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About Sultana's Downrigging Festival Tall Ships and Bluegrass with a Cause! Now in its 25th year, the Sultana Education Foundation’s Downrigging Weekend Festival is one of the largest annual tall ship gatherings in North America. The festival features a long-weekend of Tall Ship sails, tours, incredible live bluegrass music, lectures, exhibits, family activities, regional food and more. Proceeds benefit the Foundation’s environmental literacy programs and the other nonprofits participating in the festival. Always a highlight of Downrigging, the festival’s fleet of Tall Ships will venture out onto the Chester River together four times, taking over 1,000 people sailing. Explore the ships during three free scheduled deck tours. https://downrigging.org/

Windjammer Days marks the kick off to summer in the Boothbay region and is a time to reconnect with family, friends and neighbors after the long winter, an opportunity to support local businesses and welcome visitors. It is a time to honor our maritime history and celebrate the vital role it plays in the lives of all who live here. The Annual Windjammer Days Festival is presented by Friends of Windjammers, a nonprofit community organization made up entirely of volunteers. It is the collective passion for the sea and for keeping traditions alive for future generations that drives this event, and keeps our community inspired to bring Windjammer Days to you year and after year. We hope you enjoy! https://www.boothbayharborwindjammerdays.org/

Plymouth Pirates Weekend Enjoy two days of free swashbuckling fun inspired by the high seas, as Plymouth Pirates Weekend returns on 17 and 18 May 2025, with a whole host of family fun to enjoy across the Barbican, Sutton Harbour and waterfront. https://www.visitplymouth.co.uk/whats-on/pirates-weekend-p1365003 PlymouthPirates

Olympia Harbor Days riding the wave to the 50 year celebration! August 29-31 2025 The Olympia Harbor Days Festival, a free event offered every Labor Day Weekend, is an award winning free and family friendly event that showcases many of the vintage tugboats of the Puget Sound with a walk aboard show at the docks and races in the bay. Visitors to the event may also find tall ships, steamships, other historic vessels of twentieth century commerce, tribal canoes, and current recreational small watercraft. Harbor crises and sailings on Budd Bay are also offered. On land, festival attendees enjoy great food, great music, great artisans, plus nautical and marine themed attractions, and hands on activities, including Olympia’s tugboat heritage, tribal history and the working waterfront with Port of Olympia tours. All in all, here are over 300 things to do and see. Bring your kids to this family-friendly maritime celebration and fuel their dreams of working on the water and sailing the world when they grow up. Olympia Harbor Days Festival also includes locally hand built small watercraft, tribal cultural sharings, sand carving, a LEGO Harbor Build, and dancing pirates just to name a few. The location at Percival Landing is a well-known Pacific Northwest maritime landmark located in downtown Olympia, the WA state Capitol, and is the southern-most tip of the Puget Sound, a destination for many who travel by boat. Hotels, shops, gallery’s, a children’s museum, restaurants, and bars featuring locally brewed beers, wines and distillery products are all within walking distance of the event. For more to do before or after your festival visit go to www.experienceolympia.com. https://www.harbordays.com/

Madisonville celebrates 34 years on the banks of the beautiful Tchefuncte River this fall as the Wooden Boat Festival returns, October 18-19, 2025. Presented by Maritime Museum Louisiana, this fun family festival attracts over one hundred classic boats, hundreds of spectator boats and wooden boat and music enthusiasts for this two-day celebration, open to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. A pre-festival gala at the Museum, "Maritime Mania", is held on the Friday evening before the festival. https://maritimemuseumlouisiana.org/woodenboatfestival https://www.louisiananorthshore.com/event/madisonville-wooden-boat-festival/472/

Our waterfront farmers market is one of the most unique in Hampton Roads—offering spectacular views of the York River, food trucks, and a variety of vendors and artists! Shop for seasonal produce, fresh seafood, meats, breads, handmade soaps and candles, honey, gourmet dog treats, and a beautiful display of work from local artists. Our award-winning market is now available year-round with the addition of winter markets on select Saturdays in February and March. We know the weather is unpredictable, so in the case of inclement weather, just as during the regular season, the market will move to the lower level of the Water Street Parking Terrace. The 2025 regular season kicks off on April 12 and runs every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.* through the end of October. Be on the lookout for several extended markets with fun family-friendly themes, especially during the holidays! *Unless otherwise indicated Save the Dates for Our Special Themed Markets April 26-27: Pirate Invasion Market (8 a.m. to 3 p.m.) https://www.visityorktown.org/225/Market-Days

