The Dregs

[1] The Dregs began as an a cappella group formed by improv comedian and bodhrán drummer Tim Wick [2] at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival in 2001 under the moniker "Pub Kin".

It consisted loosely of over a dozen members who were meant to serve drinks and entertain patrons of Mac's Pub, a vacant merchant shop turned ale house with an Irish theme.

Impressed with the musical talents of their recording engineer, The Dregs asked Chad Dutton to join the act.

Half of the cast stepped down from The Dregs in late 2005 and were soon replaced by Rachael Salisbury, Frost Simula, and Angelina Lais.

Frost Simula left the band at the end of 2011 at which time Geoffrey M. Brown, who had been participating with The Dregs throughout 2011, joined the group as the guitarist.

In 2013, The Dregs took their comedy show to the Minnesota Fringe Festival in a tongue and cheek one-act called 'A Brief History of Irish Music'.

[16] They make nearly a dozen appearances per day, costumed and acting as a peasant Irish band, and are still a mainstay at Mac's Pub.