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"out at" RenFaire
Premiere GLBT outing! Event Details:
“OUT at the Bristol Renaissance Faire” Date: Sunday, August 19th Time: 10am-7pm Address: 12550 120th Ave., Kenosha Off I-94 at the IL/WI border
Parking: $5 cash More Info./Phone: 847-395-7773 Tickets: $25.95 adult less discount coupon at www.renfair.com Costumes Available at: www.fantasycostumes.com (costumes optional) Group Photo: 5pm at the Three Sheets Pub on the fairgrounds After Party: Club Icon, 6305 120th Ave., Kenosha, www.clubiconkenosha.com
Bristol Renaissance Faire LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Adam Crack: Fire Whip (all season) Holder of SEVEN Guinness Book World Records, Adam Crack’s skills are unrivaled anywhere. Adam performs sophisticated, high-energy routines, featuring his own dry humor in spoken material, anecdotes, historical or educational stories. And yes, there is always room for audience participation, so come prepared! Aerial Silk Fantasy (July 14 – Aug 19) Lauryn Murray graces the floor and nimbly climbs the precarious heights of silk, appearing as though gravity were merely a suggestion, not reality. Lauryn’s beauty, grace and skill will awe the young and old alike as she floats effortlessly 30 feet above Shakespeare’s Meadow near the RenQuest™ encampment. At Your Service (all season) Bristol’s very own home grown Commedia dell’Arte troupe is back! These comedic actors perform traditional slapstick comedy in character masks as the stock archetypes that resonate to this day. They sing, they dance, they throw tantrums, they scheme… Join the Bugia family (imported all the way from Pesto, Italy) for their stage shows throughout the season.
Barely Balanced (all season)
Bristol’s favorite masters of acrobatic comedy have
come home to roost, climb, balance and amaze! Performing acrobatic feats that you will see nowhere else, as well as their end of day fire show, Barely Balanced must not be missed! Belly Dance With The Great Antone (all season) Performing with authentic instruments that date from before the Renaissance, the exotic sounds and hypnotic dance will sweep you away to distant lands where poets found solace and inspiration in moonlit rose gardens. Billy Miller & Misti Bernard (July 7/8, August 11/12, 18/19, 25/26) With boundless joy and a sweeping timelessness that will haunt your memory, this is music in its truest form. The joy and magic of instrument and voice as they intertwine. Bounding Main (July 7/8, 28/29 and August 25/26 ONLY) Bounding Main is a costumed vocal group that sings richly harmonic versions of traditional maritime songs. Their shows are filled with spirit, humor and harmony; their arrangements of traditional nautical music bring the listener into the world of pirates and adventure.
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Bristol Renaissance Faire Breakfast With Brass (all season) Start the morning off with an infusion of music that will carry you throughout the day. Bristol’s Royal Brass is a team of master musicians who play their way through a morning set that both provokes and invigorates. Awaken the dawn and have cup of Breakfast with the Brass. Bristol Rovers (all season) Bringing you song, dance and music from their many travels abroad the Rovers have stopped in Bristol for the festival day! Watch for their colorful twirling skirts so you don’t miss then as they sweep through the streets. Broon (July 7/8, August 25/26, and Sept. 1/2/3) Broon brings a conversational style to the variety comedy world with less emphasis on corny gags and empty flash and more on audience interaction and personality. By the Sword (all season) Come, heroes and villains alike, and prepare yourselves for lighting fast steel and razor sharp wit! Since its beginning, Chalk Artist (all season) Bristol’s own Magdalena daVinci returns for her third year! Join the incredibly talented and self taught chalk artist as she creates massive works of art! Christophe the Insultor (Aug. 18/19 & 25/26) If you cannot say something nice about someone, give the job of insulting to a trained professional. Christophe’s lightning fast, acerbic wit devastates his targets Cirque du Sewer (July 7 – 29) The world’s only acrobat, rat, and confused cat show! Welcome Cirque du Sewer this July for the most unique comedy acrobatics that must be seen to be believed! Clan Tynker (August 11 – September 3) An enchanting kaleidoscope of skills from around the world performed to live music. An impressive variety of juggling skills, stage magic, comedy, Central Asian/Middle Eastern dance, sword swallowing, fireeating and tight-wire walking with an accompanying musical soundscape played on an eclectic variety of instruments . Country Dancing (all season) Can you hear the beat of the drums, the violin or perhaps the soaring notes of a flute? It must be time for country dancing with the Dirty Duck Inn! Court of Common Pleas (all season) Laugh your way to the stocks as Bristol’s Guilde Masters hear the many zany crimes committed on this festival day and hand out their special brand of justice. No crime, however small or obscure, will be ignored while the Queen is in the city.