Maritime Festival Port Angeles 2025 Mark your calendar for the annual Port Angeles Maritime Festival! The Maritime Festival happens every June in Port Angeles, Washington, the gateway to the Olympic National Park and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. A number of organizations are planning a fun weekend of maritime events along Port Angeles’ downtown waterfront celebrating our maritime heritage, water sports, and BIG boats! This is a FREE event. Bring your family down to enjoy the kid’s scavenger hunt, Open Boat Tours, free vessel safety checks, tours of the Waterfront Terminal, as well as exhibits and demos at the Port Angeles Yacht Club. Enjoy the amazing waterfront that Port Angeles has to offer at the City Pier, The Port Angeles Boat Haven, Pebble Beach and the Naval Elks Lodge: Dance to the DJ, the Panessence Steel Drum Band and Navy Northwest Band, try a micro-kayak tour from Hollywood Beach near the Red Lion Hotel, attend the festival party on Saturday night, and if you dare, try the Orca Bait Swim in the Salish Sea! Grab a bite to eat at the City Pier Food Court (City Pier Stage area) and peruse all the arts, crafts and vendors along the City Pier. Bus Service: Ride the complimentary shuttle or stroll the length of the waterfront from the Port’s Boat Haven to the marine terminals. https://www.maritimefestival.org/ https://www.visitportangeles.com/event/port-angeles-maritime-festival/

Hosted by East End Seaport Museum & Marine Foundation (EESM), the Festival benefits educational programs, museum offerings, and the preservation Long Beach Bar (Bug) Light. Enjoy classic boat displays, kayak races, music, children’s activities, maritime demonstrations, roving Sea Shanties and of course approximately 100 great vendors that feature hand crafted and unique items. Don’t miss our festive Merfolk parade on Saturday! https://www.eastendseaport.org/2025maritime https://www.eastendseaport.org/about-the-festival/

Come visit the pirate village of Dry Bluffs - a glorious day out for the whole family. There's food and ale; merchants and crafters, and more entertainment than you can possibly imagine. 11am-6pm daily (rain or shine) Shiny Things! worried about weather? All audience areas are covered for shade, plus we've added misting tents to cool you off with a gentle sea spray new shows - including a live Falconry show! (plus the best of the old favorites). Look through 'em on the Entertainment Page new bands at the Captain's Keg party! (Saturday night only) the return of the massive turkey legs! expanded Kidd's area with even more activities for the small scallywags Vikings! (No, really - vikings!) Our village of Dry Bluffs comes alive with the bustle of a sea-side port-of-trade. Merchants, traders, and crafts-people from across the isles bring treasures from silks to swords, from gems to jewels. Watch skilled wire-workers, jewel-crafters, and smiths of many kinds as they create fine items for you to take home. Peruse the expansive list of vendors in our Marketplace. We promise, there's plenty to do at the Festival - trust us, we're Pirates! https://justadequate.com/jollyRogering/index.htm

What started as a bit of fun at our original Ren Faire of Bandera County, the Black Pirate Market Thanksgiving weekend, became a new annual tradition of Pirates and puppies! We ask our vendors to bring forth their best deals for holiday gift giving and add to the fun with pirate costumes of any era, style, and finesse worthy of a pirate Benefitting Service and Working Dog Handlers Guild Third Saturday of November 11AM-5PM Come as you are or dressed like a Pirate Steals and Deals for the Holiday Season Food - Games - Photo Booth - vendors https://requiemranch.wixsite.com/requiems-events

Sep 27-29, Every weekend in October, and Halloween weekend Oct 30 7:00pm-10pm Oct 31 7:00pm-11pm Nov 1 7:00pm-10pm Nov 2 7:00pm-10pm Walkthru event - see website for tickets Demented Dolls Pirates of Emerson Halloween Hell SeaSawz Circus http://www.piratesofemerson.com/

The Pirates of the High Seas & Renaissance Fest is setting sail from October 9-12, 2025! The annual event celebrates the legacy of the pirates who once roamed the Gulf of Mexico and pillaged the Emerald Coast, telling the tale of Dominique Youx and his krewe of loyal buccaneers through staged pirate battles and storytelling. Pirate-fans can enjoy online and in-person activities, including a digital pirate costume contest, an in-person and online treasure hunt, parades, live music fireworks, Renaissance vendors and activities, and more in Panama City Beach. https://www.visitpanamacitybeach.com/pirates-of-the-high-seas/ https://kreweofdominiqueyoux.com/upcoming-events/

Pre 1840 Rendezvous - Many Pirates attend Participants will enjoy a program of music, games, and attend seminars. There will be vendors for food and pre-1840 merchandise for sale. This annual event helps provide scholarships to local high school students as well as other educational and learning opportunities for the public. https://www.alafiariverrendezvous.org/