Pirate Festivals N Events

 

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        

 

March

Mar 2, 2024: Gasparilla's Outbound Voyage, Tampa, FL 

Mar 1-4, 2024: Sack of St Augustine, St Augustine, FL (Unfriendly to Pirates in Garb)   

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 27, 2024: Pirates & Boots Festival, Houma, LA

 

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 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 11-13, 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 18-19, 2024: Fresno Pirate Festival, Fresno, CA 

May 24-27, 2024: Dead Pirates UnCon, Atlanta, GA

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 25-26, 2024: Bowers Beach Buccaneer Bash, Bowers Beach, DE 

May 27 & 28, 2022?: Pirate & Mermaid Extravaganza, Puerto Penasco, Mexico

  Events have not be updated passed this date

 

June 

Jun 2-4, 2023: Hampton Blackbeard Festival, Hampton, VA 

Jun 2, 2023: The Pirate Code, Alton, UK

Jun 3, 2023: Pirate Faery Ball, Upton upon Severn, UK

Jun 3-4, 2023: Maritime Gig Festival, Gig Harbor, WA

Jun 4, 2023: Annual Pirate's Day, Milford, CT

Jun 3-4 & 10-11, 2023: Cape Cod Pirate Festival, Cape Code, MA

Jun 8-18, 2023: Rouen Armada, Rouen, France

Jun 8-9, 2024: Conwy Pirate Festival, Conwy, UK

Jun 9, 2023: Pirates Weekend, Crossville, TN

Jun 9-11, 2023: Norfolk Harborfest, Norfolk, VA 

Jun 10-11, 2023: Maritime Festival, Port Angeles, WA

June 9-12 , 2023?: Cocoa Beach Pirate Fest, Cocoa Beach, FL  

Jun 16-18, 2023: Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival, Falmouth, UK  

Jun 16, 2023: Pirate Day, Marco Island, FL 

Jun 17, 2023: Harry Paye Day, Poole, UK 

Jun 17, 2023: Kingston Pirate Festival, Bainbridge Island, WA 

Jun 17, 2023: Great Lakes Pirate Festival, Mackinac Island, MI

Jun 23-26, 2023: Put in Bay Pirate Fest, Put in Bay, OH

Jun 23-25, 2023: Rusty Scuppers Pirate Daze, Westport , WA

Jun 23-25, 2023: Fort Loudoun Market Fair, Fort Loudoun, PA

Jun 23-25, 2023: Privateer Days, Liverpool, Canada

Jun 24, 2023: Battle of Bloody Mose, Fort Mose, FL

Jun 27-30, 2024: Sail on Board, Klaipeda, Lithuania

 

July

Jun 25 - Jul 1, 2023: Windjammer Days, Boothbay Harbor, ME

Jun 29 - Jul 2, 2023: Tall Ship Races Den Helder, Den Helder, Netherlands

Jul 4, 2022?: Lake Chelan Pirate Fest, Lake Chelan, WA 

Jul 4-7, 2024: Sail on Board, Helsinki, Finland

Jul 5-9, 2023: Maritime Festival, Harbor Beach, MI  

Jul 6-9, 2023: Tall Ship Races Hartlepool, Hartlepool, UK

Jul 8-9, 2023: Pirate Invasion N Mermaid Festival, Long Beach, CA   

Jul 7-8, 2018?: Withernsea International Pirate Festival, Valley Gardens, UK  - Cancelled

Jul 8, 2023: Captain Kidd's Pirate Adventure Day, Wilmington, DE  

Jul 8-9, 2023: Pirate Invasion Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Jul 9-10, 2022?: Northwest Pirate Festival, Lacey, WA 

