Here be arrr best list of pirate events n' festivals that happen worldwide, so plan on attendin' as many as ye can. Life be short n' merry, so don't wait until next year's pirate events. If ye be plannin' a pirate event that's not listed, e-mailus. We update this list of pirate events every month fer the next 2 months ahead. Most Renassisance Faire have a pirate weekend, but we have not listed them. Also visit arrrrr list of pirate groups!
2024
December
Dec 28, 2024: Boarded! A Pirate Adventure, San Diego, CA
January
Jan 10-11, 2025: Battle of New Orleans, Chalmette, LA
Jan 8-12, 2025: Lady Legacy: Tail of the Tide, Lubbock, TX
Jan 18, 2025: Swashbuckler's Ball, Oak Grove, OR
Jan 18, 2025: Gasparilla Children's Parade, Tampa Bay, FL
Jan 20, 2024: Ohio River Pirates, Madison, IN
Jan 25, 2025: Gasparilla Invasion, Parade of Pirates, Tampa Bay, FL
February
Jan 6 to Mar 4, 2025: Mardi Gras, New Orleans, LA
Feb 22, 2025: Pirates on the Prairie, Grand Prairie, TX
Feb 3, 2024?: Old City Pirate Day, St Augustine, FL
Feb 8, 2025: Sant' Yago Illuminated Knight Parade, Ybor City, FL
Feb 17, 2025: Treasure Coast Pirate Fest, Melbourne, FL
Feb 17, 2024?: Dented Keg Pirate Invasion, New Port Richey FL
Feb 24, 2024?: Mermaids & Pirates, Seafood, Oh My! Port Orange, FL
Feb 24, 2024?: Longwood Pirate Days, Longwood, FL
Feb 28, 2025: Sack of St Augustine, St Augustine, FL (Unfriendly to Pirates in Garb)
Events have not be updated passed this date
March
Mar 2, 2024: Gasparilla's Outbound Voyage, Tampa, FL
Mar 2-3, 2024: Gulf Coast Ren Faire & Pirate Festival, Milton, FL
Mar 9, 2024: Pirate Fashions Formal Ball, Tampa, FL
Mar 20, 2024: Hudson Valley Pirate Festival, Saugerties, NY
Mar 23-24 2024: Pirate Fest LV, Las Vegas, NV
Mar 25, 2023?: Mermaids & Pirates & Seafood, Oh My!, Port Orange, FL
Mar 24-25, 2024: Pirate Seafood Festival, Longwood, FL
April
April 1-2, 2022?: Apollorilla, Apolla Beach, FL
Apr 7-9, 2023?: Pirates of the Pontchartrain, Hammond, LA
Apr 9-10, 2024: Pirate Days, Mystic, CT
Apr 13-16, 2025: Tall Ships Galveston, Galveston, TX
Apr 18-28, 2024:Conch Republic Independence Celebration, Key West, FL
Apr 20, 2024: Pirate Fest NC, Greenville, NC
Apr 20, 2024: VooDoo Zombie Pirate Ball, New Orleans, LA
Apr 24-25, 2025: International Pirate Rendez-vous, Zulpich, Germany
Apr 27, 2024: Pirates & Boots Festival, Houma, LA
Apr 30, 2024: Homosassa Pirate Invasion, Homosasa, FL
May
May 2-6, 2024: Brixham Pirate Festival, Brixham, UK
May 2-12, 2024: Buccaneer Days, Corpus Christi, TX
May 3-13, 2024: Louisiana Pirate Festival, Lake Charles, LA
May 3-5, 2024: Isle of the 8 Flags Shrimp Festival, Amelia Island, FL
May 4, 2024: Pirate Day, Barnegat, NJ
May 9, 2024: Drake's Raid, St Augustine, FL (Very Unfriendly to Pirates in Garb)
May 13, 2023?: Krewe World, Clearwater, FL
May 13, 2023?: Charles Revenge Pirates Raid Downtown, Charleston, SC
May 11 2024: Pirate Fest, Jacksonville, NC
May 11-12, 2024: Hudson Valley Pirate Festival, Hudson Valley, NY
May 11-12, 2024: Brixham Pirate Festival, Brixham, UK
May 11-13, 2024: Esquimalt Buccaner Days, Township of Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, Canada
