Captain Kane the Pirate

Captain Kane is a singing pirate operating far from shore in Louisville, Nebraska, USA!

Upcoming appearances for Captain Kane and The Freebooters‘ *so far* in 2026 will be:

Renaissance Festival of Nebraska
May 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 2026
@Bellevue Berry Farm

Midwest Pirate Fest
August 29, 2026
@Bellevue Berry Farm

Captain Kane is the former co-founder and lead singer as Kane of The Jolly Rogers and recorded 14 albums, and wrote songs such as “Beers To You“, “Blackjack Slim’s Cutthroat Inn“, “The Queen Fairy“, and “Dead Men Tell No Tales“.  Captain Kane performed with the JRs at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival from 1990-2023 (33 years), The Oklahoma Renaissance Festival (Castle at Muskogee) for 17 years, as well as other festivals such as Arizona Renaissance Festival, Louisiana Renaissance Festival, Bristol Renaissance Festival, Port Washington Pirate Festival, and The Shanties 2000 International Sea Shanty Festival in Krakow, Poland.

His new group features an array of instruments and vocalists in the classic comedy singing pirate tradition that Captain Kane helped invent.

His music is half-maritime, half-traditional Irish music, with a few originals to booty!