Jul 11-14, 2024: Sail on Board, Tallinn, Estonia

Jul 7-9, 2023: Olcott Fire Pirates Festival, Olcott, NY

Jul 13-16, 2023: Pirate Weekend, Sylvan Beach, NY

Jul 13-14, 2019: Anderson Pirate Festival, Northwick, UK  - Cancelled

Jul 14-16, 2023: Smith Mountain Lake Pirate Days, Smith Mountain, VA

Jul 15, 2023: 401th Commemoration of Atocha, Key West, FL

Jul 15-16, 2023: Hastings Pirate Day, Hastings, UK  

Jul 15-18, 2023: Tall Ship Races Fredrikstad, Fredrikstad, Norway

Jul 17, 2023?: Pirates Festival at Crazy Horse Marina, Smith Mountain Lake, VA

Jul 18-21, 2024: Sail on Board, Turku Finland

July 21-23, 2023: Port Nassau: A Seadogs Refuge, Lebanon, OR

July 24, 2023: Homosassa Pirate Invasion, Homosasa, FL

July 24, 2023: Lone Star Pirate Festival, Houston, TX  - Cancelled

Jul 24-27, 2024: Sail on Board, Mariehamn, Aland Islands

Jul 22-23, 2023: CombatCon, Las Vegas, NV

Jul 26-29, 2023: Tall Ship Races Lewick, Lerwick, Scotland

 

August   

Aug 4-6, 2023: Bald Head Island Pirate Festival, Bald Head Island, NC

Aug 2-5, 2024: Sail on Board, Szcecin, Poland

Aug 4-7, 2022?: Return to Tortuga, Anne Maria Island, FL

Aug 5, 2023: Boyne City Pirate Festival, Boyne City, MI

Aug 5-7, 2023: Ontario Pirate Festival, Ontario, Canada

Aug 5-6, 2022: Pirate Mutiny, Matlock Bath, UK 

Aug 5-13, 2023: Boyne City Pirate Fest, Boyne City, MI

Aug 6, 2022?: Pirates on the Pier, Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK

Aug 7, 2022?: Heskin Hall Pirate Day, Chorley, Lancashire, UK

Aug 8-10, 2023: Pirates! at Carisbrooke Castle, Carisbrooke, UK

Aug 9-10, 2023: Outer Banks Pirate Festival, Nags Head, NC 

Aug 10-11, 2024: Grain d Pirate, Binic, France

Aug 11-13, 2023: Pirates of the Pacific Festival, Port of Brookings Harbor, OR  

Aug 11-14, 2022?: International Pirate Rendez-vous, Zulpich, Germany  

Aug 11-13, 2023: Bill Johnston's Pirate Days, Alexandria Bay, NY 

Aug 11-13, 2023: Pirates N Wenches Fantasy Weekend, Rock Hall, MD 

Aug 11-13, 2023: Pirates Weekend, Bisbee, AZ

Aug 12, 2023: Pirate Day, Torbay Inn, Devon, UK

Aug 16, 2021: National Rum Day, American Colonies  

Aug 17-20, 2023: Pirate Carnival, Lake Chelan, WA 

Aug 18-19, 2023: Redcar Pirate Festival, Redcar, UK 

Aug 21-22, 2022?: Pirate Fest Havre de Grace, Lock House Museum, MD

Aug 22, 2023: Waxhaw Pirate Day, Waxhaw, NC 

Aug 23, 2024: The Pirate Festival, Paros Island, Greece

Aug 22-24, 2023: Pirates! at Scarborough Castle, Scarborough, UK

Aug 24-26, 2024: Day of Syn: Dymchurch, Kent, IK 

Aug 26-27, 2023: Midwest Pirate Fest, Papillion, NE 

 

 