May 17-21, 2024: Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival, Fort Walton Beach, FL
May 17-18, 2024: Pirate Day in the Bay, Bay St. Louis, MS
May 17-19, 2024: Cypress Cover Pirate Party Weekend, Kissimmee, FL
May 18-19, 2024: Fresno Pirate Festival, Fresno, CA
May 24-27, 2024: Dead Pirates UnCon, Atlanta, GA
May 18, 2024: Old Time Sailors, Clitheroe, UK
May 18-19 & 25-27, 2024: Tennessee Pirate Fest, Harriman, TN
May 26, 2023?: John's Pass Pirate Pub Crawl, Madeira Beach, FL
May 27-28, 2023?: Swange Pirate Festival, Swanage UK
May 25 - Jun 2, 2024: Pirates of the Norhe Fort, Weymouth, UK
May 25, 2024: Gloucester Pirate Walk, Gloucester, UK
May 25-26, 2024: Bowers Beach Buccaneer Bash, Bowers Beach, DE
May 25-26, 2024: Swanage Pirate Festival, Swanage, UK
May 27 & 28, 2022?: Pirate & Mermaid Extravaganza, Puerto Penasco, Mexico
June
Jun 1, 2024: Great Shootout Treasure Hunt, Sunrise Beach, MO
Jun 1, 2024: Pirates take Charlestown, Charleston, SC
Jun 1, 2024: Pirates Day, South Hamptons, UK
Jun 1-2, 2024: Hampton Blackbeard Festival, Hampton, VA
Jun 1, 2024: Mermaid Parade & Festival, Marshall, NC
Jun 1-2, 2024: Maritime Gig Festival, Gig Harbor, WA
Jun 1-2 & 8-9, 2023: Cape Cod Pirate Festival, Cape Code, MA
Jun 2, 2024: Annual Pirate's Day, Milford, CT
Jun 2, 2024: Pirate & Mermaid Day, Tuson, AZ
Jun 7-9, 2024: Norfolk Harborfest, Norfolk, VA
Jun 8, 2024: Kingston Pirate Festival, Bainbridge Island, WA
Jun 8-18, 2027: Rouen Armada, Rouen, France
Jun 8-9, 2024: Conwy Pirate Festival, Conwy, UK
Jun 8-9, 2023: Maritime Festival, Port Angeles, WA
June 9-12 , 2023?: Cocoa Beach Pirate Fest, Cocoa Beach, FL
Jun 14-16 2024: Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival, Falmouth, UK
Jun 14, 2024: Pirate Day, Marco Island, FL
Jun 14, 2025: Harry Paye Day, Poole, UK
Jun 17, 2023?: Great Lakes Pirate Festival, Mackinac Island, MI
Jun 21-23, 2024: Put in Bay Pirate Fest, Put in Bay, OH
Jun 21-23 2024: Rusty Scuppers Pirate Daze, Westport , WA
Jun 21-23, 2024: Fort Loudoun Market Fair, Fort Loudoun, PA
Jun 22, 2024: Battle of Bloody Mose, Fort Mose, FL
Jun 22, 2024: Pirate & Mermaid Wars, Pottsville, PA
Jun 22, 2024: Rum Fest Pub Crawl, Daytona Beach, FL
Jun 27-30, 2024: Sail on Board, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Jun 28-30, 2024: Rusty Scuppers Pirate Daze, Westport, WA
Jun 28-29, 2024: Privateer Days, Liverpool, Canada
Jun 29, 2024: Pirate Quest, York, PA
Jun 29-30, 2024: Pirate Invasion Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Jun 23-29, 2023: Windjammer Days, Boothbay Harbor, ME
July
Jul 4, 2024?: Lake Chelan Pirate Fest, Lake Chelan, WA
Jul 4-7, 2024: Sail on Board, Helsinki, Finland
Jul 5-8, 2024: Pirate Parley Festival, Paddlesworth, UK
Jul 6, 2024: Pirates Landing at Seattle Seafair, Seattle, WA
Jul 7, 2024: Faversham Pirate Festival, Faversham, UK
Jul 7-8, 2018?: Withernsea International Pirate Festival, Valley Gardens, UK - Cancelled
Jul 10-14, 2024: Maritime Festival, Harbor Beach, MI
Jul 11-14, 2024: Sail on Board, Tallinn, Estonia