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Courtly Fashion (all season)
Saturday and Sunday from 3:30 to 4pm in the Nobles’ Glade. Have you ever wondered how many layers the nobles are really wearing? Why do certain nobles wear certain items? How long does it take to put all of that stuff on? All of these questions and more will be answered during this time period. Craig of Farrington (all season) A wandering minstrel, specializing in love songs and bawdy songs. Craig of Farrington has been a fixture of Bristol since our inaugural season and continues to delight lovers and sweethearts with songs to bring them closer together. Cutlass Cooking (all season) Place pirates, a chest, and cooking utensils on a stage. Mix well and let form into outrageous comedy! Dan the Bard (July 7/8, 14/15, 21/22, 28/29, & August 11/12) Teller of tales, singer of songs, master of musical humor Dan walks the land, singing songs, telling tales, and doing good deeds. Listen to the tale of the “Drunken Gnome Illusionist.” Learn why a mouse, a bird, and a sausage are doomed to death! Danse Macabre (all season weather permitting) The Danse Macabre at Bristol is a faithful reenactment of this tradition. As the characters in the allegory of the Danse come from all walks of life, the performers of the Danse are drawn from across all of Bristol’s participants. Ded Bob Sho (Rated PG-13) (July 7 – 29) “Hey Audience!” Announcing the return of the Ded Bob Sho! The hardest working cadaver in show business is back with all matters bawdy and profane. Dirk & Guido: The Swordsmen (all season) Blades flash in the sunlight and the cry of “What ho!” echoes through the air. Dirk & Guido: The Swordsmen, return to Bristol for their twenty-second season of flashing steel, daring do and the wooing of women. Bold and Stupid Men at your Service! The Mighty Drum Jam with The Great Antone (all season) This is the roaring crescendo of a day at Bristol, where the thunder of drums fuses with the crashing waves of dance to form the sound and fury that is the Bristol Drum Jam. Dylan Robertson (all season) Dylan Robertson (Chicago Based Arne Parrott) began writing music when he realized he just wasn’t cool enough for sports and had nothing to write home about in the “personal appearance” department. Eddie Jeff Cahill (July 14 – 29) Songs, stories and tall tales tumble from his lips like barrels over a waterfall, shattering rings & staves on the water. A True Wandering Minstrel! Fantastikals (all season) The Fantastikals bring magic, wonder, and surprise to the town of Bristol! The Queen’s visit loosens the boundary of the enchanted realms, and fairies, elves, elementals, and spirit archetypes materialize, their
supernatural energy swirling through the town, and manifesting a magical forest right at the heart of everyday Bristol. Gabriel Q (all season) Gabriel Q is a puppeteer, costume and puppet builder and a variety performer. How Not to Die! (all season) Whether its succumbing to disease or getting three feet of steel thrust at you, health and wellness in the 16th Century can be hard work! How Weapons Work (all season) The Bristol Trayn’d Bande takes you on a journey through history showcasing how weapons and armor work. Iris & Rose – (Rated R)(all season) Iris & Rose – Wild & Thorny! is a naughty, bawdy, comedy experience. Iron Hill Vagabonds (all season) Iron Hill Vagabonds is an acoustic music duo performing a mix of traditional and original instrumental pieces and songs. This material includes Celtic fiddle tunes, traditional American, English and Irish songs from many eras. Ivanovich! (all season) He will read your mind, multiply your money, and metal objects twist with the power of thought. The Jackdaws (August 25/26 & Sept. 1/2/3) The Jackdaws deliver original, contemporary, and traditional Irish Rock to audiences across the land. Jeremiah Wiggins, Politician for the Faeries & the Raven (all