Performer Directory
Musicians
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Pirate/Sailing | Pub/Bawdy | Instrumentals
| All-Women
For Children | Traditional |
Trad with a Twist | Other
Pyrates
Royale
The original singing pirate band, creating music and mayhem since 1987
The
Crimson Pirates
The result of merging the crews from the Crimson Tide and the Sea
Dog -- one big happy (if slightly dysfunctional) pirate family!
The Corsairs
Pirate music since 1996
The
Jolly Rogers
A pirate-themed group who perform at Renaissance faires in the Midwest United
States
The
Shantyman
Sea shanties, nautical tunes, and piratical ditties.
The Bilge Pumps
A music troop for the pirate in everyone
Bounding Main
Six sexy singers performing shanties and nautical ballads between Milwaukee
and Chicago.
Drunk and Disorderly
When peasants get musical… "It's not just a band name - it's a
way of life!"
Celtic - NOT!
Equal parts whiskey and vodka, Celtic - NOT! is sure to entertain
The Dregs
A cappella Irish music & comedy!
Naughty Nymphs
Rollicking, hillarious, and 100% Naughty -- Katya, Delia, and Amanda provide
beautiful bawdy songs in three-part harmony
Poxy Bogards
A drinking group with a singing problem
Vagabond
Celtic
Wild Celtic music available for parties, festivals, weddings, and concerts
Blackjacks
'n Blarney
An Irishwoman, a Scotsman, and a Welshman walk into a pub... and musical mayhem
follows
Axel the Sot
Music and comedy
Ten Seconds of
Harmony
Come see what people have called "The Renaissance Man Show"
Steve Newman &
Friends
British pub song
Tanya
Brody, Harper
Tanya Brody is a professional Harper and Singer/Songwriter with the voice
of an angel according to her fans
The
Rogues of Scotland
Over eight years of harmonic pipes and pounding drums.
Joe Jewel
and Featherstone
Traditional Celtic, Scottish, and Welsh music
Menagerie Music
Instrumentals on the hammered dulcimer, guitar, flute & penny whistle
that fill the streets with lively jigs & planxtys.
Belles
of Bedlam
A comedic romp through the Belles' lives, with songs sprinkled in.
Queen
Anne's Lace
A small, a cappella women's ensemble specializing in a variety of musical
genres.
Mother Goose Melodies
Olde songs for young children performed by "Mother Goose" in
Renaissance garb. Audience participation - colorful props!
Gallowglass Irish Trio
No namby-pamby madrigal stuff - these guys kick butt!
Pint
and Dale
Beautiful traditional music... and the best-played hurdy gurdy in the states.
Minstrosity
A trio of troubadours providing musical mayhem with tight harmonies and instrumentation.
Gibbon
the Troubador
A 21st century caricature of a 16th century minstrel
Moor
of Dundee
Strolling troubador specializing in ballads of the British Isles
Bruce
the Bruce
Wandering Celtic minstrel
Earthly
Delights
Anglo-Celtic Central European minstrels with a wonderful array of instruments,
playing music for listening and/or dancing.
Howl-o
Douglys and Bella breathe new life into songs from the Olde World and are
known for their lush vocal arrangements
Minstrel
Woode
A 2-man act performing Celtic and "Celtic-Influenced" original and
traditional folk music as well as contemporary story-songs & ballads.
Minstrels of Mayhem
Making great music... and having fun doing it
Craig of Farrington,
Minstrel Lutenist
Songs of love, faith, and myrth -- songs of heaven... and of earth
Tourdion
Songs of the British Isles and beyond.
Gypsy
Guerrilla Band
It's not an invasion, it's a celebration of international music!
Brobdingnagian Bards
Drinking songs for breakfast; fantasy, filk, and dragon sandwiches for lunch;
and an extra helping of Tolkien-esque instrumentals for dinner.
Reve
du Faun
The Irish band with a French name
Siler &
Clarc
A diversified duo that performs Folk, Celtic, Classic Rock, and other music
styles.
Fiddler's Fancy
Celtic music & dance, including Shanachie: The Challenge of the Sidhe
step dance show. Violin, mandocello, guitar, bodhran
Wyldfyre
An acoustic/vocal duo who perform "traditional music of the British Isles"
- ranging from ballads to bawdy Ren Faire favorites.
Bruce the Bruce
Wandering Scottish Minstrel, nowadays spending most of his time with Rowan
Golightly and Desahra in Queen's Gambit.
Queen's Gambit
Celtic band specializing in Irish and Scottish traditional music, with a side
order of English Folk, dance, and Renaissance music.
Jeff Kalmar
Traditional Celtic with rock roots
Sweet Amaryllis
Three ladies on harp, cello and flute, playing music from the Renaissance
and Early Baroque periods
Bramblebush
Renaissance festival music loaded with harmonies, rhythm guitars and energetic
percussion
~ "Traditional"... with a twist ~
Lojo Russo
Home of Lojo Russo, musician extraordinarie. The stuff on the "Lick the
Blarney" album she did with her former band Funks Grove is very much
the sort of music that would happen after-hours.
Folk
Underground
Cool melodies, strange lyrics, severely damaged traditional tunes, and original
songs.
Avalon Rising
Avalon Rising blends Celtic rock & Medieval music: Vocals, Celtic harp,
guitars, electric violin, recorder, flute, bass, mandocello & drums.
Counterfeit Bards
Folk music with a 'faire' attitude, including Arthurian and Faire-themed parodies
by "Sir Dyladan."
Three Guys And A Bunch Of
Drums
The name says it all
Blackmore's Night
Cobblestone streets, firelit hillsides, and magick in the air. Let your spirit
dance to the stirring melodies of Blackmore’s Night.
Fugli
From traditional folk to silly filk, and whatever else pops into his mind.
The maintainers of the Faire-Folk® Performer
Directory encourage link requests!
Please read the Guidelines for more information.