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"out at" R e n F a i r e  

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   Barely Balanced (all season)
Bristol’s favorite masters of acrobatic comedy have
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT come home to roost, climb, balance and amaze!
Adam Crack: Fire Whip (all season) Performing acrobatic feats that you will see nowhere
Holder of SEVEN Guinness Book World Records, Adam else, as well as their end of day fire show, Barely
Crack’s skills are unrivaled anywhere. Adam performs Balanced must not be missed!
sophisticated, high-energy routines, featuring his own
dry humor in spoken material, anecdotes, historical or Belly Dance With The Great Antone (all season)
educational stories. And yes, there is always room for Performing with authentic instruments that date
audience participation, so come prepared! from before the Renaissance, the exotic sounds and
Aerial Silk Fantasy (July 14 – Aug 19) hypnotic dance will sweep you away to distant lands
Lauryn Murray graces the floor and nimbly climbs the where poets found solace and inspiration in moonlit
precarious heights of silk, appearing as though gravity rose gardens. 
were merely a suggestion, not reality. Lauryn’s beauty,
grace and skill will awe the young and old alike as she Billy Miller & Misti Bernard
floats effortlessly 30 feet above Shakespeare’s Meadow (July 7/8, August 11/12, 18/19, 25/26)
near the RenQuest™ encampment. 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.

At Your Service (all season) Bounding Main
Bristol’s very own home grown Commedia dell’Arte (July 7/8, 28/29 and August 25/26 ONLY)
troupe is back! These comedic actors perform Bounding Main is a costumed vocal group that sings
traditional slapstick comedy in character masks as the richly harmonic versions of traditional maritime songs.
stock archetypes that resonate to this day. They sing, Their shows are filled with spirit, humor and harmony;
they dance, they throw tantrums, they scheme… Join their arrangements of traditional nautical music bring
the Bugia family (imported all the way from Pesto, Italy) the listener into the world of pirates and adventure.
for their stage shows throughout the season.
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Bristol Renaissance Faire  Courtly Fashion (all season)

Breakfast With Brass (all season) Saturday and Sunday from 3:30 to 4pm in the Nobles’
Start the morning off with an infusion of music that will Glade. Have you ever wondered how many layers
carry you throughout the day. Bristol’s Royal Brass is a the nobles are really wearing? Why do certain nobles
team of master musicians who play their way through wear certain items? How long does it take to put all of
a morning set that both provokes and invigorates. that stuff on? All of these questions and more will be
Awaken the dawn and have cup of Breakfast with the answered during this time period.
Brass. Craig of Farrington (all season)
Bristol Rovers (all season) A wandering minstrel, specializing in love songs and
Bringing you song, dance and music from their many bawdy songs. Craig of Farrington has been a fixture
travels abroad the Rovers have stopped in Bristol for of Bristol since our inaugural season and continues
the festival day! Watch for their colorful twirling skirts to delight lovers and sweethearts with songs to bring
so you don’t miss then as they sweep through the them closer together.
streets. Cutlass Cooking (all season)
Broon (July 7/8, August 25/26, and Sept. 1/2/3) Place pirates, a chest, and cooking utensils on a stage.
Broon brings a conversational style to the variety Mix well and let form into outrageous comedy!
comedy world with less emphasis on corny gags and Dan the Bard
empty flash and more on audience interaction and (July 7/8, 14/15, 21/22, 28/29, & August 11/12)
personality. Teller of tales, singer of songs, master of musical humor
By the Sword (all season) Dan walks the land, singing songs, telling tales, and
Come, heroes and villains alike, and prepare yourselves doing good deeds. Listen to the tale of the “Drunken
for lighting fast steel and razor sharp wit! Since its Gnome Illusionist.” Learn why a mouse, a bird, and a
beginning, sausage are doomed to death!
Chalk Artist (all season) Danse Macabre (all season weather permitting)
Bristol’s own Magdalena daVinci returns for her third The Danse Macabre at Bristol is a faithful reenactment
year! Join the incredibly talented and self taught chalk of this tradition.  As the characters in the allegory of the
artist as she creates massive works of art! Danse come from all walks of life, the performers of the
Christophe the Insultor (Aug. 18/19 & 25/26) Danse are drawn from across all of Bristol’s participants.  