September

Sep 1-3, 2023: Whitby Pirate Festival, Whitby, UK 

Sep 2, 2023: Boarded! A Pirate Adventure, San Diego, CA  

Sep 8-10, 2023: Eastport Pirate Festival, Eastport, ME

Sep 8-10, 2023: Toshiba Maritime Festival, Dana Point, CA 

Sep 8, 2023: Mukileto Mukfest Pirates of Salish Sea Landing, Mukilteo, WA

Sep 8-10, 2023: Port of LA Lobster Festival, San Pedro, CA 

Sep 15-17, 2023: Pirates of Lanier Poker Run, Buford, GA  

Sep 15-16, 2023: Northglenn Pirate Fest, Northgleen, CO

Sep 17, 2022?: Anchorage Pirate Pub Crawl, Anchorage, AK 

Sep 19, 2023: Pirate Sail,  Hudson River, NY  

Sep 16, 2023: Marcus Hook Pirate Festival,  Marcus Hook, PA 

Sep 17-18, 2022: Port Deposit Pirate Takeover, Port Deposit, MD

Sept 16, 2023: Chain O'Lakes Pirate Cruise, Fox Lake, IL

Sept 16, 2023: Pirate Palooza, Largo, FL

Sep 16-17, 2023: Oceanside Harbor Days, Oceanside, CA 

Sep 19, 2022: Talk like a Pirate Day, International

Sep 16, 2023: Feast of Pirates, Wilmington, NC

Sep 23, 2023: Saint Juan's Pirate Festival, Sanford, FL 

Sep 18, 2022?: Alliance Pirata, Sao Paula, Brazil

Sep 24, 2022?: Pirate Palooza Pubcrawl, Decatur, GA

Sep 23, 2023: Pirate Pub Crawl, Cocoa, FL 

Sep 22-24, 2022: Beaufort Pirate Invasion, Beaufort, NC (PF Vending)

 

October

Sep 29- Oct 31, 2023: Pirates of Emerson, a Halloween Adventure, Fremont, CA

Oct 2, 2022?: Mermaids & Mateys, Folly Beach, SC

Oct 5-8, 2023: Tybee Island Pirate Festival, Tybee Island, GA  

Oct 6, 2023: Pirate Games, Des Moines, IA  

Oct 6-7, 2023: Buccaneer Days at 2 Harbors, Catalina Island, CA  

Oct 6-8, 2023: Pirates of the High Seas Fest, Panama City, FL  

Oct 6-8, 2023: Pirate Festival Weekend at the Belvedere, Weymouth, UK 

Oct 7, 2023: Pirate Pub Crawl, Liverpool, UK   

Oct 7-8, 2023: RiverFest, Willington, NC  

Oct 8, 2023: Pirate Bonnie at ARC Stockton, Stockton on Tees, UK   

Oct 8, 2023: Black Pearl Pirate Boat Trip, Ayia Napa, Cyprus  

Oct 8, 2023: Pirate's Puzzle Escape Room Game, Edgartown, MA 

Oct 8, 2022?: Krewe Rush Night, Brandon, FL 

Oct 13, 2023: Pirate Festival, Rockaway Beach, OR

Oct 13-16, 2023: Mid-Columbia Pirate Festival, Kennewick, WA

Oct 13-15, 2023: Wales West Pirate Invasions, Silverhill, AL

Oct 13-15, 2023: Harwick International Sea Shanty Festival, Harwick, UK   

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 14-15, 2023: The RumFest, Earls Court, UK

