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A Community Tradition Thank you one and all, particularly Charlie Balsamo for without you we would not have had a 2023 boat to burn! Likewise, it would not have been possible without the support of the West Sayville Fire Department, Suffolk County Parks Department, and Suffolk County Department of Fire, Rescue & Emergency Services. Additionally we would like to thank Ryan Sweeney & Gary O'Rourke for the beautiful photographs presented below. And last, but not least, a great big thank you to our volunteers, staff, and community for making this event a great success! We hope to see you at our next event! https://www.limaritime.org/halloween-boat-burning.html

Ahoy Maties! Join us in Bowers Beach Delaware to experience 18th century pirate life through demonstrations, music, and family friendly activities. Come meet the pirates and learn about life on the seas and when we came ashore! Every Memorial Day weekend, it’s 13th year, this family-friendly event features: Free admission. Pay separately for food and beverages. Pirates doing pirate stuff Music: Sea shanties and traditional nautical songs Craft and Period Vendors Visit the Maritime Museum CANNONS! Great food vendors! Town wide scavenger hunt including things to see and discover in the museum https://delawarebayshorebyway.org/our-events/buccaneer-bash/ Facebook

Enjoy a family-fun weekend with a Street Fair & Maritime Celebration! A two-day maritime-themed weekend packed with kids games, crafts, scavenger hunt, the “Prestigious George Raft Race,” pirate costume judging contest, arts, crafts & food vendors, model boat displays, and more! All Pirates and Landlubbers, Welcome to Blaine for a weekend of Pirate Fun! Drayton Harbor Maritime Festival extravagance coincides with the docking of the Tall Ship Lady Washington to Blaine Harbor. Explore 40+ food and craft vendors. Enjoy sea shanty performances, family-friendly bands, scavenger hunts, pet contests, and more! And, to make this a kid-friendly pirate adventure, Blaine Birch Bay Park & Recreation will host their PIRATE DAZE children’s event on Saturday, August 2. This event welcomes approximately 4,000 visitors over the two-day event. This event is sponsored by the Blaine Chamber of Commerce. Saturday, August 2nd – 10 AM-5 PM AT BLAINE HARBOR BOATING CENTER, GATE 2: – Arts, Craft & Food Vendors – Live Music – Saturday, August 2nd PIRATE DAZE @ AT BLAINE MARINE PARK PLAYGROUND: Pirate Fun from 10 AM to 2 PM – Kids’ Games, Crafts & Scavenger Hunt – Pirates of Penzance Water Balloon Show – performed by Blaine Community Theater – Pirate Daze Finale Water Battalion Balloon Fight @ 2PM Pirate Daze is Sponsored by Blaine Birch Bay Park & Recreation, District #2 Drayton Harbor Maritime Festival is sponsored by Blaine Chamber of Commerce ———————————————————————– Sunday, August 3rd AT BLAINE HARBOR BOATING CENTER, GATE 2: – Arts, Craft & Food Vendors – Live Music – – Pirate Pet Contest @ 1 PM (see below for complete details) https://blainebythesea.com/events/drayton-harbor-maritime-festival/

Norfolk Harborfest '25 June 5 - June 8 2025 Friday: Noon–11 p.m. (Parade of Sail at noon); Saturday: Noon–11 p.m. (Fireworks 9:30 p.m.) Sunday: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Town Point Park 113 Waterside Dr, Norfolk, VA America’s largest, longest-running, free maritime festival, the iconic Norfolk Harborfest enters its 49th year. For three memorable days along the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront, Harborfest celebrates all of the elements that make Norfolk and Hampton Roads a historic maritime and naval community. On both land and sea, thrilling activities and live music take center stage at Harborfest, including the annual Parade of Sail featuring international tall ships, one of the largest fireworks shows on the East Coast, a mesmerizing drone show, interactive family games and activities, Navy exhibits and demonstrations, artisan foods and beverages, national and regional live entertainment and much more. This event is FREE and open to the public! https://www.visitnorfolk.com/event/norfolk-harborfest-23/

It's a 3-Day Pirate Invasion! 
 Pirates and skallywags of all ages will find treasure in our special contests, like the Pirate Costume Contest and Walk The Plank Trivia! It's a weekend full of fun piratical hijinks! Pirate Costume Contest - 1:00pm Pirates Cove Walk the Plank Trivia - 3:00pm - Brewer's Pub https://www.garenfest.com/themed-weekends

CANCELLED - See the website for updates after the new year. Join us as we celebrate a fun filled day of family friendly piracy as we uncover the legend of a Tampa Pirate and his thriving community of miscreants! Featuring live mermaids, steel and powder demonstrations, encampments, and more! Castortowne Pirate Invasion is hosted at the DeSoto National Memorial Park in Bradenton, Florida. The event will run from 10am-4pm during the scheduled hours of operation. As of right now, snacks and drinks are recommended to bring along with you. To check out if we have any food trucks available for this year's event, keep a weather eye here, or on our website! Park rules will be enforced as alcohol is not permitted. Enjoy an escape to our location next to the mouth of Tampa Bay, explore the world of Castortowne, and discover a hidden gem right here in our own backyard! Facebook

Join your friends and make new ones at the Schooner Wharf Bar New Year’s Eve Celebration. The popular waterfront watering hole once again will present its unique and original nautical New Year’s Eve tradition with “The Lowering of the Pirate Wench” from the towering mast of the tall ship America 2.0 docked in front of the bar in the Key West Bight. Everyone’s favorite pirate wench and owner of Schooner Wharf Bar, Evalena Worthington, will descend dramatically against large, illuminated countdown numbers. The stroke of midnight will signal the start of 2025 with cannon fire and the jubilant sound of horns and noisemakers from the crowd against a backdrop of the ship’s crew dressed as pirates. Schooner Wharf has complimentary hats, party favors and horns for everyone to feel festive while enjoying holiday drink specials and live music throughout the day and night. The bash was rated by AOL as the No. 2 New Year’s party in the nation – second only to the Times Square madness in New York City. The Schooner Wharf event made the Huffington Post’s 13 Amazing New Year’s 2014 Photos From Around the World. Rob O’Neal’s photo of Evalena at Schooner Wharf in Key West was the only photo chosen from this continent! Music from 11:30 pm till 4:30 pm, bands to be announced. It'll be a unique blend of dance music and rock ‘n’ roll swagger guaranteed to get you groovin’ and dancin’ into the New Year! As the midnight hour approaches, a popular local DJ will play party favorites in anticipation of the Auld Lang Syne. Hoist your drink – and your eyes – toward the top of the towering mast as the countdown begins and another year ends. But the end of the year isn’t the end of the party – the Schooner New Year rocks well into 2025. All this and No Cover Charge. Have a safe and exciting New Year, from your friends at Schooner Wharf Bar, “A Last Little Piece of Old Key West.” https://www.schoonerwharf.com/special.htm#current

Arr Mateys! Whether you are a corsair, buccaneer or privateer, dress up and re-live the adventure and camaraderie of the days of Pirates. On this special weekend you will find pirates of all ages roaming the Village of Albright looking to share tall tales and sea shanties aplenty! Create your own pirate story and adventure on our Pirate Weekend. https://www.larf2023.org/

9am – 10pm Set a course for Tampa, Florida, and be prepared for great fun and high adventure! The 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Gasparilla Pirate Fest is scheduled in Tampa from 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. on Saturday, January 25, 2025. It features the 106th Gasparilla Invasion and Parade of the Pirates presented by Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla. https://gasparillapiratefest.com/pirate-invasion/ https://ymkg.com/events/seminole-hard-rock-gasparilla-invasion-parade/