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Who's Who
For social groups, follow the parade....
Performing Groups, Clans, Guilds
& Families:
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M
N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
1476 Staedtisches Aufgebot
, Germany - Recreating Germany of 1476.
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The Academie of Saint Claire
Nevada, USA - Teaching about everyday life in Renaissance Europe (through the use of period food, clothing, music and pasttimes such as games and needlework.The Ambassadors of St. Peter Guilde
California, USA - Papal Ambassadors. Alternately the Pirates of St. Pete.Amblefolke Street Actors Guild
California, USA - Renaissance entertainers, cutpurses, assassins, religious fanatics, beggars, spies, common folk....St. Andrews Noble Order of Noble Scots
California, USA - Mary Queen of Scots and her entourage.Guild of Antares
California, USA - Military guild.Aper Labronicus
, Italy - 12th century military "Free Company".Archers of Ravenwood
California, USA - Mercenary archers band.Arizona Renaissance Guild
Arizona, USA - Renaissance reenactment group.Guild of St. Augustine
California, USA - Elizabethan nobility.The Guild ofSaint Augustine
California, USA - 16th Century Nobility
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Bauer & Bonde
, Germany - Late medieval farmers and merchants.Black Company
California, USA - Medieval mercenaries.Black Gryphon
California, USA - Renaissance privateers.Black Spot Pyracy
California, USA - Golden Age of PiracyBorder League
California, USA - 16th century encampment, from the Marches between England and Scotland.Boteler Household
Warrington, Cheshire, England - Portraying the lives and times of the Boteler family who were the former lords of the manor in Warrington, over the period 1150-1586.Brigantia
Hampshire, England - Iron-Age Celtic Re-enactment Society (1st century BC.)Saint Brigid's Hearth
Washington, USA - Villagers, Peasants and Makers of MischiefBritish Plate Armour Society
, England - Medieval (1300-1485) re-enactment society, with regional units.Buckingham's Retinue
, England - "Wars of the Roses" re-enactment group.
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Cardiff Rose
California, USA - Elizabethan privateers...as a fencing booth.Chessmasters d'Vizcaya
Florida, USA - Living Chess...and other groups...within the Renaissance Historical Society of Florida.Guild of St. Christina the Astonishing
California, USA - Very naughty Elizabethan Puritans.Clan Iain Abrach ~ MacIain
California, USA - 16th century highland re-enactment.Clan MacColin of Glenderry
California, USA - 16th century Highland re-enactment.Clann Fraser of Glenn Orrin
California, USA - 16th century Scottish lord's traveling encampment.la Compagnie des Fer-vetus
, France - Medieval re-enactors and performers.Companie of Yeoman Archers
California, USA - Wars of the Roses longbow archers.Company of Ordinance
, England - Wars of the Roses military re-enactors.The Company of Saynt George
, Switzerland - Small late medieval 15th century military company of castle garrison with its attendant craftsmen and their families. (Great historical newsletter available.)I Conestabili del Finale
, Italy - Mercenaries of 1500-1534.Confrerie de la Malemort
, Belgium - Creator and stager of medieval spectacles and pageantry.Conquest
, England - Society dedicated to recreating as accurately as is realistically possible the Anglo-Norman period of English history from the Battle of Hastings up until the signing of the Magna Carta (1066 to 1215AD).Constables
California (Southern), USA - Elizabethan constables.The Guild of St. Bernard Constables
California (Northern), USA - Elizabethan constables.Corridors of Time (Historical Presentations) Ltd.
West Sussex, England - Educational reenactments from Celtic through WWII.La Corte Delle Spade
, Italy - Italian medieval duels.CROFT-Celtic Reinactment of Fellowship and Trades
Arizona, USA - As an organization, it is our goal to promote fellowship while researching lifestyles and trades concurrent with the Celtic Peoples from 400 BC until 1746 AD.Guild of St. Cuthbert
California, USA - Elizabethan parades and pageants.
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Diamond Rose Academie dArmes
California, USA - The study and practice and fighting systems from the 15th through the 17th centuries, with an emphasis on the sword and historical rapier combatI Difensori della Rocca
, Italy - Medieval swordsmen.
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Guild of St. Electus
California, USA - Pleasure Faire's Elizabethan Puritans.Guild of St. Elizabeth
California, USA - Small faire Elizabethan nobility.English Company of Foote
California, USA - 16th century English garrison stationed along the Scottish border.Essex Medieval Heritage Society
, Canada - Portrays the medieval lifestyle of various cultures dating from 800 AD to 1600 AD.Extreme Productions
Tennessee, USA - Both a performing guild (living chess, tournaments, townfolk) and a management company.
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Fahnlein Kriegshunde
California, USA - Landsknechts (German mercenaries) of the Holy Roman Empire, 1520-1580AD. Part of St. Michael's Guild.