If you cannot say something nice about someone, Ded Bob Sho (Rated PG-13) (July 7 – 29)
give the job of insulting to a trained professional. “Hey Audience!” Announcing the return of the Ded Bob
Christophe’s lightning fast, acerbic wit devastates his Sho! The hardest working cadaver in show business is
targets back with all matters bawdy and profane.
Cirque du Sewer (July 7 – 29) Dirk & Guido: The Swordsmen (all season)
The world’s only acrobat, rat, and confused cat show! Blades flash in the sunlight and the cry of “What ho!”
Welcome Cirque du Sewer this July for the most unique echoes through the air. Dirk & Guido: The Swordsmen,
comedy acrobatics that must be seen to be believed! return to Bristol for their twenty-second season of
Clan Tynker (August 11 – September 3) flashing steel, daring do and the wooing of women.
An enchanting kaleidoscope of skills from around Bold and Stupid Men at your Service! 
the world performed to live music. An impressive The Mighty Drum Jam with The Great Antone (all
variety of juggling skills, stage magic, comedy, Central season) This is the roaring crescendo of a day at Bristol,
Asian/Middle Eastern dance, sword swallowing, fire- where the thunder of drums fuses with the crashing
eating and tight-wire walking with an accompanying waves of dance to form the sound and fury that is the
musical soundscape played on an eclectic variety of Bristol Drum Jam.
instruments . Dylan Robertson (all season)
Country Dancing (all season) Dylan Robertson (Chicago Based Arne Parrott) began
Can you hear the beat of the drums, the violin or writing music when he realized he just wasn’t cool
perhaps the soaring notes of a flute? It must be time for enough for sports and had nothing to write home
country dancing with the Dirty Duck Inn! about in the “personal appearance” department.
Court of Common Pleas (all season) Eddie Jeff Cahill (July 14 – 29)
Laugh your way to the stocks as Bristol’s Guilde Masters Songs, stories and tall tales tumble from his lips like
hear the many zany crimes committed on this festival barrels over a waterfall, shattering rings & staves on the
day and hand out their special brand of justice. No water. A True Wandering Minstrel!
crime, however small or obscure, will be ignored while Fantastikals (all season)
the Queen is in the city. The Fantastikals bring magic, wonder, and surprise
to the town of Bristol!  The Queen’s visit loosens the
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elementals, and spirit archetypes materialize, their

supernatural energy swirling through the town, and Manticore Consort (all season)
manifesting a magical forest right at the heart of Share a musical moment with the Manticore Consort
everyday Bristol. as they travel the lanes of Bristol presenting a magical
Gabriel Q (all season) blend of music performed on an intriguing array of
Gabriel Q is a puppeteer, costume and puppet builder ancient musical instruments including the hurdy-
and a variety performer. gurdy, gemshorn, recorders and more!
How Not to Die! (all season) Menage a Moi: 7 Deadly Sins (Rated R) (all
Whether its succumbing to disease or getting three season) “Dirty comedy, clean booze.  Booze costs
feet of steel thrust at you, health and wellness in the extra.”  Menage a Moi – 7 Deadly Sins is the bawdy
16th Century can be hard work! comedy experience your mother warned you about. 
How Weapons Work (all season) Raise a pint, sing along, and enjoy the show!
The Bristol Trayn’d Bande takes you on a journey through MooNie the Magnif’Cent (all season)
history showcasing how weapons and armor work. Enchanting audiences for over 20 years without saying
Iris & Rose – (Rated R)(all season) so much as a word, MooNie is the undisputed master
Iris & Rose – Wild & Thorny! is a naughty, bawdy, comedy of Bristol’s Globe stage. MooNie presents a show
experience. that combines classic clowning, slack rope work and
Iron Hill Vagabonds (all season) enough comedy to leave you gasping for breath. Enter
Iron Hill Vagabonds is an acoustic music duo the mind of MooNie.  
performing a mix of traditional and original Musical Blades (Aug 11/12 & 18/19)
instrumental pieces and songs. This material includes Since the turn of the century, this fearless band of
Celtic fiddle tunes, traditional American, English and misfit rogues has been terrorizing and delighting the
Irish songs from many eras. Midwest with a unique blend of hilarity and harmonies.
