Entertainment for all ages and tastes!
Music, Dance, Vocal Performances and more at three venues promise entertainment for all ages and tastes. Plenty of food and drink available near by!
Enjoy these free performances at:
- The Courtyard Stage between Merchants Square and Prince George Street
- The Kimball Theater in Merchants Square
- The City Square Stage – in front of the Youth Art Exhibit at the Community Building.
Special student performers are scheduled Saturday and Sunday beginning at 10:00 am to entertain our youngest visitors on the City Square Stage and Kimball Theater!
Want to perform at the 2013 Show?
Fill in the Performer’s Application Form
Application Deadline is 5 p.m. June 7, 2013
Each year, on Sunday morning at 10:00 am the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drum Corps, the Musical Ambassadors of Colonial Williamsburg, march down North Boundary Street from the City Square to Merchants Square where they pause to perform for our visitors.
2012 List of Performing Artists
Printer-friendly version by Day and Time for all three stages
You can sort and print the list below that will also appear in the 2012 AOFTA Program
| Stage | Day | Time | Group | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Square Stage | Saturday | 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | RON FETNER | unique blend of New England folk with the soul of the South |
| City Square Stage | Saturday | 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM | PITTMAN MAGIC AND JUGGLING | world-class,award-winning stage illusion, magic and juggling |
| City Square Stage | Saturday | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | BROADWAY DANCE ARTS | children's group performing national award-winning musical revues |
| City Square Stage | Saturday | 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM | CANTO | classic and folk music |
| City Square Stage | Saturday | 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | THREE JOLLY COACHMEN | music of the Kingston Trio performed by folk group - vocals, guitars, banjos, bass and Congo drum. |
| City Square Stage | Saturday | 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | THE WILLIAM AND MARY MIDDLE EASTERN MUSIC ENSEMBLE | music of the Arab World and Middle Eastern region on authentic instruments |
| City Square Stage | Saturday | 3:00 PM - 3:35 PM | SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED | acoustic folk, gospel and bluegrass with splendid vocal harmonies. |
| City Square Stage | Saturday | 3:45 PM - 4:20 PM | FLUTE FRENZY | Williamsburg's premier youth choir directed by Margaret Carlson, perform music for piccolo, C flute, alto flute and bass flute. |
| City Square Stage | Saturday | 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | IN LAYMAN TERMS | classic rock and blues by local family band |
| City Square Stage | Sunday | 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | SI DANCE | Dance company - local student ages 10 to 17 |
| City Square Stage | Sunday | 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM | WILLIAM THE CONJUROR | historically themed magic show, quick wit and master manipulative skill |
| City Square Stage | Sunday | 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | CLAN MACCOOL | Celtic band features traditional Celtic songs, tunes, sea shanties |
| City Square Stage | Sunday | 12:30 PM - 1:10 PM | CHRISTOFF. PEDIGO AND HILL | cool mix of blues, Gypsy, jazz, folk and rock with a winking, playful sense of humor and soulful vibe. |
| City Square Stage | Sunday | 1:25 PM - 2:05 PM | SUSAN GREENBAUM DUO | acoustic entertainment, Meaningful, melodic originals, good covers and lots of energy and fun! |
| City Square Stage | Sunday | 2:15 PM - 2:50 PM | MAGIC OF HARMONY SHOW CHORUS | professional cappella vocal music in barbershop-style |
| City Square Stage | Sunday | 3:05 PM - 3:35 PM | JOE?S DAY OFF | Three-part harmony - eclectic repertoire which includes standards, oldies, country, bluegrass, folk |