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St. Gabriel's Guild
Nevada, USA - A group of travelers making their way about the British Isles and Europe.Gaddgedlar Historical Re-enactment Society
, Scotland - Medieval and renaissance reenactment society.Gathering of the Gaels
California, USA - Life and times of highland and island Scots of the medieval and renaissance periods.The Gentlemen Adventurers
California, USA - Specializing in first person historical interpretation of various army and naval officers of the English Elizabethan period.Guild of St. George
California, USA - Elizabethan nobility.Guild of St. George of Virginia
Virginia, USA - Elizabethan nobility.Golden Lions of England
, England - Medieval Society, 1361 Order of the Garter and 1461 King's household.Beloved Order of the Greenman
Maryland, USA - An organization dedicated to honoring and promoting the ancient concept of the Greenman; participates in Greenman Marches at various festivals.Grey Company
Western Australia, Australia - Dark Ages (600-1100AD) combat (concentrating on entertainment and education.)les Guerriers d'Avalon (the Warriors of Avalon)
, France - 13th century re-enactors.Guildas Aureas
District of Lisbon, Portugal - 12th - 15th Century Crafts Guilds.Guilde of Sainte Mari
California, USA - A not-for-profit historical reenactment society dedicated to the portrayal of English and French noble class life in the 16th Century during the height of the Renaissance Period.St. Gyles Renaissance Guild
California, USA - Mary Queen of Scots, her court and household.
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Hampton Court
Texas, USA - Henry VIII and his court at Scarborough Faire.Guild of St. Helena
California, USA - Elizabethan peasants and country dancers.Highland Trading Company
California, USA - Scotland based armed merchant maritime shipping company conducting shipping throughout the North Sea, Mediterranean, and the New World in the latter half of the 16th Century.Highlander Warriors - Kingdom of the Gael
California, USA - 14th Century Scottish warriors.Hounds Haven Renaissance Guild
California, USA - Portraying a tavern scene.
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International Brotherhood of Rogues, Scoundrels and Cads
, Worldwide - The name says it all....International Wenches Guild
, Worldwide - For independent, fun-loving women...organized for bawdy musical performances at some faires.Isle of Mann Renaissance Faire Guild
California, USA - We portray King Henry VIII & Queen Catherine, or Queen Elizabeth I, along with members of HRM's court.
We also portray members of the Stanley family; The Earl and Countess of Derby, Lord and Lady Stanley and their extended family, at various renaissance faires and events throughout the state.Saint Ita's of Cill Ide
California, USA - Irish Renaissance guild.St. Ives Historical Society
California, USA - Elizabethan middle class.
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Guilde of St. Katherine's
California, USA - Noble life and lifestyle of the Franco-Italian and English Renaissance period.Kergans Renaissance Guild
California, USA - Portraying the household of the Baron and Baroness of Drumlanrig, we are lowland Scots from the borderlands so we regularly find our selves part of the English and Scottish royal progresses.Knights of Santiago
California, USA - Renaissance re-enactment guild portraing Spain and the Spanish in a truer and more positive light.Knights of Santiago
California, USA - The Knights of Santiago Renaissance Re-enactment Guild grew out of a desire to portray Spain and the Spanish in a truer and more positive light.Kumpania Wispersteppe
Texas, USA - 16th century Gypsies of Scarborough Faire.
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Lances of Brittany
Brittany, France - Mid 15th century military.Die Landen van Herwaerts Over
, The Netherlands - Medieval Society...tailoring, sword-fighting, song and dance.Langbognern
, Germany - Medieval archers and craftsmen.The League of Robin Goodfellow
Northern California, USA - Potray faery creatures from Medieval and Renaissance beliefs.Lion Rampant Medieval Display Society
Buckinghamshire, England - Medieval knightly and courtly life.Lord Burghs Retinue
Lincolnshire, England - Historical interpretation and living history from the Wars of the Roses 1460 - 1496Lord Dacre's Company
California, USA - Tudor England, the household of Lord Dacre.Lord Grey's Retinue
Maryland, USA - Portray members of the Household of Lord Grey of Codnor in England of 1471, during the War of the Roses.Lord Scrope of Boltons Retinue
New York, USA - Retainers of an English Lord of North Yorkshire during the first quarter of the 16th century.Lord Thomas Stanley's Retinue
, England - Wars of the Roses (1450 - 1490) re-enactment group.Guild of San Lorenzo
California, USA - 16th Century Medici family of Florence, Italy.Guild of St. Luke
California, USA - Elizabethan middle class. Our characters range from the lower middle class to upper middle class. Among us are merchants, both well-to-do and not, craftsmen, the ostler (innkeeper), the goodwives and various townsfolk, both ordinary and extraordinary, of our village.
