Sherwood Players Cast Show - Especially great for kids



Hey KIDS! Robin Hood’s trusty troubadour, Alan a Dale, plays ballads of adventure and daring-do at The Faery Forest Stage and around town. He can also be found at The Three Stags Pub getting very Irish! 

Now all season and with the Brobdingnagian Bards Apr 2 - 10



Andrew McKee roams the stages and lanes, playing Irish music and jamming with friends. On our 5^th and 6^th weekends Andrew will join Marc Gunn for 4 special performances as the Brobdingnagian Bards!

Apr 3 – 11 & May 1 – 23 - Adults only for 30-Dirty shows



Join The Bedlam Bards for some unrefined chuckles and fine Celtic music at The Three Stags Pub for their 30-dirty 18-and-up shows. You’ll also catch them at other small stages around the faire!

Bettina Bawdeville

Apr 9 - 24



This bawdy bard hath bemused many a barroom with scandalous songs and unabashed brazen banter. Catch a bit of her naughtiness at The Three Stags Pub on Sherwood’s final three weekends.   

Brobdingnagian Bards

Apr 2 - 10



Once upon a time… Brobdingnagian Bards, a fine Celtic duo, performed all over the known world. Now reunited, Marc Gunn and Andrew McKee play on Sherwood’s 5^th and 6^th weekends at The Lionheart Tavern. 

Apr 9 - 24



The CRAIC Show always brings a fresh, high-energy blend of World Medieval Music. Come hear them for yourself on Sherwood’s final 3 weekends at The Greenwoode Theatre.

Drum Jam with Joachin & Ben Jammin

Follow the sound of drums to the Seven Sisters Sacred Stone Circle. Joachin and Ben Jammin hold drum circles throughout the day, and an epic Drum Jam near day’s end. Bring your own drum and join in!

Now at The McGillicuddy Stage

The Dublin Harpers family band is made up of kids, young adults, and a very cool Mom and Dad who design and build their own instruments. Come hear them make music together every day at The McGillicuddy Stage!

Mar 5-6 and Mar 26-27 

                                                                                            

Ermagerd the Bard presents serious history and silly songs. Live animal noises may occur, and old dead languages may come to life. Come sing along with this Medieval Encyclopedia of Bardic knowledge!

Limited Engagement

A romantic Spaniard who serenades ladies and couples in hopes of earning a few doubloons. Find him with his yearning Spanish Guitar on Sherwood’s smaller stages or out and about busking the lanes. 

The Great Antone with Blanka the Bubblady Fae

This nomadic musician of distant Darbukistan drums for the Joust, the Parade, and the Castle Siege. Also look for him playing Bouzouki at The Villager’s Square, accompanied by Blanka the Bubblady Fae. 

Absent Mar 18 - 20



Gunnar Sølberg plays upbeat traditional music to warm the heart on his old-world mandolin. Find him at The Horseman Stage and other small venues around the faire every weekend but Mar 18 - 20.

Apr 3 – 11 & May 1 – 23

Hands of Fatima belly dancers spin, sway, and swirl for you as their ensemble of Bohemian minstrels translate these alluring dances into song. Just follow their magical rhythms to the Elven Hill Stage.

Now all Season!

The inheritance embodies the spirit of the Romani people as they’ve inherited their music from all over the world. They WILL get your feet moving all season long at Sherwood’s Elven Hill Stage! 

Istanpitta

Mar 5 - 6



Istanpitta perform early music of the 10^th to 14^th centuries, including traditional Middle Eastern dance tunes. This lively trio, led by the incomparable Al Cofrin, play a variety of Medieval musical instruments. Join them on Sherwood’s first weekend at The Lionheart Tavern!

Now all season!



The Jackdaws return to The Lionheart Tavern for Sherwood’s full season. More Irish than a drunken row and a darned site messier! Meet the Jackdaws at King Richard’s favorite watering hole, right around the corner from the Joust Arena.

Lady Prudence, Court Composer

Apr 9 - 24



Lady Prudence is in a perpetual state of picnicking and welcomes you into her character-driven, interactive musical circle of jaunty whistle and sprightly ukulele in a continuous show for all ages. 

