Waits were civic musicians, found in most British towns from the 16th century until their abolition in 1835.
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- The Oxford Waits Take their name from a real-life band of city musicians who flourished during the 17th century.
- Lincoln Waites The history of Lincoln's civic band from medieval times to the 19th century.
- The Waits Website An academic site designed to accumulate and disseminate information on the history of Waits and their European equivalents.
- Kings Lynn Waites Medieval, Tudor and Renaissance style Town Band of Waits or Waites.
- Colchester Waits Revival of the City's civic musicians of medieval and Renaissance times, playing shawms, sackbuts and other loud wind instruments.
- The York Waits A 16th century, living history band playing Period European street music, popular dance, and ballad tunes, using a noyse of shawms, ancestors of the oboe-bassoon family, and characteristic instruments of waits before 1600.