season except August 4/5) For over two decades Joshua Safford has been mesmerizing and tickling the imagination of Renaissance and Faerie festival patrons in the streets across the country under the guises of the Raven and Jeremiah Wiggin. Jock Stewart (all season except Aug 4/5, Aug 25/26, and Sept 1/2/3) Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. Johnathan Blackquill – Aspiring Playwright (all season) Could he be the next Shakespeare? Probably not. Join Johnathan in his quest to become the next great Elizabethan playwright. Using your help and suggestions, watch him (and maybe a friend or two) attempt to create the greatest play ever written. The Jousters (all season) The Jousters are excited to bring their fully armored, hard-hitting and wholly unique style of jousting to Bristol again in 2018. Lady Ettie – Lady Ettie’s “Me Place” (all season) Join Lady Ettie for her version of tea-time as she takes a well-deserved break from her self-appointed position as Bristol’s welcoming committee. ] The Lynx Show (all season except August 4/5, 11/12, 18/19) The Lynx Show is a unique blend of magic, sword swallowing, and comedy. Lynx is a veteran when it comes to performing at Renaissance festivals across the country. court,
Manticore Consort (all season) Share a musical moment with the Manticore Consort as they travel the lanes of Bristol presenting a magical blend of music performed on an intriguing array of ancient musical instruments including the hurdygurdy, gemshorn, recorders and more! Menage a Moi: 7 Deadly Sins (Rated R) (all season) “Dirty comedy, clean booze. Booze costs extra.” Menage a Moi – 7 Deadly Sins is the bawdy comedy experience your mother warned you about. Raise a pint, sing along, and enjoy the show! MooNie the Magnif’Cent (all season) Enchanting audiences for over 20 years without saying so much as a word, MooNie is the undisputed master of Bristol’s Globe stage. MooNie presents a show that combines classic clowning, slack rope work and enough comedy to leave you gasping for breath. Enter the mind of MooNie. Musical Blades (Aug 11/12 & 18/19) Since the turn of the century, this fearless band of misfit rogues has been terrorizing and delighting the Midwest with a unique blend of hilarity and harmonies. The Musical Blades have spent the last 13 years bringing soaring vocals and vibrant performances to countless renaissance festivals and clubs in 11 states across the country’s midsection. Nazario Chickpeazio (all season) Nazario Chickpeazio, Chicken Troubadour Extraordinaire, will be visiting Bristol this season. While touring the busy lanes of Bristol, just keep a look out for his gypsy wagon and belly dance chickens, or listen for his lovely Oud and Lute music. He wishes to assure everyone that your chickens are safe, he is not a chicken thief, it is not his fault he is a chick magnet. New Minstrel Revue (all season) The New Minstrel Revue has traveled all across America sharing their unique mixture of original and traditional music to exited and appreciative audiences. 2 Noisy Knights (all season) 2 Noisy Knights offer interactive entertainment the entire family can enjoy. With the help of a lot of yarn (over 75 lbs and growing) the “Knights” give a new perspective to familiar, and some not so familiar tales. Ogham (all season except August 18/19) Ogham (pronounced om) features multiinstrumentalists and vocalists T.J. Hull and Amanda Caretta-Hull. Based in Milwaukee, but performing all over the Midwest and beyond, they specialize in highenergy Irish dance music on fiddle and bodhran, and Renaissance period vocals backed by bouzouki. Preshow with Odorferious Thunderbottom At the Front Gate (all season) Start your day at the fair, BEFORE the faire with the preshow provided by Bristol’s “Keeper of the Privies.” Audience participation is just the thing to set the right tone for a wonderful day at the faire, and Odorferious Thunderbottom.