Apr 2 - 10 – Also playing with Andrew McKee as Brobdingnagian Bards



Marc Gunn, the “Celtfather”, returns to our forest with his autoharp for two weekends of the faire. Hear Marc’s colourful wisdom of all things Celtic, Comic, and CAT, and enjoy rare performances with the Brobdingnagian Bards! 

Now at The Greenwoode Theatre, Master bones and his crew of hungry head-hunters shall serenade you with Celtic-based pirate jam music every day of the festival. Come join in the feast! 

Opal and Jade: Off Colored Treasures

PG and R-Rated shows

Bawdy singing sisters Opal and Jade return to Sherwood this season with more witty songs of saucy adventures and affairs of the heart – now at the bottom of the hill at The Three Stags Pub. 

Limited engagement

Find Erik Teixeira, international man of mystery, and his oud (Middle Eastern lute) at the Haven Hill Coffee and Hookah Lounge and at various stages around the village on select weekends of the faire. 

Mar 5 - 20

Steady as She Goes! Visit the Highlands with the dulcet and robust sounds of the Scottish bagpipes. Hear Piper Gunn at The Horseman Stage and marching the high roads and low roads of Sherwood Forest.

Pluma Washby

New This Season!



Wife of Abraham the Rose-seller, Pluma always needs more yarn and thread for the tapestries she weaves as she sings to anyone who cares to listen. Please show her some kindness if you enjoy her song!

Port O'Thority

New this season! Mar 12 - Apr 3



Performing on Sherwood’s 2nd through 5th weekends, Port O'Thority is a musical journey with Celtic, Pirate, and World Folk influenced music and stories celebrating our past, mourning our losses, and looking forward to who we will become. Welcome to the show! Sláinte!! 

Rover's Way Presents: The Pride of Ireland Show

Mar 26 – Apr 3

Matthew Young delivers a wide musical repertoire, from toe tapping pub songs to heartwarming ballads. And Keira Rose wields the famous Deck of Many Sings, the classic Irish whistle, and of course her charming vocals to bring something unique to every set.

The Roxlovians

Mar 12 - 13



Ky Hote, the “Most Dangerous Guitar Player”, and the incomparable Lauren Morris on fiddle team up for a weekend of The Roxlovians, an upbeat jig-worthy duo that will put the soul of music in your heart. 

The Pirates of Sherwood have befriended a special team of cohorts: a group of medieval belly dancers! See them sway to the sounds of amazing music and drums at the Pirate Territory Stage.

Apr 9 - 24



Dressed in kilts and suggestive smirks, Tartanic gives its audiences a barrage of sound with the HOTTEST of Highland drums and bagpipes. Hear them, see them, FEEL them on the final three weekends at the Elven Hill Stage.

Tip the Velvet

When Giacomo the Jester takes a break from juggling, he straps on his guitar and keeps bringing smiles to your faces with a little help from his friends in Tip the Velvet, playing original and traditional songs. 

This Medieval trio of merry minstrels cannot make up their mind which instruments they like to play the best, so they just play as many as they can get their hands on! Harps, bagpipes, recorders, and more!

Vince Conaway, a musician and composer, can be found performing a wide variety of music on hammered dulcimer at the Three Stags Pub, The Grove Stage, and along the lanes of Sherwood Forest.

Worthy Waites of Whimsey

Mar 26 - 27

Hear ye! Hear ye! Behold, the return of Worthy Waites of Whimsey at The Horseman Stage on Sherwood’s 4^th weekend. This early-music wind and cello ensemble are right out of the Middle Ages. Tarry awhile to enjoy their melodies and let your cares waft away on the breeze.

Wolgemut

Now all Season at The Lionheart Tavern and The Greenwoode Theatre



Wolgemut! provide high quality entertainment guaranteed to leave the audience "in a good mood", which happens to be the translation of Wolgemut! These entertainers can be found performing at The Lionheart Tavern and The Greenwoode Theatre.