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The Friends of Fort Frederick State Park and the staff of Fort Frederick State Park are pleased to host the 28th annual 18th Century Market Fair. The public are welcome Thursday, April 25 through Sunday, April 28. Public hours are: Thursday through Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Sunday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Participant registration will begin on Wednesday morning, April 24th. See the Event Information 2024 document on this website for gate hours. VOLUNTEERS: Market Fair volunteers please read the 2024 notice to Volunteers AUCTION to be held on Saturday! Come to historic Fort Frederick, an original stone fort built in 1756 during the French and Indian War and travel back in time to an authentic 18th century market fair. A whiff of campfires fills the air. Colorful entertainers are found strolling about the fair. There are over 100 sutlers (period vendors) selling 18th century wares: pottery, tin and copper ware, clothing, material and patterns, books, fireplace and cooking hardware, flintlock muskets and accoutrements, horn wares, paintings and prints, lanterns and other camp gear, etc. Blanket trading is conducted in the camper area. See hundreds of fair-goers of all ages dressed in colonial clothing: artisans, soldiers, ladies & gentlemen, Native Americans, longhunters, traders, servants, etc. Free entertainment for all. The Fair is open to sutlers, traders, street vendors and entertainers as well as individuals, groups, military units and American Indians portraying the appropriate time period and geographic area, representing eastern North America from 1730 through 1790. The Fair is a Juried Event for camper and sutlers, but open daily to all visitors. Attending Market Fair is a wonderful way to increase ones knowledge of the period, particularly the French and Indian War period, and the role that historic Fort Frederick played in that conflict and in protecting the Maryland frontier in general https://friendsoffortfrederick.info/market_fair.html

Goat Island Regatta Auction will be held on Friday The Georgetown Wooden Boat Show – always held on the third weekend in October – features one of the Southeast’s best wooden boat exhibits with more than 100 classic wooden boats displayed on land and water, boatbuilding, a corrugated boat race, children’s model boatbuilding, a youth sailing regatta, knot tying, maritime arts and crafts, and food. The Wooden Boat Show takes place on the waterfront and along Front Street in Historic Downtown Georgetown. The Show is produced by the Harbor Historical Association, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. All proceeds benefit the South Carolina Maritime Museum. https://woodenboatshow.com/

About Sultana's Downrigging Festival Tall Ships and Bluegrass with a Cause! Now in its 24rd 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. 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/

10AM - 4PM Tuesday and Wednesday Avast, me hearties, join Mystic Seaport Museum for Pirate Days on April 11-12, a treasure trove of outdoor fun for the whole family! Grab your pirate map and put those navigation skills to the test to find the secret loot. Pirate lads and lasses of all ages will love our games, crafts, and real pirates. Ye won’t want to miss it! The Pirate Days treasure hunt requires a map and compass that will be available upon entering the museum. The map and compass kit is free to members. There is an $8 fee for non-members per kit. Standard Museum admission applies. https://www.mysticseaport.org/events/pirate-days-3/

Plymouth Pirates Weekend Pirates Weekend in Plymouth returns on 18 and 19 May 2024, with plenty of activities for the whole family to enjoy across the waterfront! For 2024, we are expanding our programme to West Hoe Park, where you will find a fun filled entertainment lineup, 10am to 4pm on both days. With circus pirate performers, stalls, a pirate ship and a dog show – including the best dressed pirate pup and the nearby Treasure Island Adventure Park, this location is sure to attract a huge amount of interest. https://www.visitplymouth.co.uk/whats-on/pirates-weekend-p1365003 PlymouthPirates

Olympia Harbor Days riding the wave to the 50 year celebration! labor day weekend - August 30 - September 1, 2024 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/

Wales West RV Park and Light Railway, 13670 Smiley St, Silverhill, AL. Oct 7-9, 2022 A full fledged Pirate invasion of the Pumpkin Patch Express by buccaneers and scallywags seekin treasure and plunder! Fun fer the whole family! Activities and prizes- but be careful, you might learn something while yer there! WalesWest

Come join the rowdy choir in this sea shanty workshop aboard the Tall Ship Enterprize. Sat., 11 February 2023, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm AEDT Enterprize Tall Ship Elizabeth Street Pier Hobart, TAS 7000 Australia SeaShanties