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October 20 – 22, 2023 Festival Hours Friday – 5pm to 11pm (Featuring the Pirate Ball) Saturday – 11am to 11pm Sunday – 11am to 6pm Step into a world of swashbuckling adventure and seafaring fun at the inaugural Space Coast Pirate Festival in Viera, Florida, at the Space Coast Daily Park. This exciting new event celebrates Florida’s rich maritime history and the enduring cultural fascination with pirates. From October 20th to 22nd, locals and visitors alike are invited to join us for a weekend of entertainment, education, and camaraderie, all centered around the compelling world of pirates. Our festival grounds will be transformed into a pirate’s haven, featuring a bustling pirate village with costumed reenactors, live music, and an immersive atmosphere that harkens back to the golden age of piracy. Pirate reenactments Costume Contests Maritime Demonstrations Live ENtertainment Treasure Hunts https://spacecoastpiratefestival.com/

Digby Scallop Days, the area's longest running festival, is a celebration of scallops, the scallop fishing industry and the people who brave the seas to harvest them. Digby Scallop Days is celebrated over a three day period starting on Friday and ending on Sunday. Every year the festival has a different theme, but the focus of the festival always remains on the local scallops and the fleet that harvests them. Thursday Aug 8, Food Truck Party 4-10pm Friday Aug 9, 7PM Digby Scallop Run Saturday Aug 10, 11am-8PM Scallop Days BBQ 3:30 PIrates and Mermaids Storytime 6-8pm Pirate Dinner Theater 9:30 pm FIreworks Display Sunday Aug 11, 11am Kids Scavenger Hunt 2-4pm Swim with the Mermaids https://www.digbyscallopdays.ca/

Ahoy matey! Get ready for another fun-filled, family-friendly community event with the Jolly Rogers City Pirate Festival! Hoist the Colours by wearing your pirate attire. There will be pirates, merfolk and maybe some lost boys who don't want to grow up. You'll never know what you'll see or what you'll experience but join our crew or you'll walk the plank! Savvy? Facebook Event Facebook

Huzzah!!! It's Faire time once again! Time to eat, drink, be merry and get medieval! On March 1-2 2025 at the Santa Rosa Fairgrounds in Milton Florida Celebrating the history and heritage of Medieval Europe as well as the 16th-century Gulf Coast. All New Wild West Round-Up and History Festival has been added to the event Come see Full Armor Jousting, Swordfighters, Jesters, Jugglers, Firebreathers, Musical Minstrels, Gypsy and Exotic Belly Dancers, Falconry, Magic, Pirates, Conquistadors, Wild West Gunslingers from Six Gun Territory, Al Capones Roaring 20s Gangsters, Swing Dancing, Joe Occhipinti's Swing Band, Civil War demos, petting zoo, food, drink, games, rides and much much more fun!!! We encourage any costumes related to the past, Renaissance, Medieval, Western and History related characters, also if you want to be Darth Vader then so be it, Costumes are not required, just encouraged, Have Fun!! http://www.gcrf.us/index.html

Searle's Sack, the annual event that re-creates the famous bloody pirate raid on St. Augustine in 1668, begins on Thursday, February 29, 2024 at noon with the set-up of the encampment on the grounds of the Oldest House Museum. The Timeline Saunter to St. George Street begins at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, March 1, 2024. This deadly raid was led by Robert Searle when he and his crew laid siege upon the city and its inhabitants. This living history event, presented by Searle's Buccaneers and the Men of Menéndez (both members of Historic Florida Militia), is made up of three parts: a historic procession of participants on St. George Street on Friday evening, a historic encampment on Friday and Saturday at the Oldest House Museum Complex, followed by the reenactment of the battle on Saturday, March 2, 2024. from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the city's historic district. The procession that commemorates the arrival of the raiding pirates and introduces this annual event will begin at the Cathedral Basilica at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 1, and will proceed north on St. George Street to the Santo Domingo Redoubt on Orange Street. The Searle's Sack encampment will take place on Saturday, March 2, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the grounds of the Oldest House Museum. Visitors can witness what daily life was like in colonial St. Augustine at this living-history camp, where there will be period demonstrations with weapons, clothing, and equipment, as well as reenactments of camp life and social activities. The reenactment of the battle between the freebooters and the city's Spanish defenders will take place in St. Augustine's historic district at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, beginning at the Plaza de la Constitución and ending at the Old City Gate. The English brigade will head up St. George Street from the Plaza toward the city gates, and the battle will commence when the English try to invade the Spanish defenders who will be stationed at the Santo Domingo Redoubt off Orange Street across from Potter's Wax Museum. Living history gets real when the period reenactors demonstrate how the Spanish settlers had to fight off Searle and his pirates. Background on Searle's Raid - In 1668, Captain Robert Searle and his privateers sailed from Jamaica to loot the silver ingots (metals that can be shaped into various things) held in the royal coffers (small chests) at St. Augustine. Under the cover of night, they slipped into the harbor and attacked the sleeping town, killing sixty people and pillaging government buildings, churches and homes. The devastation wrought by these pirates prompted Spain's Council of the Indies to issue money to build a massive stone fortress on Matanzas Bay to protect the city. The Castillo de San Marcos still stands as an enduring reminder of Florida's gripping heritage. https://www.visitstaugustine.com/event/searles-sack-st-augustine This event has participation standards for clothing, weapons, etc. Do not show up in pirate fair garb and expect to participate. Contact for details Contact

Pirate Sailers of the Salish Sea who gather the Brethren for revelry, Music, beer and cannon fire every August! (formerly PNW Cruisers, Pirates Party, Latitudes & Attitudes, Bob Bitchen) Facebook

A day of family friendly piracy Arts & crafts and pirate themed vendors Food Vendors will be onsite Rotary will be staffing the beverage area with Water, soda, beer, wine, and cocktails Shark Bite Media will be showing PIRATE MOVIES ALL DAY ON THE WATER PIRATE ships, Live Music & Entertainment There will be Games and events throughout the day. 2:00PM BED RACE on the river 6:00pm PIRATE BALL For more information call or email Peter Stanton. Email: peterstanton9@yahoo.com Phone: 386-314-6192 https://piratesontheedge.com/