Jul 11-14, 2024: Pirateas Leca da Palmeira, Porto, Porgual
Jul 12-14, 2024: Olcott Fire Pirates Festival, Olcott, NY
Jul 13, 2024: Captain Kidd's Pirate Adventure Day, Wilmington, DE
Jul 18-21, 2024: Sail on Board, Turku Finland
Jul 18-21, 2024: Sylvan Beach Pirate Weekend, Sylvan Beach, NY
Jul 18-22, 2024: Port Nassau: A Seadogs Refuge, Lebanon, OR
Jul 19-21, 2024: Smith Mountain Lake Pirate Days, Smith Mountain, VA
Jul 20, 2024: Withersea Pirate Festival, Hastings, UK
Jul 20, 2024: Northwick River Festival, Northwick, UK
Jul 20-21, 2024: Hastings Pirate Day, Hastings, UK
Jul 24-27, 2024: Sail on Board, Mariehamn, Aland Islands
Jul 25-28, 2024: CombatCon, Las Vegas, NV
Jul 27-28, 2024: Golden Age of Piracy, Old Royal Naval College, London, UK
August
Aug 2-4, 2024: Bald Head Island Pirate Festival, Bald Head Island, NC
Aug 2-5, 2024: Sail on Board, Szcecin, Poland
Aug 3, 2024: Pirate Daze, Blaine, WA
Aug 3-4, 2024: Royal Stagg Pirate & Witches, Marshall, MI
Aug 3-4, 2024: Pirate Mutiny, Matlock Bath, UK
Aug 3-5, 2024: Ontario Pirate Festival, Ontario, Canada
Aug 7-8, 2024: Outer Banks Pirate Festival, Nags Head, NC
Aug 8-10, 2024: Boyne City Pirate Fest, Boyne City, MI
Aug 9-11, 2023: Pirates of the Pacific Festival, Port of Brookings Harbor, OR
Aug 9-11, 2024: Bill Johnston's Pirate Days, Alexandria Bay, NY
Aug 9-11, 2024: Pirates N Wenches Fantasy Weekend, Rock Hall, MD
Aug 9-11, 2024: Pirates Weekend, Bisbee, AZ
Aug 10, 2024: Pirate Day, Paignton, Devon, UK
Aug 10-11, 2024: Grain d Pirate, Binic, France
Aug 16, 2024: National Rum Day, American Colonies
Aug 17, 2024: New London Pirate Night, New London, CT
Aug 17, 2024: Ventnor Pirate Fest, Isle of Wight, UK
Aug 17, 2024: Redemption, Derby, UK
Aug 17-20, 2023?: Pirate Carnival, Lake Chelan, WA
Aug 18-19, 2023?: Redcar Pirate Festival, Redcar, UK
Aug 23, 2024: Waxhaw Pirate Day, Waxhaw, NC
Aug 23, 2024: The Pirate Festival, Paros Island, Greece
Aug 24-26, 2024: Day of Syn: Dymchurch, Kent, IK
Aug 24-24, 2024: Pirate Viking Summer Festival: Edwood, NM
Aug 24-25, 2024: Midwest Pirate Fest, Papillion, NE
Aug 26, 2024: Pirates on the Quay, Essex, UK
Aug 30 - Sep 1, 2024: Whitby Pirate Festival, Whitby, UK
September
Aug 30 - Sep 1, 2024: Whitby Pirate Festival, Whitby, UK
Sep 21, 2024: Boarded! A Pirate Adventure, San Diego, CA
Sep 6-8, 2024: Eastport Pirate Festival, Eastport, ME
Sep 13-15, 2024: Toshiba Maritime Festival, Dana Point, CA
Sep 6, 2024: Mukileto Mukfest Pirates of Salish Sea Landing, Mukilteo, WA
Sep 6-8, 2024: Port of LA Lobster Festival, San Pedro, CA
Sep 12-15, 2024: Pirates of Lanier Poker Run, Buford, GA
Sep 14, 2024: Anchorage Pirate Pub Crawl, Anchorage, AK
Sep 14, 2024: Feast of Pirates, Wilmington, NC
Sep 14, 2024: Mid-Columbia Pirate Festival, Kennewick, WA
Sept 14, 2024: Chain O'Lakes Pirate Cruise, Fox Lake, IL
Sept 14-15, 2024: Pirates of Massacre Island, Dauphin Island, AL
Sept 15, 2024: Pirate Adventure, Foley, MN
Sep 16-17, 2023?: Oceanside Harbor Days, Oceanside, CA
Sep 18, 2022?: Alliance Pirata, Sao Paula, Brazil
Sep 19, 2024: Pirate Sail, Hudson River, NY
