Here’s our 2023 Entertainment Line up

Performing May 13th – 14th.

Adamo Ignis is Latin for “fall in love with flame” which is what you’ll be doing when you watch this show. The passion of dance, the danger of fire, and many other stunts and tricks will have you jumping out of your seat as she leaps into your heart.

All weekends.

Demonstrations of archery and bow making, as well as a daily archery tournament.

Performing All Weekends
Better entertainment through poor life choices. An exploration of bad ideas through sideshow, magic, and circus.

Performing All Weekends
Fine knights and noble steeds demonstrating knightly skills.

Performing May 27th & 28th.

Bone & String mixes traditional music and songs of the sea with stories and banter to get crowds laughing, clapping and joining in. You might even learn something! But you’re bound to have fun. 

Performing All Weekends

Circus Stella presents rope-walking, balancing, juggling, and performing rescue dogs.

Performing May 27th & 28th, June 3rd & 4th.
Friends and Enemies are both cordially invited to watch as Guinness World Record holder Dash Rippington performs one Dangerously Stupid act after another for your entertainment. From painful animal traps to the ancient (and potentially lethal) art of sword swallowing… This show is NOT to be missed.

Performing All Weekends.

Magic! Historical con games and swindles, multilingual mindreadin g! Diego Natividad de la Estafa, aka “Dinty, the Moor” brings comedy, magic, mentalism and chicanery back to the shire. 

Performing May 13th & 14th, May 20th & 21st, June 3rd & 4th, June 10th & 11th.

Fletcher Moone, tavernkeeper, knows a lot about beer. And he’s going to tell you all about it. In song.
The Culture of Beer is a passionate, informative, and entertaining show presented in song and story, about the impact of libation on humanity. Catch this show daily at the Barleycorn Tavern. (rated PG13). Cheers!

Performing May All Weekends.

Witness the ancient and noble sport of Greyhound coursing! Thrill as these swift canines race across the field.   Her Majesty’s Hounds are an all volunteer, nonprofit, educational re-enactment group of Retired Racing Greyhounds and dog lovers. Learn more about the history and lives of the keepers of the Royal Greyhounds throughout past. 

Performing May 13 & 14th, May 20th & 21st.

Comedian With Mad Skills.

Performing 13th & 14th, May 20th & 21st, June 10th & 11th.

Old World Troubadour with songs of romance, heroism, and indulgence.

Performing All Weekends.

Celtic Harpyr: Folk harp tunes and songs of Celtic lands.

Performing June 10th & 11th.

Comedy and larceny for entertainment edification.

Performing All Weekends.

Wandering Minstrel, one-man medieval band, and bootless gangrel.

Performing May 20th & 21st, May 27th & 28th, June 3rd & 4th.

Demonstrations of armed combat.

Performing June 3rd & 4th, June 10th & 11th.

All Weekends. Shanties are work songs sung on boat ship to pass the time and help keep a work rhythm. We won’t make you work, but you can sing along!

Performing May 13th & 14th, May 27th & 28th, June 10th & 11th.

A troupe of talented siblings perform traditional tunes, song and dance.

Performing All Weekends.

Lively Skilly takes you on a musical history tour from Tudor to 1700s England, Ireland, Scotland and Colonial America thru pub songs, tragedies, romantic ballads and well-known sing-a-longs explaining the origin of the lyrics and musical traditions of many of your Faire favorites.

Performing June 3rd & 4th, June 10th & 11th.

Gwendolyn Steele is making her way in the world solo. What kind of trouble can she get into? Join in as Gwendolyn explores life, the universe, and how to get a date!

Performing May 27th – 28th.

Get a blast from the past as a band of Pyrates reunite to serenade you with songs of the sea…drinking…other things that a pyrate is wont to get up to.

Performing All Weekends

Exciting pipes and drums performed by World Class musicians with the best set of knees this side of the River Tweed.

Performing All Weekends.

Griffon DuMonde and Rhee are two normal ordinary travelers come to exotic foreign England to partake of the quaint local customs of the natives and add a little color to the Festival.

Performing May 20th – 21st.

Traditional and original music on a variety of modern and period instruments.

Performing May 27th & 28th, June 3rd & 4th.

An all-female fight company specializing in sword-fighting & Shakespeare; dedicated to being models of feminine strength & ability.

Performing May 28th & 29th.

An a cappella harmony group, featuring songs written in the 17th and 16th centuries.  

Performing May 13th & 14th, May 20th & 21st, May 27th & 28th.

Making Fun of Horrible History!
Join famed tragedian Ned Alleyn, as he takes a stab at comedy by flipping the script on the classic Witch Trial! The atrocious will become amusing, the rotten, risible, and the terrible will tickle your ribs – as the vicious mob persecutes an innocent to roars and howls of laughter! Presented by SAG-AFTRA actor Chris Davis (as seen on HBO’s “Veep”), celebrating 35 Years of Festival Performance!