Ivanovich! (all season) The Musical Blades have spent the last 13 years
He will read your mind, multiply your money, and metal bringing soaring vocals and vibrant performances to
objects twist with the power of thought. countless renaissance festivals and clubs in 11 states
The Jackdaws (August 25/26 & Sept. 1/2/3) across the country’s midsection.
The Jackdaws deliver original, contemporary, and Nazario Chickpeazio (all season)
traditional Irish Rock to audiences across the land. Nazario Chickpeazio, Chicken Troubadour
  Extraordinaire, will be visiting Bristol this season. While
Jeremiah Wiggins, Politician for the Faeries & the touring the busy lanes of Bristol, just keep a look out
Raven (all season except August 4/5) For over two for his gypsy wagon and belly dance chickens, or
decades Joshua Safford has been mesmerizing and listen for his lovely Oud and Lute music. He wishes to
tickling the imagination of Renaissance and Faerie assure everyone that your chickens are safe, he is not a
festival patrons in the streets across the country under chicken thief, it is not his fault he is a chick magnet.
the guises of the Raven and Jeremiah Wiggin. New Minstrel Revue (all season)
Jock Stewart (all season except Aug 4/5, Aug 25/26, The New Minstrel Revue has traveled all across America
and Sept 1/2/3) Music hath charms to soothe a savage sharing their unique mixture of original and traditional
breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. music to exited and appreciative audiences.
Johnathan Blackquill – Aspiring Playwright (all 2 Noisy Knights (all season)
season) Could he be the next Shakespeare? Probably 2 Noisy Knights offer interactive entertainment the
not. Join Johnathan in his quest to become the next entire family can enjoy. With the help of a lot of yarn
great Elizabethan playwright. Using your help and (over 75 lbs and growing) the “Knights” give a new
suggestions, watch him (and maybe a friend or two) perspective to familiar, and some not so familiar tales.
attempt to create the greatest play ever written. Ogham (all season except August 18/19)
The Jousters (all season) Ogham (pronounced om) features multi-
The Jousters are excited to bring their fully armored, instrumentalists and vocalists T.J. Hull and Amanda
hard-hitting and wholly unique style of jousting to Caretta-Hull. Based in Milwaukee, but performing all
Bristol again in 2018. over the Midwest and beyond, they specialize in high-
Lady Ettie – Lady Ettie’s “Me Place” (all season) energy Irish dance music on fiddle and bodhran, and
Join Lady Ettie for her version of tea-time as she takes a Renaissance period vocals backed by bouzouki.
well-deserved break from her self-appointed position Preshow with Odorferious Thunderbottom At
as Bristol’s welcoming committee. the Front Gate (all season) Start your day at the fair,
] BEFORE the faire with the preshow provided by Bristol’s
The Lynx Show (all season except August 4/5, 11/12, “Keeper of the Privies.” Audience participation is just
18/19) The Lynx Show is a unique blend of magic, the thing to set the right tone for a wonderful day at
sword swallowing, and comedy. Lynx is a veteran when the faire, and Odorferious Thunderbottom.
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Bristol Renaissance Faire   Steam Powered Giraffe (Saturday, July 28, at 6:30pm)
Steam Powered Giraffe, the singing musical
Privy Council (all season) automatons, are proud to announce their appearance
Saturdays at 4:30pm in the Nobles’ Glade. What at the Bristol Renaissance Faire during RennCon™! This
does government look like when you are traveling quirky act combines comedic sketches, improvised
across country with the queen? Is it all hunting and android banter, and original music fused with
games, or is there actually government work getting multimedia visuals, billowing steam effects, and robot
accomplished? Privy Council will bring legal issues and pantomime. 
