Day: October 7, 2025
Thank you for A Fantastic Season!
On behalf of all of us in the King Serpent Variety Troupe, I would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to all of our Porchfest hosts, clients and audience members that showed us great warmth, love and affection in 2025. The Troupe is taking the winter off, although we are still available for private events. We fully plan on returning in Spring of 2026 for Porchfests, festivals and many other venues! Stay in touch!
Bruce Chester
Lexington Porchfest, Saturday September 27, 2025
Another perfect day for the King Serpent to share shanties and tell tall tales! We even had the Lady Samarra dazzle with her Sword Dance!! Huge thanks to Cary Memorial Library for a wonderful promotional campaign and many thanks to the wonderful people than joined us for a great performance!
Swampscott Porchfest, Saturday September 20, 2025
Another great performance by the Troupe! It was a beautiful day by the water for the Swampscott Porchfest. Thanks to all that joined us!
One Eyed Bruce regaled the audience with tales of piracy!
Captain David Fork Tongue sings and tells the haunting story of Anna, The Handsome Cabin Boy!
Lady Samarra mesmerized the crowd with her signature Sword Dance!
Saturday, September 6, Wakefield Porchfest.
Our performance at the Wakefield Porchfest was a resounding success! We had a great time and our hosts, Tony and Kristin were absolutely fantastic! This was a special show because it marks the return of our beloved Lady Samarra!
Let’s not forget Captain David Fork Tongue and Tortuga Tom!
And belting out a salty tune, One Eyed Bruce!!
The King Serpent Variety Troupe has gone through many changes since the last time we were in port! First of all, the Troupe has been active-(you’d know that if you’ve been following our social media posts!) We have been performing at several area Porchfests and we actually performed at Malden’s Mac Fest last Saturday. Stay tuned to this site or our Linktree site, https://linktr.ee/kingserpentvariety. Thank you if you got here from there (because you sometimes can’t get there from her
We also have new blood! Please welcome, Tom Arena to the Troupe as a new member. Tom has been performing in the area for several years. He is an active member of The Waltham Museum which is a neat place to visit when you are in the area.
Other KSVT News
Many of you remember our former chief Minstrel and Musical Director Mike Bloom retired in 2022. He currently holds Emeritus status so he is welcome to perform with us so you never know when he may show up!
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