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MacCoulin Bakers and Artisans Guild
Minnesota, USA - Baking and other crafts of the 15th to 16th centuries -- leather crafting and carving, wood working, blacksmithing, chain maille, spinning, weaving and other needle arts to name a few. Participate in faires from California to the midwest.MacCoulin Bakers and Artisans Guild
California, USA - Bakers and ArtisansClan MacGowan
California, USA - Celtic Lifestyle reenactment group.Society of Saint Margaret
Washington, USA - Court of Mary Queen of ScotsGuild of Santa Maria
California, USA - Ambassadorial entourage from the Medici court of the mid 16th century.The Order of Saint Mariens
California, USA - Prussian and Polish nobles on their travels to the Scottish and English Courts in the mid-1500's.Guild of St. Maximilian
California, USA - Landsknecht, circa 1500-1550.The Medieval Combat Society
, England - Combat in the era of Edward III.Medieval Free Company
, England and Wales - Late medieval reenactment.Guild of St. Michael
California, USA - Elizabethan military.Guild of St. Michael - Bristol
Wisconsin, USA - Elizabethan military.Guild of St. Mortimer
California, USA - "The loyal order of minor, un-prepossing merchants, itinerant peddlers, outcast men and women of the cloth, fallen and unfallen women of a lower order, peasants, lepers, and other dispossessed of the realm."
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Neville Household
Sheffield, England - Demonstrate mediaeval fighting techniques, weaponry and clothing.
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Ottoman Traders Guild
California, USA - Ottoman Turkish trading caravan of the mid-1500's.
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Paladins of Chivalry
Surrey, England - Reenacting England of 1327 to 1418.The Peasant Guild of San Luis Obispo
California, USA - Elizabethan peasants.Port Royal Privateers
California, USA - A club whose members share a passion for the history, adventure and romance of piracy in the Caribbean during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Queen Medb Encampment
California, USA - Celts of the first century.
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Red Company - 1471
California, USA - Burgundian military camp of 1471, during the Wars of the Roses.Rodevest
, Denmark - Denish feudal infanterie anno 1460-70.Rosa Mundi
, England - Mediaeval re-enactment society specializing in life in the last quarter of the 15th century.The Royal White Eagle
California, USA - Polish aristocrats and their household of the mid-1500s.Gildia Rycerska
, Poland - Medieval Reenactment Group
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Seadogs of St. Dymphna
California, USA - Elizabethan (and Victorian) sailors.Guild of St. Sebastian
California, USA - Archers, foresters, craftsfolk, and their families circa 1500 AD.St. Itas of Cill Ide
California, USA - The year is 1564, and Mary Stewart is Queen of Scotland. Excused from her court for several years of service, a group of nobles return to their estates conducting their business as they go. Whether you wish to try your hand at needle point, work the loom, spin wool, or match wits with one of the lords or ladies, St. Ita's provides a welcoming invitation to become part of history.Stonhenj Players
Texas, USA - Actors, stage combatants, dancers and singers.Studium Generale
California, USA - Instruct in traditional studies (scribing, printing, rhetoric, philosophy), and lend services (legal advice, book work, ledgers) to faire-folk and guests alike.Summer Knights
Florida, USA - Hands-on, Medieval-experience summer camp focusing on the many facets of knighthood. Includes participation in renaissance faires.Summerisle Spinners and Weavers, Inc.
Florida, USA - Volunteers who demonstrate spinning and weaving for the purpose of educating the public.Sussex Rapier Society
Sussex, England - Study, practice and performance of renaissance rapier fighting.The House of Swindon
California, USA - An English noble household of the 16th Century.
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The TheGreyhound Guild
Arizona, USA - Non-profit group of volunteers dedicated to promoting the adoption of retired racing greyhounds through education, fund-raising, and historical re-enactment.The Thieves Guilde
Florida, USA - A volunteer acting group that was formed for the purpose of performing choreographed fights for a variety of audiences.Tournament Productions
California, USA - Rtournaments of the 15th and 16th centuries--full contact, intensive training.Guilde de Treville
Tennessee, USA - Musketeers, cardinal's guards, rirates and rogues celebrating 17th century France.The TRF Beefeaters
Texas, USA - Guarding the gates of the Texas Renaissance Festival.Tudor Group
, England - Elizabethan daily life re-enactors.
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Not Quite Noble Guild of Vitus
Nevada, USA - Traveling troupe of actors and musicians made up of many different ethnic groups.Vrijbuit Shipping Company
California, USA - Elizabethan middle-class merchants...and sometime privateers.
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Washer Wenches
Ohio, USA - Ohio Renaissance Festival troup.St. Wolfgangs Bavarian Guild
Oregon, USA - Wittelsbach dynasty of Bavaria, and Queen Mary of Scotland and her court.
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Yeomen of the Guard
California, USA - The bodyguard of Queen Elizabeth.
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