Join the finest and most spirited buccaneer crews that ever sailed the streets of Portland! Don
your finest seafaring costume, kick up your heels to some rousing tunes and hoist a tankard in
celebration of all things piratical at the Swashbuckler’s Ball!
Rock to the music of Chervona, The Lost Highwaymen, Sam Bam Boo, and The Bilgerats &
Pyrettes. Slake your thirst at a no-host bar (featuring Kraken Rum) and fill your bellies with tasty
Caribbean food. Try your luck at winning from a treasure trove of glorious raffle prizes. Spend
your doubloons in the Pirates Marketplace, where well-known merchants from far and wide will be
selling their wondrous wares and donating a significant percentage of their proceeds to the
cause.
General admission tickets are just $14 in advance and $18 at the door. There are also special
VIP packages available for advance purchase that include raffle tickets, food and drink scrip and
swag bags.
All proceeds from this rollicking event will benefit Portland Pirate Festival
(www.portlandpiratefestival.com). An annual event since 2006, the Portland Pirate Festival
has earned its place as both a cultural mainstay in Portland and a popular gathering of brethren
from all shores. Alas, in the wake of Poseidon’s wrath (which besieged the 2010 Festival with
spectacular rainfall), the future of the event is in jeopardy. Hopes abound that the City of
Portland’s most swashbuckling event will stay afloat. What better way to help make that happen
than with an outrageous and entertaining evening of tunes, tastes, and treasure!
The Swashbuckler’s Ball is an evening for pirates 21 and older and is produced by the scallywags
from PDXYAR (www.pdxyar.org) and the Dread Ship Outrageous Fortune.
Tickets and additional information are available online at www.swashbucklersball.com.
Yers in the sweet trade,
Topknot