The LimeyBirds Love, Laughs and Limes What happens when you get three classically trained singers together at a Ren Faire? They invent the group called the LimeyBirds. Always, sweet always on key and always sans0music, this crowd pleasing group is a little bawdy, very funny and they are...
Fire-Eating
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Fire-Eating I am a sucker for carny and sideshow acts! I love them and as any of you who are faithful readers will know I am jealous of jugglers and want to be one myself (making me the world’s first.. self-loathing-juggler). I also think I would dig learning how to be a...
RESCU Foundation
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RESCU Foundation Renaissance Entertainers Services and Crafters United The more I Learn about the Renaissance Festival community the more and more impressed I am. For instance take the RESCU Foundation. Here is the synopsis of their goal from their own website: The RESCU Foundation is a...
Lady Ettie
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Lady Ettie Storyteller and Courtly Manner Expert Lady Ettie is another one of those character performers that you will catch working the lanes at the faire and possible on stage as well. Telling storys, interacting with the kids and of course performing in her own shows, Lady Ettie is a...
Buckle and Swash
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Buckle and Swash Pirate comedy, sword fighting and other… stuff! One of my favorite shows at the Tennessee Renaissance Festival is Buckle and Swash. Captain Red Swash Rogers and Mr Jiff Buckle take the stage for comedy, high-jinx, sword fighting and much more. There will be some...
Christophe the Insul...
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Christophe the Insultor Verbal Mercenary and Comedian Have you ever needed a professional insultor? I know I have. If you are a Rennie or if you followthe Ren Faire circuit, you may have seen one of the best professional insultors working today: Christophe the Insultor! This...
Nickel Shakespeare G...
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Nickel Shakespeare Girls Sounds Serious I am a street performer junkie. There is something about the living scenery that the street performer provides that just gets me in the mood to roam around the faire. The Nickel Shakespeare Girls are some of the best. Performing Shakespeare in...
Renaissance Festival Podcast
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Renaissance Festival Podcast The Best of Renaissance Festivals in a Podcast, Twice a Month Here is one of the things that keeps me going throughout the week, especially on those weeks where I know that I am not going to be attending a Renaissance Festival: The Renaissance Festival Podcast (RFP). The Ren Fest Podcast is my link with all those things Rennie during the week. I get to kick back and geek out with people that not only love Ren Faires but they have a connection to the artists and faires that goes beyond the mundane and the fan-side of things. Marc Gunn and his crew bring the best Ren Faire entertainment to the podcast and...
Three Quarters Ale
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Three Quarters Ale Celtic-Folk – Ren-Rock Three Quarters Ale is a “Ren-Rock” band that is based out of Atlanta, GA. The blend the feel of a 17th-century madrigal and traditional Celtic favorites with folk-rock for a sound that they have dubbed Ren-Rock. They live up to...
Marc Gunn
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Marc Gunn The Celtfather Marc Gunn is a Celtic American musician first and foremost. Give him an auto-harp (his instrument of choice), a kilt and a crowd and you will find a group of entertained people that are having a blast listening to Marc sing, play and geek out about his favorite topic: Celtic music. Marc has an encyclopedic knowledge of pub songs, all things Celtic, hobbits, sci-fi conventions and of course hosts some of the biggest podcasts about Rennies and Ren Faire related material on the web. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is the host and creator of three of the best podcasts on the web: Marc Gunn’s Pub Song...
The Jayna Lee Show
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The Jayna Lee Show May all your days be circus days! The first time I saw Jayna Lee perform was at a the Georgia Renaissance Festival where she was on stage with her husband, Dextre Tripp. She is enchanting, hugely talented and will amaze you with the diversity of her talents. I was...
Iron Hill Vagabonds
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Iron Hill Vagabonds Ehrich & Mark Gauvin The Iron Hill Vagabonds (IHV) consist of two brothers that bring their own style to Celtic / Folk music. Combing traditional music from Celtic and Renaissance times, they explore the full breadth of their musical abilities. As you listen to them...
Flying Debris Show
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Fly Debris Show – Todd Key Comedic Juggler Tod Key is the creator and star of the Flying Debris Show. This show is one of the ‘don’t miss’ entertainment events at Ren Faires throughout the country. Todd is a juggler, comedian, storyteller and creator of countless...
Coyote Run
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Coyote Run A powerful and compelling blend of Celtic legend, literature and song. First something sad to report: these amazingly talented musicians are disbanding. Yes, Rennies, Coyote Run is breaking up after 12 years. It is also sad that I had not heard of them until recently, as...
Axel the Sot
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Axel the Sot The Original Drunken Sailor As a lad, Axel was abducted by pirates and for four years he was their slave aboard ship. During that time his defense mechanism was to sing songs and make jokes. He found that the more entertaining he was, the less the pirates flogged him. After...