Sep 19, 2024: Talk like a Pirate Day, International
Sep 19, 2024: Talk like a Pirate Day Paddle, Ponce Inlet, FL
Sep 20-21, 2024: Northglenn Pirate Fest, Northgleen, CO
Sep 21, 2024: Marcus Hook Pirate Festival, Marcus Hook, PA
Sep 21, 2024: Pirate Fest, Northglenn, CO
Sep 21, 2024: Boarded! A Pirate Adventure, San Diego, CA
Sep 21, 2024: Pirate Palooza Pubcrawl, Decatur, GA
Sep 23, 2023?: Saint Juan's Pirate Festival, Sanford, FL
Sep 28, 2024: Pirate Pub Crawl, Cocoa, FL
Sep 28-29, 2024: Mermaids & Mateys, Folly Beach, SC
October
Sep 27- Nov 2, 2024: Pirates of Emerson, a Halloween Adventure, Fremont, CA
Oct 3-6, 2024: Buccaneer Days at 2 Harbors, Catalina Island, CA
Oct 4-6, 2024: Weymouth Pirate Fest, Weymouth, UK
Oct 4-6, 2024: The Black Dog Weekend, Weymouth, UK
Oct 5-6, 2024: RiverFest, Willington, NC
Oct 10-13, 2024: Tybee Island Pirate Festival, Tybee Island, GA
Oct 11-13, 2024: Pirates of the High Seas Fest, Panama City, FL
Oct 12-13, 2024: Harwick International Sea Shanty Festival, Harwick, UK
Oct 12-13, 2024: The RumFest, Earls Court, UK
Oct 13, 2023?: Pirate Festival, Rockaway Beach, OR
Oct 13-15, 2023?: Wales West Pirate Invasions, Silverhill, AL
Oct 14, 2023?: Nordwache Pirate Tourney, Hanford, CA
Oct 14, 2023: Lake Superior Tall Ship Pirate Ball, Bayfield, WI
Oct 14, 2023?: Railean Distillery Pirate Party, San Leon, TX
Oct 14, 2024: Kings of the Coast Pirate Treasure Hunt, Oyster Bay, NY
Oct 18-27, 2024: Fantasy Fest, Key West, FL
Oct 19, 2024: Boarded! A Pirate Adventure, San Diego, CA
Oct 20-22, 2023?: Space Coast Pirate Festival, Melbourne, FL
Oct 21, 2023?: Pirates of the Canal Pub Crawl, Lemont, IL
Oct 22, 2023?: The Golden Pearl Pirates, Exmouth, UK
Oct 27-28, 2023?: Pirate Bash & Quest for Key West, Islamorade, FL
Oct 26-27, 2024: Haunted Pirate Fest & Mermaid Splash, Boynton Beach, FL
Oct 26- Nov 2, 2024: High Seas Rally, Tampa, FL
Oct 28 - Nov 5, 2023?: Pirates & Highwaymen, Leeds, UK
Oct 31, 2023: Pirates of the Gaslamp, San Diego, CA
November
Nov 1-2, 2024: Blackbeard's Pirate Jamboree, Ocracoke Island, NC
Nov 1-3, 2024: Cedar Key Pirate Invasion, Cedar Key, FL - (PF Vending)
Nov 8-16, 2024: Cayman Island Pirates Festival, Grand Cayman
Nov 9-10, 2024: Castortowne Pirate Invasion Weekend, Bradenton, FL
Nov 9, 2024: Halloween Pirate Party, Derby Gaol, UK
Nov 10, 2023?: Mermaid & Pirate Party, Cork, Ireland
Nov 11, 2023?: Pirates on the Edge, Edgewater, FL
Nov 16, 2024: Pirate Weekend, Bournemouth, UK
Nov 16, 2024: Pirate Revolution Ball, Port Canaveral, FL
Nov 18, 2023?: Blackbeards Ball, St Augustine, FL
Nov 19, 2023?: Pirates, Toulouse, France
Nov 22-24, 2024: Beaufort Pirate Invasion, Beaufort, NC
Nov 22-23, 2024: Shanty Shout Festival, St Ives, UK
Nov 22-27, 2024: Parrot Head Convention, Gulf Shore, AL
Nov 23, 2024: Cayman Island Pirates Festival, Cayman Brac
Nov 30, 2024: Boarded! A Pirate Adventure, San Diego, CA
Nov 30, 2024: Cayman Island Pirates Festival, Little Cayman
E-mail us if yar pirate event or festival be missing from this calendar listing. Yar event must have a webpage or facebook page that can be linked to, to be listed.