concerns forward for decisions to be presented to the
queen for her approval or denial. Street Corner Shakespeare (all season)
Queen’s Show (all season) Witness our favorite scenes, monologues, and sonnets
Bristol’s Anniversary celebration is interrupted by an that the Bard penned. A different cast every morning,
unfortunate business matter brought to the table no two shows have ever been the same.
by Don Guerau de Espes del Valle, Ambassador from
the Court of Spain. As the Queen and Ambassador Sturdy Beggars Mud Show® – The Mud Pit™ (all season)
work through the issues at hand, we are reminded Celebrating their 40th year anniversary, all we know for
that the common thread is unity. How we get there is sure is that in 1979 The Sturdy Beggars™ first “fell” into
sometimes the challenge. their special “field” of “entertainment” somewhere in
Rambling Sailors (July 7 – Aug 19) the rich and tasty top soil of the Midwest.
Rambling Sailors is a new effort by performers Gregg
and Susan Csikos. Both successful soloists in their own The Bristol Buskin’ Frolic (all season)
right, Gregg and Susan performed for over a decade The merry bande of the Bristol Buskin’ Frolic can
individually. Now with a combined experience of 25 be found first dancing a maypole, then performing
years on the circuit, a repertoire of hundreds of songs, country dances alongside the nobility at the Maypole
and harmonies that please the ear and lift the spirit. Commons. Next you’ll find them about the streets of
RenQuest: Ambition Realized (all season) Bristol, Morris and Irish Step dancing, playing music,
Every plan must come to fruition; for some, they have performing short plays, and singing.
been planning theirs for years. There is an ominous
air about Bristol. Never fear, for you have found new The Guilde of St. Lawrence, (all season)
messages upon the “Adventurers Wanted!” board. A Welcome to the Dirty Duck Inn, finest inn in three
hasty scrawl reads: “We must find the items before it’s counties! Centrally located in the heart of Bristol, right
too late!” An elegant hand pens: “All will be well, trust across from the Cheshire Chase Action Stage,
in the Disciples. Will you help us bring peace?”Yet…
something seems very wrong. RenQuest is designed The Towne Criers (all season)
for players age 13+. Sign up for RenQuest at the red Listen to the most popular musical tradition of the
vardo from 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., across from the Friends renaissance, the madrigal. Her majesty has appointed
of Faire Garden. RenQuest costs $10 per day to play. them to pass along the news, they’re doing it in style.
Each episode lasts 2-3 hours, can be played at your Tortuga Twins (Rated PG-13) (July 7 – Aug 12)
own pace, and must be completed by 4:30 p.m. to Playful, bawdy and unabashed, the Tortuga Twins (all
receive your prize. three of them) return! Their special blend of stage
Royal Falconer – Royal Mews Joust Arena (all season) comedy and audience participation has been labeled
Flight of the Raptor is proud to bring the ancient art “Asthma-Attack Inducingly Funny.” Be warned.  
of falconry to life. Falconry was not just the “sport of
kings” or entertainment for the royal court, it was a Washing Well Wenches (all season)
way of survival. Join us as we embark upon a journey The Washing Well Wenches take up residence in Bristol
to understand how these magnificent creatures hunt to earn a living by cleaning laundry… or by marrying
their prey and discover how the partnership between a wealthy man. This naughty and tempestuous
humans and raptors was forged and spread to all parts twoseome will win your hearts with a rollicking, laugh-
of Europe. filled, one of a kind show!
Sage and Basil, the trolls (all season)
Everyone deserves love on a festival day, even the trolls Weapons of War (all season)
who live under Bristol’s bridges. Your Bristol Trayn’d Bande is ready to take on any foe!
Sewing Circle (all season) We’ll show you how to do it too, if only our Captain and
Sundays 4:00 to 4:30 in the Nobles’ Glade. Have Lieutenant can agree on the best soldier for the job.
you ever wondered what it took to hand sew an Comedy and violence erupt as the battle between Pike,
Elizabethan shirt or other types of clothing? Ladies Shotte, and Cavalry takes place!
from the court will be in the Nobles’ Glade working
on current projects, everything from clothing, to hand Wine and Alchemy (July 7/8, 14/15, 21/22, 28/29)
black work embroidery, to weaving and more. 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.

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