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.

Schedule of Events:

May 10-11, 2025

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

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.

Martika

Martika graces the audience with her witty humor and playful charm. Don’t let this fool you…She is a traveling pirate that takes the audience on a journey through her death defying adventures. Martika entertains with barbed wire hula hooping, human cutting board, swallowing swords and more. Martika is also known for incorporating informative and uplifting messages into her performances.
No matter how terrifying a goal may be, it is achievable. Her spectacular show will leave them asking. How did she do that!? I want to see more!

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.

Tower Green

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

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. Happening on May 11, 2025

May 17-18, 2025

Bad Idea Entertainment

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

Bard City

We welcome you to Bard City. We hope you’ll decide to stick around! Bard City is a fantasy folk rock table top rpg band who sings about the power of friendship (and sometimes violence).

Circus Stella

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

Euterpea

Euterpea Fantasy Flute invites you to explore your imagination with creative, improvised flute music incorporating classical flute, alto and bass flute, bamboo flutes, and wooden flutes paired with effects pedals to create a fantasy soundscape like no other.

Kathy Harkness, Celtic Harper

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

Martika

Martika graces the audience with her witty humor and playful charm. Don’t let this fool you…She is a traveling pirate that takes the audience on a journey through her death defying adventures. Martika entertains with barbed wire hula hooping, human cutting board, swallowing swords and more. Martika is also known for incorporating informative and uplifting messages into her performances.
No matter how terrifying a goal may be, it is achievable. Her spectacular show will leave them asking. How did she do that!? I want to see more!

Maugorn The Stray

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

Sibling Ryvalrie

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

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.

May 24-25, 2025

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.

Circus Stella

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

Calico Jenny – Janie Meneely and Rob Van SanteCalico Jenny

Janie and Rob singing songs culled from maritime traditions old and new. Music, merriment and a little mayhem.

Dash Rippington’s Dangerously Stupid Show

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.

Euterpea

Euterpea Fantasy Flute invites you to explore your imagination with creative, improvised flute music incorporating classical flute, alto and bass flute, bamboo flutes, and wooden flutes paired with effects pedals to create a fantasy soundscape like no other.

The Pyrates Royale

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

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.

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.

May 31 - June 1, 2025

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!

Euterpea

Euterpea Fantasy Flute invites you to explore your imagination with creative, improvised flute music incorporating classical flute, alto and bass flute, bamboo flutes, and wooden flutes paired with effects pedals to create a fantasy soundscape like no other.

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.

June 7-8, 2025

Bad Idea Entertainment

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

Baldrik the Balladeer

Euterpea

Euterpea Fantasy Flute invites you to explore your imagination with creative, improvised flute music incorporating classical flute, alto and bass flute, bamboo flutes, and wooden flutes paired with effects pedals to create a fantasy soundscape like no other.

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.

Shake, Rattle and Rogue

With Celtic roots, “Shake, Rattle, and Rogue,” will entertain you with the traditional songs you know and love with some fun surprises in the mix too!

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!

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.

Unquiet Grave

Unquiet Grave brings to life historic ballads and folklore with reimagined and theatrical performances which transport audiences into a fantasy realm of yore.

We May Be Minstrels

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

Date:
May 10-11, 2025
May 17-18, 2025
May 24-25, 2025
May 31 - June 1, 2025
June 7-8, 2025

Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm

Location: Lake Anna Winery, 5621 Courthouse Road Spotsylvania, VA 22553

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