About Us

The Naughty Minstrels are a Renaissance-period musical ensemble providing songs, improvisation and interaction at historically-themed market faires. Appearing as wandering minstrels or as historical Poets and Playwrights, we play dozens of period and original songs and bring music to every corner of the village, from stages and streets to shady bowers, ale stands, wine stands and craft booths, and have performed at numerous events over the past several years.

We are also available for private engagements upon request.

If you have an event or occasion for which you desire entertainment, please click on the 'contact us' link for more information.

 

Past appearances: Anderson Celtic Festival (Anderson, CA) The Central Coast Renaissance Festival (San Luis Obispo, CA) The Danville Renaissance Fair (Danville, CA) The Fair Oaks Tudor Fayre (Fair Oaks, CA) The Golden Gate Renaissance Festival (San Francisco, CA) The Heart of the Forest Renaissance Faires (South Lake Tahoe and Novato, CA) The Northern California Renaissance Faire (Hollister, CA) The Renaissance Pleasure Faires (Hollister and Devore, CA) Kinky Salon(San Francisco, CA) Pembrook Renaissance Faire (Carson City, NV) Folsom Renaissance Faire (Folsom, CA) Our Songs The Naughty Minstrels perform a variety of period, original and other musical pieces, including a number of instrumental compositions. Many of our songs are traditional folks songs from the 17th, 16th, and prior centuries. These include: A-Rovin' (Amsterdam Maid) Bedlam Boys Drunken Sailor Greensleeves A Health to the Company I Once Loved a Lass John Barleycorn Let Union Be A Lusty Young Smith Mary Mac Poor Bird Prickle Holly Bush (Hangman) Scarborough Fair Spanish Ladies Three Jolly Coachmen ...and many others.

Special Thanks Along our journey through the musical mists of time we have been assisted by many people including those listed below and would like to thank them for their kindnesses and selfless assistance. You may clicks on some of the names below to link to them or their organizations: Bill Watters - www.stamaria.com Bob and Terri Crabbe Damien Gonzales Daniel I. Briggs David Carter Deirdre Clyde Dogs in Doublets Doug Chorpenning The Guild of Saint Cuthbert - www.stcuthbertsguild.com The Guild of Saint Ursula Guy and Frieda Jones History Revisited - www.hisrev.org Honor Enterprises, LLC John Bachellor Kathy Kingman Marooned - www.marooned-lv.com Molly Drew Naughty Bits - www.naughtybits.org Play Faire Productions - www.norcalrenfaire.org Raelynn DeBone Ric Zegri Rory Dafoe Rose Carlyle Sandi Graham Stark Ravens - www.starkravens.com Suzanne Honor Jeff Houston & Family Kate Christ Stefanie Gold Casey Davis Joseph Paganucci Jessie Horack Steve Hinkle Mark and Sandi Tunison Ragani Harris Devon Boyd The Traveller's Union - www.travellersunion.org