An invitational Muster of Fyfes and Drums hosted by the Sudbury Ancients will be held on the 27th of September, 2027, on the grounds of Longfellow’s Wayside Inn, 72 Wayside Inn Road, Sudbury, MA. Directions, parking, and camping locations are on the Directions/Parking page. Please be sure to reference the parking map and do not park in the Inn’s regular lots – these are reserved for their overnight guests and dining patrons.
The Sudbury Company of Militia and Minute will be charging admission to the Faire. Our guests – the participating corps and their families – will be admitted without charge, although you will need to get a hand stamp to let you pass easily in and out during the day.
We are seeking a few volunteers to help with parking on Saturday morning. Shifts are 1 hour between 8 to 11:30 AM. Please contact Deb Donovan, Fyfemaster, if you are available.
We have made the Announcer’s Booth Form available ahead of time. You can bring it with you (and turn into the announcers’ booth by 11:30 on Muster day) or email it by Friday to Stephanie Smoot.
The parade will begin promptly at 12:00 on the gravel road near the camping area. The Muster will immediately follow.
In addition, former members of SAFD are invited to join us on the muster field in performing our second standpiece Ashgrove Standpiece. (Fife sheet music, Drum sheet music)
We do not expect to be using a “Company Stand:” you will play yourselves both on and off stand. Please limit yourselves to one medley, however. Thanks for your help in letting all the corps have their turn on stand in daylight.
Camping will begin at noon on Friday. It is a long weekend for the volunteers. Please be respectful and be off the camping grounds by noon on Sunday so they can finish cleaning up and go home. Entrance to the camping grounds is by the “service entrance” road. A list of area hotels is available.
It is important to remember that we are guests of the Wayside Inn. All muster activities are held on its property. The consumption of alcohol on the muster field is limited to within the Inn’s new Beer Garden or within the roped area aroud the food tent as part of the muster meal served to our guests.
Any Corps hoping to fire muskets must notify the Sudbury Companies of Militia and Minute (SCMM) at safety@sudburyminutemen.org by August 31 and follow their firing instructions, which will be sent to those who reply. Failure to do so will result in removal from the parade and future invitation lists. The SCMM has decided that no cannons will be allowed to fire.