If I had to pick one thing, and one thing only: the sun. Seriously, why cant these things happen at night. Everything is cooler, cooler, and less skin-baking at night.

To go further..

Reenactors who are about flash and no substance. I am well versed in the historical use of the Highland Broadsword, in at least 2 diffrent styles. Once we were asked to preform at the Highland Games over here.

It was less then spectacular. Most people dont care if youve had to fully reconstruct your idea of how the Two-hander was used, and what source material you got it from. They just want you to look the part.

Vendors clearly taking advantage of people by charging sky-high prices

The lack of walk-in events. Seriously. I know the Games part are a serious thing, and not everyone can, or should, beable to walk in and say "Hey let me see how far I can toss that thar big stick." But I wish there was more to do. After all, there is only so much money you can spend, bag-pipes you can listen to, Boarder Collies you can watch (( which your not allowed to pet or play with, which is another peeve all together), before I find myself a little bored. Why cant there be games everyone can try?