Oct 15, 2023: Pubs & Pirates, London, UK

Oct 16, 2023: Kings of the Coast Pirate Treasure Hunt, Oyster Bay, NY

Oct 20-22, 2023: Space Coast Pirate Festival, Melbourne, FL   

Oct 20-29, 2023: Fantasy Fest, Key West, FL   

Oct 21, 2023: Pirates of the Canal Pub Crawl, Lemont, IL  

Oct 22, 2023: The Golden Pearl Pirates, Exmouth, UK

Oct 22, 2022?: Ponce Inlet Fall Flea & Food Pirate Festival, Ponce Inlet, FL

Oct 24-29, 2023: Parrot Head Convention, Gulf Shores, AL

Oct 27-28, 2023: Blackbeard's Pirate Jamboree, Ocracoke Island, NC  

Oct 27-28, 2023: Pirate Bash & Quest for Key West, Islamorade, FL 

Oct 28-29, 2023: Haunted Pirate Fest & Mermaid Splash, Boynton Beach, FL

Oct 28- Nov 4, 2023: High Seas Rally, Port Canaveral, FL  

Oct 28, 2023: Boarded! A Pirate Adventure, San Diego, CA  

Oct 28 - Nov 5, 2023: Pirates & Highwaymen, Leeds, UK 

Oct 31, 2023: Pirates of the Gaslamp, San Diego, CA

 

November

Nov 3, 2023: Pirate School, Hamilton, OH

Nov 3, 2023: Mermaids & Pirates, Gulfport, MS

Nov 3-5, 2023: Cedar Key Pirate Invasion, Cedar Key, FL  - (PF Vending)

Nov 3-5, 2022: Cayman Island Pirates Festival, Little Cayman

Nov 6, 2023: Savannah's True Pirate Scavenger Hunt, Savannah, GA

Nov 9, 2023: Pirates & Treasure, Falmouth, UK

Nov 9-10, 2024: Castortowne Pirate Invasion Weekend, Bradenton, FL

Nov 9-19, 2023: Cayman Island Pirates Festival, Grand Cayman

Nov 10, 2023: Mermaid & Pirate Party, Cork, Ireland

Nov 11, 2023: Pirates on the Edge, Edgewater, FL

Nov 11, 2023: Double Trouble Pirate Treasure Hunt, Dublin, Ireland

Nov 18, 2023: Blackbeards Ball, St Augustine, FL 

Nov 18, 2023: The Body on the Black Pearl, Burnley, UK

Nov 19, 2023: Pirates, Toulouse, France

Nov 22, 2023: Pirate Ship Escape Room, Kiawah Island, SC

Nov 24-26, 2023: Cayman Island Pirates Festival, Cayman Brac

Nov 24-25, 2023:: Shanty Shout Festival, St Ives, UK  

Nov 26, 2023: Boarded! A Pirate Adventure, San Diego, CA  

 

December

Dec 15, 2023: Blackbeard's Tea Party, Suffolk UK

Dec 30, 2023: Boarded! A Pirate Adventure, San Diego, CA   

 

January

Jan 6-7, 2024?: Battle of New Orleans, Chalmette, LA

Jan 12-14, 2024: Pirates & Parrot Heads Cruise, Rivierta Beach, FL

Jan 18, 2024: POTC Concert, Nashville, TN

Jan 20, 2024: Swashbuckler's Ball, Oak Grove, OR 

Jan 16, 2023?: Emerald Coast Pirate Festival, Biloxi, MS

Jan 20, 2024: Gasparilla Children's Parade, Tampa Bay, FL 

Jan 20, 2024: Ohio River Pirates, Madison, IN

Jan 27-29, 2023: Old City Pirate Fest, St Augustine, FL 

Jan 27, 2024: Gasparilla Invasion, Parade of Pirates, Tampa Bay, FL

 

February

Jan 6 to Feb 13, 2024: Mardi Gras, New Orleans, LA

Feb 3, 2024: Pirates on the Prairie, Grand Prairie, TX 

Feb 3, 2024: Old City Pirate Day, St Augustine, FL

Feb 10, 2024: Sant' Yago Illuminated Knight Parade, Ybor City, FL 

Feb 10-11, 2024: Treasure Coast Pirate Fest, Melbourne, FL 

Feb 17, 2024: Pirate Costume Bash & Festival, Fort Pierce, FL 

Feb 17, 2024: Dented Keg Pirate Invasion, New Port Richey FL 

Feb 18, 2023?: Pirates & Mermaids, Daytona Beach, FL

Feb 24, 2024: Mermaids & Pirates, Seafood, Oh My! Port Orange, FL

  

 

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