launch of [[Mines of Moria]] expansion.
|-
| [[LOTRO Anniversary Celebration]] || Yearly || Happens around late April to celebrate the release of LOTRO.
|-
| [[The Ranger's Offensive]] || Discontinued || The Ranger's Offensive was a special event which was held during Welcome Back Weekends. This event has not been active since the game went [[F2P]] in fall 2010. 
|-
| [[Summer Festival]] || Discontinued || [[Update 27.3 - August 19, 2020|Update 27.3]] merged this content into the [[Farmers Faire]]. The [[Midsummer Festival]] will take up the time slot of the summer festival.
|-
| [[The Tale of the Shipwrecked Mariners]] || Yearly || Happens around International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th.
|-
| [[Tournament of the Twins]] || Discontinued || A special VIP-only event that launched with [[Update 26.2.2 - June 17, 2020|Update 26.2.2]] on the dedicated event server Bombadil.
|-
| [[Treasure Bugan Event]] || Yearly || This event premiered on July 22, 2021. The Treasure Bugan Event tasks players with retrieving treasure from [[Treasure Bugan]]s that spawn in scaled instances and returning it to [[Theodore Gorse]] in exchange for cosmetics.
|-
| [[Treasure Hunt]] || Biannually || When active, players can dig for buried treasure at the [[Treasure Field Base Camp]], in [[Ered Luin]].
|-
| [[Veil of the Nine]] || Legendary server event || When active, Nazgûl and lesser nameless wraiths spawn on the landscape. Only available on the [[World:Angmar|Angmar]] and [[World:Mordor|Mordor]] legendary servers.
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