Overview
The Bristol Renaissance Faire is an American theme park that portrays the English seaport town of Bristol during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. For 35 years the festival, which operates during the summer months only, has featured a number of living history characters portraying key maritime figures such as Raleigh, Drake, Frobisher and Hawkins, among others. For a number of years the ensemble cast (today called “By the Sword”) played the infamous Seadogs, nautical heroes of England.
Along with this theme, the festival has traditionally hired musicians that specialized in maritime music:
- Bounding Main
- Corsairs, The
- Jolly Rogers, The
- Kat Eggleston
- Kyla Mead
- Musical Blades
- Pint & Dale
- Privateer
- Rambling Sailors
- Ship Shape
- Tourdion
- Shanty Shipwreck Show
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Renaissance_Faire
Bounding Main 2003-2019, 2021-2022 The Corsairs 1995 The Jolly Rogers 2003 Kat Eggleston 1996-1999 Pint & Dale 1996-1999 Privateer 1987 Rambling Sailors 2006-2019, 2021-2022 The Shanty Shipwreck Show 2017-2019 Ship Shape 2021-2022 Tourdion 1997-2008, 2010-2011