Darwin Prophet is an eccentric and eclectic sing-songwriter, traveling galaxies of time in search of the muse. She weaves a mist of myth and memories, from Medusa's lair to Oscar Wilde's parlor, to visiting the futuresongs of timelords and hitchhikers. Her unique style of literary rock will take you to a place you remember but have never heard before. Her spirit was born on the Planet Mi in the Galaxy Solfege, but the form she inhabits has walked a spiral of experience from singing country at honky tonks and as house singer at the original Gilley's, crooning with big bands, performing as a piano bar chanteuse from NYC to Galveston, as a show band and top 40 cover band starling, a heavy metal frontchick, making records and touring as an original member all female alternaprog band Velvet Hammer, and a fave among Steampunk and Sci-Fi conventions like Akon, WhoFest, Steampunk November, All-Con, and Big River Steampunk Festival.

The Giddy Up and Go Boys are a three piece band that splits the difference between bluegrass and folk from west-central Illinois. Beginning in 2023, this trio focuses on good old, familiar songs and new toe-tapping tunes with one-of-a-kind harmonies. Featuring Gerry Lunt on banjo, Aaron Clark on acoustic and electric bass, and Joel Dickhut on acoustic guitar, The Giddy Up and Go Boys love to play while sprinkling some humor in between songs. Carpe diem; seize the day; giddy up and go!

Helene Lowney performs as HeadJoint Music, featuring the Roland Aerophone AE-30. With more than 30 years of performance experience, she reimagines familiar songs into immersive, cinematic soundscapes through expressive wind performance and modern sonic textures. Blending atmosphere with dynamic stage presence, she brings a fresh perspective to beloved melodies - inviting audiences to hear the music they love in an entirely new way, with a sound that's unmistakably her own.

Jayk Brown sails the musical seas as the singing pirate Captain Smoke, armed with an acoustic guitar, a treasure chest of songs, and a crew of musical misfits known as Smoke'N'Friends. Blending folk, pirate shanty energy, and good-time storytelling, Smoke delivers performances that feel like a campfire jam washed ashore at a rowdy pirate tavern.

Smoke'N'Friends isn't just a band - it's a floating crew. The lineup shifts with the tides, featuring a rotating cast of talented musicians who climb aboard for the adventure. A frequent first mate is Dom Knott, better known on deck as "Knott the Navigator", whose soulful saxophone guides the ship through smooth melodies and wild improvisations.

Whether playing festivals, taverns, or under the stars, Captain Smoke and his crew invite audiences to sing along, laugh loud, and join the voyage.

So hoist a glass, pass the smoke, and sail away with Smoke'N'Friends.

I travel and perform at festivals and private parties riding a Penny Farthing (High Wheel) bicycle. I give rides to children and adults that I feel safe to hold up. I am also a Victorian Social Dance Instructor specializing in the Viennese Waltz. I might even show you a magic trick or two. I make or put together my costumes and do all of my own leather work.

Jimmy Fisticuffs is part of the Feelin' Punky family and returns after playing the fashion show last year. Formerly performing under his given name, he now steps forward in true Punky fashion, blending worship roots with folk-punk fire inspired by artists like Poor Man's Poison. His sound bridges hymn and grit, with a tip of his hat and wink, inviting every heart in the crowd to sing, stomp, and believe again.

Marshal Bill, a retired cattle rancher and quarter horse breeder, has performed as a cowboy singer over the past 3 years in Colorado. He has a background in operetta and musical theater performing over the past 15 years as well as an Elvis Impressionist act including many performances in America's Birthday Parade in St Louis. And he's occasionally a lead singer/guitarist in a classic rock themed party band.

Captain Thom Bedlam is landlocked, bored, and bursting with thomfoolery. It's a wild array of magical mayhem, the sharing of vastly inaccurate knowledge and gregarious, if ineffective, lessons on piracy. Of all the lying, cheating, unscrupulous scoundrels you'll ever meet, you'll like him the best. Not so much memorable as he is hilariously traumatizing.

A student of many disciplines, Magister Aloysius VonDiesel has spent decades in the pursuit of knowledge in such diverse fields as engineering, entertainment, illumination, and even the new sport of horseless carriage racing! As a proud Bavarian, VonDiesel has not only distinguished himself in the pursuit of the perfect brew, but helped to inform and entertain Steampunk audiences across the multiverse. It's even been rumored that he has assisted, on occasion, the seasonal delivery of gifts and trinkets to deserving children, although these rumors are completely unsubstantiated ...

Having performed for over 2 decades, the ScallyWags are one of the longest running Pirate Acts in the US and have been a most entertaining part of the Big River Steampunk Festival since our very first year!

Thawind Mills provides professional entertainment to his audiences with class and humor.

Feed the firebox, steam ahead with BOILERPLATE's original, exciting, and certified-true songs of high adventure. Airship ambushes, fiery battles, midair raids, interdimensional voyages, and more. Mutant androids, demons, dragons, vampires, werewolves, even the devil himself - a touch of comedy - everything that makes Steampunk both nefarious and a rollicking good time. We are up to no good!