Five weekends of revelry and merriment

Music, stage performances, jousting, hound coursing, living history demonstrations, and more! Explore the many things to do and see around our fair village of Staffordshire.

Archery Through the Ages
All Weekends.

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

Blue Run Jousting Troupe
Performing All Weekends.

Fine knights and noble steeds demonstrating knightly skills.

Dinty the Moor
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.

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Bad Idea Entertainment

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

Bone & String

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.

Fletcher Moone & the Culture of Beer

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!

Kathy Harkness, Celtic Harper

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

Maugorn The Stray

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

Pilgrims of the Deep Run

The Pilgrims of Deep Run are a Baltimore-based Irish Trad group. Bridging a range of dance tunes and pub songs, the Pilgrims give a high energy show with an emphasis on audience engagement. Members switch between voice, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, bodhrán, bones, bouzouki, and tin whistle, delivering lively new arrangements of this heritage music. At festivals, weddings, private events, or a festive night in the pub, the Pilgrims of Deep Run draw every listener into the tradition.

Sibling Ryvalrie

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

Token Entertainment

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.

The Gwendolyn Show

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!

We May Be Minstrels

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

Knightwings

Knightwings Birds of Prey is a traveling free flight Birds of Prey show that has been entertaining and educating thousands of people for over 20 years. Master Falconer Ash Cary also operates a 501c3 non-profit conservation organization called One World Raptor Conservancy which operates on three continents.

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