Adventure


Thrilling acts to make your heart beat fast!

 
       
Adam Crack Adam Crack: Fire Whip – Lord Mayor’s Forum (all season)
Holder of SEVEN Guinness Book World Records, Adam Crack’s skills are unrivaled anywhere. Adam
performs sophisticated, high-energy routines, featuring his own dry humor in spoken material, anecdotes, historical or educational stories. And yes, there is always room for audience participation, so come prepared! Visit Adam's Website
   
       
Barely Balanced Barely Balanced – Cheshire Chase (all season)
Bristol’s favorite masters of acrobatic comedy have come home to roost, climb, balance and amaze!
Performing acrobatic feats that you will see nowhere else, as well as their end of day fire show, Barely
balanced must not be missed! Visit Barely Balanced's Website
   
       
Clan Tynker Clan Tynker – Trader’s Cove (weekends 8-9 ONLY) (NEW)
An enchanting kaleidoscope of skills from around the world performed to live music. An impressive
variety of juggling skills, stage magic, comedy, Central Asian/Middle Eastern dance, sword swallowing, fire-eating and tight-wire walking with an accompanying musical soundscape played on an eclectic variety of instruments including concertina, accordion, harmonium, dumbek, Balkan tupon, as well as various horns, bells and whistles. Fun for the whole family! Visit Clan Tynker's Website
   
       
Drum Jam

Drum Jam with the Great Antone – Lord Mayor’s Forum (all season)

The air fills with the booming rhythms of the drums. The ground shakes with the pounding of dancing feet. Bring your drum and join the jam, or clap, stomp, whistle, dance and shout along. The roaring crescendo of a day at Bristol, where the thunder of drums fuses with the crashing waves of dance to form the sound and fury that is the Bristol Drum Jam.

   
       

Joust

photo: Brian Clark

The Hanlon-Lees Action Theater - Royal Mews Joust Arena (all season)

Cheer your favorite Knight in battle! Our brave Knights charge their competition on horseback at an astonishing 30 miles per hour! This is a full-on fast - paced event sure to please the whole family.
You may root for your Hero at the Bristol Royal Mews Joust Arena. 12:00 is the Joust of Skill, 3:00 is the Royal Joust for Her Majesty the Queen and 5:30 is the Joust to the Death! Visit the Hanlon-Lees Website

   
       
Ivanovich Ivanovich the Impossibilist – Lord Mayor’s Forum (weekends 4-5 ONLY)
You’ll hear the crowd chanting even before you can see what’s happening. When you move through the crowd you see it. But you won’t believe it. Ivanovich the Impossibilist, master of prestidigitation, brings his own flavor of magic, mystery, and illusion to Bristol. Visit Ivanovich's Website
   
       
By the Sword

Robin Hood: Pirates and Rogues (all season)
After being sentenced to the gallows, Captain James Alday escaped and returns to Bristol poised to strike at the heart of Her Majesty's court. Now that Captain Alday is allied with the ruthless Captain Katherine Darcy, can Robin Hood, the Merry Men, and the Yeomen of Bristol defeat the combined force of TWO pirate crews bent upon destruction and revenge? The safety of Baron Burleigh and Bristol itself hangs on the outcome of the battles in Bristol's streets. 

10:45 AM

Maypole

11:15 AM

Trader's Wharf, South bridge

2:15 PM

Sun Garden

3:15 PM

Court Glade

4:30 PM

RenQuest™ Encampment - Finale

   
       
Royal Falconer Royal Falconer – Royal Mews Joust Arena (all season)
Master Falconer, Ray Pena, returns to Bristol and shows why he is absolutely the best in the business.
Thrill to the flight of the raptor while learning the history of this thousand year old sport in a show that
will leave you breathless. Visit Flight of the Raptor's Website
   
       
Spirit of the Stallion Spirit of the Stallion – Royal Mews Joust Arena (all season)
The star of a liberty show must have spunk and attitude. Of these qualities, the Majestic stallion Acierto has no shortage. Join Acierto, along with his trainer Laura Amandis, for the newly expanded “Spirit of the Stallion.”
   
       
Tartanic

Tartanic (weekends 4 & 5 ONLY)

The roar of bagpipes and the thunder of the drums can only mean one thing. Tartanic returns to thrill audiences with a show that truly defines “Shock and Awe!” Taking tunes out of the session and into the sensational with their own brand of humor and theatrics. This is not just music... this is an interactive spectacle brought to you by... MEN WITHOUT PANTS! Visit Tartanic's Website

   
       
       
       
 
 
 
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