| City Square Stage | Sunday | 3:50 PM - 4:20 PM | RUNAWAY STRING BAND | Quartet of musicians, four-part vocal harmonie, music from old-time, bluegrass and swing traditions. Mandolin, banjo, guitar and bass |
| City Square Stage | Sunday | 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | THE GURLEYS | folk, bluegrass and blues based on acoustic music |
| Courtyard Stage | Saturday | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | SCHNICKLEFRITZ AND THE OOMPAHS | Traditional German Oktoberfest music including marches and polkas. encourage participation. |
| Courtyard Stage | Saturday | 12:35 PM - 1:50 PM | LIGHTSTREET | classics and Top 40 selections |
| Courtyard Stage | Saturday | 2:10 PM - 3:25 PM | HOT HOUSE BAND | Williamsburg's premier variety band |
| Courtyard Stage | Saturday | 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM | CHESAPEAKE BAY BEARCATS | Traditional jazz musical group |
| Courtyard Stage | Sunday | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | HOTEL PARADISE ROOFTOP GARDEN ORCHESTRA | big band music - exclusively rare, authentic dance music and jazz from the 1920s and early 1930s. |
| Courtyard Stage | Sunday | 12:35 PM - 1:50 PM | WILLIAMSBURG CLASSIC SWING ORCHESTRA | 16-piece authentic big band playing swing era favorites from the30s, 40s and today |
| Courtyard Stage | Sunday | 2:10 PM - 3:25 PM | POISONED DWARF | Traditional Celtic music |
| Courtyard Stage | Sunday | 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM | SKIP FRIEL AND THE RESONATORS | original music of Skip Friel and eclectic versions of popular songs |
| Kimball Theatre | Saturday | 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM | RAINBOW PUPPET PRODUCTIONS | Original musical - Amazon Creatures - featuring puppetry, dance and extensive audience participation. |
| Kimball Theatre | Saturday | 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | BAGELS & FRAYLOX KLEZMER BAND | highly-ornamented dance music. blakan and blues, ancient jewish culture, prayer, history - spirit and jazz. |
| Kimball Theatre | Saturday | 1:55 PM - 2:25 PM | HAMPTON ROADS FLUTE CHOIR | Original music and orchestral transcriptions written for flute choir from bass flute to piccolo |
| Kimball Theatre | Saturday | 2:35 PM - 3:00 PM | THE HISTORY MISSIE | living historian presenting entertaining, educational first-person characters in period attire, props and humor |
| Kimball Theatre | Saturday | 3:10 PM - 3:40 PM | VICTORIAN SHADOWLIGHT THEATER | shadow puppetry - recreating this old-world experience with a storyteller, music and shadow puppets |
| Kimball Theatre | Saturday | 3:50 PM - 4:20 PM | MEMORIES FROM THE ASHES | Works for flute, sax and piano composed by composers-victims of the Holocaust |
| Kimball Theatre | Saturday | 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | LISA MORLEDGE, SOPRANO, AND NANCY LUZAR, PIANO | Classical works for voice and piano in English, French, German and Italian |
| Kimball Theatre | Sunday | 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM | VIRGINIA REGIONAL BALLET | eclectic family-oriented program of classical ballet, character, tap, |
| Kimball Theatre | Sunday | 1:00 PM - 1:35 PM | WILLIAMSBURG HERITAGE DANCERS | jazz and contemporary dance |
| Kimball Theatre | Sunday | 1:45 PM - 2:15 PM | CHRISTINE NIEHAUS | Ragtime piano |
| Kimball Theatre | Sunday | 2:25 PM - 3:00 PM | WILLIAMSBURG WOMEN'S CHORALIERS | Ambassador Ensemble of the Williamsburg Women's Chorus, specializing in women?s choral literature |
| Kimball Theatre | Sunday | 3:10 PM - 3:40 PM | SO'LACH | traditional Irish folk music, jazz standards, acoustic American folk and classic rock ballads by acoustic duo with violin, guitar and voices |
| Kimball Theatre | Sunday | 3:50 PM - 4:20 PM | HARRIS SIMON TRIO | Jazz |
| Kimball Theatre | Sunday | 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | WILLIAM AND MARY CHOIR | repertoire for mixed chorus from medieval chants to contemporary commissioned works |