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Bristol Renaissance Faire Privy Council (all season) Saturdays at 4:30pm in the Nobles’ Glade. What does government look like when you are traveling across country with the queen? Is it all hunting and games, or is there actually government work getting accomplished? Privy Council will bring legal issues and concerns forward for decisions to be presented to the queen for her approval or denial. Queen’s Show (all season) Bristol’s Anniversary celebration is interrupted by an unfortunate business matter brought to the table by Don Guerau de Espes del Valle, Ambassador from the Court of Spain. As the Queen and Ambassador work through the issues at hand, we are reminded that the common thread is unity. How we get there is sometimes the challenge. Rambling Sailors (July 7 – Aug 19) Rambling Sailors is a new effort by performers Gregg and Susan Csikos. Both successful soloists in their own right, Gregg and Susan performed for over a decade individually. Now with a combined experience of 25 years on the circuit, a repertoire of hundreds of songs, and harmonies that please the ear and lift the spirit. RenQuest: Ambition Realized (all season) Every plan must come to fruition; for some, they have been planning theirs for years. There is an ominous air about Bristol. Never fear, for you have found new messages upon the “Adventurers Wanted!” board. A hasty scrawl reads: “We must find the items before it’s too late!” An elegant hand pens: “All will be well, trust in the Disciples. Will you help us bring peace?” Yet… something seems very wrong. RenQuest is designed for players age 13+. Sign up for RenQuest at the red vardo from 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., across from the Friends of Faire Garden. RenQuest costs $10 per day to play. Each episode lasts 2-3 hours, can be played at your own pace, and must be completed by 4:30 p.m. to receive your prize. Royal Falconer – Royal Mews Joust Arena (all season) Flight of the Raptor is proud to bring the ancient art of falconry to life. Falconry was not just the “sport of kings” or entertainment for the royal court, it was a way of survival. Join us as we embark upon a journey to understand how these magnificent creatures hunt their prey and discover how the partnership between humans and raptors was forged and spread to all parts of Europe. Sage and Basil, the trolls (all season) Everyone deserves love on a festival day, even the trolls who live under Bristol’s bridges. Sewing Circle (all season) Sundays 4:00 to 4:30 in the Nobles’ Glade. Have you ever wondered what it took to hand sew an Elizabethan shirt or other types of clothing? Ladies from the court will be in the Nobles’ Glade working on current projects, everything from clothing, to hand black work embroidery, to weaving and more.
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Steam Powered Giraffe (Saturday, July 28, at 6:30pm)
Steam Powered Giraffe, the singing musical automatons, are proud to announce their appearance at the Bristol Renaissance Faire during RennCon™! This quirky act combines comedic sketches, improvised android banter, and original music fused with multimedia visuals, billowing steam effects, and robot pantomime. Street Corner Shakespeare (all season) Witness our favorite scenes, monologues, and sonnets that the Bard penned. A different cast every morning, no two shows have ever been the same. Sturdy Beggars Mud Show® – The Mud Pit™ (all season) Celebrating their 40th year anniversary, all we know for sure is that in 1979 The Sturdy Beggars™ first “fell” into their special “field” of “entertainment” somewhere in the rich and tasty top soil of the Midwest. The Bristol Buskin’ Frolic (all season) The merry bande of the Bristol Buskin’ Frolic can be found first dancing a maypole, then performing country dances alongside the nobility at the Maypole Commons. Next you’ll find them about the streets of Bristol, Morris and Irish Step dancing, playing music, performing short plays, and singing. The Guilde of St. Lawrence, (all season) Welcome to the Dirty Duck Inn, finest inn in three counties! Centrally located in the heart of Bristol, right across from the Cheshire Chase Action Stage, The Towne Criers (all season) Listen to the most popular musical tradition of the renaissance, the madrigal. Her majesty has appointed them to pass along the news, they’re doing it in style. Tortuga Twins (Rated PG-13) (July 7 – Aug 12) Playful, bawdy and unabashed, the Tortuga Twins (all three of them) return! Their special blend of stage comedy and audience participation has been labeled “Asthma-Attack Inducingly Funny.” Be warned. Washing Well Wenches (all season) The Washing Well Wenches take up residence in Bristol to earn a living by cleaning laundry… or by marrying a wealthy man. This naughty and tempestuous twoseome will win your hearts with a rollicking, laughfilled, one of a kind show! Weapons of War (all season) Your Bristol Trayn’d Bande is ready to take on any foe! We’ll show you how to do it too, if only our Captain and Lieutenant can agree on the best soldier for the job. Comedy and violence erupt as the battle between Pike, Shotte, and Cavalry takes place! Wine and Alchemy (July 7/8, 14/15, 21/22, 28/29) Wine and Alchemy is a unique world music band, performing original and traditional music derived from a wide variety of times and cultures including Greek, Roma (Gypsy), Celtic, Medieval European, French, Sephardic, Turkish, Scandinavian, and others.